Local & Area News

Changemakers – Creating livable communities in Northern Ontario is presented by the Northwest Business Centre, in partnership with NORDIK Institute and Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (SEE). This event explores two pathways to social change: unique ways two changemakers are intentionally making a significant difference by building relationships and networks to creatively increase engagement, resilience and liveability. Roots to Harvest created ...

The Sault Ste. Marie Public Library invites you to participate in our new virtual program, ‘Mindfulness Mondays @ the Library’ with the course Mindfulness for Daily Life beginning Sept. 13, 2021. This is an introductory course and is suitable for beginners or those with limited experience (14 years of age or older). Explore the practice of mindfulness and how it ...

Aug 27, 2021 at 07:56 Weather Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Wind east 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 17. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight – Showers. Wind east 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light late this evening. Low 12. Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma There are fourteen active cases of COVID-19 in the ...

Katherine Grundt and the Wawa EDC have created Wawa’s Wellness Table. The first meeting of the Wellness Table was held July 29th, 2021, and explained the basis for and the goals of this new group. This Wellness Table will begin the community conversation about health and wellness, and how to share these wellness professions with Wawa and the area. Wawa ...

Aug 26, 2021 at 07:56 Weather Sunny. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. Fog patches dissipating early this morning. High 23. Humidex 26. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – Increasing cloudiness. 30 percent chance of showers overnight. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low 8.   Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma There are sixteen ...

Aug 25, 2021 at 19:18 Algoma Public Health is reporting five (5) new cases of COVID-19 (#421 – #425). Two are from North Algoma, two are from Central and East Algoma and one is from Sault Ste. Marie and area. The table of confirmed cases doesn’t identify which cases are from North Algoma (Dubreuilville, Michipicoten First Nation, Missinabie Cree First ...

Aug 25, 2021 at 09:50 On August 25th, 2021, at approximately  4:25 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received information from Sault Ste Marie Police Services of a possible a possible impaired driver that left Sault Ste Marie and may be driving east on Highway 17.   At approximately 5:11 a.m., police observed ...

Aug 25, 2021 at 09:49   Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Ontario Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains (ONCMPUR) shared a video on social media to seek the public’s assistance in a missing person case from Marten River. Thirty-one-year-old Robert (Robbie) AHO left Land O’Lakes Cottages in Marten River on October 12, 2009. A few days after ...

Although we cannot meet for Worship you may like to read the Scriptures for August 29th  2021 – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Song of Solomon 2: 8-13   Arise, my love, and come away! Psalm 45: 1-2,  6-9               Praise for the anointed hero ! James 1: 17-27                      Be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, ...

So we are in the last week of August and September is almost here and we will have a membership meeting coming up soon. We will be seeing you all there and then we can start planning the next event like the annual Poppy Campaign, etc.   It is nice to see several comrades using the Lounge for get-togethers and ...

We are open! Masks must be worn covering mouth, nose and chin. Everyone must sanitize their hands before entering the library.  All returned materials must be placed in the Drop Box for quarantine.  We ask that if you are not feeling well, to NOT come into the library. For those who can’t wear masks or for whatever reason cannot comply ...

Aug 25, 2021 at 07:56 Weather Sunny. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h near noon. High 23. Humidex 29. UV index 6 or high. Tonight – Clearing late this evening. Fog patches developing overnight. Low 13.   Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma There are twelve active cases of COVID-19 in the ...

Aug 24, 2021 at 13:48 As part of its comprehensive plan to end hallway health care, the Ontario government is investing over $5.2 million to support the planning and design of a cardiovascular surgery program at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. For the first time, cardiac surgery will be regularly performed in Northwestern Ontario, helping to address surgical wait ...

Aug 24, 2021 at 13:48 Dans le cadre de son plan exhaustif pour éliminer les soins de santé de couloir, le gouvernement de l’Ontario investit plus de 5,2 millions de dollars pour appuyer la planification et la conception d’un programme de chirurgie cardiovasculaire au Centre régional des sciences de la santé de Thunder Bay. Pour la première fois, des chirurgies ...

Aug 24, 2021 at 13:44 On August 23rd, 2021 members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a theft of a catalytic converter from a car that was parked overnight at the Hilton Beach Marina in the Town of Hilton Beach. On August 10th, 2021, OPP members responded to a theft of a catalytic ...