Powassan residents will have to travel at least 34 km to North Bay or Sundridge for the next few weeks as their ServiceOntario retail office is temporarily closing.
"It's a small office run by a private operator," spokeswoman Anne-Marie Flanagan told BayToday. "It's being closed for personal reasons."
The office at 518 Main St. in Powassan will be closed from Monday, Aug. 4 to Friday, Aug. 15 and re-open for business on Monday, Aug. 17.
Powassan residents must now visit the nearest ServiceOntario retail offices located at:
North Bay — Unit 7, 392 Airport Rd., 34 kilometres away
North Bay — Unit 111, 447 McKeown Ave., 35 kilometres away
Sundridge — Highway 11, 2A Ontario St., 43 kilometres away
If you can’t get to a ServiceOntario retail office in person you can by access more than 40 services online — 24 hours a day, seven days a week at http://www.ontario.ca/serviceontario
