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Extreme Cold Continues around Wawa

Dec 30, 2017 @ 08:16 5:16 AM EST Saturday 30 December 2017 Extreme Cold Warning in effect for: White River – Dubreuilville Kenor – Nestor Falls Dryden – Ignace Red Lake – Ear Falls Sioux Lookout – Savant Lake Geraldton – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Kapuskasing – Hearst Timmins – Cochrane Chapleau – Gogama Kirkland – New Liskeard – Temagami A prolonged ...

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Travelling West – Snow Squall Warning for Marathon/Schreiber

Dec 29, 2017 @ 09:34 8:20 AM EST Friday 29 December 2017 Snow squall warning in effect for: Marathon – Schreiber Snow squalls are expected. Under the snow squall bands, visibilities will be significantly reduced due to the heavy snow combined with blowing snow, and snow will quickly accumulate. Current information suggests that snowsquall conditions have developed near Terrace Bay. ...

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Cold Continues for White River & Dubreuilville – Extreme Cold Warning

Dec 29, 2017 @ 09:31 5:10 AM EST Friday 29 December 2017 Extreme Cold Warning in effect for: White River – Dubreuilville A period of very cold wind chills continues. A huge Arctic air mass continues to keep a strong frigid grip over Northern Ontario. Wind chill values near minus 40 or below are expected in most areas early this ...

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Another Cold Night Expected – Extreme Cold Warning Continues

Dec 28, 2017 @ 20:51 3:40 PM EST Thursday 28 December 2017 Extreme Cold Warning in effect for: White River – Dubreuilville A period of very cold wind chills continues. Wind chill values near minus 40 or below are expected again tonight. Wind chills will moderate during Friday daytime hours. However, wind chill values near minus 40 or below will ...

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Extreme Cold Warning Remains in Effect for most of Northern Ontario

Dec 28, 2017 @ 08:56 Extreme Cold Warning in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville A period of very cold wind chills continues. Extreme wind chill values of minus 40 or below are occurring this morning. Wind chills will moderate during daytime hours today. However, wind chill values near minus 40 or below are expected in ...

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Extreme Cold Warning

Dec 25, 2017 @ 11:06 11:00 AM EST Monday 25 December 2017 Extreme Cold Warning in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake Manitouwadge – Hornepayne – Geraldton Nipigon – Marathon – Superior North Lake Nipigon – Wabakimi Atikokan – Upsala – Quetico Superior West A period of very cold wind chills is ...

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Snow Squall warning between St. Joseph Island and Montreal River Harbour

Dec 25, 2017 @ 11:03 7:38 AM EST Monday 25 December 2017 Snow squall warning in effect for: Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Developing snow squalls are about to move into the Sault Ste. Marie and Batchawana Bay area. They will likely persist into tonight. There is a potential for ...

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Snow Squall Warning (LSPP to Searchmont)

9:30 AM EST Sunday 24 December 2017 Snow squall warning in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park 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, and snow will quickly accumulate. An intense snow squall is affecting Highway 17 through Lake ...

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Northern Ontario Party – Michipicoten Island Caribou

Dec 23, 2017 @ 09:39 The Northern Ontario Party applauds, Mike Mantha for his impassionate plea to help the Michipocoten Island Caribou. Unfortunately, this plea by Mr. Mantha comes just before the winter break where most MPPs are focused on their own Christmas plans than wanting to hear about the plight of these caribou. The Northern Ontario Party understands the ...

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Rentech Sells Atikokan Mill – Wawa Facility Remains Idle

Dec 23, 2017 @ 09:25 On December 15, 2017, the subsidiary of the Company that owns the Atikokan Facility entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with 2607043 Ontario Inc., an affiliate of True North Timber, a forest resources company, for the going-concern purchase of substantially all of the assets of the Atikokan operations. The Wawa Facility located in Wawa, Ontario ...

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Wawa Mixed Curling Standings – December 22

Dec 22, 2017 @ 08:32 Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 6 6 LESCHISHIN, Mark 2 5 6 BOYD, Katherine 3 4 7 HOFFMANN, Jim 3 4 6 HALL, Jennifer 5 3 7 SZEKELY, Marc 6 2 6 McCOY, Joe 7 1 7 SPENCER, Reg 7 1 7 Schedule for Thursday -January 11, 2018 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice ...

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Now 4 advocacy groups working on returning passenger rail service to Northeastern Ontario – a louder voice!

Dec 21, 2017 @ 09:22 The Northeastern Ontario Rail Network (NEORN) is delighted that the government has announced that bus service will be improved in Northern Ontario. However, reinstatement of passenger rail should also be a priority. An integrated transportation system means a truly multimodal strategy, where travel by road, rail, and air all have their role. What we have ...

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