Local & Area News

5:35 AM EST Tuesday 12 December 2023 Snow Squall Warning in effect for: Sault Ste. Marie – Superior East 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. Hazards: Locally heavy snowfall with total amounts of 20 to 30 cm. Near ...

The Lady Dunn Health Centre has reported that the Long Term Care side is now in an COVID-19 outbreak. The social media post reports, “Residents will continue to be supported by two essential caregivers with morning visitation from 10 a.m. – 12 Noon or in the afternoon from 1 pm to 3 pm. General visitors are not permitted at this ...

New Books this week are “Resurrection Walk” by Michael Connelly, “Wreck the Halls” by Tessa Bailey, “A Winter in New York” by Josie Silver and “A Christmas Vanishing” by Anne Perry. En Français, nous avons “Il était une fois Décembre” par Marie-Krystel Gendron.   The staff pick of the week is “House Rules” by Jodi Picoult. When your son can’t ...

Friends of mine have a beautiful grandfather clock in their living room. It’s a genuine heirloom antique that works with weights, pulleys and a pendulum. I often enjoy their company, sipping coffee beside the clock, speaking in quieter tones so we can enjoy its perfect pendulous tick-tock rhythm. It is a calming sound, reminding me that we all need to ...

Certains de mes amis ont une belle horloge grand-père dans leur salon. C’est une véritable antiquité patrimoniale qui fonctionne avec des poids, des poulies et un pendule. J’aime souvent leur compagnie, sirotant un café à côté de l’horloge, parlant dans des tons plus calmes afin que nous puissions profiter de son rythme de tic-tac pendant parfait. C’est un son apaisant, ...

Weather: Today – Cloudy with 60% chance of flurries. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 early this afternoon. High -2. Wind chill -17 this morning and -7 this afternoon. Tonight – Snow. Local blowing snow overnight. Amount 5 cm. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 60. Low -8. Wind chill -9 this evening and -16 overnight. News Tidbits: ...

On December 10, 2023, shortly after 2:30 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Algoma Paramedic Services responded to an unresponsive person call at a residence on Eli Street in the community of Mississauga First Nation. A 49-year-old person from Whitby was found to be deceased at that location prior to emergency services ...

Dec 10, 2023 at 08:26 ON511 is now showing that the road has been cleared. Dec 10, 2023 at 08:00 A notification from ON511 is advising that Highway 17 from Wawa to White River is closed due to a collision. “Collision on HWY 17 Both Directions at Hammer Lake, Algoma, ALGOMA. All lanes closed.”  

6:10 PM EST Saturday 9 December 2023 Winter weather travel advisory in effect for tonight. Hazard: Snow, at times heavy. Total snowfall amounts of 10 to 15 cm. Peak snowfall rates of 1 to 3 cm per hour. Timing: Tonight. Discussion: Periods of rain will transition to snow this evening. Snow will fall heavily at times before tapering to light ...

The eagerly awaited Joan’s Annual Cookie Walk is at the Legion Hall (upstairs) today from 11 – 1 p.m. Line up early to make sure you can get your choice of homemade cookies as there are no early birds or pre-sales. The cookies are set up on tables, and you walk from one end to another making your selection. The ...

Weather: Today – Cloudy. 60 percent chance of drizzle in the morning. Periods of rain or snow beginning near noon changing to periods of snow in the afternoon. Fog patches dissipating in the morning. Snowfall amount 2 to 4 cm. Temperature steady near plus 3. Night – Periods of snow except periods of rain near Lake Superior in the evening. ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 5 5 BUCKELL, Chris 2 4 5 FAHRER, Tom 2 4 5 HALL, Dave 2 4 4 McCoy, Joe 5 3 4 LESCHISHIN, Barb 6 2 5 GLOVER, Justine 7 1 4 RAINVILLE, Heather 7 1 5 SWITZER, Anya 7 1 4 CORLEY, Sarah 7 0 5 STOYCHOFF, Peter 10 0 4 Game ...

The Ontario government is investing close to $9 million to help junior mining companies finance early exploration projects to find critical minerals used in electric vehicles, smart phones, laptops, medical equipment and renewable energy. The funding is being delivered through the Ontario Junior Exploration Program(OJEP), which helps boost growth and job creation in the province, particularly in northern and Indigenous ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario investit près de 9 millions de dollars afin d’aider des petites sociétés d’exploration minière à financer des projets d’exploration préliminaire dont le but est de détecter des minéraux critiques utilisés dans les véhicules électriques, les téléphones intelligents, les ordinateurs portables, l’équipement médical et les énergies renouvelables. Le financement provient du Programme ontarien d’aide aux petites sociétés ...

  Motivated to make a difference in the Chapleau community, students from École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) recently lent a hand to the people in charge of the Chapleau Food Bank.   With the Christmas holidays just around the corner, Pastor Dan and his team of volunteers were overstretched and really appreciated the support they received to prepare, assemble, and ...