Local & Area News

Weather: Today – Cloudy. 60% chance of showers this afternoon. High +5. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Periods of rain ending after midnight then cloudy with 40% chance of drizzle or showers. Low +2. News Tidbits: Don’t forget to put out your purple lights. Chadwic is  challenging everyone to light the community purple for the annual Shine the ...

Nov 9, 2026 at 07:25 Highway 101 From Opishing River Br to Shawmere River Bare and dry road Bare and wet road Good No 2026-11-09 05:08 Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Bare and wet road Bare and dry road Good No 2026-11-09 05:24 Highway 101 From Highway 651 to Wawa Bare and dry road Bare and wet ...

Late yesterday afternoon, the Municipality announced the entrance to the Golf Course Road from Mission Road has been closed. They advise that the road will remain closed until further notice. There was no comment as to the nature of the incident. The affected area is closed to ALL traffic, and access around the incident site will be restricted. Motorists and ...

The Coalition for Algoma Passenger Trains (CAPT) is inviting the public to a special presentation featuring Danny Zimny-Schmitt, Vice President of the Colorado Rail Passenger Association (ColoRail), a grassroots advocacy organization that played an important role in bringing back Colorado’s popular Winter Park Express ski train in 2017. Zimny-Schmitt will travel from Denver, Colorado, to share the story of how ...

Weather: Today – Mainly cloudy. Clearing early this afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High +5. Wind chill -8 this morning. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy near midnight. Showers beginning before morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 near midnight. Low +2. News Tidbits: Preston’s new album “Symphony Lite” by Kilotile is ...

Weather: Today – Light snow ending this morning then clearing. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40. High +4. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Clear. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light late this evening. Low -4. Wind chill -8 overnight. News Tidbits: There is snow on the ground throughout the region. Be prepared this morning for the possibility ...

Nov 6, 2026 at 07:35 Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Bare and wet road, Partly snow packed Good No 2026-11-06 05:21 Highway 101 From Highway 651 to Wawa Bare and wet road Good No 2026-11-06 05:20 Highway 17 From Paint Lake Road to Mobert Bare and wet road Good No 2026-11-06 05:20 Highway 17 From Wawa to ...

Nov 6, 2026 at 07:29 Highway 17 From Mijinemunghshing Lake to Wawa Bare and dry road Bare and wet road Good 2026-11-07 05:23 Highway 547 From Highway 101 to Hawk Junction Bare and dry road Bare and wet road Good 2026-11-07 05:23 Highway 651 From Highway 101 to Renabie Rd Missinabi Bare and dry road Bare and wet road Good ...

More than 60 years ago, Andrew Moses was last seen leaving his basecamp on Brunswick Lake to check/place a trapline on Ericson Creek – and his loved ones are still waiting for answers.He was 34 years old. Time does not diminish the importance of this investigation. Even the smallest piece of information could help investigators uncover what happened and provide ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a driver with stunt driving after a traffic stop on Highway 17.   On Saturday, October 31, 2026, at approximately 10 p.m., officers from the Wawa OPP were conducting moving radar enforcement on Highway 17 in the town of White River. The officer observed a vehicle travelling at 105 km/h in a posted ...

The Superior East Chapleau Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged a 55-year-old male from Ontario with Impaired driving after they were called about a traffic complaint.   On Sunday, November 1, 2026, at approximately 11:30 p.m., members of the Superior East Chapleau OPP detachment received a call to locate and check on a male after his family had not heard from ...

November 1 is celebrated as All Saints Day. Some distinguish between All Saints’ Day on November 1 and All Souls’ Day on November 2, with the former focusing on those identified as “saints” and the latter focusing on “ the faithful departed.” In our Protestant traditions, we understand that the “communion of “saints” includes all those who have gone before ...

Weather: Today – Rain changing to snow this afternoon. Local snowfall amount 2cm. Wind becoming north 40 km/h gusting to 60 early this morning. Temperature falling to +1 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. 30% chance of flurries this evening. Wind north 40 km/h gusting to 70. Low -2. Wind chill -9 overnight. News Tidbits: So ...

In all it was a pretty quiet Halloween in Wawa. But the Wawa Fire Department was called out just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning for reports of a bonfire at the old Municipal Dump. Firefighters walked in and checked the area out, then returned to the truck and left.

Weather: Today – Rain. Amount 10 to 15 mm. Wind becoming south 20 km/h early this afternoon. Temperature steady near 16. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Rain. Amount 5 to 10 mm. Wind south 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Low 8. News Tidbits: The date has been set for the Annual Santa Parade. It will be ...