Additional trains between Cochrane & Moosonee during the summer
#PolarBearExpress #OntarioNorthland #passengerrail #northernontario
Kashechewan First Nation begins another evacuation ahead of flood risk
Kashechewan First Nation is now evacuating people who remain in the northern Ontario community as a precaution due to the risk of flooding.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/kashechewan-flooding-risk-9.7168460?cmp=rss
Reintegration from corrections a 'critical juncture' in northern Ontario's drug crisis
A new report from the John Howard Society of Ontario highlights the growing severity of the toxic drug crisis and the effects on those involved in northern Ontario’s criminal justice system. The report, released Tuesday, explores the link between incarceration and drug-related deaths in the region, an...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/northern-toll-john-howard-society-of-ontario-9.7165048?cmp=rss
Reintegration from corrections a 'critical juncture' in northern Ontario's drug crisis
A new report from the John Howard Society of Ontario highlights the growing severity of the toxic drug crisis and the effects on those involved in northern Ontario’s criminal justice system. The report, released Tuesday, explores the link between incarceration and drug-related deaths in the region, an...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/northern-toll-john-howard-society-of-ontario-9.7165048?cmp=rss
Bélanger advocating for Via Rail Budd Car improvements

Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt Conservative MP Jim Bélanger rode the Budd Car to and from White River earlier this month and considers it an ‘essential’ service

Sudbury.com
Proposed changes to school trustee powers raise concerns in northern Ontario
Education officials and experts in northern Ontario are raising concerns about the latest changes to public English school boards.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/trustee-changes-northern-ontario-9.7163284?cmp=rss
Northlander train marks return of 'crucial transportation link'

The new service is promising 169 seats per set, wide aisles, accessible washrooms, charging ports, and business-class seating pods for virtual meetings

OrilliaMatters.com

A disheveled American Goldfinch showed up yesterday...

#birdwatching #nature #NorthernOntario

Trust in trains, government institutions requires public oversight

The Government of Ontario and the Federal Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities have recently made headlines regarding announcements and discussions held on the topic of p…

Northern Tracks Blog

Latest southerly wind brought in Junco's and Song Sparrows.

#birdwatching #nature #NorthernOntario