Friday Morning News – November 17

Nov 17, 2017 @ 07:35

Weather – Today will be Cloudy. Periods of snow beginning early this morning except periods of rain along the lakeshore late this afternoon. Amount 5 cm. Wind becoming south 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High plus 1. Tonight, periods of snow except periods of rain along the lakeshore. Fog patches developing this evening. Amount 5 cm inland. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light this evening. Low minus 1.

 

Marine – Gale warning in effect.Wind southeast 25 knots increasing to southeast 35 early this morning then diminishing to south 20 early this evening. Wind diminishing to southwest 15 near midnight then becoming north 15 overnight. Wind increasing to north 25 Saturday morning. Waves one metre building to 3 to 4 this morning then subsiding to 2 this evening. Waves subsiding to one overnight then building to 2 near noon Saturday.

 

Roads

	2017-11-17 – early morning report
101	Shawmere River to Highway 651	snow packed with snow covered sections.	2017-11-17 5:21
101	Highway 651 to Wawa	bare and dry road	2017-11-17 3:26
129	Thessalon to Aubrey Falls	bare and dry road with partly snow packed sections.	2017-11-17 3:17
129	Aubrey Falls to Chapleau	snow packed with snow covered sections.	2017-11-17 5:21
17	Sault Saint Marie North Limits to Montreal River Bridge	bare and dry road	2017-11-17 5:20
17	Montreal River Bridge to Wawa	bare and dry road	2017-11-17 3:26
17	Wawa to Paint Lake Rd	bare and dry road	2017-11-17 3:26
17	Paint Lake Rd to Southwest of White River	bare and wet road	2017-11-17 3:28
519	Highway 17 – Dambrossio Township to Green Lake Road – Dunphy Township	bare and dry road	2017-11-17 3:26
547	Highway 101 to Hawk Junction	bare and dry road	2017-11-17 3:26
631	White River to Highway 11	bare and wet road with snow packed sections.	2017-11-17 3:28

 

News Tidbits – The Ontario government will introduce back-to-work legislation that could end a nearly five-week strike by college faculty. The legislation would require Ontario’s 24 colleges to resume operations, ensuring students are able to complete their academic studies.

The fifth round of NAFTA renegotiations begins today in Mexico. The talks, which began in August, are scheduled to last until the end of March 2018.