All-weather roads eyed for Northwestern Ontario links
Howie explains ice load limits and radar driven assessments to support winter roads and all-weather bridge planning. Nishnabe Aski Nation partners with NRC and Indigenous Services Canada to gather climate data, aiding remote community access and potential all-season infrastructure.
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Nishnanbe Aski
National Research Council of Canada
Indigenous Services Canada
Morgan Fuels
Pickle Lake
Lansdowne House
Summer Beaver
Webequie
Fort Hope
Big Trout Lake
Muskrat Dam
Red Lake
Sandy Lake
Pikangikum
Poplar Hill
Ontario
Howie
COVID-19 outbreak hits Atikokan hospital long-term care wing
Atikokan General Hospital declares a major outbreak after 15 of 25 long-term care patients test positive for COVID-19 with seven more in isolation. Visitors limited and masked. staff required to wear N95s as the facility tightens precautions during respiratory season. The outbreak was announced December 30.
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Atikokan Hospital
Atikokan General Hospital
Jennifer Learning
Covid
Learning
NAPS seeks recruits as push to 262 officers continues
NAPS Chief Roland Morrison says 11 new officers boosted the team to about 200, with 262 as a normal complement. Recruiters target Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan venues and colleges. Officers praise the two weeks on two weeks off schedule for work life balance amid northern Indigenous policing challenges. The Thunder Bay ceremony also added four Lac Seul constables to raise that force to 17.
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NAPS
Roland Morrison
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Morrison
Nishnanbe Aski Police
Thunder Bay
Lac Seul
Greenstone OPP to stay at current site through 2025
Greenstone OPP will continue operating from the old Highway 11 location for about a year and a half before new headquarters are built in 2025. The move is tied to Greenstone Gold mine pit expansion and ongoing preparations for land use and housing for workers.
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Howie
Greenstone Gold Mine
Greenstone Opp
Eric Lamontagne
OPP
Lamontagne
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Hudson Bay
Quebec
Deer Lake
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