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CTV News
10-07-2025
- CTV News
Police to search northern Ont. landfill for teen missing since 2022
Police in Iroquois Falls are searching a landfill on Thursday in connection with the 2022 disappearance of Rebecca Fudge-Schnarr, missing since November 2022. Ontario Provincial Police in Iroquois Falls will be searching a landfill in the community Thursday in connection with a 17-year-old who has been missing since 2022. Rebecca Fudge-Schnarr was last seen at her parents' home on Nov. 24, 2022, on Moffat Road in Iroquois Falls. Schnarr OPP Ontario Provincial Police in Iroquois Falls will be searching a landfill in the community Thursday in connection with a 17-year-old who has been missing since 2022. (OPP photo) Rebecca Fudge-Schnarr Rebecca Fudge-Schnarr was last seen at her parents' home on Nov. 24, 2022, on Moffat Road in Iroquois Falls. (Photo from video) 'She was only 17 years old at the time,' the OPP said in a news release. 'Rebecca was described as having long blonde hair, wearing glasses, a hoodie, a jean jacket, grey boots and carrying a white, floral-patterned bag.' Avoid the area Police will be searching the Nellie Lake landfill site in Iroquois Falls on Thursday to further this investigation,' police said. 'The OPP and the Municipality of Iroquois Falls are requesting the public's cooperation during this time. While the landfill remains open, with an alternative dumping site for the public, police are asking the public to stay away from the area being searched, to ensure officers can conduct a thorough investigation.' The investigation is ongoing with the OPP South Porcupine crime unit, under the direction of the OPP criminal investigation branch. Anyone with any information on the investigation is asked to contact the South Porcupine OPP at 1-888-310-1122. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or online, where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.
Globe and Mail
08-07-2025
- Health
- Globe and Mail
Ontario long-term care worker charged in death of resident given wrong medications
A woman has been charged in connection with the death of an elderly man after a medication dispensing error in a Northern Ontario long-term care residence. Michelle Biglow, 62, faces a count of criminal negligence causing bodily harm, the Ontario Provincial Police said in a statement Monday. The name of the woman charged by the OPP matches that of a registered practical nurse who resigned from the College of Nurses of Ontario on March 28 of this year. The OPP said the charge stemmed from the death last year of a 93-year-old man living at a long-term care facility in the town of Iroquois Falls. The police said an incident occurred on May 17, 2024 that caused 'medical distress' in the man. He was taken to a local hospital, where he died on May 24. No further details were provided, but the only LTC facility in Iroquois Falls is the 69-bed South Centennial Manor. According to a source, the case involved medications wrongfully dispensed at South Centennial. The Globe and Mail is not disclosing the name of the source because they were not authorized to speak with the media. According to a report by the Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care, an inspection was conducted at South Centennial between June 4 and 6, 2024 after a medication incident involving a resident. 'A registered staff member administered medications to several residents and did not follow the home's medication administration policies,' the report says. 'As a result, one of the residents received the wrong medications causing a change in their health status.' The report added that a second staffer responded to the problem by giving the resident a medication that was also not appropriate for them. Both staffers acknowledged that they had failed to make sure that the resident wouldn't receive the wrong medications, says the report, dated June 12, 2024. 'Failure to ensure that registered staff members followed the home's medication policies and that drugs administered to residents were prescribed for them, resulted in harm to a resident and put other residents in the home at risk of harm due to unsafe medication practices,' the report says. The document also mentioned that a staffer was involved in two separate medication incidents over a month. It was not clear from the report whether this was one of the employees mentioned in the other incident. The LTC's licensee, Anson General Hospital in Iroquois Falls, was ordered to ensure that registered staff who administer drugs be trained on the home's policies relating to medication management system. The licensee was also asked to audit medications administration three times a week for at least a month. A follow-up report, dated Aug. 26, said the home had complied with the previous inspection's orders. Iroquois Falls is 70 kilometres northeast of Timmins. According to a funeral home notice, 93-year-old Roger Sauvé of Iroquois Falls died on May 24, 2024, at Anson General Hospital, in Iroquois Falls. He was a long-time paper mill employee and member of Knight of Columbus who was survived by five children, 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. The source confirmed that Mr. Sauvé is the man who died at South Centennial. A director at South Centennial Manor declined to comment, hanging up the phone without disclosing her name. Paul Chatelain, Anson General Hospital's chief executive officer and long-term care administrator, didn't respond to voicemail and e-mail messages.
CTV News
07-07-2025
- CTV News
Criminal charges laid in death of LTC home resident in northern Ont.
