Shifting Grounds: Understanding Recent Interregional Migration to the Maritimes and Northern Ontario,
Professor Suzanne Mills presented her report, Shifting Grounds: Understanding Recent Interregional Migration to the Maritimes and Northern Ontario, to the Board. She thanked FONOM for its assistance in connecting her with participants in Northeastern Ontario. [...]
FONOM concerned with criminal justice system’s practice of “catch and release” in Northern Communities
July 12, 2022 The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is creating a Northern Working Group to focus on the issue of catch and release justice and will be bringing [...]
Tickets are on sale for the Ontario Northern Leaders’ Debate
April 25, 2022 Tickets to the Ontario Northern Leaders’ Debate being held on May 10th in North Bay as part of the annual FONOM Conference are now on sale to [...]
NOMA, FONOM, and NOSDA met jointly with government at ROMA to discuss the Mental Health, Addictions, and Homelessness Crisis in the North
January 26, 2022 The Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA), the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM), and the Northern Ontario Service Deliverers Association (NOSDA) jointly discussed the crisis of Homelessness, [...]
FONOM Calls on Premier Ford to Champion Highway 11/17 Twinning as a Nation-Building Priority
Temiskaming Shores, ON – September 5, 2025 – The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is urging Premier Doug Ford to include the twinning and 2+1 model for Highways 11 and 17 in Ontario’s submission [...]
FONOM Calls for Nation-Building Commitment to Northern Ontario’s Trans-Canada Highway
Temiskaming Shores, ON — August 22, 2025 – The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is urging the Governments of Canada and Ontario to modernize the Trans-Canada Highway (Highways 11 and 17) across Northern Ontario [...]