Local & Area News

On February 8, 2024, at approximately 1:30 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a grocery store on Highway 108, Elliot Lake in relation to a theft. The complainant reported that a female had food items in her possession and departed the store without paying for them. A description of the female and direction of travel ...

On February 10, 2024, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a warrant at a residence on Hart Road in Elliot Lake. On February 9, 2024, the complainant reported being assaulted on Mississauga Avenue. Police also learned that the person was breaching previous bail conditions. The OPP’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) assisted with the investigation and the person was ...

Weather: Today – Mainly cloudy. 60% chance of flurries early this morning. Periods of snow beginning this morning. Local amount 2 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -1. Wind chill -12 this morning and -3 this afternoon. Tonight – Periods of snow ending late this evening then cloudy with 60% chance of flurries. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to ...

Feb 11, 2024 at 05:58 The highway has been opened. The current weather radar imagery from Environment Canada shows some snow activity between Wawa and Gargantua Road, so drive with care.     Feb 11, 2024 at 21:54 Highway 17 is closed between Wawa and Batchawana Bay (Jct of Hwy 17/Hwy 563) due to poor weather conditions.  

Feb 10, 2024 at 18:19 The highway has been opened at 17:54. Feb 10, 2024 at 16:52 A collision on Hwy 17 on the Old Woman Hill has closed the highway in both Directions. OPP, WFD and Ambulance have responded are on scene. ON511 reports the incident at 4:02 p.m.

Ontario is experiencing a sustained, system-wide pressure on hospital staffing levels and while care settings at the Lady Dunn Heath Centre continues to remain open, we have been navigating the pressures as well. For today, February 10th, 2024 we are experiencing a staffing shortage in our Registered Nurse group. The Emergency Department (ED) will remain open; however, we ask that ...

Weather: Today – Periods of snow. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light early this morning. Temperature falling to -3 this afternoon. Wind chill -8 this afternoon. Tonight – Periods of snow ending near midnight then cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -8. Wind chill -6 this evening and ...

On February 8, 2024, shortly after 2:30 a.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to traffic complaint involving a grey car with the vehicle lights off parked in a live lane on Causley Street in the Town of Blind River. Police arrived at the scene and found the driver to be passed out at the wheel and later ...

The Ontario government is keeping costs down and supporting the province’s alcohol and hospitality sectors by stopping the estimated 4.6 per cent increase to the beer basic tax and LCBO mark-up rates that was scheduled for March 1, 2024. This increase would have resulted from rates being indexed to inflation, which the government has consistently stopped over the last six ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario maintient les coûts bas et soutient les secteurs de l’accueil et de l’alcool dans la province en suspendant la hausse des taux de majoration de la LCBO et de la taxe de base sur la bière, une hausse estimée à 4,6 % qui devait entrer en vigueur le 1er mars 2024. Cette hausse aurait résulté de ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 9 9 FAHRER, Tom 2 8 10 McCoy, Joe 2 8 10 HALL, Dave 4 7 9 BUCKELL, Chris 5 5 10 LESCHISHIN, Barb 5 5 10 STOYCHOFF, Peter 7 4 10 RAINVILLE, Heather 8 3 10 CORLEY, Sarah 9 2 10 SWITZER, Anya 9 2 10 GLOVER, Justine 11 1 10 Game ...

On February 8, 2024, shortly after 7:30 p.m., the Sault Ste Marie Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle in the median on Highway 17 approximately 500 metres west of Bar River Road in MacDonald-Meredith-Aberdeen Additional Township. Police determined the minivan was travelling westbound when the driver crossed both lanes, entered the median, rolled and was ejected ...

On December 4, 2023, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the OPP’s Technical Collision Investigators responded to a motor vehicle collision involving a tractor-trailer that struck a horse and buggy. Both were traveling eastbound on Highway 17 in the Municipality of Huron Shores. The 29-year-old buggy operator sustained extensive injuries and was transported to hospital by Algoma Paramedic ...

Universal public health care is a core part of what it means to be Canadian. It is the idea that no matter where you live or what you earn, you will always be able to get the care you need. Unfortunately, our health care system has not been living up to expectations. From overwhelmed emergency rooms to surgery backlogs to ...

MEDITATION by Father Duolomane (Joe) Today’s Gospel recounts the encounter between Jesus and a leper. In this encounter, Jesus shows himself to be the bearer of new life. The Law of Moses excluded and condemned lepers, forbidding them to approach, speak to or touch them. Jesus, God made man, shows himself to be free from the old law. That’s why ...