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Congratulations to Tracy Amos, winner of Week 8 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The envelope (#13) she selected contained the Jack of Spades. Tracy won $189! Monies from the Catch the Ace are used to enhance health care services at the Lady Dunn Health Centre. Previous Winners: Week 7 – Jeannie Desbiens, Envelop 19, Six of Hearts, $215 ...

(18 Players) 1st PLACE: Cheryl Tremblay, Tony Thomas, Dan Mathias – 33 2nd PLACE: Rick Wilson, Sue Kirby – 34 3rd PLACE: N/A – LEAST AMOUNT OF PUTTS: Rick Wilson & Sue Kirby – 12 CLOSEST TO THE PIN #3: Danny Mathias CLOSEST TO THE PIN #7: Nicole Chapman   DRAW WINNERS: Canadian Tire – Danny Mathias Club House Voucher – ...

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) announced plans today for returning to campus. Starting September 7, 2021, all on-campus activities for learners will resume at the medical school buildings in Thunder Bay and Sudbury. The School will require all learners, researchers, faculty, staff, and visitors who intend to access the medical school buildings in Sudbury and Thunder Bay to ...

L’École de médecine du Nord de l’Ontario (EMNO) a annoncé aujourd’hui son plan de retour sur le campus. Toutes les activités de la population étudiante reprendront dans les édifices de l’École sur ses campus à Thunder Bay et à Sudbury dès le 7 septembre 2021. L’École exigera que la population étudiante, les chercheurs, le corps professoral, le personnel et les ...

With a fourth wave of Covid brewing in the background, Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing NDP candidate Carol Hughes says she is ready to campaign safely, but would have preferred to wait until the pandemic was better controlled before asking Canadians to participate in a federal election. “In many ways the election is unnecessary,” said Hughes. “New Democrats were more than clear with the ...

Alors qu’une quatrième vague de Covid se prépare en arrière-plan, la candidate néo-démocrate d’Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, Carol Hughes, se dit prête à faire campagne en toute sécurité, mais aurait préféré attendre que la pandémie soit mieux contrôlée avant de demander aux Canadiens de participer à une élection fédérale. “À bien des égards, l’élection est inutile”, a déclaré Hughes. “Les néo-démocrates ont été ...

Weather Sunny. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 25. Humidex 32. Tonight – Clear. Fog patches developing overnight. Low 14. Heat Warning: White River – Dubreuilville Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake Gogama – Foleyet Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma There are six active cases of ...

Algoma Public Health is reporting 4 new cases of COVID-19 (#411 – #414), all from Sault Ste. Marie and area tonight. All individuals are self-isolating., and through Algoma Public Health’s contact tracing, all close contacts have been notified.   Details of the confirmed cases: Case Number Exposure Category Status Tested Case #411 Unknown Self-isolating August 17, 2021 Case #412 Close ...

  The Michipicoten Golf Club would like to take the time and thank the Rotary Club of Wawa.  For several years, the Golf Club has been looking into providing youth the opportunity to start golfing at a young age without having the financial burden of fees and equipment. Last year, the Golf Club introduced free golf to all youth 12 ...

First day of school is fast approaching and Algoma District School Board (ADSB) is excited to welcome our students back. We know that students will have many different feelings about the return to class on the first day. Which is why we have decided to kick off the school year with our first ever ADSB Show Up Event: IGNITE 2021. ...

Kenny Streule’s Malunderstood: A Virtual Performance Experience is part of Fringe North, the Sault Ste. Marie’s Fringe Festival from August 19-22, 2021. Filmed at Kenny’s childhood home on his family’s dairy farm southwest of Montreal, this virtual performance experience offers audiences a mixture of comedy, puppetry and storytelling. Tickets are pay-what-you-can for this digital adaptation of the original solo show ...

Kaireen, Lorna & Maria are taking a break during July and August and have distributed outlines for Morning Worship. If you would like to be included please call 705-856-1518. Although we cannot meet for Worship you may like to read the Scriptures for August 22nd, 2021 – Thirteenth after Pentecost. 1 Kings 8:(1, 10-11), 22-30, 41- 43    Solomon calls on ...

Now only 2 weeks and September is here and things will be starting to happen at the Legion. So far we have the lounge open a couple of days and hopefully we will start to see some events even still with some restrictions. Once again I like to mention that we have the Lift operational and so we have access ...

Weather Mainly cloudy. Clearing near noon. Hazy. High 25. Humidex 32. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – Clear. Hazy this evening. Low 15. Heat Warning – (Dubreuilville – White River – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne – Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake – Gogama – Foleyet)   Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma There are four active cases of COVID-19 in the ...

Algoma Public Health is advising the public of a potential exposure to COVID-19 for anyone who travelled on Air Canada, Flight AC 8320 on Saturday, August 14, 2021, from Sault Ste. Marie to Toronto. Passengers who sat in seats 2-8 should contact their local public health unit for further information. Actions to take: Anyone on board Air Canada, Flight AC ...