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Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 5 5 LESCHISHIN, Mark 2 4 5 BUMSTEAD, Aaron 3 2 4 FAHRER, Tom 3 2 5 McCOY, Joe 5 1 4 MITRIKAS, Eric 6 0 5   Mixed Curling has restarted with COVID Guidelines in place. The next games will occur February 22nd, 2021. Thank you to the staff at the Community ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 4 4 HOFFMANN, Jim 2 3 4 HALL, Dave 3 2 4 LESCHISHIN, Mark 4 1 4 TURMELLE, Katherine 5 0 4   Mixed Curling has restarted with COVID Guidelines in place. The next games will occur February 25th, 2021. Thank you to the staff at the Community Centre for preparing the Curling ...

  Snow squall warning in effect for Wawa – Pukaskwa Park – Agawa – Lake Superior Park Snow squalls continue today. Snow squalls have developed between Wawa and White River south of Highway 17 and will move into the town of Wawa later this morning. The snow squalls will drift into the Agawa region this afternoon. Travel along Highway 17 ...

Weather: Flurries and a few local snow squalls ending this afternoon then cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Local amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 4. Wind chill minus 16 this morning and minus 8 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries this evening. Wind ...

  It’s a fair bet that few Canadian politicians have ever watched the 1957 Jimmy Stewart movie, Night Passage.  If they had, they might have heeded the thought-provoking lyrics of Ned Washington, as sung by Stewart, in that charming film of yore:   Oh, you can’t get far without a railroad, You can’t get far without a railroad. You gotta ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) is reporting 1 new case of COVID-19 from Elliot Lake and area that is associated with the ongoing cluster investigation at Warsaw. Through contact tracing, Algoma Public Health notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by Algoma Public Health you are not considered a close contact.   Details of the confirmed cases: Case ...

Gas prices continue to rise in Wawa. Yesterday, February 18th gas was 125.9, tonight it is at 130.9. Prices in the Soo are ranging from 128.4 and 130.5.   Feb 18, 2021 at 13:59     With the loosening of COVID-19 restrictions, gas prices are beginning to rise. Yesterday afternoon, gas was 125.9 in Wawa, and on the highway 129.9. ...

The radar at Montreal River is snowing snow just between Michipicoten Island and the mainland (Wesdome/Pukaskwa Park). A look at AccuWeather’s radar map that shows the weather coming at Lake Superior from Minnesota displays two significant bands of weather that are headed towards Marquette. This combined with the lack of ice cover on Lake Superior means that lake effect snow ...

The Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra is happy to announce concert dates for the rest of Season 59.5. With the stay at home order at an end for the city and the new red level being in place, the TBSO has the opportunity to resume their chamber concert performances online.   Although we miss being able to play for you in ...

Weather: Flurries with risk of snow squalls. Local amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 6. Wind chill minus 21 this morning and minus 8 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Flurries with risk of snow squalls. Local amount 10 to 20 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 14. Wind ...

Le 11 février 2021, M. Stephen Lecce, le ministre de l’Éducation de l’Ontario, a fait la déclaration suivante sur le congé de mars : « En vue de soutenir nos efforts collectifs pour veiller à la sécurité continue des écoles, nous reportons le congé de mars à la semaine du 12 au 16 avril 2021. Cette décision repose sur les ...

On February 11, 2021 Ontario’s Minister of Education Stephen Lecce, issued the following statement regarding March Break: “In support of our collective efforts to keep schools safe, we are postponing March Break until April 12-16, 2021. This decision was made with the best advice of Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health and public health officials, including consultations with many local ...

Congratulations to Claude Noel, winner of Week 23 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The Foundation is happy to announce that the progressive jackpot continues to grow; it sits at $24,606 as Week 24 begins. Here are the final numbers for week #23: Weekly Pot: $1,407, and the Progressive Pot: $24,606 Winner: Claude Noel, his Envelope #39 held the ...

On February 16, 2021, shortly after 6:15 p.m., members from the Ontario Provincial Police (OP East Algoma Crime Unit, the OPP’s North East Community Street Crime Unit, the OPP’s Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), Manitoulin OPP Crime Unit, the OPP’s North East Canine Unit, the Greater Sudbury Police’s Integrated Crime Unit executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search ...

On February 16, 2021, at approximately 6:00 a.m. East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a Break and Enter that occurred sometime overnight at a residence on Cloudslee Road in Plummer Additional Township.   Investigation determined the suspect gained access to the house by forced entry through a door. Police observed of fresh tire tracks, footwear impressions, and drag marks ...