Local & Area News

The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to take this opportunity to remind the motoring public about the importance of leaving extra distance when you see a snow plow on the roadways. And, to not impede their travel as they need extra room to maneuver. Snow plows by their very design can cause extensive damage or even death if ...

To provide an additional layer of protection against COVID-19 and variants including Omicron, the province has launched a holiday testing blitz to offer rapid antigen tests to individuals free of charge at pop-up sites across the province, as well as at select LCBO stores across Ontario. This initiative is part of the government’s enhanced COVID-19 testing strategy to mitigate the ...

Dec 16, 2021 at 10:12 Congratulations to Christian Lapointe, winner of Week 25 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The envelope (#28) that Christian selected contained the Ace of Hearts, winning $726. The progressive pot next week is estimated at $13,065! Monies from the Catch the Ace are used to enhance health care services at the Lady Dunn Health ...

Dec 16, 2021 at 07:56 Weather: Rain showers changing to snow this afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm early this morning. Blowing snow this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating early this morning. Snowfall amount 5 cm. Wind south 40 km/h gusting to 70 becoming southwest 60 gusting to 90 early this morning then diminishing to 40 gusting to 70 late this afternoon. ...

On December 10, 2021 at approximately 3:03 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a complaint regarding a possible impaired driver on Fox Lake Road in Chapleau Township. The vehicle was located and further investigation revealed that the driver was impaired. Stephanie COLLINGS, 34 years-of-age, of Timmins was charged with the following: Operation ...

To protect Ontario’s progress in the fight against COVID-19 and safeguard the province’s hospitals and intensive care units (ICUs) in the face of the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant, the Ontario government is rapidly accelerating its booster dose rollout by expanding eligibility to all individuals aged 18 and over, as well as shortening the interval to three months following an individual’s second ...

Afin de protéger les progrès de la province dans sa lutte contre la COVID-19 et de préserver la capacité des hôpitaux et des unités de soins intensifs de la province dans un contexte de propagation rapide du variant Omicron, le gouvernement de l’Ontario accélère le déploiement de la dose de rappel du vaccin en élargissant l’admissibilité à toutes les personnes ...

Algoma Public Health reported twenty-two (22) new cases of COVID-19 (#1,530 – #1,552) last night (December 15). Twenty are in Sault Ste. Marie & Area, and two (2) are in Central & East Algoma. There are currently 260 active cases.

Strong southwesterly winds gusting to 90 km/h are expected today. The winds are being generated because of a Colorado Low that is moving through Ontario today bringing strong winds throughout most of northeastern and southern Ontario. Environment Canada warns that utility outages may occur. Damage to buildings, such as to roof shingles and windows, may occur. Loose objects may be ...

Strong southwesterly winds gusting to 100 km/h are expected today. The winds are being generated because of a Colorado Low that is moving through Ontario today bringing strong winds throughout most of northeastern and southern Ontario. Environment Canada warns that utility outages may occur. Damage to buildings, such as to roof shingles and windows, may occur. Loose objects may be ...

Dec 16, 2021 at 06:30 At 5:28 this morning Environment Canada cancelled this warning. Dec 15, 2021 at 16:09   At 2 this afternoon the rainfall warning changed. A better timeline was offered, stating that the rain, heavy at times is expected to begin around midnight. The amount of rain has increased to a possible 25 to 35 mm before ...

Many school buses are cancelled in the Sudbury Area,  Mattawa area (all main and side roads are iced over), Temagami to Hearst, including Timmins. So if you have to travel in any of these areas be aware of changing road conditions and drive safely.   updated at: 5:28 a.m. Primary Conditions Secondary Conditions Visibility Hwy 17 West/North 50km From Wawa ...

Due to ongoing extremely high COVID-19 activity in Algoma, especially in the municipality of Sault Ste. Marie, and increasingly in other Algoma communities, Algoma Public Health is taking further action to curb the spread of the virus, prevent severe illness and death in our communities, and protect health system capacity.   At this time, the Omicron variant of concern is ...

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New books on the 7-Day Shelf this week are: “World war C” by Sanjay Gupta, M.D., “2 Sisters Detective Agency” by James Patterson and Candice Fox, “Three Sisters” by Heather Morris, “The Butler” by Danielle Steel and “An Impossible Promise” by Jude Deveraux and Tara Sheets!   Staff Pick of the Week is “Hairpin Bridge” by Taylor Adams. (from book ...