One person has been charged in connection with the death of a 93-year-old man in May 2024 at a long-term care home in Iroquois Falls. (File) One person has been charged in connection with the death of a 93-year-old man in May 2024 at a long-term care home in Iroquois Falls. The man's death took place May 24, 2024. Ontario Provincial Police in South Porcupine were told that the man 'had experienced medical distress following an incident that occurred on Saturday, May 17.' He had been taken to the hospital where he passed away. A 62-year-old woman from Matheson has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm. The investigation was conducted by the South Porcupine OPP crime unit under the direction of the OPP's criminal investigation branch. Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact the South Porcupine OPP at 1-888-310-1122. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online, where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.
Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Jumps 15%, Leading Sector Higher After Inking 5-Year Energy Supply Deal
The power unit of bitcoin miner Hut 8 (HUT) has landed a five-year capacity contract with Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator, giving the Miami-based firm a dependable paycheck for 310 megawatts of natural-gas generation. The deal covers plants in Iroquois Falls, Kingston, Kapuskasing, and North Bay, all owned by Far North, Hut 8's joint venture with Macquarie Equipment Finance. Starting May 2026, according to a press release, the plants will earn an average CAD $530 ($388.5) per megawatt-business day in the first year, with partial inflation indexation. The income comes from a government-backed AA3-rated agency. Ontario forecasts electricity demand will grow 75% by 2050, with a shortfall of up to 5.8 gigawatts as early as 2030, the release adds. HUT shares are higher by more than 15% on the news, leading the mining sector higher. Cleanspark (CLSK), MARA Holdings (MARA) and Riot Platforms (RIOT) are ahead a bit less than 10%. Just yesterday, American Bitcoin Corp, a miner 80% owned by Hut 8 and backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr., revealed it raised $220 million from accredited investors, about $10 million of which in bitcoin, according to an SEC filing.
CBC
11-06-2025
- Health
- CBC
Mayor and hospital board CEO in small northern Ontario spar over cause of doctor shortage
People without family doctors in the Matheson, Iroquois Falls and Cochrane area are lighting up social media as the mayor of Cochrane and the CEO of the area's hospital board skirmish over why there's a shortage in the area. Cochrane Mayor Peter Politis says thanks to the town's recruiting efforts, family doctors want to locate to an area where many people lack primary care, but he says the MIC's Group of Health Services, which runs the three local hospitals, is letting them down. "Cochrane has actually become a sought-after destination for physicians, with five additional doctors signing employment offers with the town—offers that MICs refused to also sign," he wrote on social media. "The town is committing hundreds of thousands of dollars per doctor, an unprecedented move for a municipality. Unfortunately, MICs—and specifically Lady Minto Hospital—remain the sole barrier preventing these doctors from practicing here." The barrier, claims Politis, is that the board refuses to allocate a certain number of emergency room shifts to prospective family doctors, who want those lucrative shifts to boost their income. "All we require are five emergency room shifts per doctor to attract four more doctors and have more doctors than we need, to have a doctor for everybody," Politis said in an interview. "Every unrostered patient in this community would have a doctor, and they're not providing those shifts." Politis claims it's an arrangement that other communities reach with their hospitals and he's blaming the MICs Group of Health Services for failing to collaborate and help the town of 5,400. But the hospital board fired back in a release late last week saying the town is offering something it can't legally provide. Paul Chatelain— the CEO of the board covering Matheson, Iroquois Falls and Cochrane which includes the Lady Minto Hospital in Cochrane— said when a new doctor arrives this fall, staffing at the emergency room will be at full capacity. He considers that collaboration, and a stable emergency room, to be signs of success, demonstrating co-operation and ensuring the ER remains open when others in northeastern Ontario are frequently closed. "Our mandate is to make sure our ER department and our hospital patients are seen," he said. "Unfortunately, you know, primary care….we work with primary care, but it's not our responsibility." As for carving out emergency room shifts to seal the deal with prospective family doctors, Chatelain said that would go against employment law. "If we were to remove these doctors or take some of their shifts away, there's legal ramifications around that they could sue us for," he said. "It's kind of like an employment contract. We've already touched base with our legal. It's a real sticky situation. We can't just remove physicians' hours." Chatelain said those doctors have long had contracts with the board and the hospital doesn't rely on locums, or visiting doctors, for emergency room coverage, as many other hospitals do. He said if anything changes, such as a retirement of an existing doctor, to create a vacant position among ER staff, he would be freed up to help create an offer to bring in a family physician who also wanted ER shifts. In the meantime, both Politis and Chatelain say collaboration is key as the people they serve in the region grow increasingly vocal about a lack of primary care.
