Did you know the first provincial Park was created 125 years ago? This is something to celebrate. LSPP will be opening the Agawa Bay Visitor Centre doors after hours tonight, Friday August 24th to offer tea, hot chocolate, campfires, s’mores, donuts, and a really great time! Join us to discover back country camping, paint along with our naturalists, and stop ...

On the afternoon of August 23, there are 29 active forest fires across the Northeast. Of these, 1 fire is not yet under control. The remaining 28 fires are either being held, under control or being observed. There was 1 fire confirmed today, at the time of this update. Parry Sound 33 This fire has now been listed as under ...

Aug 24, 2018 at 07:54 Weather – Increasing cloudiness. 30 percent chance of showers late this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h early this afternoon. High 21. Humidex 26. UV index 6 or high. Marine – Strong wind warning in effect.Wind south 15 knots backing to southeast 15 early this evening then increasing to southeast 20 near ...

Attendees at Northern Policy Institute (NPI)’s second annual State of the North Conference presented by Northern Ontario Workforce Planning will learn firsthand from the experiences of both local communities and international leaders on taxation and policy experimentation. This year’s conference, ‘Bold Approaches: Taxing for Growth’, promises to deliver bold ideas and spark important discussions about the state of Ontario’s northern ...

On August 22, 2018 at approximately 7:45 p.m. officers of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received a report regarding a possible impaired male sitting in his vehicle in a parking lot of a local business west of Marathon on Highway 17. Officers attended the area and located the vehicle with one male occupant. After further investigation and speaking ...

On Wednesday August 22, 2018, shortly after 8:00 p.m., members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Thessalon Detachment, the OPP Technical Collision Investigation (TCI) team and with the assistance of Algoma Paramedic Services responded to a motor vehicle collision involving a car and a bicycle on Highway 17, west of Dayton Road in the Municipality of Huron Shores. ...

Parents from across Ontario will finally have the opportunity to have their voices heard on the kind of curriculum their children are taught in school. Premier Doug Ford and Lisa Thompson, Minister of Education, has announced the scope of an unprecedented parental consultation into Ontario’s curriculum. “We promised to deliver an education system that put the rights of parents first ...

Essar Steel Algoma Inc. (doing business as Algoma) announced today that an agreement in principle has been reached regarding the Port. Justice Hainey stated the Asset Purchase Agreement should be approved and commended the parties on reaching an Agreement in principle, noting that the Sale Transaction will be in the best interests of Algoma and its stakeholders.  Algoma will seek ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 21. UV index 7 or high. Marine Weather – Strong wind warning in effect.Wind west 15 knots increasing to southwest 20 this morning then diminishing to southwest 15 this afternoon. Wind backing to south 15 Friday morning then to southeast 15 Friday ...

On August 22, 2018 at approximately 11:10 a.m. officers from the Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a two vehicle collision on Highway 17, Southworth Township, approximately 30 km East of Dryden. Dryden Ambulance, Air Ambulance and Wabigoon Volunteer Fire Department attended the scene. A passenger in the mini-van was pronounced dead at the scene and ...

On the afternoon of August 22, there are 31 active forest fires across the Northeast. All of these fires are either being held, under control or being observed. No new fire were confirmed today, at the time of this update. Parry Sound 33 This fire is being held at 11,362 hectares. To find an updated map of current travel restrictions ...

Aug 22, 2018 @ 17:19 On Sunday August 19, 2018 at approximately 10:19 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Superior East (Wawa) Detachment, responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 approximately 15 kilometres south of Wawa in Lendrum Township, Ontario. Preliminary investigation has revealed that a southbound vehicle struck a moose then crossed into the ...

The 2018 Wawa Salmon Derby had 101 teams entered and fishing hard to catch the largest Salmon and largest Lake Trout. Anglers began early Friday evening and fished until Sunday afternoon. The weather was beautiful on the lake, with a breeze that created a few larger waves at the western limits of the fishing area.   There was something very ...

  The weather was absolutely spectacular for the annual Wawa Drag Races. The rumble of the racing could be heard throughout the town. There was some excitement in the pits as a car caught fire. Racers dropped what they were doing and ran with their fire extinguishers to put the small blaze out. More excitement was out on the main ...

Red Pine Exploration Inc. announces that its Board of Directors has granted an aggregate of 2,650,000 stock options to directors, employees and consultants of the Company.  Each stock option is exercisable into one common share of the Company at a price of $0.06 per common share, vests immediately upon grant, and expires 5 years from the date of grant. About ...