Local & Area News

Damage can be seen here with the pieces of a light standard) that originally was on the island between the two lanes of Main Street. The truck and trailer drove through the empty lot (former Esso Station) and tracks can be seen where it hit the fence, then a building in the backyard and looks to have demolished the building. ...

There is a chill in the air and that means it is time for the LDHCF’s annual Wish Campaign.  However, best laid plans can go astray.  The current postal strike has put the distribution of our flyers and the Giving Tuesday letters on hold.  We will monitor the situation closely and hopefully be able to get them “in the mail” ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 3 3 BUCKELL, Chris 2 2 2 LESCHISHIN, Barb 2 2 3 McCoy, Joe 2 2 2 SWITZER, Terry 2 2 3 DUGGAN, Sarah 6 1 3 GLOVER, Justine 6 1 3 HALL, Dave 6 1 2 STOYCHOFF, Peter 6 1 2 TREMBLAY, Cheryl 6 1 2 FAHRER, Tom 11 0 2 HALL, ...

Today, only nine rural hospital sites supported by approximately 35 rural family physicians are providing labour and delivery services to the 50,000 rural Northern Ontarians of childbearing age. Twenty years ago, there were 20 rural hospital sites providing labour and delivery services. Twenty years before that, nearly every hospital in Northern Ontario had these services.   Northern Policy Institute’s latest ...

Superior East Wawa Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charge driver of stolen vehicle with multiple offences.   On November 20, 2024, at approximately 10:30 p.m. police were advised of a stolen truck and trailer in the Town of Wawa. Several more calls were received that a truck and trailer had crashed into a residence on Toronto Ave. OPP arrived at the scene ...

A 63-year-old male has been arrested for theft and possession of stolen property from a local construction site. On November 18, 2024, members from the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of stolen equipment and tools from the Taranis Construction site located in Lyon Township. After further investigation, officers with assistance from the Community Street ...

An individual is facing a criminal charge after failing to return a work truck as planned. On November 19, 2024, at approximately 1:22 p.m., the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police responded to a call for a stolen vehicle. The complainant reported that an employee had failed to return a work truck and could not be reached after multiple attempts. ...

On November 20, 2024, at approximately 7:00 p.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a Controlled Dugs and Substances Act (CDSA) warrant at a residence on Tokyo Crescent in Elliot Lake. As a result of the warrant being executed, approximately 250 grams of suspected cocaine, almost 9 grams of suspected Fentanyl, approximately 10 Methamphetamine tablets, a loaded sawed-off shotgun, over ...

Don’t forget – Algoma Power requires an electrical service interruption for a portion of customers in the Ganley Street and First Avenue area today between the hours of 9:00am and 12:00pm to replace a pole.   Algoma Power states “For safety reasons please do not perform any work in conjunction with this outage.  All customer work requires direct planning through ...

Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Today – Cloudy with 40% chance of drizzle. Wind becoming north 20 km/h this morning. High 6. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. 40% chance of drizzle or flurries changing to 40% chance of flurries overnight. Risk of freezing drizzle overnight. Low zero. Saturday – Cloudy with 40% chance of flurries. Risk of ...

RANK WINS G.P. BUSSINEAU, Denise 1 3 3 LESCHISHIN, Barb 1 3 3 MATHIAS, Danette 1 3 3 AMOS, Tracy 4 2 3 CHIUPKA, Lorna 4 2 3 PARSONS, Rochelle 4 2 3 SWITZER, Anya 4 2 3 TAVELLA, Debbie 8 1 2 TREMBLAY, Cheryl 8 1 3 WATSON, Heather 8 1 3 BONITZKE, Wendy 10 0 3 KRELL, Michelle ...

A 19-year-old individual from Terrace Bay is facing charges of impaired operation resulting from a motor vehicle collision (MVC). On November 13, 2024, at approximately 1:00 a.m., members of the Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 near Sunset Drive in the Town of Schreiber. As a result of ...

A 19-year-old individual from Terrace Bay is facing charges of impaired operation resulting from a motor vehicle collision (MVC). On November 13, 2024, at approximately 1:00 a.m., members of the Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 near Sunset Drive in the Town of Schreiber. As a result of ...

On November 2, 2024, the OPP assisted and Anishinabek Police Service (APS) officers who located a driver passed out in the driver’s seat of a white pickup truck. The driver was subsequently arrested and charged with impaired by drug and possession of Schedule I substance. He was also issued a 90-day Automatic Driver’s Licence Suspension and vehicle towed. On November ...

Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Today – Cloudy with 60% chance of showers or drizzle. Wind northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. High +4. Tonight – Cloudy with 40% chance of drizzle. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light after midnight. Low +2. Friday – Cloudy with 40% chance of drizzle. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light late in the afternoon. ...