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OntarioInvestingMoreThan$7MilliontoGrowCriticalMineralsSupplyChain
Funding will grow Ontario’s mining sector, protect jobs and boost economic resilience in the face of U.S. tariffs
The Ontario government is securing the province’s economic future by investing more than $7 million to launch a new intake of the Critical Minerals Innovation Fund (CMIF) to help stimulate investment in critical minerals exploration, mining development, production and processing of domestically sourced critical minerals. As part of its plan to protectOntario,thisfundingsupportsthegovernment’sworktounleashtheeconomicpotentialof criticalminerals,buildmoresecuresupplychains andreducerelianceonforeignsourcesofcritical minerals in the face of economic uncertainty fromU.S.tariffs.
“Withglobaldemandforcriticalminerals soaring–andnewU.S.tariffstargetingCanada’s mining and manufacturing sectors – Ontario is takingactiontoaccelerategrowthandinnovation inOntario’sminingsector,"saidStephenLecce, Minister of Energy and Mines. “Through the Critical Minerals Innovation Fund, we are puttingOntariofirst,buildingamade-in-Canada supplychainthatattractsinvestmentandcreates good-payingjobshereathome.”
With the new call for applications open fromJuly23,2025,toOctober1,2025,thefund will accelerate the research, development and commercializationofmade-in-OntariotechnologiesinOntario’smining sector by supporting projects in four priority areas:
• Innovative techniques for deep explorationandmining
• Recovery of minerals
• Batterysupplychain
• Mininginnovation
Thisinvestmentbuildsonthe$20million invested through the CMIF since its launch in November 2022, supporting more than 29 Ontario-based projects. As part of the 2025 Budget: A Plan to Protect Ontario, the government announced an additional $5 million over twoyearsintheCMIFtostimulateinvestmentin thecriticalmineralssupplychainandsupportthe research,developmentandcommercializationof innovative technologies, techniques and processes.
"Ontario is doubling down on its efforts to protect our province from economic uncertainty and secure our future as global leaders in critical minerals," said Peter Bethlenfalvy, MinisterofFinance."Thislandmarkinvestment in the Critical Minerals Innovation Fund will accelerate the creation of an Ontario-made critical minerals supply chain that grows our economy, creates good-paying jobs, and builds resilient communities today and for future generations.”
As part of its Critical Minerals Strategy, the province continues to make historic investments in Ontario’s mining sector to support Ontario’s emerging end-to-end critical minerals supply chain that will support the province’s manufacturing needs, with critical minerals mined and refined in Ontario, by Ontario workers.
Applications can be submitted through TransferPaymentOntario
CMIF contributes a maximum of 50 per cent of eligible project costs up to $500,000 per project.
Ontario’s mining sector is a significant economic driver, contributing approximately $14.4 billion to Ontario’s GDP annually and supporting around 74,000 direct and indirect good-payingjobs.
The government is also investing $500 million to create a new Critical Minerals ProcessingFundtoprovidefinancialsupportfor projects that accelerate the province’s critical mineral processing capacity and made-inOntariocriticalmineralssupplychain.
The province is investing nearly $3.1 billion in loans, guarantees, grants and scholarships that would support Indigenous participation, partnership and ownership in Ontario’s criticalmineralsupplychain.
NorthernOntarioHighway UpgradeProposalAimsto UniteCanadaSafely andBoosttheEconomy
The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is spearheading a majorinfrastructureproposal(seeAppendixA)to improveeconomicefficiency,safetyandnational connectivity by calling on the Governments of Canada and of Ontario to invest in a transformative upgrade of Northern Ontario's Highways 11 and 17 — the Trans-Canada Highway — by upgrading to the innovative 2+1 modelonthosehighways.
The plan, aligned with the Building Canada Act and Prime Minister Carney's five nation- building criteria, outlines a two-phase approach to modernize key segments of the Trans-CanadaHighwaysystem: Phase1of2+1expansion:
- Highway11:NorthBaytoCochrane
- Highway17:RenfrewtoSudbury Phase2of2+1expansion:
- Highway11:CochranetoNipigon
- Highway11/17:ThunderBaytoKenora
- Highway17:SaultSte.MarietoSudbury
"This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in infrastructure that promotes enhanced trade between the east and west within Canada. It also focuses on the development of major nation-building projects thatwilllikelyinvolvethetransportationoflarge industrialmaterialsforconstruction.Withavast land area and diverse geography, an efficient transportationnetworkiscrucialforconnectivity and facilitating the movement of materials," statedDannyWhalen,FONOMPresident.
The 2+1 model, prominent on European highways,featuresalternatingpassinglaneswith a crash-rated median barrier, offering a costeffective and safer alternative to full highway twinning. This model is particularly suited to long-distancerouteswithmoderatetraffic volumes,suchasthoseinNorthernOntario.
