Mar 11, 2017 @ 01:10 OPP have opened the highway as of 12:15 a.m. Mar 10, 2017 @ 19:59 At 7:46 p.m. the Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Closure, Highway 17 from Highway 556 to Pinewood Drive in Wawa due to deteriorating weather and road conditions. The O.P.P. will distribute details and updates of the ...

Mar 10, 2017 @ 22:16 On March 10, 2017, at approximately 3:45 p.m. members from the Espanola/Sudbury Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Nairn-Hyman Fire Department and the Greater Sudbury Fire Department as well as the Sudbury-Manitoulin District Emergency Medical Services (EMS), responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 17 east of Nairn Centre.   Preliminary information is ...

Mar 10, 2017 @ 19:22 7:22 PM EST Friday 10 March 2017 Snow squall warning in effect for: Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Snow squalls off Lake Superior will continue to affect portions of the region through this evening. The main impact will be occasional whiteouts due to blowing snow. The squalls are expected to shift south ...

Mar 10, 2017 @ 16:32 The Municipality of Wawa is very excited to release the official logo for the Wawa Celebrates Canada 150 events in 2017. Chris Benka of the NITGC has been working very hard with Community Services and Tourism staff to create this logo which will be featured with all of Wawa’s Canada 150 events throughout the year. ...

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Ontario is lowering electricity bills by 25% on average for all residential customers and half a million farms and businesses, as part of a significant system restructuring that will address long-standing policy challenges and ensure greater fairness. Starting this summer, Ontario’s Fair Hydro Plan would provide households with this 25% break. Many small businesses and farms in northeastern Ontario would also ...

Mar 10, 2017 @ 07:07 Weather – It is quite cold outside with -22 with a windchill of -39, so bundle up. I will get a bit warmer, but not much by this afternoon. The winds will continue to blow, with the possibility of flurries later this morning.   Once again there is a snow squall watch in effect for ...

Mar 9, 2017 @ 09:57 On Thursday March 8, 2017, at approximately 9:50 am members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Chapleau Detachment responded to a mischief incident to a local Chapleau Ontario school. The incident took place between Friday March 3, 2017 and Thursday March 8, 2017. During the incident the persons responsible damaged windows facing the ...

Mar 9, 2017 @ 07:55 On Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at approximately 1:00 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment responded to a local business for a theft of gas report. Police investigation revealed that the motor vehicle in question was stolen from the Thunder Bay area.   A full description of the male driver ...

Mar 9, 2017 @ 06:39 4:58 AM EST Thursday 09 March 2017 Snow squall warning in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Snow squalls are expected. Under the snow squall bands, visibilities will be significantly reduced due to the heavy snow combined with blowing ...

  Mar 9, 2017 @ 06:24 The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and its Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre partners are launching their annual Fraud Prevention Month campaign to prevent thousands of Canadians from falling victim to fraud. During the month of March, the OPP, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Competition Bureau of Canada are joining police services across the country to promote public ...

Mar 9, 2017 @ 06:19 The North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN) met with the senior leadership of the region’s District Social Services Boards (DSSABs), as well as Service Managers of municipalities on Friday to move ahead with the recommendations found in its Innovative Housing with Health Supports in Northeastern Ontario Strategic Plan: 2016-2019. The partners identified leaders who ...

Mar 9, 2017 @ 05:43 Weather – A mix of sun and cloud today with a 60% chance of flurries. Wind NW 20km gusting to 40km. A high of -8C with windchill of -25 this morning. Tonight the flurries will continue with a low of -28 expected, windchill of -37. A snow squall warning is in effect for: Agawa – ...

Mar 9, 2017 @ 05:11 Highway 17 from Wawa to Heyden has been reopened. It had been closed for 22 hours due to poor weather conditions.       At 7:30 p.m. Wawa-news confirmed that Hwy 17 is closed from Wawa to Heyden. With a confusing tweet from Ontario511, a short drive out to confirm the highway closure was done. ...

Red Lake OPP are again reminding both motorists and fisherman using ice roads and ice access points to use extreme caution. A warning was given by Red Lake OPP to stay off the ice on St. Paul’s Bay (Red Lake) due to reports of thin ice. However, despite this warning people are still attempting to access the ice. Once such person drove their vehicle onto the ...