The Town of Marathon remains diligent in monitoring the situation as it pertains to CQVIO-19. We continue to evaluate all Public Health Agency communications as well as communications from other Federal and Provincial Government Health Authorities. The health and well-being of our residents and community is of great importance. Town of Marathon Council and the Emergency Control Group met today with Dr. Sarah ...

The Ontario government is providing $200 million in social services relief funding to help protect the health and safety of the province’s most vulnerable people in response to the outbreak of COVID-19. The province will be providing municipalities and organizations that administer social services with funding to support them in their response to COVID-19. The funding will help municipalities and ...

We will be open during our usual hours: Wed Mar 25th from 2-4 pm. Clients will be directed to enter one at a time, wash their hands, and keep a 2 meter distance from each other and our volunteers while waiting in line and inside the food bank. Clients will be able to leave their contact info with a Wawa ...

To further contain the spread of COVID-19, the Ontario Government will order the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces effective as of Tuesday, March 24th at 11:59 p.m. This closure will be in effect for 14 days with the possibility of extending this order as the situation evolves. A full list of businesses that are permitted to stay open will ...

La chef néo-démocrate Andrea Horwath a exigé que les états financiers de ce mercredi comprissent un plan pour envoyer des chèques « Revenu d’urgence Ontario », d’une valeur de 2000 $ chacun, aux ménages souffrant de chômage ou d’une baisse des revenus pendant la crise de la COVID-19.   Ces paiements directs combleraient les lacunes laissées par l’attente de plusieurs semaines devant précéder ...

With the increasing severity of the COVID-19 outbreak, Ontario has now launched an enhanced and interactive self-assessment tool. This new easy-to-use tool takes the public through a series of questions to inform those who are concerned they may have contracted COVID-19. In a matter of seconds, this tool will help people determine if they are negative or it will provide them ...

On March 21, 2020 at approximately 6:45 p.m. members from the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Sault Ste. Marie Ambulance, Aweres Fire Department and Goulais River Fire Department responded to a report of a motorized snow vehicle collision in Aweres Township, Ontario.   The collision occurred on Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Club (OFSC) D trail ...

We understand that for many in our community this may be a stressful and frightening time. You may be unsure, whether you should come to the clinic or hospital if you are worried about coronavirus. If your symptoms are mild, please stay home. It may sound scary to not come to the hospital if you think you have the virus. ...

Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation issued the following statement today regarding the status of Drive Test Centres and Travel Point locations: “Based on the advice of Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, all full-time DriveTest Centres and part-time Travel Point locations will be closed. ...

Congratulations to Spencer Jennings! Envelope #26 was opened for Spencer and revealed the Four of Clubs. In light of the current COVID-19 situation, LDHCF Catch the Ace will be temporarily suspended. When Catch the Ace resumes, it will pick up from where we left off and continue with our Week #11. The Jackpot sits at $7,003.50! The Foundation would like ...

I need everyone’s help in spreading a message to our community, as it is obvious in the last few days that many are missing the message and information given by our Canadian Government and Algoma Public Health. I am sure every business that has remained open would appreciate this message to be communicated to all as well. Please stop panic ...

Weather – Flurries. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this afternoon. High plus 1. Wind chill minus 9 this morning. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries early this evening. Clearing this evening. Fog patches developing after midnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low ...

Algoma communities and residents – please help amplify these two public health messages! Returning Algoma travellers – Welcome home!  Please stay home. Everyone in Algoma – Keep 2 metres apart!  Build community immunity with social distancing. Not everyone is connected online or to TV and radio.  Returning travellers might not know what’s been happening here at home.  Please help spread ...

In order to support health care and frontline workers during this COVID-19 outbreak, Ontario plans to exempt certain child care centres from the order to close all licensed child care centres pursuant to the state of emergency declared earlier this week. This initiative is being done in partnership with service system managers and First Nations partners. “We need to help our ...

Dr. Penny Sutcliffe, Sudbury & Districts Medical Officer of Health, is reporting that a woman in her 40s is the third confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts. The case is travel-related and not related to the previously reported cases. “Seeing a travel-related case in our community serves as a critical reminder that if you’ve recently travelled ...