The Ontario Public Service Employees Union is looking to put Boots on the Ground in northwestern Ontario.
It’s the name of a peer support program available to public sector workers.
Randy Thoms has more.
He hasn’t left yet, and has big shoes to fill.
Sean Monteith announced this month he is stepping down as director of education for the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board.
Tim Davidson spoke with Monteith about the challenges that lie ahead, and what he’s accomplished in the past.
One man is grateful for help from a Northwestern Ontario organization that ships ocean containers full of medical equipment to communities in other countries.
Caroline Redston tells us how the Thunder Bay based group has helped a community in Liberia recover from Ebola outbreaks.
The political squabbling over who is responsible for twinning Highway 17 between Kenora and the Ontario/Manitoba boundary continues.
Kenora-Rainy River MPP and Northern Development and Mines Minister Greg Rickford is hoping to get it started this fall.
However, Kenora MP Bob Nault notes time is running out.
He says he doesn’t care who gets credit, he just wants to see work started.
