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  Access to high-quality breast cancer screening has been strengthened across Sault Ste. Marie and the surrounding area with a new mammography unit now in use at Group Health Centre (GHC). The unit supports earlier detection through advanced imaging technology and enhances local screening capacity. The new unit, expected to serve more than 6,000 patients per year, features tomosynthesis (multi-dimensional) ...

Weather: Today Flurries or local snow squalls ending early this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 40% chance of flurries. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming north 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning then light late this afternoon. High minus 14. Wind chill -28 this morning and -22 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV ...

Jan 27, 2026 at 07:47 Hwy 17 remains closed from Wawa to Batchawana due to weather. The highway closed at 21:31 last night. Windy shows snow squalls and the wind is pulling snow off the lake and blowing it on the shoreline. Environment Canada is warning of snow squalls off Lake Superior this morning and tonight from Wawa to SSM. ...

Jan 26, 2026 at 21:02 The highway has been cleared. Jan 26, 2026 at 17:36 At 17:29 ON511 reposted that the highway is now open with the lane and east shoulder closed due to a collision. Jan 26, 2026 at 17:24 Highway 17 is now both lanes closed at in the Montreal River area (Twilight Road) due to a collision. ...

Weather: Today Increasing cloudiness. 30% chance of flurries late this morning and early this afternoon. Flurries beginning this afternoon. Risk of snow squalls this afternoon. Local amount 2 cm. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h late this afternoon. High -11. Wind chill -34 this morning and -17 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight Snow with risk ...

Flooding on HWY 129 – Both Directions between SEC HWY 554, Wharncliffe and HWY 667, CHAPLEAU, Chapleau. All lanes closed.

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Weather: 2 weather alerts:  Bitterly cold conditions continuing this morning. Wind chill values of minus 40 to minus 45. Ending later this morning. Snow squalls off Lake Superior likely tonight into Sunday. Local snowfall accumulations possibly exceeding 15 cm. Poor visibility in areas of heavy snow. Today A mix of sun and cloud. 30% chance of flurries this afternoon. Wind ...

Jan 24, 2026 at 07:47 Yellow Warning – Cold 4:27 AM EST Saturday 24 January 2026 Impact Level: Moderate Forecast Confidence: High Bitterly cold conditions continuing this morning. What: Wind chill values of -40 to -45. When: Ending later this morning. Additional information: Temperatures are expected to moderate somewhat today, although they will remain below normal through the weekend. Extreme ...

Jan 23, 2026 at 21:00 (from fb) We will be continuing our quest to establish the connection south towards Searchmount/Chapleau/Black Creek. We have already been through the first 70 km to our Tic Road Emergency Shelter, which is where we will be staging out of Saturday morning. The plan at this time is to meet at the shack at 9 ...

Jan 23, 2026 at 11:29 Highway 17 has been opened from Wawa to Batchawana. Jan 23, 2026 at 07:48 Hwy 17 Closed from Wawa to Batchawana due to weather conditions. Jan 22, 2026 at 23:26 The OPP have moved the barricade at Heyden, Hwy 17 is now closed from Wawa to Batchawana due to weather conditions. Jan 22, 2026 at ...

Weather: Today Sunny. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light near noon. High -23. Wind chill -39 this morning and minus 31 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight Clear. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -32. Wind chill -29 this evening and -40 overnight. Frostbite in minutes.

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Third Sunday after Epiphany Matthew 4:12-23      Jesus begins his ministry In this time of the year when the nights are still long, the Light of Christ continues shining in the midst of the shadows of night. Isaiah wrote of light shining in a time of tremendous fear. The psalmist writes of God being light and by that light bringing salvation ...

Weather:  Today A mix of sun and cloud. 30% chance of flurries changing to 70% chance of flurries this afternoon. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h early this afternoon. High -16. Wind chill near -28. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight Partly cloudy. 70% chance of flurries early this evening. Wind north 20 km/h. Low -29. Wind chill ...