Thursday Morning News Tidbits – February 22

Feb 22, 2018 @ 07:50

Weather

Today	Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries early this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. High minus 4.
Tonight	A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness after midnight then 40 percent chance of flurries before morning. Low minus 11.

Special Weather Statement – Issued at 5:20 a.m. Environment Canada warns that 10 – 15 centimetres of snow is expected as a low-pressure system enters the region overnight. Snow will taper off to a few flurries Friday afternoon into early evening. Snowfall amounts are expected to be below the warning criteria of 15 centimetres per 12 hours.

 

Roads

101	Timmins to Highway 144	bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections.	2018-02-22 2:10
101	Highway 144 to Shawmere River	bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections.	2018-02-22 2:09
101	Shawmere River to Highway 651	partly snow packed with bare and wet road sections.	2018-02-22 4:32
101	Highway 651 to Wawa	snow covered	2018-02-22 5:30
129	Thessalon to Aubrey Falls	bare and dry road	2018-02-22 3:18
129	Aubrey Falls to Chapleau	partly snow packed with bare and wet road sections.	2018-02-22 4:32
17	Sault Saint Marie North Limits to Montreal River Bridge	bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections.	2018-02-22 3:36
17	Montreal River Bridge to Wawa	bare and wet road	2018-02-22 5:30
17	Wawa to Paint Lake Rd	bare and wet road	2018-02-22 5:30
17	Paint Lake Rd to Southwest of White River	partly snow covered with bare and wet road sections.	2018-02-22 5:30
519	Highway 17 – Dambrossio Township to Green Lake Road – Dunphy Township	bare and wet road	2018-02-22 5:30
547	Highway 101 to Hawk Junction	snow covered	2018-02-22 5:30
631	White River to Highway 11	bare and dry road with partly snow packed, snow packed sections.	2018-02-22 5:30
651	Highway 101 to Missinabi	snow packed	2018-02-22 4:32

News Tidbits

		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snowboard
	Men’s Slopestyle			Mark McMorris
	Men’s Slopestyle		Max Parrot
	Ladies’ Slopestyle		Laurie Blouin
Freestyle Skiing
	Men’s Ski Slopestyle			Alex Beaulieu-Marchand
	Ladies Moguls		Justine Dufour Lapointe
	Men’s Moguls	Mikaêl Kingsbury
	Ladies’ Halfpipe	Cassie Sharpe
	Men’s Ski Cross	Brady Leman
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
	Ice Dancing	Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir
Curling
	Mixed Doubles	Kaitlyn Lawes, John Morris
Luge
	Team Relay		Alex Gough, Sam Edney, Tristan Walker, Justin Snith
	Women’s			Alex Gough
Short Track
	Men’s 1,000m	Samuel Girard
	Ladies’ 1,500m			Kim Boutin
	Ladies’ 1000m		Kim Boutin
	Ladies’ 500m			Kim Boutin
	Men’s 5,000m Relay			Charles Hamelin, Samuel Girard, Charle Cournoyer, Dion Pascal
Bobsleigh
	Two-Man	Justin Kripps, Alexander Kopacz
	Women’s	Kaillie Humphries, George Phylicia
Hockey
	Women’s Hockey

Algoma Power has scheduled a electrical service interruption for tomorrow (Localsh and Missanabie) from 10 – 12 Noon. The alternate date is Monday, February 26, 2018.

Patrick Brown has been approved as a candidate for Leader of the Ontario PC Party.

Looks like there will be a second Pino’s in the Sault. SSM Council voted to immediately approve rezoning the Pino properties. The proposed development is right across from the Great Northern Walmart. This new store is expected to create 100 full/part time jobs.