WhyItMatters:
• Safety: Reduces head-on collisions and improvestrafficflow.
• Economy: Supports Canada's busiest trucking corridorsandreducesoperational costs.
• Sovereignty: Strengthens internal trade routes andnationalresilience.
• History: Echoes the original nation-building spiritoftheTrans-CanadaHighway,first fundedduringtheGreatDepression.
"Thesevitalhighways,whicharelinkedtomuch ofthecountry'seconomicactivity,needto Cont’donP.7
Chapleau Brownlee Memorial Chapel erected in ChapleauMunicipalCemeteryin1936
Moments
by MichaelJ. Morris
The Brownlee Memorial Chapel was erected in the Chapleau Municipal Cemetery in 1936byRichardBrownleeinmemoryofhisfirst wifeEllen.
Mr. Brownlee had arrived in Chapleau in 1885, and established a barber shop. In 1887, he marriedandhebroughthiswifeEllentoChapleau. She was one of the few women there at the time. Bothwere19. Mrs.Brownleediedin1936,andin 1938hemarriedMarieJeanneLeclerc.
In the Brownlee papers which have been kindly lent to me by Margaret Rose and Bobby Fortin, Mr. Brownlee, in his own handwriting explainswhyhehadthechapelbuiltinmemoryof hiswife.
"This building was erected in memory of theonewhowassoloving,loyalandcongenial;a companionallourmarriedlifeofforty-nineyears. To her kind and intelligent sympathy in my work and welfare, I owe a debt which can only be acknowledgedbutneveradequatelyrepaid.R.B."
Followinghiswife'sdeath,Mr.Brownlee applied to the municipal cemetery board to build thechapel,andT.R.Serre,thetownshipclerkand treasurer, also secretary-treasurer of the board repliedonAugust25,1936.
The letter read in part that the board authorizedhimtoproceedwiththebuildingofthe vault in the centre of the roadway... according to theplansubmitted.
The Chapleau Post reported that the building would be about 14 feet by 18 feet. The basement would accommodate 10 caskets equippedwithoneofthe"latestmodelsoflowering devices for lowering the caskets into the basement.
"The main part of the building will be a chapel with an altar in the centre and a vestment roomontheside."Therewouldalsobeafurnace.
The architect was W.C Sylvester and the
contractorAlbertTubbe,bothofOttawa.
OnNovember11,1936,Mr.Brownlee,in a letter to the cemetery board reported that the projecthadbeencompleted. "Inowformallyturn it over to you to be held in perpetuity by you and your successors in office as a gift from me to the CitizensofChapleau."
He attached two conditions: "First that it shall be known as the 'Brownlee Memorial Chapel',and"Secondthatyouandyoursuccessors inofficeshallalwayspermittheuseoftheChapel by all persons, regardless of Race, Religion or Creed, who may desire to be buried in the ChapleauMunicipalCemetery."
Hisletteradded:"Itrustthatthesesimple conditions will always be fulfilled, and that the Chapelwillprovetobeabenefittothecommunity in which I have lived so long, and a fitting MemorialtomydearWifeinwhosememoryithas beenerected."
In replying to Mr. Brownlee in a letter datedNovember14,1936,ReeveFrankEdwards, alsochairofthecemeteryboardwrote.inpart"...I wishtoconvey.warmestthanksanddeepappreciation of your munificent gift of the Brownlee Memorial Chapel. Such a gift is and always will be a visible token of the great regard which you and your wife had for the community in which you resided so long and where you were so greatlyesteemed."
Reeve Edwards added that the municipal cemetery board "unhesitatingly accepts the conditions of your gift as outlined in your letter and will loyally and gratefullyobservethem."
Perhaps the Chapleau Post summed up Mr.Brownleebestinacommentonhisserviceto Chapleau."Ifamanbejudgedbytheextentofthe service he renders then Mr. Brownlee deserves specialcommendation,forduringhishalfcentury of residence in Chapleau he has always shown keeninterestinthewelfareofthecommunityand by his enthusiastic and optimistic endeavour he hashelpedbringsuccesstoeveryundertakingand has promoted a spirit of good fellowship among thecitizens."
On a very personal note, Mr. Brownlee also took time for a little boy who would wander over the Brownlee Block on Main Street to chat with the men who would gather in front of the barbershop.MyfatherJimMorrishadbeenkilled on active service in the RCAF in World War II, and of course Mr. Brownlee was aware of it. Mr. and Mrs. Brownlee (his second wife) would take me for rides in their car --- what a thrill as there werefewcarsinChapleaucirca1945.Hebecame mygoodfriend.
