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Article content In the provincial government’s attempt to save $39.9 million annually “to improve services we offer youths” they have inadvertently gutted programming at Ininew Friendship Centre and negated cultural help for youth in the region. An announcement last Monday to cease operations of 26 youth detention facilities in the province sent executive members of the Friendship Centre scrambling to inform upwards of 22 staff and residents of Mee-Quam of the impending closure of the facility. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Mee-Quam closu...

Now that the Province has announced the April closure of the Pineger Youth Centre, Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP and Deputy NDP Leader John Vanthof has a question…

Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP and Deputy NDP Leader John Vanthof is describing this new session of parliament anything but normal.

Article content Northern NDP MPPs were assigned new critic roles in the official opposition by leader Andrea Horwath this week, in a move she said will help Northern families get through the COVID-19 pandemic. The NDP also created a new portfolio to focus on Northern roads and transportation challenges. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Northern NDP MPPs take on new critic roles Back to video MPP Jamie West (Sudbury) is now the critic for Northern infrastructure, transportation and roads, while MPP Michael Mantha (Algoma-Manitoulin) has taken on a...

SHARE ON: Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha is taking on the role of tourism critic along with Northern Development. Photo provided by MM Northern NDP MPPs were named to new critic roles in the Official Opposition by NDP Leader Andrea Horwath. The new roles also include a new portfolio created to focus on northern roads and transportation challenges. Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha is taking on the role of tourism critic along with Northern Development. Mantha says tourism is the lifeblood of many communities in the North and the industry has been devastated by the pandemic and its e...