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Dec 8, 2021 at 06:25 Highway Closures: There are no closures in Northern Ontario at this time. Local Area Road Conditions updated at: 5:23 a.m. Primary Conditions Secondary Conditions Visibility Hwy 17 West/North 50km From Wawa to Paint Lake Rd, Wawa snow packed fair 70km From Paint Lake Rd, Wawa to Mobert bare and wet partly snow packed good 101 ...

Dec 6, 2021 at 06:20 Adverse weather and poor road conditions, all school-related transportation services are cancelled today for all Boards in the Wawa, Dubreuilville, and White River communities. Schools will remain open. This cancellation affects students who attend St. Basil (White River), St. Augustine (Wawa), Sir James Dunn (Wawa), Michipicoten High school (Wawa), Ecole St. Joseph (Elementary  & High ...

Due to adverse weather and poor road conditions, all school-related transportation services are cancelled today for all Boards in the Wawa, Dubreuilville, and White River communities. Schools will remain open. This cancellation affects students who attend St. Basil (White River), St. Augustine (Wawa), Sir James Dunn (Wawa), Michipicoten High school (Wawa), Ecole St. Joseph (Elementary  & High school) and Ecole Escalade.

Dec 6, 2021 at 06:08 School Buses Due to adverse weather and poor road conditions, all school related transportation services are cancelled today for all Boards in the Wawa, White River and Dubreuilville communities. Schools will remain open. This cancellation affect students who attend St. Basil (White River), St. Augustine (Wawa), Sir James Dunn (Wawa), Michipicoten High school (Wawa), Ecole ...

Algoma Public Health is reporting thirty (30) new cases of COVID-19 (#1,282 – 1,311), all from Sault Ste. Marie & Area. Nine cases are of close contact of confirmed case, six are of an unknown source of infection, 2 are from international travel, and thirteen are under investigation. At this time there are 317 active cases in the Algoma District ...

Algoma Public Health has reported thirty (30) new cases of COVID-19.  Twenty-eight (28) in Sault Ste. Marie & Area and two (2) in Central & East Algoma. Eight (8) are of close contact of a confirmed case, three (3) are from an unknown source of infection, one (1) is from international travel, and eighteen (18) are under investigation. There are ...

Dec 4, 2021 at 18:23 The vehicles have been removed and the highway is now open.   Hwy 17 is closed/blocked due to a collision just north of Anderson Road (Goulais River). The collision is just north of the painted barn. A photo on facebook shows a jack-knifed tractor-trailer, snow-covered roads and fair visibility. ON511 puts the collision at the ...

Dec 4, 2021 at 07:56 Hwy 556 is closed in the Heyden area due to a collision that occurred at 6 a.m. Weather: Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 5. Wind chill minus 14 this morning and minus 9 this afternoon. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy late this evening. Wind ...

    A strengthening low-pressure system is expected to track east across the Great Lakes Sunday through Monday. There remains some uncertainty in the track of this low-pressure system and as a result, the snowfall amounts and areas affected by freezing rain and heavy rain could change. At this time, areas north and west of Sudbury are expected to receive ...

On November 30th at 11 am, Christine Baranyai-Withers of Thessalon, ON won the $158,140 jackpot in the Sault Area Hospital Foundation’s (SAHF) November electronic and online 50/50 draw. Her lucky number (Y-1104541) was drawn electronically. Christine, a local teacher, was on her lunch break when she realized she had a voicemail. She called the number back, only to find out ...

Following extensive in-person community consultations across Northern Ontario, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is reaffirming its pledge — and its mandate — to make health care better for the entire region. At the December 2, 2021 board meeting, Dr. Sarita Verma, NOSM Dean, President and CEO, provided feedback from consultations held with more than 1,000 Northern Ontarians over ...

Joel Harden, Ontario NDP critic for Accessibility and Persons with Disabilities, and Lisa Gretzky, Ontario NDP critic for Community and Social Services, released the following statement on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities: “Today is the International Day for Persons with Disabilities, a time to honour the many contributions people with disabilities, and the disability rights movement, have made ...

Algoma Public Health is reporting forty-three (43) new cases of COVID-19; forty-two (42) – Sault Ste. Marie & Area, and one (1) – Central & East Algoma. Eighteen (18) are close contacts of confirmed cases, eleven (11) have an unknown source of infection, and fourteen (14) are still being investigated to determine their source of infection. There are currently 397 ...

June 9, 1941 – December 2, 2021 George passed away peacefully at home after a struggle with cancer. Predeceased by his parents Hank & Barbara Scott of Wawa, ON and his only sibling Bill, as well as his sister-in-law Jeanne and brothers-in-law David, George and Richard Renault. George is survived by the love of his life and best friend, wife ...

On November 28, 2021 at approximately 3:07 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Sultan Industrial Road near Chapleau. Further investigation resulted in the seizure of five hand guns, firearm accessories and ammunition. As a result, Ashley MURLEY, 30-years-of-age, of Thunder Bay has been charged with ...