Thursday Morning News – February 15

Feb 15, 2018 @ 07:57

Weather

Today	Snow ending this afternoon then cloudy. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. Temperature falling to minus 9 this afternoon.
Tonight	Mainly cloudy. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low minus 21. Wind chill minus 28.

 

Roads

	2018-02-15 – early morning report
101	Timmins to Highway 144	bare and dry road	2018-02-15 2:23
101	Highway 144 to Shawmere River	bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections.	2018-02-15 2:23
101	Shawmere River to Highway 651	bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections.	2018-02-15 4:05
101	Highway 651 to Wawa	bare and wet road with bare and dry road sections.	2018-02-15 7:43
129	Thessalon to Aubrey Falls	bare and wet road with partly snow packed sections.	2018-02-15 3:41
129	Aubrey Falls to Chapleau	bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections.	2018-02-15 4:05
17	Sault Saint Marie North Limits to Montreal River Bridge	bare and wet road with bare and dry road, ice covered sections.	2018-02-15 5:23
17	Montreal River Bridge to Wawa	bare and wet road with bare and dry road sections.	2018-02-15 7:43
17	Wawa to Paint Lake Rd	bare and wet road with bare and dry road sections.	2018-02-15 7:43
17	Paint Lake Rd to Southwest of White River	snow covered with partly snow covered sections.	2018-02-15 7:43
519	Highway 17 – Dambrossio Township to Green Lake Road – Dunphy Township	snow covered with partly snow covered sections.	2018-02-15 7:43
547	Highway 101 to Hawk Junction	bare and wet road with bare and dry road sections.	2018-02-15 7:43
631	White River to Highway 11	bare and wet road with snow covered sections.	2018-02-15 7:43
651	Highway 101 to Missinabi	snow packed with bare and wet road, partly snow packed sections.	2018-02-15 4:05

 

News Tidbits –

Doug Ford, ex-MPP and past Ontario health-care ombudsman Christine Elliott, lawyer and businesswoman Caroline Mulroney and social conservative advocate Tanya Granic Allen will be debating tonight as they seek to become the new leader of the Ontario PC’s. The debate will be broadcast on TVO. They will debate a second time on Feb. 28, in a final debate in Ottawa.

Medal Standings

		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snowboard
	Men’s Slopestyle			Mark McMorris
	Men’s Slopestyle		Max Parrot
	Ladies Slopestyle		Laurie Blouin
Freestyle Skiing
	Ladies Moguls		Justine Dufour Lapointe
	Men’s Moguls	Mikaêl Kingsbury
Speedskating
	Men’s 5000m		Ted-Jan Bloemen
	Men’s 10,000m	Ted-Jan Bloemen
Figure Skating
	Team	Patrick Chan, Gabrielle Daleman, Kaetlyn Osmond, Meagan Duhamel, Eric Radford, Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir
	Pairs	Meagan Duhamel, Eric Radford
Curling
	Mixed Doubles	Kaitlyn Lawes, John Morris
Luge
	Women’s			Alex Gough
Short Track
	Ladies’ 500m			Kim Boutin