Congratulations to Nicole Imbeault, winner of Week 6 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The envelope (#9) he selected contained the King of Spades. Nicole won $144! Previous Winners: Week 5 – John Gagnon, Envelope #39, Ten of Diamonds, $189 Week 4 – Patricia Reeves, Envelope #22, Queen of Diamonds, $247 Week 3 – Marc Liard, Envelope #14, Two ...
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Investing over $7 million in area schools to protect against COVID-19
Terry Sheehan, Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Economic Development (FedNor), and Ross Romano, MPP Sault Ste. Marie, announced joint funding for Algoma District School Board and the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board to fund infrastructure improvements for area schools, in order to protect students and staff from COVID-19 yesterday in the ...
Read More »Happenings at Wawa First United – August 4
Kaireen, Lorna & Maria are taking a break during July and August, and have distributed outlines for Morning Worship. If you would like to be included please call 705 856 1518. Although we cannot meet for Worship you may like to read the Scriptures for: August 8th , 2021 – Eleventh after Pentecost 2 Samuel 18: 5 – 9, 15, ...
Read More »Morning News – August 4
Weather Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers this morning with risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches becoming local smoke this morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h this afternoon. High 24. Humidex 29. UV index 6 or high. Tonight – Cloudy. Becoming partly cloudy this evening. Local smoke. Low 17. Special Air Quality Statement: High levels of air pollution due ...
Read More »1 new confirmed case of COVID-19 (#406) and potential public exposure
Algoma Public Health (APH) is reporting 1 new case of COVID-19 (#406), from Sault Ste. Marie and area. This individual was tested August 1st, is of unknown exposure and is self-isolating. In addition, APH is advising anyone who visited Chummy’s Grill located at 262 Frontenac Street in Sault Ste. Marie on July 31, 2021, from 10:30 am – 1:30 pm, ...
Read More »Morning News – August 3
Weather A mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Widespread smoke. High 23. Humidex 28. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – Partly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers early this evening with risk of a thunderstorm. Widespread smoke. Low 12. Special Air Quality Statement: High levels of air pollution ...
Read More »Head-on causes traffic delays on Mission Road
A head-on collision between a pickup and a white SUV has closed the centre lane of Mission Road. One has been taken to hospital via ambulance. OPP are conducting traffic with one lane open. The collision took place at 11:30 a.m.
Read More »Morning News – July 31
Weather Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. High 20. Tonight – Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers and risk of a thunderstorm. Wind becoming north 20 km/h after midnight. Low 12. Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma There one active case of COVID-19 in the Algoma District today (Sault Ste. Marie ...
Read More »Hwy 17 OPEN (6th Line & Macintyre Road, SSM) 9:22 update
Jul 30, 2021 at 09:22 Officers continue to investigate the multi-vehicle collision which took place on July 26, 2021 in the 2600 block of Great Northern Road. Upon arrival at the scene, officers located a 63-year-old man in the front passenger seat of the minivan involved in the collision. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Next of ...
Read More »Morning News – July 30
Weather Mainly sunny. Wind becoming west 20 km/h late in the morning. High 21. UV index 8 or very high. Night – Mainly cloudy. A few showers beginning early in the evening. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light in the evening. Wind becoming southwest 20 gusting to 40 after midnight. Low 11. Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma There ...
Read More »EC – Warns of Poor Air Quality (Ended)
5:49 AM EDT Thursday 29 July 2021 Special air quality statement in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Smoke is causing poor air quality and reducing visibility. Smoke is expected or occurring. High levels of air pollution due to smoke from ongoing forest fires. Smoke plumes from active fires in northwestern Ontario and eastern Manitoba will continue, resulting in poor ...
Read More »Morning News – July 29
Weather Cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers this morning. Risk of a thunderstorm early this morning. Hazy early this morning. Wind becoming north 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 21. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. Clearing near midnight. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light late this evening. Low 7. An Air Quality Statement continues. Status of ...
Read More »MMCC Pop-Up Vaccine Clinic Today
The Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre walk-up clinic is happening today! Walk-up appointments are open from 1 to 3pm. The clinic is using Pfizer, so the clinic is open to anyone 12+. A health card is not needed to get immunized but if you have one, please bring it with you.
Read More »LDHCF Catch the Ace – Week 5 Winner is…
Congratulations to John Gagnon, winner of Week 5 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The envelope (#39) he selected contained the Ten of Diamonds. John won $189! Previous Winners: Week 4 – Patricia Reeves, Envelope #22, Queen of Diamonds, $247 Week 3 – Marc Liard, Envelope #14, Two of Hearts, $184 Week 2 – Violet Overton, Envelope #42, Seven ...
Read More »Rick Fall – Running Home “Wawa Today”
Rick has been running from Victoria, BC (his hometown is Duncan) to his home in the Soo. Today he will be in Wawa, at the time of this report he is nearing Silver Birch Cottages (Catfish Lake). Rick has been on the road, 108 days of running approx 34 kilometres a day. He is doing this to raise funds ...
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