On September 22, 2020, at approximately 9:25 a.m., East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were conducting radar patrol on Highway 108 north of Elliot Lake. A southbound vehicle approached the officer’s location travelling in excess of 170 km/h in a posted 80km/h zone. The 50-year-old driver from Elliot Lake was charged with Drive Motor Vehicle – Perform Stunt – Speeding ...

On September 16, 2020, at approximately 6:50 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a complaint of a person towing a boat with an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) with a second person riding in the boat consuming alcohol. Police located the ATV and driver on a gravel road just south of Hornepayne. A short ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario présente les Comptes publics de 2019‑2020 et respecte son engagement de rétablir la transparence et la responsabilité à l’égard des finances de la province. Pour la troisième année de suite, la vérificatrice générale a émis une opinion sans réserve au sujet des Comptes publics de la province. « Les Comptes publics de 2019-2020 démontrent que le gouvernement ...

The Ontario government is releasing the 2019-20 Public Accounts and delivering on the government’s commitment to restore transparency and accountability to the province’s finances. For the third year in a row, the Auditor General has provided a clean audit opinion on the Province’s Public Accounts. “The 2019-20 Public Accounts shows the government made vital investments in health care and other critical frontline ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario prévoit de moderniser les tests provinciaux normalisés à grande échelle afin de mieux préparer les jeunes à l’avenir et de rétablir la confiance des parents dans le système d’éducation. L’Office de la qualité et de la responsabilité en éducation (OQRE), qui crée et administre les tests, confiera à une entreprise, à l’issue d’un appel d’offres, le ...

The Ontario government is proposing to modernize large-scale provincial student testing to better prepare youth for the future, and re-build parent confidence in the education system. The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO), which creates and administers assessments, will procure a firm to develop an online, adaptive testing platform. “The world is changing rapidly, and our students are learning in ...

The library is open.  Our reopening policy is available to read on the library website (wawa.olsn.ca). We will be allowing five people in at a time for no more than 15 minutes at a time.  Anyone wishing to use the public computers must call ahead to book a time.  This is to avoid having too many people in the library. ...

(27 juillet 1937 – 22 septembre 2020) Décédé paisiblement en compagnie de sa famille au centre de santé Lady Dunn Health Centre mardi matin. Époux bien aimant de Gemma pendant 58 belles années. Père bienveillant de Sylvie (Gilbert). Frère de feu Adéline (feu Léo), Marcelle (feu Antonin “Tony”), feu Adrien (feu Fernande), feu Isabelle, Émilien (Gisèle), Marielle (feu Élias), feu ...

Last night Algoma Public Health confirmed that there is a 32nd case of COVID-19 in the Algoma District. Case 32 is from International travel, and the person is self-isolating. They were tested on September 19th, and APH informed the public late Wednesday evening (September 23rd, 2020). Looking at APH’s confirmed cases by area of residence, shows that this case is ...

Weather – Clearing this morning. High 17. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight – A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness after midnight then 60 percent chance of showers or drizzle before morning. Fog patches developing overnight. Low 8. Statistics from Algoma Public Health: Tested (1) 34,711 Positive 32 Negative 33,617 Deceased 0 Resolved (2) 30   Updated: September 21, 2020 (1) That ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario lance une campagne de recrutement pour hausser le nombre d’inspectrices et d’inspecteurs de la santé et la sécurité de première ligne de 98 et veiller à ce que les lieux de travail des quatre coins de la province fassent leur part pour prévenir la propagation de la COVID-19. Grâce à ces nouvelles recrues, la province comptera ...

The Ontario government is launching a recruitment campaign to increase its team of frontline health and safety inspectors by 98 and help ensure workplaces across the province are doing their part to prevent the spread of COVID-19. With these new hires, there will be more labour inspectors on the ground than ever before in the province’s history. “Our government is ...

Sep 23, 2020 at 10:29: On September 22, 2020, at approximately 5:04 p.m., members from the Kirkland Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision (MVC) involving a pickup truck and a motorcycle, on Highway 66 in McGarry Township. The operator of the motorcycle, Guy CHARBONNEAU, age 67, of McGarry Township, was pronounced ...

At 5:48 this morning, Environment Canada issued a fog advisory for an area spanning Montreal River Harbour to St. Joseph Island. The EC website warns that, “Near zero visibility in fog is expected or occurring over some areas. Dense fog patches have developed this morning and are expected to persist for several hours before dissipating later this morning.” Motorists are ...

Seventy six years ago this week, Operation Market Garden was fought. In the summer of 1944, the Allies launched a daring airborne operation to secure the River Rhine crossings and advance into northern Germany. Although it ultimately failed to achieve its objectives, the determination and courage shown by the airborne troops and the units that assisted them made Market Garden ...