Skip to content

Search results for "Kenneth Armstrong"

Order
Filter by category
Safe consumption sites making opioid crisis worse: former Timmins tourism boss

Safe consumption sites making opioid crisis worse: former Timmins tourism boss

'When we launched the safe injection site we started to feed the dragon': Effectiveness of supervised consumption sites became the subject of debate during a session at this week's Northern Ontario Tourism Summit in Sault Ste. Marie
Read more >
Addiction, mental health crisis front and centre at northern Ontario tourism summit

Addiction, mental health crisis front and centre at northern Ontario tourism summit

The Destination Northern Ontario tourism board passed a resolution at its recent AGM, pledging support to address the issues of homelessness, mental health and addiction
Read more >
In Algoma, opioid-related deaths continue to mount

In Algoma, opioid-related deaths continue to mount

According to new data released today, Algoma Public Health recorded 22 confirmed and probable opioid toxicity deaths in first six months of 2023 — including five in Elliot Lake, which matches the total number from all of last year in that community
Read more >
How did a convicted fraudster end up teaching law at Algoma University?

How did a convicted fraudster end up teaching law at Algoma University?

A disgraced former lawyer spent eight years working as a part-time instructor at Algoma. He is now fighting to regain his law licence, propelling his past into the spotlight
Read more >
Sault man cries for change after daughter killed by intimate partner violence

Sault man cries for change after daughter killed by intimate partner violence

‘I want to stop this from happening’: Dan Jennings, whose daughter was killed in her London, Ont. home this summer, is on a mission to raise awareness and save lives
Read more >
Sault gunman was banned from possessing weapons after assaulting cop

Sault gunman was banned from possessing weapons after assaulting cop

The one-year order expired just 10 months ago, in December 2022
Read more >
Sault Gunman investigated for domestic violence days before rampage: chief

Sault Gunman investigated for domestic violence days before rampage: chief

Speaking to local and national reporters at a Wednesday press conference, Chief Hugh Stevenson said he would support an inquest into Monday's tragic murder-suicide
Read more >
Brampton man accused in Thessalon child abduction freed on bail

Brampton man accused in Thessalon child abduction freed on bail

Manoj Govindbalunikam, 35, was released on Monday under the supervision of a surety; his next court appearance is scheduled for October 5
Read more >
Accused child abductor granted bail, but won't be released right away

Accused child abductor granted bail, but won't be released right away

Manoj Govindbalunikam of Brampton is accused of abducting a nine-year-old boy in Thessalon in what the OPP is calling a 'bizarre set of circumstances'
Read more >
Opioid death rate in Algoma virtually unchanged from last year

Opioid death rate in Algoma virtually unchanged from last year

'I’m getting fed up,' says SOYA founder Connie Raynor-Elliott, as the Sault continues to wait for a number of addiction services to be completed or approved
Read more >