RichardBrownleediedonAugust6,1951, and is buried in the Chapleau Municipal Cemetery.
Memorial Chapel at Chapleau Municipal Cemetery 1936. RichardBrownleestandingbesidestheChapel.
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Public Health Sudbury & Districts is reporting the first measles infection in the SudburyandManitoulindistrictssince2014.The affected individual is an infant who was too youngtohavebeenvaccinated.
Public Health has directly notified the individuals in its service area who are known to have been exposed to measles and continues to workwiththeMinistryofHealthandotherlocal publichealthagenciestominimizethespreadof infection. However, measles is spreading across NorthAmericaatlevelsnotseeninthreedecades. Given this heightened risk, it is important that everyone protect themselves by ensuring they havehad2dosesofvaccine.
“Measlescanspreadveryquicklyamong people who are not fully immunized, and it can cause severe illness in some people,” said Christina Baier, a manager in Public Health’s Health Protection Division. “This is an opportunityforeveryonetomakesuretheyareup to date with their immunizations or to follow up with their health care provider if they are not,” saidBaier.
Informationaboutmeasles
Vaccination remains the best protection againstmeasles—it’ssafeandeffective.Itlimits the spread of measles and protects yourself and others, especially infants and persons with weakened immune systems who cannot get vaccinatedthemselves.
Themeaslesvirusspreadsthroughtheair andbydirectcontactwithaninfectedperson.The virus can live for up to 2 hours in the air or on surfaces. Over 90% of people who are not immune to measles will become infected if they areexposedtothevirus.
Measlescanleadtoseriouscomplications such as lung infections, swelling of the brain, seizures, and middle ear infections, and in rare cases, death. Pregnant people may also experience premature labour, stillbirth, or miscarriage.
Commonsymptomsofmeasles ! fever ! runnynose,cough ! redandwateryeyes ! smallwhitespotsinthemouthandthroat ! a red rash that starts on the face and spreadsdownthebody(appears3to7daysafter othersymptoms)
If you or a family member have symptoms and thinkyouwereexposedtomeasles,immediately isolateathomeandavoidallcontactwithpeople who are not immunized. Call your health care provider or the walk-in clinic’s office before going so they can provide instructions to follow toprotectotherpeople,suchaswearingamedical orN95mask.Cont’donP.8
Profiteraumaximumde vosvacancesàlamaison
(EN) Vous n’avez pas à quitter la maison pour vivre des vacances exceptionnelles. Avec ses paysages magnifiques, ses villes animées et son patrimoinecultureldiversifié,leCanadaoffrede nombreuses possibilités pour des vacances à la maison. Que vous exploriez des attractions locales, transformiez votre cour arrière en oasis privéeouquevouspartiezenescapadeàvoiture, voici quelques conseils pour vous aider à planifier des vacances à la maison exceptionnelles.
Préparez le terrain à la maison. Transformezvotremaisonenhavre.Pensezàune soirée cinéma douillette, à une ambiance digne d’un spa dans la salle de bain ou à une terrasse privéedécoréedeguirlandesdelumièresdansla cour. Réfléchissez aux choses qui vous aident à relaxer et intégrez-les à votre décor. Avant de décrochercomplètement,assurez-vousquevotre maison est bien protégée. Passez en revue votre police d’assurance habitation pour voir si vous êtescouvertpourdesincidentscommelesdégâts d’eau,lesvolsoulesaccidentsimprévus.
Planifiez des aventures locales. Agissez comme un touriste dans votre propre ville en visitantdesmusées,enparcourantdessentiersde randonnéepédestre,enprofitantdesplagesouen essayant un nouveau restaurant qui vous donne envie. Planifiez quelques aventures hors des sentiers battus peut rendre vos vacances à la maison plus excitantes. Si vous utilisez votre voiture pour quelques escapades d’une journée, n’oubliez pas de vérifier si votre assurance auto est à jour. Les compagnies d’assurance comme belairdirect offrent des options comme l’assistanceroutière24heuresparjour,septjours par semaine et le pardon en cas d’accident afin que vous soyez couvert même lorsque vous êtes prèsdelamaison.
Créez un budget flexible. Même si vous ne vous éloignez pas de la maison, les dépenses peuvent s’additionner rapidement si vous ne faites pas attention. Établissez un budget pour surveiller vos dépenses, mais assurez-vous de prévoirunepetitemargedemanœuvrepourvous permettreunpeudespontanéité.
Pour des vacances à la maison exceptionnelles, il faut une combinaison équilibrée de relaxation, d’aventure et de tranquillité d’esprit. Avec une bonne planification, vous pourrez décompresser sans avoir à vous inquiéter pendant que vous êtes en modevacancesàlamaison.
