Local & Area News

Jan 2, 2023 at 08:00 Stop resorting to imprecise, trite, and meaningless words and terms of seeming convenience! You’re taking the lazy way out and only confusing matters by over-relying on inexact, stale, and inane communication! Language monitors across the country and around the world decried the decrepitude and futility of basic methods to impart information in their mock-serious entries ...

August 16th, 1948 – January 2nd, 2014 Although we are sad without you Janet, and wish that you were here. Within our hearts, your lovely smile still shines bright and clear. We miss you dearly – and you know we always will. Rest in peace. Margaret-Pat-Chris

Dec 31, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Cloudy. 40% chance of flurries this morning with risk of freezing drizzle. Wind up to 15 km/h. Temperature steady near -2. Wind chill near -7. Tonight – Cloudy. 30% chance of flurries overnight with risk of freezing drizzle. Wind up to 15 km/h. Temperature steady near -2. Wind chill -4 this evening. ...

Jan 2, 2023 at 06:14 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 23-1-2 5:22 AM Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Bare and wet road ...

Dec 31, 2022 at 13:47 Members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment have laid multiple Criminal Code (CC) charges after an individual fled from police.   On December 23, 2022, at approximately 1:08 a.m., members of the Superior East OPP Detachment attempted to conduct a traffic stop. The driver of the vehicle failed to stop and continued westbound ...

Dec 31, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Cloudy. 40% chance of flurries this morning with risk of freezing drizzle. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 1. Wind chill near -5. Tonight – Cloudy. 40% chance of flurries before morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 4. Wind chill near -6. News Tidbits: Journalist Barbara Walters has died ...

Dec 30, 2022 at 14:00 Highway 631 has been opened.   Dec 30, 2022 at 12:45 Highway 631 remains closed at this time. Dec 30, 2022 at 07:52 Hwy 631 has been closed from Nagagami to Hornepayne due to poor weather conditions. The highway was closed at 7:46 a.m.

Dec 30, 2022 at 13:16 Fog advisory ended for: Gogama – Foleyet Kirkland Lake – Temiskaming Shores – Temagami Elliot Lake – Ranger Lake Blind River – Thessalon Dec 30, 2022 at 10:56 Fog Advisory continues for Greater Sudbury and vicinity Gogama – Foleyet Kirkland Lake – Temiskaming Shores – Temagami Elliot Lake – Ranger Lake Blind River – Thessalon ...

Dec 30, 2022 at 11:47 On December 30, 2022, at approximately 12:00 a.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to an apartment fire on Washington Crescent in Elliot Lake. The Elliot Lake Fire Department (ELFD) was already on scene who located a someone inside. They were transported to hospital by Algoma Paramedic Services but the ...

Education workers at Sir James Dunn participated in four evening lessons learning how to make fur and hide mittens under the guidance of Robin Marshall Davidson. The local teacher’s union ETFO sponsored the classes, as well as purchased food supplies to make their evening lessons into Mittens and a Meal to help raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society. Delicious meals ...

Dec 30, 2022 at 08:01 Kingsview Minerals Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Company has closed a non-brokered flow-through private placement for gross proceeds of $340,510. As part of the flow-through financing, Kingsview issued 4,006,000 flow-through units (the “FT Units”) at a price of $0.085 per FT Unit. Each FT Units consisted of one common share issued as a ...

Dec 30, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Rain showers ending this morning then cloudy with 40% chance of drizzle or rain showers late this morning and early this afternoon then 40% chance of flurries late this afternoon. Risk of freezing drizzle late this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this ...

Dec 30, 2022 at 06:10 Here are the road conditions for the Wawa area as posted by ON511. If you are travelling towards Thunder Bay, be aware that in the Rossport aea (Caver’s Hill), the eastbound lane is blocked due to a disabled tractor trailer. Traffic Control is in place (6:20 a.m.) The highway was cleared at 6:47 a.m.   ...

As of January 1, 2023, pharmacists will be able to offer prescriptions for: hay fever (allergic rhinitis); oral thrush (candidal stomatitis); pink eye (conjunctivitis; bacterial, allergic and viral); dermatitis (atopic, eczema, allergic and contact); menstrual cramps (dysmenorrhea); acid reflux (gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)); hemorrhoids; cold sores (herpes labialis); impetigo; insect bites and hives; tick bites (post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent Lyme ...

Dec 28, 2022 at 07:56 Weather:  Cloudy with 60% chance of rain showers or ice pellets. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light late in the afternoon. Temperature steady near 3. Night – Periods of rain mixed with drizzle. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40. Temperature rising to 7 by morning. News Tidbits: Congratulations to SSM’s Palmer ...