Local & Area News

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has released data that points to a continued disregard for the warnings associated with recurring causes and factors in snowmobile fatalities. Over the past 10 years, driving too fast for the conditions has been the leading cause of OPP-investigated snowmobile deaths. Alcohol/drugs were a factor in almost half of the fatalities. Forty per cent of ...

Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy has announced the launch of 2022 Budget consultations and encouraged Ontarians to share their ideas for making Ontario the best place to build a career, a family and a future. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the government engaged people and businesses in a series of consultations to help inform the Province’s ongoing response to fight this ...

le ministre des Finances, Peter Bethlenfalvy, et annoncé le lancement des consultations sur le budget de 2022, encourageant les Ontariennes et Ontariens à faire part de leurs idées pour faire de l’Ontario le meilleur endroit où faire carrière, fonder une famille et bâtir son avenir. Tout au long de la pandémie de COVID-19, le gouvernement a sollicité la participation de ...

The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind snowmobilers to ride safely for an enjoyable winter season. Snowmobiling is one of the joys of a Canadian winter. However, excessive noise may be problematic for some communities and private property landowners. The issue of snowmobile exhausts and the enforcement of modified exhausts has always been a hot topic in the ...

Well, here we are in 2022.  At this point last year, many of us were really hoping that by this time, we’d be leaps and bounds ahead of where we are today.  We are still struggling with a pandemic that has affected just about every aspect of our lives.  And you know what, that’s a good thing that we did ...

Eh bien, nous voilà en 2022. À ce point l’année dernière, beaucoup d’entre nous espéraient vraiment à ce moment-là que nous aurions une longueur d’avance à comparer ou nous en sommes aujourd’hui en termes de l’effet que cette pandémie a sur à peu près chaque aspect de notre vie. Et, vous savez quoi? C’est une bonne chose que nous ayons ...

Algoma Public Health has changed the way they present statistics of COVID-19. Below are the stats as published on the APH website. There are no new cases in the North Algoma Area (Dubreuilville, Michipicoten First Nation, Missinabie Cree First Nation, Wawa, White River). January 16th, 2022 Current Previous Change from previous report evidence of community spread recent cases Confirmed cases ...

January 17, 2022 at 07:57 Weather: Today –  Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries this morning. Wind becoming north 20 km/h this morning. Temperature steady near minus 11. Wind chill near minus 19. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 23. Wind chill minus 15 this evening and minus 27 overnight. News Tidbits: Congratulations to ...

Jan 16, 2022 at 16:15 A GoFundMe has been launched to help Tom & Gloria. You can find the page by clicking on this link.   Jan 16, 2022 at 11:21 The Wawa Fire Department was called to a residential fire in the early hours this morning. The building and vehicle were engulfed in flames. Algoma Power was called to ...

On January 14, 2022, at approximately 8:00 p.m. members of the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to mischief related occurrence at the hospital in Elliot Lake. The complainant reported an upset person proceeded to pull the fire alarm prior to departing the property on foot. Police located the person a short time later who was arrested, charged, and ...

Algoma Public Health has changed the way they present statistics of COVID-19. Below are the stats as published on the APH website. There is one new case in the North Algoma Area (Dubreuilville, Michipicoten First Nation, Missinabie Cree First Nation, Wawa, White River). January 14th, 2022 Current Previous Change from previous report evidence of community spread recent cases Confirmed cases ...

The Extreme Cold Weather Warning continues for most of Northeastern Ontario. The coldest temperature recorded at the Wawa Municipal Airport in the past three days (under the warning) was at 9 a.m. this morning at -34C. In 1994, the temperature was -38.6°C. Temperatures are expected to warm later this morning. Until then, dress warmly in layers that you can remove ...

January 15, 2022 at 09:34 Weather – Extreme Cold Warning Continues: Today – Sunny this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of flurries late this morning and this afternoon. Fog patches becoming ice fog patches early this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 11. Wind chill minus 40 this morning and minus ...

As Omicron continues to drive the fifth wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, and in response to Directive 2, the Lady Dunn Health Centre has ramped down on all non-urgent activities.   Visitation Restricted visitation continues to be in effect. All Long Term Care and Acute Care residents and patients have designated caregivers in place; general visitors do not ...

On January 13, 2022, at approximately 4:20 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Mississauga First Nation Police Service, the Algoma District Paramedic Services (ADPS) and Huron Shores Fire Department, responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 in the Municipality of Huron Shores (east of Thessalon).   Investigation determined a westbound ...