Local & Area News

The highway has been reopened. Jul 28, 2024 at 13:48 Wawa-news has been advised that the highway is open to one lane. Jul 28, 2024 at 13:28 ON511 is advising that a collision on Hwy 17 at Ranwick Uranium Mine Road has all lanes closed. (Ranwick Uranium Mine is at the top of the Montreal River Hill on the east ...

171 golfers participated in Men’s Night. It was sunny and 21C.   1st Flight Score 1st Jamie Boylan Caleb Boylan Damon Boylan 30 2nd Dylan Buckell Cain Miller Brandon Case 31 3rd Brayden Spooner Kyston Stevens Isaac Dechamplain 31 2nd Flight Score 1st Chris Buckell Mark Szekely Dan Szekely 33 2nd Anders Dereski Kyle Wood Michel Lemoyne 33 3rd Kevin ...

Did you know that the skies above Lake Superior Provincial Park are among the darkest in North America. In 2016, Jeffrey Deans, Outreach Coordinator of the Algoma Astronomers, initiated an application to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) to have Lake Provincial Park designated as a Dark Sky Preserve. Letters of support for the application were received from the ...

Lake Superior Provincial Park is is one of Ontario’s largest provincial parks in Ontario, covering about 1,550 square kilometres along the northeastern shores of Lake Superior between Sault Ste. Marie and Wawa. There are many things to do in the park, but one of the highlights are the learning opportunities that park staff present to visitors throughout the summer. Saturday, ...

Weather: Today – Mainly sunny. Hazy. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 25. Humidex 30. UV index 9 or very high. Tonight – Clear. Becoming partly cloudy near midnight. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low 16. Northeast Forest Fire Update: There are eight (8) active fires in the Northwest ...

We had 117 golfers! 1st Flight: 1st: Suzanne Lacasse, Guylaine Domich, Spare – 35 2nd: Charlee Simon, Toni Rutland, Suzanne Lacasse – 37 3rd: Kim Melbourne, Anna-Liisa Klockars, Spare – 38 2nd Flight: 1st: Ashley Coombs, Suzanne Lord, Chanelle Charron – 40 2nd: Lise Bernath, Wendy Smith, Nicole Chapman – 40 3rd: Cassee Provost, Marcie DLF, Spare – 40 3rd ...

Lake Superior Provincial Park is is one of Ontario’s largest provincial parks in Ontario, covering about 1,550 square kilometres along the northeastern shores of Lake Superior between Sault Ste. Marie and Wawa. There are many things to do in the park, but one of the highlights are the learning opportunities that park staff present to visitors throughout the summer. Friday, ...

Weather: Sunny. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h in the afternoon. High 22. UV index 8 or very high. Night – Clear. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h before morning. Low 16. Northeast Forest Fire Region Update: There are 15 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region, all of which are being observed in the far north, except for Wawa 9, 0.1 ...

Lake Superior Provincial Park is is one of Ontario’s largest provincial parks in Ontario, covering about 1,550 square kilometres along the northeastern shores of Lake Superior between Sault Ste. Marie and Wawa. There are many things to do in the park, but one of the highlights are the learning opportunities that park staff present to visitors throughout the summer. Thursday, ...

On July 23, 2024, at approximately 1:45 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was called to the residence regarding a family dispute. The complainant reported being threatened by a family member. That member then smashed into the complainant’s vehicle when departing in a green pickup truck. Police stopped the pickup truck a short time after on Hirshhorn Avenue. The driver ...

Weather: Today – Sunny. High 22. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – Clear. Low 11. Northeast Forest Fire Region Update: There are 15 fires in the NE Region (14 being observed), 2 were confirmed last night: Cochrane 24 (COC024) is a 10 hectare fire and is being observed. It is located 107 kilometeres west of Attawapiskat, and 15 kilometres ...

Passed away peacefully at the Lady Dunn Health Centre with his family by his side on Monday, July 22, 2024 at the age of 88 years.  Loving father of Maynard Campbell and Angela Campbell. Proud grandfather of Dawn (Chris Lambert), David Campbell and Benjamin Campbell. Great grandfather of Kendra Roy and Aiden Roy. Dear son of the late Faye and ...

Red Pine Exploration Inc. reports the results of the expanded independent verification sampling and assaying of drill core performed by WSP Canada Inc. as part of the ongoing resource estimation for the Wawa Gold Project, Ontario. Michael Michaud, President and CEO of Red Pine commented: “I am pleased to see that the independent verification sampling completed by WSP is in ...

Algoma Power requires an electrical service interruption for all customers in the communities of Dubreuilville, Goudreau, Lochalsh, and Missanabie on Thursday July 25th between the hours of 08:00am and 4:00pm with no alternate date.  Please note the Alamos Gold Mine site will be affected by this interruption.                     This interruption is required for pole replacements.  For safety reasons ...

Weather: Today – Mainly cloudy. 40% chance of showers early this morning. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 20. UV index 6 or high. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Clearing near midnight. Low 11. Northeast Forest Fire Region Update: There are 14 active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. There is 1 active fire in the Sault Ste. Marie ...