The highway has been reopened. Jan 21, 2025 at 17:55 Highway 17 remains closed at this time, and the weather appears to be moving north. Montreal River Hill is now snow-covered with poor visibility, and the highway at Red Rock Lake is also snow covered. The highway closure (south barricade has now moved north to Whispering Pines Road (Tilley Township) ...
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Tuesday Morning News – January 21
Weather: Extreme Cold Warning & Snow Squall Watch Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Today – Clear early this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with flurries beginning near noon. Risk of snow squalls this afternoon. Local amount 5 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -15. Wind chill -42 this morning and -19 this afternoon. Frostbite in minutes. Tonight ...
Read More »Firefighters called to residence Saturday
The Wawa Fire Department was called after 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon in the trailer park. Firefighters were on scene for about fifteen minutes for what onlookers say was a kitchen fire. Firefighters were also seen inspecting the chimney as smoke was coming out of bottom end of chimney.
Read More »Monday Morning News – January 20th
Weather: Extreme Cold Warning Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Today – Sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -21. Wind chill -42 this morning and -25 this afternoon. Frostbite in minutes. Tonight – Clear. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -32. Wind chill -28 this evening and -42 overnight. Frostbite in minutes. Tuesday – Clear early in the morning then a mix of ...
Read More »Saturday Morning News – January 18
Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park. Today – Cloudy with 40% chance of flurries this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. Local blowing snow early this morning. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light near noon. Temperature falling to -18 this morning then steady. Wind chill near -28. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight ...
Read More »Jan 18th , 6 am – Road Closures & Delays
Hwy 17 reduced to one lane in the Wawa area due to a disabled tractor trailer. This is by the entrance to Wawa RV Resort & Campground. Hwy 556 reduced to one lane in the Ranger Lake area due to a tractor trailer in live lane. Hwy 11 closed from Kapuskasing to Cochrane due to a collision
Read More »Hwy 631 (Hornepayne to Nagagami) OPEN
Jan 17, 2025 at 14:16 The highway has been reopened. Jan 17, 2025 at 12:00 Hwy 631 is closed from Hornepayne to Nagagami due to weather conditions. (10:33 a.m.).
Read More »Friday Morning News – January 17
Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park. Today – Cloudy. 30% chance of flurries early this morning. Snow beginning early this morning. Local amount 10 cm. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40 increasing to 40 gusting to 70 this morning. High zero. Wind chill -17 this morning. Tonight – Periods of snow ending overnight then cloudy with 60% chance of flurries. Amount 5 cm. Local ...
Read More »Thursday Morning News – Jan 16
Weather Wawa – Pukaskwa Park. Today – Flurries ending this afternoon then cloudy with 40% chance of flurries. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h this morning. High -4. Wind chill -6 this morning and -16 this afternoon. Tonight – Cloudy with 40% chance of flurries. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming south 20 near midnight. Low -16. Wind chill -13 this evening and -22 overnight. Friday – ...
Read More »Wednesday Morning News – January 15
Weather: There is a Winter Weather Travel Advisory stretching from Marathon to Searchmont that will significant snowfall (10-15cm) beginning tonight and lasting through the night. Wawa-news anticipates that there will be road closures again due to a number of factors including the weather. Please be prepared for changing road conditions and closures. Wawa – Pukaskwa Park. Today – Flurries. Local ...
Read More »Hwy 17 – One Lane at Alona Bay – CLEARED
The highway has been cleared. Jan 14, 2025 at 15:07 ON511 is reporting that a collision on Hwy 17 at the Alona Bay Lookout (East Entrance), the lane and westbound shoulder is closed due to a collision. Please drive with caution in that area. The collision occured at 14:26.
Read More »Hwy 17 (Wawa to Batchawana) OPEN
Jan 14, 2025 at 10:15 The highway has been opened. It opened at 9:55 a.m. Jan 14, 2025 at 05:57 Hwy 17 remains closed at this time. Jan 13, 2025 at 17:41 Hwy 17 remains closed at this time. Jan 13, 2025 at 09:43 Hwy 17 has been closed from Wawa to Batchawana due to poor weather conditions.
Read More »Tuesday Morning News – January 14
Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park. Today..Periods of light snow ending this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this afternoon. High -8. Wind chill -22 this morning and -14 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight..Partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low ...
Read More »Big Bear – GoFundMe Launched: Goal Reached!
Jan 13, 2025 at 08:00 Wawa-news had the opportunity to tour the renovations to the Big Bear and speak with Ken Saturday evening after a delightful dinner. The GofundMe has been disabled. With all the donations, and a special private donation; Ken feels confident that with that help he will be able to conplete the requirements that the fire marshall’s ...
Read More »Monday Morning News – January 13
Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Tonight – Snow. Local amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. Temperature steady near -5. Wind chill near -9. Monday – Snow. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h late in the afternoon. Temperature falling to -9 in the afternoon. Wind chill -7 in the morning and -16 in ...
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