The Manitoulin Sudbury Social Services Board has taken a close look at housing throughout the two districts and finds there are still critical shortages of new homes and rising costs in maintaining the properties they already have.
The Algoma District Services Administration Board is now accepting applications for newly constructed row housing in Blind River (located at 84 Indiana).
Ogimaa Tim Ominika says the recently announced $45-million dollars coming to Wikwemkoong Unceded Territory for a new long-term care home has been a long time coming.
Around 100 people, including students, took in Truth and Reconciliation/Orange Shirt Day activities at the Anishinabe Spiritual Centre south of Espanola yesterday.