Local & Area News

January 20, 2022 at 07:57 Weather: Today – Sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 18. Wind chill minus 37 this morning and minus 22 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Becoming cloudy this evening. 60 percent chance of flurries overnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 23 with temperature rising to ...

This week’s New Books are “The Dark Hours” by Michael Connelly, “The Becoming” by Nora Roberts, “Never” by Ken Follett, “Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone” by Diana Gabaldon and “Will” by Will Smith. Our Staff Pick of the Week is “Big Little Lies” by Liane Moriarty. From the book jacket: A murder…A tragic accident…Or just parents behaving ...

Jan 19, 2022 at 12:31 Congratulations to Troy Dereski, winner of Week 29 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The envelope (#18) that he selected contained the Seven of Diamonds, winning $966. The progressive pot next week is estimated at $19,209. Monies from the Catch the Ace are used to enhance health care services at the Lady Dunn Health ...

On January 18, 2022, at approximately 3:50 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the report of a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 near the Sand River. The investigation revealed that a northbound sport utility vehicle (SUV) struck a northbound plow truck. The driver of the SUV, Douglas HUNT, 76 years-of-age, ...

On January 18, 2022, at approximately 8:40 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested two people in relation to the break and enter at a business on Paris Drive in Elliot Lake. Police located the vehicle used to move the stolen property. It was subsequently seized and towed back to detachment where a search warrant was executed. Two people were ...

On January 16, 2022, at approximately 12:15 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a traffic related complaint of a possible impaired driver in the Warsaw Place area in Elliot Lake. A vehicle description license plate was provided to police.  The vehicle was located a short time later on Hillside Drive South at Highway 108 and a subsequent traffic ...

On January 16, 2022, at approximately 7:40 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a break and enter at a business on Paris Drive in Elliot Lake. In the early morning of January 16, between 12:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m., person(s) entered the building by forced entry through the front door. Once inside, a cash box was ...

Eligible businesses required to close or reduce capacity due to the current public health measures put in place to blunt the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 can apply for the new Ontario Business Costs Rebate Program. Through the new program, the government will provide eligible businesses with a rebate payment of up to 100 per cent for property ...

Les entreprises admissibles qui sont forcées de fermer leurs portes ou de réduire leur capacité en raison des mesures de santé publique mises en place pour contrer la propagation du variant Omicron de la COVID-19 peuvent présenter une demande dans le cadre du nouveau Programme ontarien de remise pour les coûts à l’intention des entreprises dès aujourd’hui. Par l’entremise de ...

Des chercheuses de l’École de médecine du Nord de l’Ontario (EMNO) s’allient avec des communautés et organismes autochtones pour renforcer la confiance envers la vaccination chez les jeunes Autochtones. Marion Maar, Ph. D., professeure agrégée, Anthropologie médicale, et Dre Maurianne Reade, professeur agrégée, Division des sciences cliniques et médecin généraliste rurale sur l’île Manitoulin, sont les principales chercheuses dans l’étude ...

Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) researchers are partnering with Indigenous communities and organizations to strengthen vaccine confidence among Indigenous youth. Drs. Marion Maar, Associate Professor, Medical Anthropology and Maurianne Reade, Associate Professor, Clinical Sciences Division and a rural generalist family physician on Manitoulin, are principal research investigators for the project, Co-Creating Vaccine Confidence: An Anishinabe Theatre-based Approach to Strengthen ...

January 18, 2022 at 07:57 Weather: Today –  Periods of light snow ending late this afternoon then mainly cloudy. Wind north 30 km/h gusting to 50. Temperature falling to minus 18 this morning then steady. Wind chill near minus 30. Risk of frostbite. Tonight – A few clouds. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 27. Wind ...

On January 17, 2022, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a residence on Chalmers Crescent in Elliot Lake in regards to a robbery occurrence. The complainant had reported that person entered their residence, threatened them with a long gun, stole money, and then departed. The person was described as male, 5’8″ to 6′ ...

Highway conditions can be found on ON511. These conditions were posted by ON511 at 5:22 this morning. Primary Conditions Secondary Conditions Visibility Hwy 17 West/North 50km From Wawa to Paint Lake Rd, Wawa snow covered snow packed good 70km From Paint Lake Rd, Wawa to Mobert snow covered snow packed good 101 63km From Wawa to Hwy 651 (Missinabi Corners) ...

Jan 19, 2022 at 07:15 At 5 this morning the highway was reopened. The City of Sault Ste. Marie has ended their significant weather event, and Environment Canada has ended their winter weather travel advisory. School buses have been cancelled: Dubreuilville, White River and Wawa Due to the poor road conditions and visibility between Wawa and White River.  Routes N001 , N002, N006, ...