Saturday Morning News – February 24

Feb 24, 2018 @ 09:42

Weather

Today	A mix of sun and cloud. High minus 2.
Tonight	Becoming cloudy this evening then snow at times heavy. Amount 10 to 15 cm. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 this evening then increasing to 40 gusting to 60 overnight. Low minus 6.

Snowfall Warning has been issued – Snowfall, with total amounts near 15 cm expected.

A fast-moving low pressure system over New Mexico this morning will cross the Great Lakes tonight into Sunday. Snow will begin later this evening or near midnight and fall heavily at times into Sunday morning before ending.

Roads

101	Timmins to Highway 144	bare and wet road with partly snow covered sections.	2018-02-24 8:50
101	Highway 144 to Shawmere River	bare and wet road with partly snow packed sections.	2018-02-24 8:50
101	Shawmere River to Highway 651	bare and wet road with partly snow packed sections.	2018-02-24 9:24
101	Highway 651 to Wawa	partly snow packed with bare and wet road sections.	2018-02-24 9:23
129	Thessalon to Aubrey Falls	partly snow packed with bare and wet road sections.	2018-02-24 9:21
129	Aubrey Falls to Chapleau	bare and wet road with partly snow packed sections.	2018-02-24 9:24
17	Sault Saint Marie North Limits to Montreal River Bridge	bare and wet road with partly snow packed sections.	2018-02-24 9:22
17	Montreal River Bridge to Wawa	bare and wet road with partly snow packed sections.	2018-02-24 9:23
17	Wawa to Paint Lake Rd	partly snow packed with bare and wet road sections.	2018-02-24 9:23
17	Paint Lake Rd to Southwest of White River	partly snow packed with bare and wet road sections.	2018-02-24 9:23
519	Highway 17 – Dambrossio Township to Green Lake Road – Dunphy Township	bare and wet road	2018-02-24 9:23
547	Highway 101 to Hawk Junction	partly snow packed with bare and wet road sections.	2018-02-24 9:23
631	White River to Highway 11	snow packed	2018-02-24 9:23
651	Highway 101 to Missinabi	snow packed	2018-02-24 9:24

News Tidbits

Canada now has 29 medals and is second in overall medal count.

		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Freestyle Skiing (7)
	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
	Ladies Ski Cross	Kelsey Serwa
	Ladies Ski Cross		Brittany Phelan
Short Track (5)
	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
Figure Skating (4)
	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
	Women’s			Kaetlyn Osmond
Snowboard (4)
	Men’s Slopestyle			Mark McMorris
	Men’s Slopestyle		Max Parrot
	Ladies’ Slopestyle		Laurie Blouin
	Men’s Big Air	Sébastien Toutant
Speedskating (2)
	Men’s 5000m		Ted-Jan Bloemen
	Men’s 10,000m	Ted-Jan Bloemen
Bobsleigh (2)
	Two-Man	Justin Kripps, Alexander Kopacz
	Women’s	Kaillie Humphries, George Phylicia
Hockey (2)
	Women’s Hockey		Silver
	Men’s Hockey			Bronze
Luge (2)
	Team Relay		Alex Gough, Sam Edney, Tristan Walker, Justin Snith
	Women’s			Alex Gough
Curling (1)
	Mixed Doubles	Kaitlyn Lawes, John Morris

Don’t forget that Calvary Pentecostal Church is holding a sledding party today from 3 – 5 p.m. at Queen’s Park. They are also providing free hot chocolate and snacks!

 

Very sad to read that this week we lost Arthur Black, noted CBC radio broadcaster and writer of some of the best humor Canada has ever had. RIP