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Kapuskasing (2001 population of 9,238) is a town on the Kapuskasing River in the Cochrane District of northern Ontario, Canada. Image File history File links Ontario-kapuskasing. ...
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Cochrane District, Ontario is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. ...
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total...
Transportation Kapuskasing is the largest community located directly along Highway 11 between Thunder Bay and Temiskaming Shores. The word Kapuskasing means "bend in the river" as the Kapuskasing river bends within the town. Typical HWY 11 sign style Ontario provincial highway 11 is one of the longest of Ontarios Kings Highways, with a current length (as of 2004) of 1 636 km (1,016 miles). ...
Motto: {{Unhide = {{{}}}}} Location City Information Established: 1970 (amalgamation between Fort William and Port Arthur) Area: 328 km² Population: City Population 109,016 Population density: 332. ...
Temiskaming Shores, Ontario is a city in Northern Ontario, Canada. ...
History and Industry The town was founded in the early 20th century when the forerunner of the Canadian National Railway was built through the area. During World War I--it was called McPherson-Kapuskasing was the site of an internment camp that held over 1,200 German, Austrian, Ukrainian, and Turkish prisoners. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...
The Canadian National Railway (CN; AAR reporting marks CN, CNA, CNIS), known as Canadian National Railways (CNR) between 1918 and 1960, and Canadian National/Canadien National (CN) from 1960 to present, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian National Railway Company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. ...
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After the war, a paper mill was established. The mill, now owned by Tembec, is still the town's major employer. The mill was the focus of the Reesor Siding 1963 Strike, which saw 3 union workers killed. Tembec, a paper company in Canada, was created in 1973 in the town of Temiscaming, in Quebec near the border of Ontario. ...
Monument to the shootings The Reesor Siding 1963 Strike was one of the defining labour conflicts in Canadian history. ...
General Motors Canada operates the GM Cold Weather Development Centre at Kapuskasing. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada operates an agricultural experiment station, or Experimental Farm, close to the town. GM Canada Old Logo (used in the 1990s) General Motors of Canada Limited (GM Canada) is the manufacturer and dealership of General Motors in Canada. ...
The Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, also referred to as Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for policies governing agriculture production, farming income, research and development, inspection, and the regulation of animals and plants. ...
An agricultural experiment station is a research center that conducts scientific investigations to solve problems and suggest improvements in the food and agriculture industry. ...
Media Kapuskasing's locally-originated media include English-language commercial radio station CKAP (branded as Moose FM), French-language community radio station CKGN, and the English-language Kapuskasing Northern Times and bilingual Le/The Weekender community newspapers. CKAP is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 100. ...
CKGN is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 89. ...
Education Public
District School Board Ontario North East (DSBONE)
Diamond Jubilee Elementary School (JK-8)
Kapuskasing District High School (9-12)
Eastview Public School (Closed)
Conseil scolaire publique du Nord Est de l'Ontario (CSDNE)
École publique Coeur du Nord (M-8)
Separate
Northeastern Catholic District School Board (NCDSB)
St Patrick School (JK-8, JK-8 French Immersion)
Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes Rivières (CSCDGR)
École élémentaire Jacques-Cartier (M-8)
École élémentaire Jeanne-Mance (M-8)
École élémentaire André Cary (M-8)
École Sacré-Coeur (Closed)
École secondaire catholique Cité des Jeunes (9-12)
Other Establishments
Centre d'éducation Alternative High School (Adult Education)
Collège Boréal à Kapuskasing (Post Secondary)
Northern College of Applied Arts & Technology (Post Secondary)
Université de Hearst à Kapuskasing (Post Secondary) Université de Hearst (formerly Collège universitaire de Hearst) is a Canadian postsecondary institution with campuses in Hearst, Timmins and Kapuskasing, Ontario, offering university degree programs in French for Northeastern Ontarios franco-ontarian community. ...
D'Youville Academy (Religious,Closed)
Health, Safety and Well Being Health
Sensenbrenner Hospital was built in 1928 by the Spruce Falls Pulp & Paper Company for its workers. At the time the hospital was one of northern Ontario's finest. In 1988 the need for a more modern facility arose and the ultra-modern 53 bed complex was built in a more central part of the town. Sensenbrenner serves a regional population of 14,000 residents. The hospital provides both in-patient and out-patient care. Clinical services include; emergency services, chronic cardiorespiratory, acute neurology, specialty clinics, general medicine, surgery, anaesthesia, obstetrics, pediatrics, chronic and long-term care, rehabilitation, and other related diagnostic and treatment services. The health care services are assessment, evaluation, screening, treatment programs and direct therapy. In 1995 the hospital built a private clinic wing near the Emergency Room.
EMS services are provided by Sensenbrenner Hospital.
Sensenbrenner Hospital is part of the Northeastern Ontario Medical Education Corporation (NOMEC)
The Porcupine Health unit serves the town with preventive education, psychiatric services, social services and child social service.
Safety
The town operates a fire department which is a member of the Fire Marshalls of Ontario, Public Fire Safety Council.
A local branch of the Ontario Provincial Police is located 1 km east of the town on Highway 11.
Kapuskasing has Enhanced 911 (E911) service for Fire, Ambulance and Police. To meet Wikipedias quality standards and make it easier to understand, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Well Being
Children's Aid Services, Counselling services, Detox centres, Chiropractitioners, and many other services are offered for those who need it.
People from Kapuskasing James Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a three-time Academy Award winning Canadian-American film director noted for his action/science fiction films, which are often extremely successful financially. ...
Heather Mallick (1959–) is a Toronto-based columnist and author who, until December, 2005, wrote for the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail. ...
Kirk McCaskill in his California Angels uniform. ...
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Shane Peacock (born February 25, 1957 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian writer. ...
Kelly VanderBeek (born January 21, 1983 in Kapuskasing, Ontario) is a Canadian alpine skier from Kitchener, Ontario. ...
External links - Kapuskasing (municipality) website
- Northern Times Website
- Rotary Club of Kapuskasing
- General Motors Canada Cold Weather Development Centre
- Test Cars Keep Returning To a Town's Icy Embrace
Coordinates: 49°25′N 82°26′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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