Local & Area News

Dec 2, 2021 at 07:56 Weather: Light snow ending this morning then mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Snow mixed with rain early this morning. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light this morning. Temperature falling to minus 7 this afternoon. Wind chill minus 11 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Clearing this evening. Wind up ...

Dec 2, 2021 at 06:30 School Buses All buses are running as scheduled for Wawa and Area. Due to icy road conditions and in the interest of safety, all school-related transportation services are cancelled today for all Boards in the Central Algoma Area (including Echo Bay, Bruce Mines, Desbarats, St. Joe Island, Thessalon).  Schools will remain open. (updated at 6:46 a.m.) Highway Closures Hwy ...

Dec 2, 2021 at 06:25 – updates added 7:02 PM EST Wednesday 01 December 2021 Weather advisory in effect for: White River – Dubreuilville (ended Dec 2 – 5:24 a.m.) Wawa – Pukaskwa Park (ended Dec 2 – 3:22 a.m.) Agawa – Lake Superior Park (ended Dec 2 – 3:22 a.m.) Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay (ended ...

Algoma Public Health has reported thirty-nine (39) new cases of COVID-19 (#1,151 – 1,189) in the Algoma District. Thirty-seven (37) are from Sault Ste. Marie and area, one (1) is from Central & East Algoma, and the remaining one (1) is from Elliot Lake and area. Twenty seven (27) are close contacts of confirmed cases, One (1) from international travel, ...

Dec 1, 2021 at 11:19 Congratulations to Judy Zagar, winner of Week 23 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The envelope (#11) that Judy selected contained the Six of Clubs, winning $542. The progressive pot next week is estimated at $11,048! Monies from the Catch the Ace are used to enhance health care services at the Lady Dunn Health ...

Three Sault College Bachelor of Engineering – Mechatronics students are the inaugural recipients of the Tenaris Roberto Rocco Scholarship in Engineering. Abbi Benka, Evan Bowman and Mariana Torres Tetelpa were each awarded the scholarship valued at $8,000 over the four years of the program.   Sault College and Tenaris announced the new scholarship earlier this year in support of the ...

N1 Solutions Inc. is continuing its expansion of services offered with the acquisition of local petroleum maintenance and spill response company, Lajoie Bros. Contracting Ltd., (Lajoie Bros.).   The company will operate within the NORPRO Environmental division and will add petroleum maintenance & services to the list of environmental services offered by N1 Solutions.   Prior to the acquisition, Lajoie ...

The Municipal Council and employees gathered to recognize and thank all staff for their dedication and hard work.   Five Year Service Recognition Awards were given out to CEO/Head Librarian, Colleen Abbott as well as Manuela Batovanja, Deputy Treasurer and Heather Rainville, Revenue Associate.   Also receiving a Five Years Service Recognition Award is Yannick Casavant. Yannick is a valued ...

Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 4 5 FAHRER, Tom 2 3 4 McCOY, Joe 3 2 4 MITRIKAS, Eric 3 2 4 LALONDE, Lance 5 0 4 STOYCHEFF, Peter 5 0 1 Game Schedule for December 6 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 LALONDE TERRIS FAHRER STOYCHEFF McCOY MATRIKAS

December is here and this year there are not many Christmas parties at Legion Hall, so slim pickings four business. Our next meeting will be on December 9th at 7.00 pm   I just enjoyed a delicious meal delivered to me by our Ladies Auxiliary, “Thanks a Lot Gals. It was Yummy.”   We can set our eyes on 2022 ...

The Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry (MNDMNRF) has recently announced a new program that will provide annual funding for the next five (5) years to help support infrastructure projects in northern municipalities. Through the Northern Ontario Resource Development Support (NORDS) program, the Township of Hornepayne is set to receive $69,586/year over the next 5 years to ...

In-Person Worship Services will continue on December 05, 2021 at 11:00 a.m., with the second Sunday of Advent. All are welcome. Covid-19 protocols will be followed. We extend a very warm welcome to Minhyuk (Min) Hwang  a Student Minister & his wife Sena Kim to our Church. The Christmas Star of Lights is shining above the front door of the ...

This week’s New Books are “A Darker Reality” by Anne Perry, “The Jailhouse Lawyer” by James Patterson and Nancy Allen, “Apples Never Fall” by Liane Moriarty and “Rock Paper Scissors” by Alice Feeney.   Our Staff Pick of the Week is “Chasing the Night” by Iris Johansen”. (from book jacket)  A CIA agent’s two-year-old child was stolen in the night ...

On November 27, 2021 at approximately 12:07 a.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Klondike Street in Wawa. During the investigation, the driver was found to be impaired by drug. The driver was also prohibited from operating a motor vehicle. As a result, Kristopher MOKROER-MAKOWSKI, 30 years-of-age, of Wawa ...

On November 25, 2021 at approximately 12:12 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Churchill Avenue in Wawa. During the investigation, the driver was found to be prohibited from operating a motor vehicle. The driver was also found to be breaching their court ordered conditions, and in possession of ...