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The Ontario government is continuing to hold electricity prices to the off-peak rate of 8.5 cents per kilowatt-hour until February 9, 2021. This lower rate is available 24 hours per day, seven days a week for Time-Of-Use and tiered customers. “We know staying at home means using more electricity during the day when electricity prices are higher, that’s why we ...

Some people who read Caribou Corner 1 wanted to know what is going on with the remaining Lake Superior caribou.  So we are going to look at that now and come back to the diversity of caribou later.   In the 1800s, caribou were on the mainland all around Lake Superior and on all the offshore islands.  But now there ...

Today, Premier Doug Ford, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Michael Tibollo, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, issued the following statement on Bell Let’s Talk Day: “Today on Bell Let’s Talk Day, Ontario is joining the conversation around mental health to raise awareness and encourage everyone to take action to fight the stigma associated with ...

Jan 27, 2021 at 20:00 Algoma Public Health is reporting 5 (five) new cases of COVID-19. Four are from Central and East Algoma and 1 is from Sault Ste. Marie and area. Through contact tracing, Algoma Public Health notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by Algoma Public Health, or affected by recent public exposure notifications posted ...

Passed away peacefully with his family by his side at the Lady Dunn Health Centre on Monday January 25, 2021 at the age of 62 years. Beloved son of the late Rita and Raymond Duguay. Loving brother of Clovis (Michelle Mattaini), Noella Duguay (Alan Carney), the late Edward and the late Dennis. Loving uncle of Luke (Kaitlin), Tanya, Nicholas (Anna), ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) has received the first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for the Algoma district.  The province has allotted these doses to residents of long-term care homes (LTCH), as prioritized in phase one of Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination program. Algoma’s long-term care partners have been working closely with APH since the beginning of January and are ready to start the immunization ...

On the 7- Day Shelf this week are; “The Law of Innocence” by Michael Connelly, “Fortune and Glory Tantalizing Twenty-Seven” by Janet Evanovich, “Marauder” a novel of the Oregon Files by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison, “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man” by Emmanuel Acho and “White Ivy” by Susie Yang.   New Movies on the shelf are “The Office ...

Although we cannot meet for Worship together you may like to read the Scriptures for January 31st, 2021, the Fourth Sunday After Epiphany. Deuteronomy 18: 15-20   God will raise up a prophet after Moses. Psalm 111                              The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. 1 Corinthians 8: 1-13          Concerning food offered to idols. Mark 1: 21-28              ...

On January 24, 2021, at approximately 5:00 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a domestic dispute on Hillcrest Avenue in Wawa. As a result of the investigation, a 31-year-old person, from Wawa, was arrested and charged with the following: Failure to comply with undertaking, contrary to section 145(4)(a) of the Criminal Code ...

On January 23, 2021, at approximately 3:00 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the report of a domestic dispute in Wawa.  As a result of the investigation, a 51-year-old person, from Wawa, was arrested and charged with the following: Assault – Spousal, contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code (CC) ...

On January 22, 2021, at approximately 7:30 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a domestic dispute on Grey Street in Chapleau. As a result of the investigation, a 20-year-old person, from Chapleau, was arrested and charged with the following: Failure to comply with undertaking, contrary to section 145(4)(a) of the Criminal ...

On January 22, 2021, at approximately 2:00 p.m., members of the North East Region Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with the assistance of the OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT) and Canine Unit, executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant at a residence on Mackey Street in Wawa. A search of the residence yielded ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario accélère la vaccination des résidents des foyers de soins de longue durée, des maisons de retraite à risque élevé et des établissements de soins pour personnes âgées autochtones d’ici une nouvelle date butoir, soit le 5 février 2021. Afin de protéger l’accès aux deuxièmes doses du vaccin Pfizer-BioNTech pour les personnes qui ont déjà reçu leur ...

The Ontario government is accelerating the vaccination of residents in long-term care, high-risk retirement, and First Nations elder care homes by a new target date of February 5, 2021. To protect access to second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for those who have already received their first dose, Ontario will maintain the maximum interval of 21-27 days for long-term care, ...

It is with great sadness that today we are reporting the region’s second death related to COVID-19. Out of respect for the family, no further information is being shared.   “I am deeply saddened that we have lost another life to COVID-19,” said Dr. Jennifer Loo, Medical Officer of Health. “On behalf of Algoma Public Health, we offer our most ...