Elliot Lake News

Where once it looked like the entire blame for a fatal mall roof section collapse in Ontario last June would rest on the shoulders of a single engineer and his employer, testimony given in Toronto at a special inquiry about the accident now shows a series of missteps and sloppy practices that may have contributed to the disaster.

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Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha is calling on the Ontario government to take action after a representative from the Ministry of Labour said workers, not government inspectors, are responsible for their own safety in the workplace.

Editor Jeb Handwerger about the progress they are making on their 100 percent owned Eco Ridge Uranium-Rare Earth Project in Elliot Lake.

A 27-year-old man hiding out in Langley because he was wanted for multiple counts of sexual assault in Ontario has been arrested and sent back to face prosecution.

Everyone in Elliot Lake can play a leadership role in making our community safe, shares Inspector Percy Jollymore, Detachment Commander of the East Algoma OPP.

A flood of evidence and testimony about decades of leaks - and the unwillingness and/or inability to fix them, despite lawsuits and city orders to do so - continues to dominate the hearing into the deadly collapse of an Ontario shopping mall.

Her Husband Jason St. Jacques, age 43, a former group home worker and father of four suffered a stroke a few weeks ago, in the early morning hours of April 14.

Federal inspectors should be brought in to investigate why Ontario's Labour Ministry failed to prevent last June's deadly collapse of a mall in Elliot Lake, Ont., a group of local citizens said yesterday.

A 27-year-old man hiding out in Langley because he was wanted for multiple counts of sexual assault in Ontario has been arrested and returned back to face prosecution.

A 27-year-old man hiding out in Langley because he was wanted for multiple counts of sexual assault in Ontario has been arrested and returned back to face prosecution.

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A group of citizens from Elliot Lake, Ont., are calling for an independent probe of the provincial Ministry of Labour.

Part of Elliot Lake's Algo Centre Mall roof caved in on June 23, sending metal and concrete plunging two storeys to the floor.

A public building collapsed nearly one year ago in Elliot Lake. There were two fatalities, the community was shocked at the collapse of their shopping centre and the ensuing deaths as well as other injuries and just now a public enquiry is examining every aspect, in detail, of the building's construction more than 30 years ago and its maintenance ... (more)

In loving memory of Orland Charles Truman Wismer, who passed away at the Manitoulin Health Centre, Mindemoya, on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at the age of 93 years.

Elliot Lake is getting $470,000 from Ottawa to upgrade the White Mountain Academy and turn it into a multi-purpose facility that includes a business development centre.

Organizations and individuals working on behalf of animals in distress were commended Monday in the House of Commons by Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes.

If you're choking, New Democrat MPP Michael Mantha is the type of person you want rushing to your side.

An engineer who inspected a rooftop garage at a mall in Ontario weeks before it caved in and crushed two people has been charged with health and safety violations as the public inquiry into the collapse continues.