Local & Area News

On November 19, 2021 at approximately 2:15 p.m., officers from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a fire at a vacant building on Lisbon Road in Elliot Lake. The Elliot Lake Fire Department were in attendance to extinguish the fire. The fire looked to be deliberately set and unknown person(s) vacated the property prior ...

Nov 20, 2021 at 07:56 Weather: Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries or rain showers. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. Temperature steady near plus 2. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Clearing this evening. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Low minus 7. Wind chill minus 12 overnight. Status of COVID-19 cases ...

There are 230 cases in the Algoma District. New cases are: 21 – Sault Ste. Marie and area, and 5 – Central & East Algoma. 16 individuals are currently hospitalized. APH is advising of a low-risk exposure to COVID-19 for anyone who was at Shooters Lounge, located at 68 Dennis St, in Sault Ste. Marie on the following dates and ...

Nov 20, 2021 at 07:27 Hwy 17 is reduced to one lane in the Mom/Dad/Baby Lake – Trapper’s Trail due to environmental clean up. updated at: 5:22 a.m. Primary Conditions Secondary Conditions Visibility Hwy 17 West/North 50km From Wawa to Paint Lake Rd, Wawa bare and dry good 70km From Paint Lake Rd, Wawa to Mobert bare and wet good ...

Nov 20, 2021 at 06:01 All buses are running. updated at: 5:23 a.m. Primary Conditions Secondary Conditions Visibility Hwy 17 West/North 50km From Wawa to Paint Lake Rd, Wawa bare and dry bare and wet good 70km From Paint Lake Rd, Wawa to Mobert bare and dry good 101 63km From Wawa to Hwy 651 (Missinabi Corners) bare and wet ...

LDHC is closely monitoring the increase spread of COVID-19 across the Algoma region.   Beginning Monday, November 22nd, 2021, all visitors to the acute care department will now be subject to the same visiting guidelines as our long term care home. Up to two persons can visit at a time, and proof of vaccination against COVID-19 will be required.   ...

  Canada Post has unveiled a stamp paying tribute to one of Canada’s most successful singer-songwriters – Buffy Sainte-Marie, C.C. Believed to have been born on the Piapot First Nation in Saskatchewan in 1941, Sainte-Marie is internationally renowned for her unique vibrato vocals and emotionally charged songs, which have been covered by hundreds of artists, from Elvis Presley and Neil ...

Has the former Davidson fuels location become the new Wawa landfill site? When the Algoma Ore Division closed its doors, the rail line at the end of Government Road was torn up and created a beautiful trail for family walks, pet walking to ATV enthusiasts. A few years later, Davidson Fuels relocated its fuel operations and offices to Pinewood Drive ...

Harte Gold announces that it has obtained an additional funding commitment of US$2 million from BNP Paribas (“BNPP”) pursuant to an amendment of its existing Revolving Credit Facility with BNPP which allows Harte Gold to continue operating while efforts to secure a transaction in its Strategic Review Process continue. The Strategic Review Process has not yet resulted in any binding ...

Mixed Curling welcomes two (2) new Teams – teams Danny Merce and Sarah Corley. Team Rank Wins G.P. BUCKELL, Chris 1 2 2 TERRIS, Tom 1 2 2 FAHRER, Tom 3 1 2 HALL, Dave 3 1 1 MERCER, Danny 3 1 2 CORLEY, Sarah 6 0 1 McCoy, Joe 6 0 2   Game Schedule for November 25th Ice ...

Nov 19, 2021 at 07:56 Weather: There are no weather alerts this morning. Today – Mainly sunny. Increasing cloudiness this afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High zero. Wind chill minus 8 this morning. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. Wind becoming south 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this evening. Temperature rising to plus 3 by morning. ...

Nov 19, 2021 at 07:15 Buses are running as scheduled. Hwy 17 is reduced to one lane in the Mom/Dad/Baby Lake – Trapper’s Trail due to environmental clean up. updated at: 5:22/5:26 a.m. Primary Conditions Secondary Conditions Visibility Hwy 17 West/North 50km From Wawa to Paint Lake Rd, Wawa bare and dry bare and wet good 70km From Paint Lake ...

In-Person Worship Services will continue on November 21, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Reign of Christ Sunday, All are Welcome. Covid-19 protocols will be followed. Sat. Nov. 20   PRAYER  SHAWL 3 p.m.    . The U.C.W. request  that all donations for the next Thrift Shop be held at home as no date has been set yet.

Algoma Public Health has reported 24 new cases­­ of COVID-19 (#768 – #791), all from Sault Ste. Marie and area. There are 234 cases in the Algoma District, and 15 in hospital. There have been cases reported in Sault Ste. Marie and area, and in East Algoma.   Details of the confirmed cases:   Case Number Exposure Category Status Tested ...

Nov 18, 2021 at 18:29 6:17 PM EST Thursday 18 November 2021 Snow squall warning in effect for: Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Snow squalls are expected. Under the snow squall bands, visibilities will be significantly reduced due to the heavy snow, and snow will quickly accumulate. Lake effect snow off Lake Superior is expected to continue ...