Dec 21, 2022 at 07:30 Environment Canada continues to warn of a significant winter storm for late this week and into the holiday weekend. It is expected to affect the following areas of Northern Ontario: City of Thunder Bay Superior West Beardmore – Jellicoe – Macdiarmid Geraldton – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Nipigon – Marathon – Superior North Wawa – White ...
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Area Road Conditions – December 21
Dec 21, 2022 at 07:06 Here are the road conditions for the Wawa area as posted by ON511: Primary Condition Secondary Condition visibility drifting Date & Time Highway 101 From Highway 144 to Shawmere River Bare and wet road Partly snow covered Good No 22-12-21 5:11 AM Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Partly snow covered Partly snow ...
Read More »St. Monica’s Catholic Church – Christmas Mass Schedule
St. Monica’s Parish would like to wish all a Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for 2023. Christmas Eve Mass: Saturday, December 24th at 6:00 p.m. Note: there is only one Mass celebrated on Christmas Eve Christmas Day: Sunday, December 25th at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, December 31 at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, January 1st at 9:00 a.m. Weekday Masses: Tuesday – ...
Read More »Be careful driving Today!
If you are travelling today be careful. The roads to Sault Ste. Marie are snow covered, snow packed, and slushy if you look at the cameras at Red Rock, Montreal River Hill, Batchawana Bay and Goulais Bay. The camera at Heyden is currently out of service. More suprising is that there are no plows showing on the ON511 map from ...
Read More »Men’s Curling Standings – December 19
Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 5 6 FAHRER, Tom 2 4 6 McCoy, Joe 2 4 6 MITRIKAS, Erik 4 3 6 HALE, Ron 5 1 6 MORRIS, Lucas 5 1 6 Wawa Men’s Curling returns on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 HALE FAHRER McCOY MITRIKAS MORRIS TERRIS
Read More »Winter is here – Wawa Lake is iced over
Winter is officially here – at least by Wawaite’s standards. Wawa Lake is now iced over, the ice came Sunday night, and it was confirmed by several Wawa residents that the ice completely covered the lake. However excited the anglers are about putting their ice huts out and snowmobilers racing across the lake at full throttle, please exercise caution on ...
Read More »Marathon OPP – Traffic Stop results in Impaired Charges
Members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment conducted a routine traffic stop which has to one individual being arrested and charged for impaired operation. On December 18, 2022, at approximately 2:15 a.m., members of the Marathon OPP Detachment initiated a traffic stop on a motor vehicle after observing the vehicle to be driving erratically and travelling at a ...
Read More »Manitouwadge OPP – Traffic Stop results in Impaired Charges
Members of the Manitouwadge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E) checkpoint which has led to one individual being arrested and charged for impaired operation. On December 14, 2022, at approximately 7:53 p.m., members of the Manitouwadge OPP Detachment initiated a R.I.D.E checkpoint at the intersection of Redwing and Ohsweken Road in the ...
Read More »Morning News – December 20
Dec 20, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Snow and local blowing snow. Amount 10 to 15 cm. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h then southwest 30 gusting to 60 this morning. High -3 with temperature falling to -7 this afternoon. Wind chill -16 this morning and -11 this afternoon. Tonight – Flurries. Local blowing snow early this evening. Local amount ...
Read More »Significant winter storm for the Holiday Weekend
Special Weather Statement for Northern Ontario, updated by Environment Canada at 4:06 p.m. EST Tuesday 20 December 2022. ——————————————————————— Special weather statement for: City Of Thunder Bay Superior West Beardmore – Jellicoe – Macdiarmid Geraldton – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Nipigon – Marathon – Superior North Wawa – White River – Pukaskwa Sault Ste. Marie – Superior East Kapuskasing – Hearst ...
Read More »Snow squalls expected Tuesday evening (LSPP – Searchmont)
5:32 AM EST Tuesday 20 December 2022 Snow squall watch in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Snow squalls expected this evening through Wednesday. Hazards: Total snowfall amounts of 20 to 40 cm by Wednesday evening. Reduced visibility due to heavy snow and blowing snow. Timing: This evening ending late Wednesday ...
Read More »Winter weather travel advisory
5:33 AM EST Tuesday 20 December 2022 Weather advisory in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville This advisory also includes: Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Agawa – Lake Superior Park Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Winter weather travel advisory in effect for today. Hazards: Total snowfall amounts of 10 to ...
Read More »Area Road Conditions – December 20
Dec 20, 2022 at 06:06 Here are the road conditions for the Wawa area as posted by ON511: Primary Condition Secondary Condition visibility drifting Date & Time Highway 101 From Highway 144 to Shawmere River Bare and dry road Bare and wet road Good No 22-12-20 5:12 AM Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Bare and wet road ...
Read More »NFTP – the edge of the storm
For most of us, Christmas is one of the most treasured seasons of the year. It is a time steeped in tradition, warmth, and love. Whether you are a child, young at heart, or believe you have sat under more Christmas tree boughs than you’d like to admit, we can still witness incredible wisps of magic that somehow seem to ...
Read More »NFTP – le bord de la tempête
Pour beaucoup d’entre nous, Noël est l’une des saisons les plus précieuses de l’année. C’est un temps de tradition, de chaleur et d’amour. Que vous soyez un enfant ou un adulte, vous vous êtes probablement assis sous plusieurs d’arbres de Noël. On peut être témoin d’incroyable moment de magie qui semble en quelque sorte s’emmêler dans la réalité. Cependant, au ...
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