Local & Area News

Jan 19, 2022 at 12:31 Congratulations to Troy Dereski, winner of Week 29 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The envelope (#18) that he selected contained the Seven of Diamonds, winning $966. The progressive pot next week is estimated at $19,209. Monies from the Catch the Ace are used to enhance health care services at the Lady Dunn Health ...

On January 18, 2022, at approximately 3:50 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the report of a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 near the Sand River. The investigation revealed that a northbound sport utility vehicle (SUV) struck a northbound plow truck. The driver of the SUV, Douglas HUNT, 76 years-of-age, ...

Eligible businesses required to close or reduce capacity due to the current public health measures put in place to blunt the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 can apply for the new Ontario Business Costs Rebate Program. Through the new program, the government will provide eligible businesses with a rebate payment of up to 100 per cent for property ...

Les entreprises admissibles qui sont forcées de fermer leurs portes ou de réduire leur capacité en raison des mesures de santé publique mises en place pour contrer la propagation du variant Omicron de la COVID-19 peuvent présenter une demande dans le cadre du nouveau Programme ontarien de remise pour les coûts à l’intention des entreprises dès aujourd’hui. Par l’entremise de ...

Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) researchers are partnering with Indigenous communities and organizations to strengthen vaccine confidence among Indigenous youth. Drs. Marion Maar, Associate Professor, Medical Anthropology and Maurianne Reade, Associate Professor, Clinical Sciences Division and a rural generalist family physician on Manitoulin, are principal research investigators for the project, Co-Creating Vaccine Confidence: An Anishinabe Theatre-based Approach to Strengthen ...

Des chercheuses de l’École de médecine du Nord de l’Ontario (EMNO) s’allient avec des communautés et organismes autochtones pour renforcer la confiance envers la vaccination chez les jeunes Autochtones. Marion Maar, Ph. D., professeure agrégée, Anthropologie médicale, et Dre Maurianne Reade, professeur agrégée, Division des sciences cliniques et médecin généraliste rurale sur l’île Manitoulin, sont les principales chercheuses dans l’étude ...

January 18, 2022 at 07:57 Weather: Today –  Periods of light snow ending late this afternoon then mainly cloudy. Wind north 30 km/h gusting to 50. Temperature falling to minus 18 this morning then steady. Wind chill near minus 30. Risk of frostbite. Tonight – A few clouds. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 27. Wind ...

Highway conditions can be found on ON511. These conditions were posted by ON511 at 5:22 this morning. Primary Conditions Secondary Conditions Visibility Hwy 17 West/North 50km From Wawa to Paint Lake Rd, Wawa snow covered snow packed good 70km From Paint Lake Rd, Wawa to Mobert snow covered snow packed good 101 63km From Wawa to Hwy 651 (Missinabi Corners) ...

Dubreuilville, White River and Wawa Due to the poor road conditions and visibility between Wawa and White River.  Routes N001 , N002, N006, N009 servicing Dubreuilville, White River and Wawa communities will be cancelled today. This cancellation affects students who attend Sir James Dunn P.S, Michipicoten High School, St. Augustine, Ecole Saint Joseph, and St. Basil (White River). Chapleau Due to the poor road conditions and visibility in ...

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 three new cases in the North Algoma Area (Dubreuilville, Michipicoten First Nation, Missinabie Cree First Nation, Wawa, White River). January 17th, 2022 Current Previous Change from previous report evidence of community spread recent cases Confirmed cases ...

As previously announced on December 7, 2021, Harte Gold was granted creditor protection pursuant to an order granted by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36, as amended  Pursuant to the Initial Order, FTI Consulting Canada Inc. was appointed as monitor of the Company. As announced on December 20, 2021, the ...

January 18, 2022 at 07:57 Weather: Today – Sunny. Increasing cloudiness near noon then snow and local blowing snow. Amount 2 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 11. Wind chill minus 32 this morning and minus 17 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Snow at times heavy and local blowing snow. Amount ...

On January 12, 2022, at approximately 1:04 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a threats occurrence involving two youth in Wawa. As a result of the investigation, a 17-year-old, from Wawa, was arrested and charged with the following: Uttering Threats – Cause death or Bodily Harm, contrary to section 264.1(1)(a) of ...

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 ...