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Gone 10 years, passenger rail could return if funding is put in place

Gone 10 years, passenger rail could return if funding is put in place

The Algoma Central Railway passenger service was closed 10 years ago after the federal government ceased a $2.2-million annual subsidy to operate it. If a new replacement Bear Train is put into service, it will require closer to $7 million per year to operate
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New program aims to attract foreign-trained doctors to the North

New program aims to attract foreign-trained doctors to the North

Program will remove re-education requirement to speed up approval process
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Ontario missing strategy to match immigration to labour market needs: auditor

Ontario missing strategy to match immigration to labour market needs: auditor

Only about three per cent of immigrants nominated under Ontario’s program landed in Northern Ontario over a five-year period
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Northeastern Ontario passenger rail advocates pitching new plan to restore service

Northeastern Ontario passenger rail advocates pitching new plan to restore service

Groups propose weekend service between Sault Ste. Marie and Oba
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North Bay film projects net $2.5M in provincial funds

North Bay film projects net $2.5M in provincial funds

Province has provided Nipissing area with $147 million since 2018
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Symposium offering immigrants guidance on building a business

Symposium offering immigrants guidance on building a business

Online event hosted by Northern Ontario Black Economic Empowerment Program
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Communities on the Move: Northern Ontario Heritage Fund rains $16.8 million across the region

Communities on the Move: Northern Ontario Heritage Fund rains $16.8 million across the region

Highway 11 communities, Timmins, Iroquois Falls, Manitoulin and North Bay all recipients of the province's largesse
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Indigenous Leaders: Community builder Jennifer Constant makes the message clear to miners

Indigenous Leaders: Community builder Jennifer Constant makes the message clear to miners

Sustainability, participation, equality earns Mattagami First Nation chief accolades as an Indigenous trailblazer
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Ontario launches $100M partnership with Elon Musk’s Starlink

Ontario launches $100M partnership with Elon Musk’s Starlink

ONSAT program to bring broadband to 15,000 eligible underserved homes and businesses in rural, remote, northern parts of Ontario
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Sault Ste. Marie moves to sell old General Hospital to Green Infrastructure Partners for $1.

Sault Ste. Marie moves to sell old General Hospital to Green Infrastructure Partners for $1.

Ruscio Construction is to buy the former renal building for $2 million
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