Local & Area News

Thursday Morning News – Jan 16

Weather Wawa – Pukaskwa Park. Today – Flurries ending this afternoon then cloudy with 40% chance of flurries. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h this morning. High -4. Wind chill -6 this morning and -16 this afternoon. Tonight – Cloudy with 40% chance of flurries. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming south 20 near midnight. Low -16. Wind chill -13 this evening and -22 overnight. Friday – ...

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Winter Weather Travel Advisory (Marathon – Searchmont) ENDED

6:01 AM EST Wednesday 15 January 2025 Weather Advisory in effect for: Marathon – Schreiber (ended Jan 15, 23:02) Wawa – Pukaskwa Park (ended Jan 16, 5:08) Agawa – Lake Superior Park (ended Jan 16, 5:40)  Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay – Searchmont (ended Jan 16, 5:08) Winter weather travel advisory in effect. Hazards: Local snowfall accumulations of 10 ...

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Men’s Curling Standings – January 14

Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 7 9 FAHRER, Tom 2 6 9 BUMSTEAD, Aaron 3 4 9 HALE, Ron 3 4 9 McCOY, Joe 3 4 9 MITRIKAS, Eric 3 4 9 TERRIS, Spencer 3 4 9 LESCHISHIN, Mark 8 3 9 Game Schedule for January 20th, 2025: Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 MITRIKAS LESCHISHIN ...

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Angus Gold Commences 2025 Drilling Program

Angus Gold Inc. is pleased to announce it has commenced its 2025 drilling program on its 100%-owned Golden Sky Project located in Wawa, Ontario.   The 2025 drill program will continue to expand and delineate gold mineralization at the Company’s Dorset and BIF Zones. The majority of the winter drilling will be focused on the Dorset Gold Zone with infill drilling ...

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Wednesday Morning News – January 15

Weather: There is a Winter Weather Travel Advisory stretching from Marathon to Searchmont that will significant snowfall (10-15cm) beginning tonight and lasting through the night. Wawa-news anticipates that there will be road closures again due to a number of factors including the weather. Please be prepared for changing road conditions and closures. Wawa – Pukaskwa Park. Today – Flurries. Local ...

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Hwy 17 – One Lane at Alona Bay – CLEARED

The highway has been cleared. Jan 14, 2025 at 15:07 ON511 is reporting that a collision on Hwy 17 at the Alona Bay Lookout (East Entrance), the lane and westbound shoulder is closed due to a collision. Please drive with caution in that area. The collision occured at 14:26.

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Marathon OPP – Investigation continues in stolen MSV

The Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is requesting the public’s assistance in an ongoing investigation of a stolen motorized snow vehicle (MSV). On January 10, 2025, just before 12:30 p.m., officers responded to a report of a stolen vehicle from the White Lake area. Police were advised that a motorized snow vehicle had been stolen, and another ...

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Hwy 17 (Wawa to Batchawana) OPEN

Jan 14, 2025 at 10:15 The highway has been opened. It opened at 9:55 a.m. Jan 14, 2025 at 05:57 Hwy 17 remains closed at this time. Jan 13, 2025 at 17:41 Hwy 17 remains closed at this time. Jan 13, 2025 at 09:43 Hwy 17 has been closed from Wawa to Batchawana due to poor weather conditions.

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Tuesday Morning News – January 14

Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park. Today..Periods of light snow ending this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this afternoon. High -8. Wind chill -22 this morning and -14 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight..Partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low ...

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Schreiber OPP – Barricaded Individual Safely taken into Custody UPDATE #2

Jan 13, 2025 at 17:39 On January 12, 2024 at approximately 1:20 a.m., the OPP received a report of an armed individual who had barricaded themselves inside a residence in Terrace Bay. This situation involving a barricaded individual in Terrace Bay was safely resolved. As a result of this incident, a 38-year-old male from Terrace Bay has been charged under ...

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Bourgoin-Galesloot, Shawnassie-Lynn

Cancer Sucks! Do not remember me for having had cancer, remember me for how I lived! March 30, 1986 to January 13, 2025 Loving Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Niece, Great-Niece, Cousin, and Friend. She is survived by and will be sadly missed by the love of her life, husband Steve Bourgoin, her handsome prince, stepson Brayden Nordstom, and fur baby ...

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First United Church News – January 13

On Sunday, January 12th, the topic was the Baptism of the Lord (Luke 3:15-17, 21-22). How do you know whose family you are a part of? You might think it is sharing a home, a name or favourite activities; we have a chosen family; we have the same laugh; and so on. How do you know you are a part ...

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Ford’s Ministers Just Got’a Dance

In recent years, there have been several popular TV shows that feature dancers who are trying to break into the entertainment industry. Some of them pair amateurs with famous celebrities. While I am not a fan of such programming, I admit that I have been known to draw a fair amount of attention at pow-wows occasionally. Judging from the smiles ...

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Les ministres du Premier Ford traite les questions comme la musique, et les évitent est leur danse

Ces dernières années, il y a eu plusieurs émissions télévisées populaires où des danseurs essaient de percer dans l’industrie du divertissement. Certaines de ces émissions jumellent des amateurs à des célébrités. Bien que je ne sois pas un grand fan de ce genre de programme, je dois avouer qu’il m’arrive parfois d’attirer l’attention lors des pow-wows. D’après les sourires et ...

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Big Bear – GoFundMe Launched: Goal Reached!

Jan 13, 2025 at 08:00 Wawa-news had the opportunity to tour the renovations to the Big Bear and speak with Ken Saturday evening after a delightful dinner.  The GofundMe has been disabled. With all the donations, and a special private donation; Ken feels confident that with that help he will be able to conplete the requirements that the fire marshall’s ...

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