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 ...

Dear brother priests and deacons, dear parishioners, The COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, with rapid daily changes. I urge you to follow all guidelines and directives provided by our governments and our public health authorities. This situation compels us to make difficult but necessary pastoral decisions, in line with government orders and directives and in solidarity with all Canadians, in ...

Weather – Sunny. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. Wind becoming south 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High minus 2. Wind chill minus 27 this morning and minus 9 this afternoon. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight – Increasing cloudiness. Flurries beginning after midnight. Local amount 2 cm. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50. ...

  The Wawa Fire Department is currently at the Lakeview. They were called out just after 10:00 a.m. There was small amounts of visible white smoke coming from building with strong odor.   Bystanders say that this may have been a dryer fire, but Wawa-news has not been able to confirm at this time. Firefighters could be seen entering basement ...

March 20, 2020 Mobert, Ontario The Chief and Council of the Netimizaagamig Nishnaabeg (formerly Pic Mobert First Nation), today passed a band council resolution closing the community to non-residents, effective immediately. Chief Johanna Desmoulin said, “This was a necessary and timely decision to make in light of the global pandemic and the state of emergency in place in Ontario, and ...

Hier a 20h45,le ministre de l’Éducation, Stephen Lecce, a fait la déclaration suivante concernant un accord de principe avec la Fédération des enseignantes et des enseignants de l’élémentaire de l’Ontario (FEEO), l’Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA), les travailleuses et travailleurs du secteur de l’éducation de la FEEO, et le Conseil des associations de conseillers scolaires (CACS) : « Notre gouvernement ...

At 8:45 p.m. yesterday, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement regarding a tentative agreement with the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA), and ETFO Education Workers and the Council of Trustees’ Associations (CTA): “Our Government is pleased to announce a tentative agreement has been reached between the Crown, ETFO teachers ...

Santé Canada a connaissance de signalements, notamment dans les médias sociaux, qui font état de problèmes d’innocuité liés à l’usage d’ibuprofène par les personnes atteintes de COVID-19. Il n’y a pas à l’heure actuelle de données scientifiques établissant un lien entre l’ibuprofène, ou d’autres médicaments anti-inflammatoires non stéroïdiens (AINS), et l’aggravation des symptômes de la COVID-19. Le gouvernement du Canada suit la ...