Local & Area News

Les francophones représentent une proportion importante de la main-d’œuvre dans les petites collectivités du District d’Algoma. L’auteur de l’étude, Raven Wheesk, examine l’indéniable impact socioéconomique de la communauté francophone sur le District d’Algoma. Cet article étudie la participation de cette communauté au marché du travail et à l’activité économique de façon générale, et mesure ainsi l’empreinte économique de la communauté ...

Harte Gold has announced that the Court has approved the Successful Bid by Silver Lake. As a result of the approval, closing is anticipated in mid-February 2022. Harte Gold notes that this provides for the payment of substantially all of Harte’s liabilities, other than the Excluded Liabilities, as defined in the Successful Bid.  Neither the Successful Bid nor the Back-Up ...

January 29, 2022 at 08:17 Weather: Snow Squall Warning Today – Snow squalls or flurries. Local amount 10 to 15 cm. Wind becoming south 20 km/h near noon. High minus 10. Wind chill minus 20 this morning and minus 15 this afternoon. Tonight – Flurries ending near midnight then mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Risk of snow ...

  Some politicians call them extremists and terrorists, but this is not what was seen last night. Standing on Pinewood Drive with my family patiently waiting for the convoy to arrive; what I saw was quite the contrary. There were vaccinated and unvaccinated simply being peaceful and joyful. Frozen Canadians standing together in unity, undivided waiting for a convoy that ...

January 27, 2022 at 09:05 Weather: Snow Squall Watch Today – Increasing cloudiness. 30 percent chance of flurries late this morning. Flurries beginning near noon. Risk of snow squalls late this afternoon. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 12. Wind chill minus 38 this morning and minus 15 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. ...

Jan 28, 2022 at 08:00 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 27th, 2022 Current Previous Change from previous report evidence of community ...

Jan 27, 2022 at 16:07 Highway 17 from White River to Batchwana Bay has been reopened. The convoy should be on their way to Wawa and Sault Ste. Marie. Jan 27, 2022 at 13:48 The convoy is currently south of Terrace Bay. The part of the convoy that is travelling 17 is waiting in White River for OPP to open ...

With the ongoing COVID pandemic, and now Omicron, we want to update our patients and community about how the Wawa Family Health Team is operating. We know the uncertainty of the pandemic is causing additional stress for everyone, and we appreciate your patience.   First, we are still open for you! We are trying to limit traffic in and out ...

At 11:35 today, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in North East Region (NER) advised area motorists to expect traffic delays today and tomorrow in relation to the truck demonstration that is anticipated to be passing through our Region from Thursday to Saturday. “Motorists should be prepared for potential slowdowns on highways across North East Region, specifically Highway 17 and Highway ...

Jan 27, 2022 at 08:43 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 25th, 2022 Current Previous Change from previous report evidence of community ...

January 27, 2022 at 07:57 Weather: Snow Squall Warning Today – Snow ending this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of flurries. Risk of snow squalls this morning. Local blowing snow early this morning. Local amount 5 cm. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 60 becoming north 20 gusting to 40 this morning. Temperature ...

Jan 26, 2022 at 13:31 Congratulations to Suzie Dechamplain, winner of Week 31 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The envelope (#46) that was selected contained the Nine of Clubs, winning $934. The progressive pot next week is estimated at $20,610. Monies from the Catch the Ace are used to enhance health care services at the Lady Dunn Health ...

On January 25, 2022, at approximately 11:03 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a domestic dispute on Second Avenue in Foleyet. As a result of the investigation, a 21-year-old person, from Foleyet, was arrested and charged with the following: Assault – Spousal, contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code (CC), ...

Jan 26, 2022 at 08:43 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 seven new cases in the North Algoma Area (Dubreuilville, Michipicoten First Nation, Missinabie Cree First Nation, Wawa, White River). January 25th, 2022 Current Previous Change from previous report evidence of community ...

Now is it maybe true that the lockdown is coming to a end? Hopefully soon because we NEED to get back to normal as this way too much damage is being done to our system of living. If we are getting the okay to open there will  be a lot of preparation again. Some events are cancelled like public speaking ...