Local & Area News

Due to the inclement weather and freezing rain in Hornepayne, all school related transportation is cancelled today for all Boards.  Schools will remain open.

Apr 14, 2022 at 06:04 5:36 AM EDT Thursday 14 April 2022 Rainfall warning in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Rain, heavy at times, is expected. Hazards: Rainfall totals of 20 to 30 mm. Timing: Continuing through midday. Discussion: Periods of rain will continue until midday. The frozen ground has a reduced ability to absorb this rainfall. Flurries ...

Apr 14, 2022 at 06:04 5:36 AM EDT Thursday 14 April 2022 Rainfall warning in effect for: Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake Gogama – Foleyet Rain, heavy at times, is expected. Hazards: Rainfall totals of 20 to 30 mm. Timing: Continuing through midday. Discussion: Periods of rain will continue until midday. The frozen ground has a reduced ability to absorb this ...

Apr 14, 2022 at 05:59 5:36 AM EDT Thursday 14 April 2022 Rainfall warning in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Rain, heavy at times, is expected. Hazards: Rainfall totals of 20 to 30 mm. Timing: Continuing through midday. Discussion: Periods of rain will continue until midday. The frozen ground has a reduced ability to absorb ...

Apr 13, 2022 at 13:00 Highway 101 has been reopened. Apr 13, 2022 at 10:33 Hwy 101 is closed from Wawa to Chapleau due to poor weather conditions.

  The Kensington Conservancy is pleased to launch our Bat Monitoring and Education Program!   Beginning this spring and summer, The Kensington Conservancy will be surveying for bats on our nature preserves using automated bat detection devices. These devices remotely monitor bat activity by detecting high frequency ultrasonic vocalizations (echolocation) from nearby bats.   The Kensington Conservancy will be setting ...

As part of its efforts to encourage and ensure equity, respect and inclusion in its school communities, the Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon, in collaboration with its Parents’ Participation Committee, will produce a series of four videos. This project seeks to raise awareness within the board’s school communities and provide a better appreciation of the different cultures that surround them, and ...

Dans le cadre de ses efforts à encourager et assurer l’équité, le respect et l’inclusion dans ses communautés scolaires, le Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon, en collaboration avec le Comité de participation des parents du Conseil, produira une série de quatre capsules vidéo ayant pour but de sensibiliser ses communautés scolaires et d’offrir une meilleure appréciation des différentes cultures qui les ...

The Ontario government is launching the first-ever review of the province’s occupational illness system. Conducted by the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, an independent research centre with expertise in studying complex community health issues, the review will evaluate how occupational illnesses in Ontario are identified, monitored, and prevented. The review will deliver lasting ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario œuvre pour les travailleuses et les travailleurs en lançant le tout premier examen du système de reconnaissance des maladies professionnelles de la province. Mené par le Centre MAP pour des solutions de santé urbaine de l’Hôpital St. Michael de Toronto, un centre de recherche indépendant possédant une expertise dans l’étude de problèmes complexes de santé communautaire, ...

New Books on the 7- Day Shelf this week are: “Recovery Agent” by Janet Evanovich, “The Darkest Place” by Phillip Margolin, “High Stakes” by Danielle Steel and “The Golden Couple” by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen.   New Movies on the shelf this week are “Dead Man Walking” starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, “Downton Abbey”-the motion picture starring Michelle ...

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. Fri. Apr. 15      The Friday in the week before Easter is known as Good Friday                            and is the day on which the ...

Apr 13, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: – Rainfall Warning Today – Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning early this morning. Rain mixed with snow this morning. Risk of freezing rain early this morning. Rainfall amount 5 mm. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40. High plus 3. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Periods of rain. Fog patches developing overnight. ...

  The ‘ribbon cutting celebration’ was held yesterday in the rainy weather to celebrate that the East-West Tie Transmission Line Project is now in service. The 450-kilometre, 230-kilovolt transmission line runs from Wawa to Thunder Bay. Project partners, including local Indigenous leaders, as well as representatives from the Ontario government, Minister of Energy Todd Smith and Minister of Northern Development, ...

In Council Chambers yesterday, Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry, Greg Rickford made the announcement that the Ontario government is providing a grant of up to $15 million over four years to Wawa OSB Inc. through the Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program to support a new state-of-the-art plant that will produce oriented strand board (OSB). “Funding ...