Local & Area News

Updated – Mar 5, 2025 at 16:29 Ladies Darts Ladies Darts at the Legion is cancelled.   The Big Bear Due to the storm and highway closures, we will be closed until this storm subsides. Stay safe. Please don’t drive if you don’t have too. Try again tomorrow.   Municipality of Wawa: All Municipal Facilities, including the MMCC are now ...

New Books on the 7- Day Shelf are “Beautiful Ugly” by Alice Feeney, “Homeseeking” by Karissa Chen, “Mothers and Sons” by Adam Haslet and “Three Wild Dogs (and the truth) by Markus Zusak. En Français, nous avons “Presse-Jus” by Valérie Chevalier. Staff Pick of the Week is “The Fallen” by Eric Van Lustbader. From Goodreads 4.38/5: The End of Days ...

Moses descended from the mountain and his face was shining from his encounter with God. He went through the rest of his life with a strange glow every time he was in the temple praying and talking with God. There after he wore a mask when he came out of the temple. What is expressed here is the powerful, mysterious ...

St. Monica’s Church will be celebrating Ash Wednesday on March 5th, 2025 at 7 p.m.  

On November 26, 2024, at approximately 6:00 a.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision involving four vehicles on Highway 17 east of the Town of Bruce Mines.  A 57 year-old from the town of Thessalon was pronounced deceased at the scene. As a result of the investigation, BRINKS CANADA ...

Weather: Winter Storm Warning Wednesday Snow at times heavy and local blowing snow. Amount 10 to 20 cm. Wind northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. Temperature falling to minus 7 this afternoon. Wind chill -10 this morning and -15 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight Snow at times heavy and local blowing snow. Amount 10 to 15 cm. ...

Hydro One Limited has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hydro One Networks Inc., has completed the acquisition of an approximately 48 per cent interest in the East-West Tie Limited Partnership. The partnership owns the East-West Tie Line, a 450-kilometre, 230-kilovolt double-circuit transmission line, regulated by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB), spanning between Wawa and Thunder Bay, along the north shore ...

Mar 5, 2025 at 06:45 Northern Area – including Wawa, Hawk Junction, White River, Chapleau, Dubreuilville, Hornepayne & area Due to the inclement weather in the Wawa, Hawk Junction, White River, Chapleau, & Dubreuilville areas, all school related transportation is cancelled today. Schools will remain open. Note: school bus transportation is running in the Hornepayne community     Sault Ste Marie ...

  Mar 5, 2025 at 06:25 4:46 AM EST Wednesday 5 March 2025 Winter Storm Warning in effect for: Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Winter storm continuing into Thursday. What: Total snowfall amounts near 15 cm north of a line from Batchawana Bay to New Liskeard. Freezing rain with 2 to 4 mm of ice accretion possible. ...

On February 28, 2025, the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to multiple motor vehicle collisions during poor weather conditions. At approximately 1:30 p.m. on February 28, Highway 17 was closed from Blind River to Sault Ste. Marie as OPP dealt with multiple collisions and assisted stranded motorists. Highway closures during extreme weather events are essential ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Anti-Rackets Branch and Serious Fraud Office are launching the 2025 Fraud Prevention Month campaign, “The Masks of Fraud.” This year’s campaign reveals the deceptive techniques used to commit fraud in today’s digital age. It aims to equip Canadians with the information, tools and strategies they need to recognize, reject and report fraud. In 2024, the ...

On the night of March 13 into the morning of March 14, 2025, as most of North America is fast asleep, the Full Worm Moon will slide into the Earth’s shadow producing a spectacular total lunar eclipse. Referred to as the ‘Blood Moon’ the orange tint on the moon’s surface during totality is refracted sunlight passing through Earth’s atmosphere, much like ...

The Regular Season is complete. 2024 – 2025 Regular Season Champions is Team Tom Terris and Second Place is Team Tom Fahrer. No curling (all leagues) during March Break. Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 13 15 FAHRER, Tom 2 8 15 LESCHISHIN, Mark 3 7 15 McCOY, Joe 3 7 15 MITRIKAS, Eric 3 7 15 TERRIS, Spencer ...

Weather: Today Cloudy. Periods of snow mixed with rain beginning near noon. Snowfall amount 2 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High plus 4. Wind chill minus 3 this morning. UV index 2 or low. Tonight Periods of rain mixed with snow changing to snow this evening. Snowfall amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h gusting to ...

On March 3rd, 2025, at approximately 6:20 p.m., members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Fire & Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a report of a collision involving two motor vehicles along Highway 17, just east of Terrace Bay. One individual has been pronounced deceased as a result of the collision. Two other individuals have been ...