Jul 24, 2017 @ 09:36 There has not been a press release from the OPP, but Ontario511 is saying that Highway 17 is open one lane, alternating traffic. The highway has been open since 8:29 a.m. e
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Monday Morning News – July 24
Weather – Sunny. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 24 except 18 near Lake Superior. UV index 7 or high. News Tidbits – Hwy 17 at the Alona Bay Lookout remains closed at this time. There has been no updates as to when it might open. Wawa-news will continue to update as information becomes available. A small plane travelling from Sault ...
Read More »EXCLUSIVE – Photos from Alona Bay
With permission from Ontario Provincial Police, Wawa-news drove to Alona Bay to see the damage that occurred this morning. Highway 17 has been washed out since early this morning and will remain closed until repairs can be made. Estimates are at this time of at least 24 hours. There are actually two washouts. The one is at Alona Bay right ...
Read More »Paddle to the Sea Turns 50 – Movie Presentation
Jul 21, 2017 @ 08:48 Filmmaker Bill Mason immortalized the children’s book Paddle to the Sea with his Canadian National Film Board film in 1966, and was nominated for Best Short Film for the 1968 Academy Awards. The film is of a wooden canoeist, nicknamed “Paddle,” that had been carved and launched by a young boy in Nipigon, and its journey through ...
Read More »Bare Sierra to perform at Rock Island
Jul 21, 2017 @ 08:20 On Tuesday, August 15th – mark your calendars! Bare Sierra will be playing at Rock Island Lodge as part of their “Northern Lights Tour” which has taken them across Ontario. This roots-rock duo of John Muirhead and Jesse Bydevaate from Halton Hills, have played together since their mid-teens. They have developed a brand of soulful acoustic ...
Read More »Friday Morning News – July 21
Weather – It is foggy this morning, but Environment Canada says that today will be sunny. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud near noon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 22. UV index 8 or very high. News Tidbits – Liquidations sales begin today at Sears. The Sears in the Station Mall, Sault Ste. Marie is closing.
Read More »Driver of Car Charged with Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle Causing Death – Motorcyclist Dies from Injuries in Collision
Jul 20, 2017 @ 17:17 On Sunday, July 16, 2017 at approximately 8:40 am, officers from the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Greenstone Fire Service and Superior North Emergency Medical Service (EMS) responded to a motor vehicle collision between a car and a motorcycle on Highway 11 at Kenogamisis Dam Road. During this investigation the ...
Read More »Ontario NDP Energy Critic Peter Tabuns statement on Avista Purchase
Jul 20, 2017 @ 16:47 Ontario NDP Energy Critic Peter Tabuns issued the following statement: “The announcement by Hydro One to acquire and merge with American utility giant Avista should raise red flags for every Ontarian who is struggling to pay their unaffordable hydro bills. This move to create a huge multinational utility means less control over our province’s electricity ...
Read More »Ontario to tranform early years and child care system with Dr. Cleveland’s Help
Jul 20, 2017 @ 16:47 The Ontario Provincial government has appointed Dr. Gordon Cleveland to lead a study that will create a child care system that makes child care universally accessible and affordable to all Ontario families. “I’m honoured to be part of Ontario’s plan to transform its early years and child care system – including this study, which will look ...
Read More »Statement from Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown on Hydro One’s purchase of Avista
Jul 20, 2017 @ 16:39 Statement from Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown on Hydro One’s purchase of Avista: “The purchase of Avista by Hydro One is the direct result of Kathleen Wynne’s fire sale. Hydro One is gouging ratepayers while using our money to buy up foreign companies. In the end, Ontario families will be left paying even more for ...
Read More »EC – Thunderstorm Warning for Chapleau/Missinaibi Lake
Jul 20, 2017 @ 20:51 3:15 PM EDT Thursday 20 July 2017 Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for: Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake (ended 7:29) Timmins – Cochrane – Iroquois Falls (ended 8:44) Persons in or near this area should be on the lookout for adverse weather conditions and take necessary safety precautions. Watch for updated statements. Please refer to the ...
Read More »World Record Setting Speedboat Confirmed for Sault Poker Run
Jul 20, 2017 @ 08:11 Watch the video to FEEL THE RUMBLE and see what ‘My Way’ can do! Want to see ‘My Way’ and other one of a kind speedboats up close. (Not work safe.) Poker Runs America Hall of Famer Bill Tomlinson and his crew from Manotick, ON, are bringing big power to the Second Annual Sault Ste. ...
Read More »Thursday Morning News – July 20
Jul 20, 2017 @ 07:58 Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of showers early this morning. High 23. Humidex 26. UV index 8 or very high. News Tidbits – There are 252 personnel from Ontario in British Columbia. Ontario is scheduling to send another resource deployment of close to 100 personnel to British Columbia today. HydroOne ...
Read More »Glenn Thibeault, Minister of Energy speaks on Avista purchase by HydroOne
Jul 19, 2017 @ 17:53 Glenn Thibeault, Minister of Energy, issued the following statement today in response to Hydro One’s announcement that the utility has agreed to acquire Avista, a utility company in the northwest United States: “Ontario is pleased to see today’s announcement of the proposed acquisition of Avista by Hydro One, as it is expected to deliver clear benefits ...
Read More »Can you find the Bismarck?
Jul 19, 2017 @ 08:45 In 1993, Alex Andrechuk took the newly finished model of the Battleship Bismark out for a sail on Wawa Lake.They carried it along Highway 101 before putting it into the water. Unfortunately, this 2 foot long vessel began to take on water about 60 feet off shore. Sadly he says, “it was spring, and sank ...
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