Congratulations to Patricia Reeves, winner of Week 4 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The envelope (#22) she selected contained the Queen of Diamonds. Patricia won $247! Previous Winners: Week 3 – Marc Liard, Envelope #14, Two of Hearts, $184 Week 2 – Violet Overton, Envelope #42, Seven of Clubs, $278 Week 1 – Jean Desgagne, Envelope #8, Four ...

Weather A mix of sun and cloud. High 24. UV index 8 or very high. Tonight – Increasing cloudiness early this evening. Low 12.   Status of COVID-19cases in Algoma There are four active cases of COVID-19 in the Algoma District today (Sault Ste. Marie and Area). Immunization Uptake and Coverage in Algoma (Last updated: 10:15 AM, July 19, 2021) ...

The Ontario government continues to support the Digital Main Street program for 2021-2022 by investing $10 million to help small businesses expand their digital presence and market their services online. As businesses enter Step 3 of the Roadmap to Reopen, the renewed program will provide small businesses with $2,500 grants, technical training, and digital resources to help them reach more ...

Weather Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers early this morning. Clearing this afternoon. Wind northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 20. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – Clear. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 9.   Status of COVID-19cases in Algoma There are four active cases of COVID-19 in the Algoma District today (Sault ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) has reported 1 new case of COVID-19 (#404), from Sault Ste. Marie and area. The individual was tested today, July 19th, 2021 and is of close contact. The individual is self-isolating. Through contact tracing, all close contacts have been notified. This is the fourth day in a row that cases have been identified in Sault Ste. ...

Special air quality statement in effect for: Chapleau – Gogama Elliot Lake – Ranger Lake Fort Hope – Webequie Geraldton – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Greater Sudbury and vicinity Kapuskasing – Hearst Kirkland Lake – Temiskaming Shores – Temagami Lake Nipigon – Wabakimi Manitoulin – Blind River – Killarney North Bay – West Nipissing Pickle Lake – Wunnummin Lake Red Lake ...

Weather A mix of sun and cloud. 40 percent chance of showers late this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. Local smoke. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h this morning. High 24. Humidex 28. UV index 8 or very high. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this evening. Local smoke this evening and ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) has reported 1 new case of COVID-19 (#403), from Sault Ste. Marie and area. The individual was tested yesterday, Saturday, July 17th, 2021 and is self-isolating. The exposure category is of close contact. Through contact tracing, all close contacts have been notified.

Ontario511 is warning of traffic delays on Hwy 614, 7 kilometres south of Manitouwadge. Traffic is being slowed due to a forest fire in the area. Be careful and be aware of traffic control. Delays may occur. WAW009 is now 3.2ha and is not under control at this time.    

Weather Mainly sunny. Hazy. High 24. Humidex 26. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – Increasing cloudiness. 30 percent chance of showers overnight. Hazy. Low 14. Status of cases in Algoma There is one active casee of COVID-19 in the Algoma District today. Immunization Uptake and Coverage in Algoma (Last updated: 11:50 AM, July 16, 2021) Doses administered to Algoma ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) has reported one new case of COVID-19, from Sault Ste. Marie and area. The person was tested today, is self-isolating, and is of exposure category ‘unknown’. Through contact tracing, all close contacts have been notified. The last positive case in the Algoma District was in ‘Algoma North’ on June 22, 2021.

The Wawa District’s newest fire, WAW007 is burning about 2km ENE of Wesdome’s Cameron Lake Camp. The status from MNRF is that it is not under control at this time, and was reported at 11:50 a.m. The size is reported as 0.1ha. Cameron Lake is 66km from Highway 17.

Weather Sunny. High 23. Humidex 25. UV index 8 or very high. Tonight – Clear. Low 11. Early this morning, Environment Canada confirmed that yesterday afternoon an EF-2 tornado with maximum wind speeds 210 km/h created a damage path that was about 5 km long and up to 100 metres wide in southern Barrie. The tornado tracked from the miniature ...

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested an individual in connection with what is now determined to be a homicide in the area of Fenelon Falls. Officers responded to a call for assistance after a body was recovered from Sturgeon Lake on the morning of July 11, 2021. A post-mortem examination was conducted at the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto. ...

After a guilty plea, R.M. Belanger Limited was fined $175,000 by Justice of the Peace Denette C. Ellard; Crown Counsel Wes Wilson in the death of an employee in the 2019 Angler Creek Bridge collapse. The court also imposed a 25-per-cent victim fine surcharge as required by the Provincial Offences Act. The surcharge is credited to a special provincial government ...