Author Archives: Brenda Stockton

Morning News – April 12

Weather: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this afternoon. High 14. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers this evening and after midnight. Showers beginning overnight. Fog patches developing near midnight. Low 8. Status of COVID-19 cases in ...

Read More »

Morning News – April 10

Weather: Periods of rain or drizzle ending this morning then cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Fog patches dissipating late this morning. High 12. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers overnight. Fog patches developing this evening. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 after midnight. Low plus 5. ON511 is ...

Read More »

4 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (#255 – #258)

Algoma Public Health (APH) is reporting 4 new cases of COVID-19, three from Sault Ste. Marie and area, and one from Central and East Algoma. Through contact tracing, APH notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by APH you are not considered a close contact.   Details of the confirmed case: Case Number Exposure Category Status Tested ...

Read More »

New Wawa Municipal Website has Launched

Mayor and Council are pleased to announce the launch of the newly designed and user-friendly municipal website at www.wawa.cc. “We are excited to unveil our new website which is easier to use and provides much more information than the previous website.” said Mayor Ron Rody. “Our old websites were taken down by hackers. Due to the tremendous efforts of our ...

Read More »

Morning News – April 9th

Weather: Cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers this morning. A few showers beginning this morning. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 then light late this morning. High 14. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Showers. Wind becoming south 20 km/h late this evening. Low 7.   Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma ...

Read More »

Morning News – April 8th

Weather: A few showers ending this afternoon then cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind northeast 20 km/h. High 18. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Partly cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers early this evening. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Low 11. Wawaweather.net recorded 14mm of rain yesterday, ...

Read More »

APH – 5 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (#249-#253)

Algoma Public Health (APH) is reporting 5 new cases of COVID-19, from Sault Ste. Marie and area. Through contact tracing, APH notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by APH you are not considered a close contact.   Details of the confirmed case: Case Number Exposure Category Status Tested Case #249 Close contact Self-isolating April 6, 2021 ...

Read More »

Heavy Rain – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne

Special weather statement in effect for: Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Rain, at times heavy, is expected today through Thursday for Manitouwadge & Hornepayne. A slow-moving area of low pressure over the central United States will bring an extended period of rain to parts of northern Ontario. Because the ground is still frozen, there may be more ...

Read More »

Morning News – April 7th

Weather: Cloudy with 30 percent chance of drizzle this morning. A few showers beginning near noon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming east 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 12. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Showers. Wind east 20 km/h. Low plus 5.   Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma Tested Confirmed cases Active cases ...

Read More »

APH – 1 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (#248)

Apr 6, 2021 at 18:57 Algoma Public Health has reported one (1) new case of COVID-19, from Sault Ste. Marie and area. The individual was tested April 5th, 2021, is of unknown exposure category, and is self-isolating at this time. APH notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by APH you are not considered a close contact. ...

Read More »

Hwy 17 – Traffic delays west of Hemlo Mine – 17:00

Apr 6, 2021 at 17:00 At 4:30 the highway was cleared and all lanes and west shoulder has been opened.   Apr 6, 2021 at 15:07 From ON511 Vehicle Fire on HWY 17 Westbound between YELLOW BRICK RD (N) (NEWMONT GOLDEN GIANT MINE) and HEMLO RD – LECOEUR TWP (S). Lane and WEST shoulder closed. Hwy 17 – Hemlo, approximately ...

Read More »

6 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (#242 – #247)

Apr 5, 2021 at 21:52 Algoma Public Health (APH) is reporting 6 new cases of COVID-19, all from Sault Ste. Marie and area. The chart below details the exposure category and date of testing. Algoma Public Healht notifies all close contacts directly.   Case Number Exposure Category Status Tested Case #242 Close contact Self-isolating April 4, 2021 Case #243 Close ...

Read More »

14 cases & 3 deaths – Marathon Council votes to ask for Enough Vaccine to complete 1st shot for 2,200

Marathon Municipal Council held a special meeting today and voted unanimously to ask that their community, immediately receive enough vaccine to give first doses to its remaining 2,200 eligible adults; then four weeks later enough to complete the mass immunization of the community. At the time of this report, there are 14 active COVID-19 cases in Marathon (population of 3,273 ...

Read More »

Morning News – April 5th

Weather: Sunny. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this morning. High 12. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight – Becoming partly cloudy this evening. Periods of rain beginning overnight. Risk of a thunderstorm overnight. Low plus 5.   Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma Tested Confirmed cases Active ...

Read More »

3 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (#239 – #241)

Algoma Public Health (APH) has reported 3 new cases of COVID-19, all from Sault Ste. Marie and area with all close contacts notified directly. Case #239 is now self-isolating, was tested April 3rd, and is of unknown exposure. Cases 240-241 were tested on April 4th and are self-isolating. They were exposed due to close contact. APH is advising of the ...

Read More »