1+ hour, 51+ min ago  (303+ words) The province is providing Nipissing University with nearly $3 million for a new program to train community planners. Announced June 12, the funds will go toward the North Bay institute's new Bachelor of Community Planning program, which will be geared toward small…...

3+ hour, 51+ min ago  (598+ words) KENORA " Nearly $2 million in provincial funding will help train 100 participants from four Treaty 3 First Nations'for careers connected to'phase two of the Kenora-to-Manitoba'highway twinning project. "We have a demand, an absolute demand, and a demographic that wants to be trained," said…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (728+ words) Technical teachers at White Pines Collegiate in Sault Ste. Marie are encouraging students to get into'skilled trades and technology. "The trades have been ignored for years. There are people retiring and there's nobody to fill that hole," said Mike Alfano,…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (348+ words) A long-time advocate for Ontario's forest products industry will be recognized by Nipissing University this spring. Marianne Berube, who spent more than 25 years at the helm of Wood Works Ontario, will receive a doctor of letters from the North Bay…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (861+ words) Revitalizing the Haileybury School of Mines has clearly been a passion project for Jamie Johnston. During Timmins Mining Week, her employer, Northern College, dropped the news that the hallowed school has undergone a facelift in its curriculum and educational offerings…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (633+ words) The province announced a $4, 607, 924 boost in skills training efforts in Northern Ontario during a media conference at the Community Builders Sudbury offices on June 4. The announcement, Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development Minister David Piccini said, is about "bringing training…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1032+ words) For those not familiar, the tricultural mandate honours Laurentian's English, French and Indigenous roots. Straub is a proud member of Henvey Inlet First Nation through his mother and a fluent French speaker. He's also the son of a Swiss immigrant…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (381+ words) Algoma University has a new president. The Sault Ste. Marie institute announced June 1 that Dr. Kofi Campbell will take on the role as president and vice-chancellor, effective Sept. 1, 2026. Campbell was chosen following a months-long process led by the school's Presidential…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (642+ words) Women are not only welcome "but also needed "as auto mechanics. That was the theme of a tour titled Girls in the Garage, held for a group of 18 female Superior Heights high school students at Great Lakes Honda in Sault…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (445+ words) Through EMC's WILWorks Student Work Placement Program (SWPP), a Halifax-based manufacturer brings student talent into highly specialized work in optical filtration. At Coloursmith Labs, student placements have done more than add capacity. "We had one placement who had a great…...