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Lastweekssolutions
MOMENTS IN TIME
OnAug. 6, 1975, The New York Times printed a front-page obituaryforAgathaChristie'sBelgiansleuthHerculePoirot-quite the honor for a fictional character! Christie had announced her decision to dispose of him in her next book; indeed,astheTimesnoted,"Thenewsofhisdeath,givenby DameAgatha, was not unexpected. Word that he was near deathreachedherelastMay."
PremierDougFordHostsCanada'sPremiersandLeaders ofNationalIndigenousOrganizationstoDiscussEconomic Development,ReconciliationandBuildingProsperityfor FutureGenerations
Today,PremierDougFordhostedameeting between Canada's premiers and leaders of national IndigenousorganizationsinMuskoka.
Premier Ford welcomed National Chief CindyWoodhouse Nepinak of theAssembly of First Nations, National Chief Brendan Moore of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, President Victoria Pruden of the Métis National Council, and President JosieNepinakoftheNativeWomen'sAssociationof Canadatothemeeting,alongwithOntarioIndigenous leadership. Elder Hilton King of Wasauksing First Nationjoinedtoopenthemeeting.
ollowing the meeting, Premier Doug Ford issuedthefollowingstatement:
“I was pleased to welcome Canada's premiers and Indigenous leaders from national and Ontario Indigenous organizations in Muskoka. I am grateful for the opportunity to hear directly from Indigenous leaders from across Canada about the priority issues
HighwayUpgrade
Cont’dfromP.2 be considered for continued expansionbeyondtheirexisting two-lane profile. From their early days, they have formed partofCanada'scriticalnational corridor,fromplayingafoundational role in connecting Canada's frontier communities to enabling economic development and asserting national sovereignty across the North," noted Pauline Rochefort, Member of Parliament for Nipissing—Timiskaming. "Highways 11 and 17 are more than roads — they are lifelines for communities, commerce, and Canada'sfuture."
The proposal comes as thefederalgovernmentconsults on national interest projects under theBuildingCanadaAct,which prioritizes east-west trade, industrialdevelopment,and strategicinfrastructure.
facing their communities.
The proposal comes as thefederalgovernmentconsults on national interest projects undertheBuildingCanadaAct, which prioritizes east-west trade, industrial development, andstrategicinfrastructure.
Wehadaproductive discussion focused on economic development and advancing economic reconciliation, particularlyinthefaceofPresidentTrump'songoing threatoftariffsandtheneedtobuildamorecompetitive,resilientandself-relianteconomy.
It has never been more important to build Canada. Doing so will require strong partnerships with Indigenous communities. We recognize the essential and meaningful contributions Indigenous communities, workers, businesses and people make tobuildingresilienteconomies,regionsandcommunitiesacrossCanada.
Working together is key to advancing Indigenous-led approaches to economic develop-
ment, prosperity and wealth creation that respect the diversity of Indigenous communities and cultures. This includes a focus on providing Indigenous communitieswith generationaleconomicopportunitiesthroughequitypartnershipfromthedevelopment of resource projects, including critical minerals. As webuildamorecompetitive,resilientandself-reliant economy, we will always meet our duty to consult withIndigenouscommunities.
IwanttothankeachoftheIndigenousleaders for coming together today to talk about how we can build prosperity for their communities and for Canada. When all of us — provinces, territories, Indigenouscommunitiesandthefederalgovernment — work together, there's nothing we can't achieve. TeamCanadaisunstoppable.”
MIKE C.ALLEMANO - RETIRED
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Onlineassessmenttool
The measles self-assessment tool can help you determine if you are protected against measles, what to do if you are experiencing symptoms,wereexposedtothemeaslesvirus,or areunsureaboutyourrisk.
! https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/measles Howtocheckyourimmunizationrecords
! Check your immunization records and those of your family members (online or hard copy) to confirm if you’re fully vaccinated against measles. Contact your health care providerifyouareunsure.
! If you submitted your child’s immunization records to Public Health Sudbury & Districts, you can view them online using Immunization Connect Ontario (ICON) by visiting icon.ehealthontario.ca. Public Health keeps records for vaccinations people received whileundertheageof18.
! PublicHealthdoesnotkeepnewrecords forthose18andolder.Checkyouryellowcardfor yourvaccinationhistory.
! If you were born before 1970, you are likelyimmunetomeasles,butconsultyourhealth careproviderifyou’reuncertain.
! YoucanfindinformationaboutOntario’s routine immunization schedule online at ontario.ca/page/ontarios-routine-immunizationschedule(GovernmentofOntario).
For more information about measles and immunization,pleasevisitphsd.caorcallPublic Health Sudbury & Districts at 705.522.9200 (toll-free1.866.522.9200).
