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The LDHC Palliative Care Program is excited to welcome our live butterflies back this year! We are inviting the community to join us for this in-person family event, which will include music, children’s activities, refreshments and the release of live butterflies. As this is a memorial celebration, attendees are invited to purchase a butterfly for $20 and release the butterfly ...

On the evening of Wednesday, June 29th, Michipicoten High School graduates walked across the stage to receive their Ontario Secondary School Diploma. This achievement was celebrated by families and friends in attendance and graduates were cheered on in spirit by those who couldn’t make it.   Traditions from ceremonies of the past were brought back as we once again gathered in ...

July 9, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Sunny. High 19. UV index 8 or very high. Tonight – Clear. Low 6.   COVID Statistics: Algoma Public Health states that there are 297 cases reported of COVID-19 in the North Algoma region of the Algoma District.   Forest Fire Update: There is one fire in the Northeast Region. Pembroke 3 ...

May 8, 1931 – July 6, 2022 Passed away peacefully with family by her side. Wife of the late Colin Conway. Mother of the late Julia (Dave Dowhower of Pennsylvania), Phil (Jill), late Larry (Sandra), late Alan, and Tracy (Dave Blackmore). Grandmother of 13; great-grandmother of 22; great-great-grandmother of 4. Born to Walter and Vera (nee Middaugh) Harper she had ...

July 7, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Increasing cloudiness early this morning. 30% chance of showers this afternoon. High 16. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – Partly cloudy. 30% chance of showers this evening. Fog patches developing overnight. Low 10.   COVID Statistics: Algoma Public Health states that there are 297 cases reported of COVID-19 in the North ...

On July 5, 2022, shortly after 10:15 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a break and enter at a residence on Kensington Road in the Town of Desbarats. Investigation determined sometime between 12:00 p.m. July 4th and 9:30 a.m. July 5th, 2022, unknown person(s) entered the residence through a basement door ...

(111 Players) 1st FLIGHT: 1st : Steve Jozin, Karl Benstead, Spare – 32 2nd : James Morden, Monte White, Paul Asselin – 33 3rd : Vic Sillanpaa, Scott Robinson, Tony Thomas – 34 2nd FLIGHT: 1st : Caleb Boylan, Cooper Moore, Eben Leadbetter – 34 2nd : John Simon, Paul Bernath, Billy McGie – 34 3rd : Brandon Case, Bradley ...

July 6, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Cloudy. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud near noon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light this morning. High 19. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – Clear. Low 7.   COVID Statistics: Algoma Public Health states that there are 297 cases reported of COVID-19 in the ...

On May 30, 2022, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to two break and enters in the Municipality of Huron Shores and Plummer Additional Township. The first was reported at 09:51 a.m., at a local energy fuel warehouse on Station Road and Highway 17 West in the Municipality of Huron Shores and occurred ...

On July 3, 2022 at approximately 8:50 p.m. members of the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Manitoulin-Sudbury Paramedic Services responded to a report of a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 6 in Assignack Township. Officers arrived on the scene of the collision and observed a vehicle in the ditch. Upon speaking with the driver, officers ...

90 Players 1st FLIGHT: 1st: Chrystal Morden, Jody Renaud, Alexis Alexopoulos – 36 2nd: Lise Noel, Toni Rutland, Spare – 38 3rd: Rachal Korytko-Amos, Donna Korytko, Spare – 42 2nd FLIGHT: 1st: Lise Bernath, Gladys Tessier, Nicole Chapman – 44 2nd: Cathy Cyr, Connie Taylor, Spare – 44 3rd: Helen Bekintis, Nellie Harvey, Spare – 45 3rd FLIGHT: 1st: Gerry ...

The congregation welcomes everyone to Worship at First United Church.  Services are held on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.  If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church 705-856-2926. Thank you to all who made the Outdoor Interdenominational Service at LDHC a great success. The Congregations of St. Paul’s Anglican Church & ...

July 5, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – A few showers ending this afternoon then cloudy with 40% chance of showers. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 21. Humidex 26. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Cloudy. 30% chance of showers early this evening. Fog patches developing overnight. Low 9.   COVID Statistics: Algoma Public Health states that there ...

  Float planes were still grounded as ice persisted on the fly-in remote lakes, but the hand shakes were warm and genuine. Hornepayne Lumber, Columbia Forest Products and Pine Portage Lodge (a Resource-Based Tourism Operator) have signed a Resource Stewardship Agreement (RSA) for the forest surrounding Hornepayne, Ontario. This is indeed a milestone, as it is the first RSA to ...

July 4, 2025 at 07:56 Weather: Today – A mix of sun and cloud with 40% chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. High 20. UV index 8 or very high. Tonight – Cloudy with 40% chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this evening. Fog patches developing this evening. Low 14. Forest Fire Update: There is one ...