Mar 6, 2018 @ 14:48     Missanabie Cree First Nation (MCFN) and Lafarge Canada Inc. announced today the signing of an important agreement. The signing ceremony took place in Mississauga in the presence of MCFN Chief Jason Gauthier, MCFN Deputy Chief Cory McLeod, and Lafarge Eastern Canada Vice-President John McCabe.   “Lafarge has a history of meaningful engagement with ...

Mar 6, 2018 @ 07:57 Weather – Today will be cloudy with a 40 percent chance of flurries this afternoon. Wind northeast 20 km/h. High minus 5. Wind chill minus 25 this morning. Tonight will see periods of snow. Amount 2 cm. Low minus 13. Roads – The warm weather over the weekend and Monday has made all the roads bare ...

Mar 5, 2018 @ 14:41 NDP Health critic MPP France Gélinas again took Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal government to task this morning about the hospital overcrowding and hallway medicine crisis – this time taking aim at the capacity issues at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO).   Last week CHEO announced historic overcrowding, saying that the hospital ran over 100 ...

Mar 5, 2018 @ 07:52 Weather Today Sunny. High minus 3. Tonight A few clouds. Low minus 16.   Roads – bare and dry road   News Tidbits – The Fifth Estate has found that a report by the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) into the investigation of the death of Stacy DeBungee, 41 in the fall of ...

Mar 4, 2018 @ 20:51     This is the 16th or 17th Annual Michipicoten Volunteer Firefighters Association Cash Draw. This year by 1 p.m. the firefighters had sold out their tickets. They will be back later this year with tickets for the 2017/18 Cash Draw. Proceeds from this go to the firefighters Equipment Fund.  

Mar 4, 2018 @ 11:29     The Michipicoten Volunteer Firefighters Association made a donation yesterday. Rob Sanderson and  Sam Rowe presented Maryanne Pearson and Albert Nichols with a cheque for $2,000 that will help the Legion in their ‘Lift for the Legion’ accessibility fundraising campaign.

Mar 4, 2018 @ 11:17   Rob Sanderson and  Sam Rowe presented Maryanne Pearson and Albert Nichols with a cheque representing the funds that were raised during the Annual Wawa Emergency Services Hockey Game. $1,850 was raised and will help the Legion in their ‘Lift for the Legion’ accessibility fundraising campaign.

Mar 4, 2018 @ 8:50   This is your last chance to purchase your tickets for the $10,000 and three $1,000 cash draws that will be made today. Come down to the MMCC and get your ticket!

  This snowmobiler is one of two that passed by the Goose as I was wondering if there would be a sunset to photograph. The sun disappeared behind the clouds and what appeared to be fog, just as the snowmobiles went by.

Mar 2, 2018 @ 07:42 Weather Today Mainly sunny. High minus 2. Tonight A few clouds. Low minus 15.   Roads 101 Timmins to Highway 144 bare and dry road 2018-03-02 6:26 101 Highway 144 to Shawmere River bare and dry road 2018-03-02 6:26 101 Shawmere River to Highway 651 partly snow packed with bare and dry road, bare and ...

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Weather Today Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. High minus 2. Tonight Partly cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries this evening. Low minus 16. Roads 101 Timmins to Highway 144 bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections. 2018-03-01 2:50 101 Highway 144 to Shawmere River bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections. ...

Feb 28, 2018 @ 17:13 Extirpate – to destroy or remove (something) completely.   It has been a story of frustration and dogged determination to save the Lake Superior Woodland Caribou on Michipicoten Island from extirpation. The Woodland Caribou that live on the shores of Lake Superior have been harder and harder to find. In fact, Woodland Caribou are considered ...

Feb 27, 2018 @ 07:58 Weather Today Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries this morning. Clearing near noon. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h this morning. High plus 2. Tonight Increasing cloudiness early this evening. Low minus 4.   Roads 101 Timmins to Highway 144 bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections. 2018-02-27 2:22 101 Highway ...

Feb 26, 2018 @ 19:12 This collision between a smaller car and a SUV occurred about 4:30 today on Mission Road. There didn’t appear to be any injuries. The car was seriously damaged and had to be towed from the scene at about 7 p.m.