Author Archives: Brenda Stockton

Aucune aide pour les familles dans la mise à jour financière

Alors que le coût des biens essentiels comme le logement, la nourriture et le carburant devrait continuer d’augmenter au cours des prochains mois, les familles canadiennes qui cherchaient de l’aide dans la mise à jour financière d’aujourd’hui seront déçues, selon la députée d’Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, Carol Hughes. Mme Hughes note qu’il n’y a pas eu grand-chose pour remédier aux pressions exercées sur ...

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No help for families in fiscal update

With the cost of essentials like housing, food, and fuel expected to continue to increase in the coming months, Canadian families looking for help in today’s fiscal update will find themselves disappointed, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Hughes notes that there was little to address the stresses to household budgets, and nothing to ask those who have profited the ...

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Morning News – December 15

Dec 15, 2021 at 07:56 Weather: Cloudy with 40 percent chance of drizzle this morning. Periods of drizzle and rain showers beginning early this afternoon. Risk of freezing drizzle early this morning. Fog patches developing this morning. Wind south 20 km/h. High 8. Tonight – Periods of drizzle changing to showers near midnight. Risk of a thunderstorm overnight. Fog patches. ...

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COVID-19 Outbreak Declared At GHC: Second Floor Surgery/Primary Care Department – 240 McNabb Street

Group Health Centre (GHC) is currently monitoring an outbreak of COVID-19 within the Second Floor Surgery/Primary Care Department at the 240 McNabb Street location. Algoma Public Health (APH) has identified 8 confirmed cases of COVID-19 connected to this outbreak. The Ministry of Health defines a COVID-19 outbreak as two or more laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases involving patients or staff within a ...

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Area Road Conditions – Dec 15 at 06:30

Local Area Road Conditions Note: Route 26 servicing St. Anne School (Spanish) will be cancelled today due to freezing rain.   updated at: 5:23 a.m. Primary Conditions Secondary Conditions Visibility Hwy 17 West/North 50km From Wawa to Paint Lake Rd, Wawa bare and dry bare and wet good 70km From Paint Lake Rd, Wawa to Mobert bare and dry good ...

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Environment Canada warns of Significant Rainfall

Environment Canada is warning of significant rainfall Wednesday night into Thursday for Pukaskwa Park to Wawa. This is part of a low-pressure system that is expected to track through the Midwest into the Upper Great Lakes by Wednesday that is creating significant rainfall warnings west along the shores of Lake Superior. It is possible that 20 – 4o mm of ...

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Morning News – December 14

Dec 14, 2021 at 07:56 Weather: A mix of sun and cloud. Wind up to 15 km/h. High zero. Wind chill minus 10 this morning. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Increasing cloudiness late this evening. Risk of freezing drizzle overnight. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h this evening. Low minus 6 with temperature rising to plus 1 by morning. ...

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Area Road Conditions – Dec 14 at 06:30

Local Area Road Conditions updated at: 5:20 a.m. Primary Conditions Secondary Conditions Visibility Hwy 17 West/North 50km From Wawa to Paint Lake Rd, Wawa bare and wet bare and dry good 70km From Paint Lake Rd, Wawa to Mobert bare and dry good 101 63km From Wawa to Hwy 651 (Missinabi Corners) bare and dry good 144km Hwy 651 (Missinabi ...

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Morning News – December 13

Dec 13, 2021 at 07:56 Weather: A mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of showers early this morning then sunny. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning then light this afternoon. High plus 4. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 10. Wind chill minus ...

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APH Reports 34 new cases of COVID-19 & 2 Low-Risk Exposures

Algoma Public Health has reported thirty-four (34) new cases of COVID-19, with thirty-one (31) cases in Sault Ste. Marie & Area, and three (3) in Central and East Algoma. Fifteen (15) are of close contact of a confirmed case, two (2) are of an unknown source of infection, and seventeen (17) are under investigation. There are currently 268 active cases. ...

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Area Road Conditions – Dec 13 at 06:30

Dec 13, 2021 at 06:30 Local Area Road Conditions updated at: 5:28 a.m. Primary Conditions Secondary Conditions Visibility Hwy 17 West/North 50km From Wawa to Paint Lake Rd, Wawa bare and dry bare and wet good 70km From Paint Lake Rd, Wawa to Mobert bare and dry bare and wet good 101 63km From Wawa to Hwy 651 (Missinabi Corners) ...

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Don’t Forget – Annual Hamper Holiday Food Drive Today

Today the Wawa Volunteer Fire Department along with staff from St. Augustine French Immersion School will be going door-to-door, collecting food and donations for the Christmas Hamper Fund from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. They are accepting non-perishable food items as well as monetary donations. Listen for the sirens or leave your donation visible so that it can be picked ...

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Algoma Public Health Reports more COVID-19 Cases

Saturday evening, APH reported thirty-three (33) new cases of COVID-19, thirty-two (32) – Sault Ste. Marie & Area, and one (1) in Central and East Algoma. Eleven (11) are of close contact of a confirmed case, five (5) are of an unknown source of infection, three (3) are from international travel, and fourteen (14) are under investigation. There are currently ...

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