Local & Area News

Nov 30, 2024 at 18:25 ON511 just issued a new phone alert stating that Hwy 17 (Wawa to Heyden) is closed due to weather, and the ON511 website confirms that. The highway has been closed since Friday evening at 9:18 p.m. Nov 30, 2024 at 18:18 Hwy 17 (Wawa to Heyden) has been reopened. Please travel with care there are ...

Oct 16, 2024 at 09:38 CPKC has released this year’s Holiday Train Schedule. The Holiday Train will be stopping in Chapleau, White River, Mobert, Marathon, Schreiber, Nipigon, before heading to Thunder Bay. There is no stop scheduled for Dubreuilville this year. This is the 26th year for the Holiday Train. Touring with the train this year through Northern Ontario is ...

Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Today – Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 12 this morning and minus 5 this afternoon. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 8. Wind chill minus 7 this evening and minus ...

Nov 29, 2024 at 17:51 Lake effect snow squalls in effect for: Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay 5:28 PM EST Friday 29 November 2024 Intense snow squalls off of Lake Superior will continue through Saturday night. Travel is expected to be difficult to nearly impossible at times under these snow squalls. As is common with snow squalls, ...

Nov 29, 2024 at 17:51 Lake effect snow squalls in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park 5:28 PM EST Friday 29 November 2024 Intense snow squalls off of Lake Superior will move north into the area this evening and continue through Saturday evening. The heaviest snow squalls are expected near Agawa Bay and along highway 17. Travel is expected ...

The Wahkohtowin Innovation Centre is excited to announce the 2025 Indigenous Lands Symposium (ILS), scheduled to take place February 3–7, 2025, at the Delta Sault Ste. Marie Waterfront Hotel. This transformative annual event will bring together Indigenous leaders, land stewards, government representatives, and industry professionals to address critical issues in land stewardship, conservation, and cultural revitalization. Building on the success ...

Nov 29, 2024 at 23:02 At 13:39, ON511 reported that weather conditions have improved and the highway has been opened.   Nov 28, 2024 at 23:02 At 22:47 ON511 reported that weather conditions have closed Highway 17 from Wawa to Heyden (Hwy 556 – Ranger Lake Road). There are some large streamers of snow squalls between the Soo and Montreal ...

Algoma Family Services will be closing our offices today across the Algoma District. All schools will be closed in Sault Ste. Marie and Central Algoma (except for Thessalon Public School) today. Mountain View Public School will be closed today due to the Highway 17 N closure from Heyden to Wawa. Sault Ste Marie Area – including Batchawana, Goulais River, Searchmont & ...

Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Today – Periods of light snow ending near noon then mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 early this afternoon. High -2. Wind chill -10 this morning and -5 this afternoon. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 60% chance of flurries. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to ...

3:44 PM EST Thursday 28 November 2024 Lake effect snow squalls will continue tonight before moving south of the area Friday morning. Snow squalls will redevelop Friday evening with additional snowfall amounts expected. Snow squalls cause weather conditions to vary considerably; changes from clear skies to heavy snow within just a few kilometres are common. Rapidly accumulating snow could make ...

Red Pine Exploration Inc. is pleased to announce assay results from its 2024 prospecting program on the Wawa Gold Project, Ontario. The assay results are from prospecting in the War Eagle area located approximately 3 kilometres (“km”)  south-southeast (“SSE”) of the updated 2024 Mineral Resource Estimate (“2024 MRE”) described in the National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report dated September 30, 2024 ...

L’Université de l’EMNO a le plaisir d’annoncer que son Programme de stages en diététique (PSD) a obtenu le plein agrément national du programme EQual d’Agrément Canada. La décision est entrée en vigueur le 5 novembre 2024 et est valide pendant six ans.   « C’est une nouvelle extraordinaire et un témoignage du calibre exceptionnel du travail de l’Université de l’EMNO dans ...

NOSM University is pleased to announce that its Dietetic Practicum Program (DPP) has received full, national accreditation from EQual Accreditation Canada. The decision was made effective November 5, 2024, and is in effect for six years.   “This is outstanding news, and testament to the exceptional caliber of health professions work being done at NOSM University,” says Dr. Michael Green, ...

Chief and Council of Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation (WLON) have issued this statement in response to the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (NWMO) decision to proceed with the Site Characterization Process for the proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR) in WLON’s traditional territory. For over a decade, Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation has been involved in discussions and information sharing through a “Learn ...

Today, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced it has selected Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation (WLON) and the Township of Ignace as the host communities for the future site for Canada’s deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel. In July, Ignace resident voted yes to move forward in the process. Earlier this month, the Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation voted voted ...