Winter storm watch is in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake Timmins – Cochrane – Iroquois Falls Environment Canada is warning of a winter storm as a Colorado Low approaches the region. The storm is expected to begin with snow Saturday morning or afternoon. To make this extremely yucky, the snow is ...

Mar 4, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Winter storm watch in effect Today – Sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 7. Wind chill minus 20 this morning and minus 11 this afternoon. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Increasing cloudiness. Snow beginning overnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 15. Wind chill near minus 19. COVID-19 Statistics: ...

Mar 3, 2022 at 11:30 Environment Canada is warning that a strong low-pressure area from Colorado is forecast to approach Northeastern Ontario and bring significant amounts of snow and freezing rain this weekend. Anglers for the ice fishing derby may enjoy good fishing as fishing while the barometer is dropping is usually good. However, this same dropping barometer and snow/freezing ...

Mar 3, 2022 at 08:38 Congratulations to Dylan Buckell, winner of Week 36 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The envelope (#27) that was selected contained the Nine of Diamonds, winning $1,211. There are 16 cards left to draw from, with the progressive pot next week is estimated at $29,122. Monies from the Catch the Ace are used to ...

Canada’s Conservatives will have their new leader elected by Saturday, September 10. The Leadership Election Organizing Committee (LEOC) adopted the rules and procedures for the Leadership election Wednesday. The complete set of rules, in both official languages, will be released publicly later this week. The key dates and candidate requirements agreed to by LEOC are as follows: Prospective candidates will ...

Mar 3, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 11. Wind chill minus 33 this morning and minus 16 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. A few flurries beginning late this evening and ending before morning. Clearing before morning. Local amount 2 cm. Wind up ...

Mar 2, 2022 at 10:15 At 9:41 a.m. Environment Canada expanded the Weather Advisory to include Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay (ended 2:09 p.m.) Agawa – Lake Superior Park (ended 11:30 a.m.) This morning a heavy band of snow is slowly moving southward from Wawa. As a result, snow is expected to be heavy at times with ...

Mar 2, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Periods of snow ending this morning then mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of light snow. Local amount 2 cm. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this morning. High minus 6. Wind chill minus 22 this morning and minus 13 this afternoon. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – ...

Feb 28, 2022 at 08:56 Weather: Today – Periods of snow ending this morning then cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Clearing this afternoon. Wind becoming north 20 km/h this morning. High minus 4. Wind chill minus 18 this morning and minus 8 this afternoon. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Clear. Becoming partly cloudy after midnight. Wind ...

Feb 28, 2022 at 08:56 Weather: Today – Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries late this afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 9. Wind chill minus 33 this morning and minus 12 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 2 or low. Tonight = Snow. Amount 5 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 13. Wind ...

Feb 27, 2022 at 03:35 At 3:15 a.m. the highway was opened. Feb 26, 2022 at 23:14 Highway 17 between Wawa and Batchawana Bay has been closed due to poor weather and poor road conditions.

Feb 26, 2022 at 08:56 Weather: Today – Flurries. Local blowing snow. Local amount 5 cm. Wind southwest 40 km/h gusting to 70. High minus 7. Wind chill minus 25 this morning and minus 14 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Periods of snow ending near midnight then partly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Local ...

The Wawa Fire Department was called to Michipicoten High School this afternoon for a small fire. Some students stood across the street in Queen’s Park, and others waited in the Auditorium. Some students reported smelling smoke, and others reported black coloured smoke as they went outside. From the Algoma District School Board, “This afternoon there was a fire in a ...

An Extreme Cold Warning is in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Manitouwadge – Hornepayne A period of very cold wind chills continues. Wind chill values near minus 40 are expected this morning. Extreme cold conditions are not expected to return tonight.  

Feb 25, 2022 at 8:03 Congratulations to Tanis Dawson, winner of Week 35 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The envelope (#2) that was selected contained the Three of Hearts, winning $1,107. The progressive pot next week is estimated at $27,306. Monies from the Catch the Ace are used to enhance health care services at the Lady Dunn Health ...