Local & Area News

New Books on the 7-Day Shelf this week are; “The Shop on Royal Street” by Karen White, “A Relative Murder” by Jude Deveraux, “The Match” by Harlan Coben and “A Safe House” by Stuart Woods.   Staff Pick of the Week is “The Forest of Vanishing Stars” by Kristin Harmel. From the book jacket: After being stolen from her wealthy ...

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. Sat. Apr. 23   –  Prayer Shawl Meeting – 3:00 p.m. – Family Room Sun. Apr. 24  –  Covenanting Service for Min Hwang at ...

Noble Mineral Exploration Inc.  announced that it has completed the debt settlement that was announced on April 14, 2022, having received approval of board its Board of Directors and the TSX Venture Exchange. 436,262 common shares of Noble were issued in that transaction in settlement of f $61,076.70 of debt at $0.14 per share. The shares issued are subject to ...

Apr 20, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Sunny. Increasing cloudiness this afternoon. Wind becoming south 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High +5. Wind chill -12 this morning. UV index 6 or high. Tonight – Cloudy. Snow beginning early this evening. Snow mixed with rain before morning. Local snowfall amount 10 cm. Wind southeast 20 km/h gusting to ...

The newest member of the Board of Trustees of the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) is settling into his new role. Ogimaa Brent Bissaillion has replaced Debbie Mayer as the board’s new First Nations trustee. Bissaillion shared that he is a two-spirit cis, queer man and that he is currently serving second term as Chief of the Serpent River ...

On April 14th, 2022, shortly after 7:30 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Huron Line in Richards Landing. A short time later police arrived on scene and observed a black car in the northbound ditch.  As police were speaking to the driver of the car, officers ...

Apr 19, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: – Today – Periods of snow ending early this morning then cloudy with 40% chance of flurries. Wind becoming north 20 km/h gusting to 40 early this morning. High +3. Wind chill -7 this morning. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. Clearing before morning. Low -9. COVID Statistics: Current Previous Change ...

Red Pine Exploration Inc. has launched a Virtual Site Tour to showcase the Wawa Gold Project. It was fascinating to spin the display around to see the zones and old workings. In this fashion, it makes it a little easier to visualize and pretend that I am a geologist or mine planner deciding where the mine should be developed. “To ...

Apr 18, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: – Today – Mainly cloudy. 30% chance of flurries early this morning. Periods of snow beginning this morning. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High +2. Wind chill -6 this morning. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Periods of snow. Local amount 2 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. ...

Apr 16, 2022 at 05:21 4:29 AM EDT Saturday 16 April 2022 Weather advisory in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Winter weather travel advisory in effect. Hazards: Sudden reduction in visibilities due to heavy snow. Snow, with additional snowfall amounts of 5 cm ...

Apr 16, 2022 at 05:10 This weather advisory ended at 1:45 a.m. Apr 15, 2022 at 06:36 5:43 AM EDT Friday 15 April 2022 Weather advisory in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Winter weather travel advisory in effect for today. Hazards: Risk of snow squalls. Total snowfall accumulations of 10 to 20 cm. Strong wind ...

Apr 15, 2022 at 14:57 Highway 101 has been reopened. It reopened at 2:50 p.m. Apr 15, 2022 at 10:09 Highway 101 is closed from Wawa to the Chapleau turnoff at this time due to poor weather conditions.

Apr 15, 2022 at 09:12 Highway 17 has been reopened. The highway opened at 8:40 a.m. Apr 15, 2022 at 06:29 Hwy 17 closed from Wawa to White River due to weather conditions. The highway was closed at 3:30 a.m.  

Apr 15, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: – Winter weather travel advisory in effect for today. Today – Flurries. Risk of snow squalls this morning. Local blowing snow this morning. Local amount 5 cm. Wind southwest 40 km/h gusting to 60. High +1. Wind chill -11 this morning. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Cloudy with 60% chance of flurries. ...

Apr 15, 2022 at 05:18 This weather advisory ended at 1:44 a.m. Apr 15, 2022 at 17:13 4:44 PM EDT Friday 15 April 2022 Weather advisory in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Winter weather travel advisory in effect. Hazards: Sudden reduction in visibilities due to heavy snow. Snow, with additional snowfall amounts up to 5 ...