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Facts and History on: Michelin Tires

Ronnie Payne August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Automotive

Founded in 1888 by the Michelin brothers, André and Édouard, in Clermont-Ferrand, France who were running a rubber company and like all the others the company started manufacturing tires for bicycles and horse-drawn carriages it wasn’t until the 1890’s when…

Ontario expands eligibility for free child care starting Wednesday
The move is intended to support workers and their families with free child-care options in regions, including Ottawa, where students continue to learn remotely.
Bouchard, Coelho and Herx: Physicians should not be forced to make assisted-death referrals
Bill C-7, passed by the House of Commons and now in front of a Senate committee, raises even more ethical challenges than the original legislation. Doctors who object should not be compelled to support it.
Provincial watchdog uncovers no wrongdoing by police in Alfred, Ont., man's death
The province’s Special Investigations Unit uncovered no wrongdoing by police during an incident last year in which an Alfred, Ont., man died following a confrontation with police. According to the SIU, the 50-year-old man died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in his Devista Boulevard home on Feb. 11, 2020, after a sheriff and bank […]
COVID-19: Ontario to 'accelerate' vaccinations for most vulnerable; Province reports 1,958 new cases
What you need to know, at a glance Ontario is reporting 43 deaths and 1,958 new cases on the one-year mark of the first COVID-19 case discovered in the province There have now been 256,960 total cases in Ontario, and 5,846 people have died Ottawa Public Health reported 48 new cases in its daily data, […]
Developers, including Algonquins of Ontario, urge councillors to include their lands inside new urban boundary
The Algonquins of Ontario told city councillors Monday that the politicians should be compelled to approve 500 hectares of rural-east land as suitable for imminent development as part of reconciliation with Indigenous communities. “We are building a nation within this nation of Canada,” Lynn Clouthier, the Algonquins of Ontario negotiation representative for Ottawa, told councillors […]
Pembroke man arrested in connection with September shooting
A Pembroke man has been arrested in connection with a shooting incident that occurred last September. According to the Upper Ottawa Valley detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, the 34-year-old man arrived at the emergency department of the Pembroke Regional Hospital with a gunshot wound early on the morning of Sept. 25, 2020, following an […]
Police looking for help to identify robbery suspect
Ottawa police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man involved in a robbery that took place in Manotick on Jan. 7. According to police, the man entered a business in the 1100 block of Beaverwood Road that morning and demanded money. He left with an undisclosed amount of cash, as well as […]
Brockville man charged following altercation with woman after her dog urinates on his shoe
A 32-year-old Brockville man was charged with assault on Sunday after he slapped a 67-year-old female in the head in an altercation over the woman’s dog. According to Brockville police, the man had confronted the woman as she was walking her dog on Laurier Boulevard on Sunday and accused her of letting her dog urinate […]
Province to delay second vaccine doses, focus on long-term care residents
With worsening long-term care outbreaks in some parts of the province and a slowdown in COVID-19 vaccine shipments, the Ontario government is delaying second doses for some in order to focus on long-term care and high-risk retirement home residents. Provincial health officials said Monday that every long-term care resident in the province will get at […]
Two snowmobilers die in Eastern Ontario, third suffers serious injuries
A 44-year-old South Stormont man was killed Saturday when his snowmobile collided with a vehicle on County Road 2 in Ingleside. It was the second snowmobile fatality in eastern Ontario in as many days. The other was a single-vehicle crash in the Bancroft area late Friday night. A third collision involving a snowmobile occurred Sunday […]