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School board and union ratify new agreement

School board and union ratify new agreement

NNDSB and OSSTF sign a four-year local collective contract
Celebrating play in the early years

Celebrating play in the early years

Facilitators Lois Mahon and Pierre Harrison will offer insights and engaging activities on the positive effects of play on both children and early educators
Funding will support the ongoing work of hospice

Funding will support the ongoing work of hospice

Palliative care, which includes end-of-life care, can begin as early as the diagnosis of a serious illness and focuses on improving the quality of each individual’s life, provides integrated and holistic care for individuals, their families, and caregivers and ensures that they have access to the supports they need when facing illness, death, grief, and/or bereavement
Today marks the start of Canadian Public Health Week

Today marks the start of Canadian Public Health Week

While an acute care setting treats unwell people, public health units work upstream to create policies and opportunities to prevent people from getting sick or injured, create and maintain supportive environments, build resiliency, decrease health inequities, and promote social conditions that improve health and well-being
Help available for youth starting their own business

Help available for youth starting their own business

The Summer Company is a program of the government of Ontario that helps young people between 15 and 29 years old start and run their own summer business by providing funding, advice and services
Poem: The empty gasoline drum

Poem: The empty gasoline drum

So he lit the match and all Hell broke loose, As the gas fumes exploded in the drum; And blew the lid off the barrel, And knocked us all down on our bums.
Looking for free tickets to Capitol Centre shows?

Looking for free tickets to Capitol Centre shows?

 As a non-profit organization, the Capitol Centre relies on corporate support through sponsorship of the shows, events, and exhibits we present to remain the heart and soul of arts, culture, and entertainment in this region
South River creating walking trail to Tom Thomson Park entrance

South River creating walking trail to Tom Thomson Park entrance

South River clerk administrator Don McArthur says this makes it safer for people to walk to the park
Local Bridge Club seeking new members

Local Bridge Club seeking new members

Like many other organizations, the local Bridge Club trying to survive and looking for ways to bring newer bridge players to the Club.
Capitol Centre musical takes on Tom Thomson's Canadian art mystery

Capitol Centre musical takes on Tom Thomson's Canadian art mystery

Thomson is best known for his iconic paintings but despite his fame and mysterious death in Algonquin Park in 1917, little is known about the painter’s personality and the forces that drove his art