Local & Area News

  Committed to supporting students in their learning and helping them acquire the skills required to excel in the 21st century, Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon completed the deployment of laptop computers in all of its secondary schools in January including École secondaire Saint-Joseph in Wawa. As a result, all students from École secondaire Saint-Joseph now have access to a technological ...

The Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon is proud to announce the appointment of Ms. Maryse Barrette as Superintendent of Business and Finance. Ms. Barrette brings her educational training, administrative management and relevant experience in this field to the position, which she will take up on March 1, 2021.   Maryse Barrette began her career at the CSC Nouvelon in 1999 as ...

Congratulations to Gisele Legge, winner of Week 20 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The Foundation is happy to announce that the progressive jackpot continues to grow; it sits at $18,322 as Week 21 begins.   Here are the final numbers for week #20: Weekly Pot: $1,311, Progressive Pot: $18,322   Winner: Gisele Legge with envelope #6 containing the ...

For obvious reasons, winter in Canada does not entice people to venture outdoor and stargaze. The nights can be long and cold but can also be a thing of beauty. Your reward for braving the frosty still of the night is seeing the most iconic constellation of the entire sky. The seven bright suns that form Orion, the Hunter is ...

The Ontario government is continuing to hold electricity prices to the off-peak rate of 8.5 cents per kilowatt-hour until February 9, 2021. This lower rate is available 24 hours per day, seven days a week for Time-Of-Use and tiered customers. “We know staying at home means using more electricity during the day when electricity prices are higher, that’s why we ...

Weather: It is currently -25C outside right now, so bundle up it you are headed outside. A mix of sun and cloud. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 10. Wind chill minus 32 this morning and minus 13 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight Partly cloudy. Fog patches developing before morning. Wind up to ...

Some people who read Caribou Corner 1 wanted to know what is going on with the remaining Lake Superior caribou.  So we are going to look at that now and come back to the diversity of caribou later.   In the 1800s, caribou were on the mainland all around Lake Superior and on all the offshore islands.  But now there ...

Today, Premier Doug Ford, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Michael Tibollo, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, issued the following statement on Bell Let’s Talk Day: “Today on Bell Let’s Talk Day, Ontario is joining the conversation around mental health to raise awareness and encourage everyone to take action to fight the stigma associated with ...

  The moonset this morning was spectacular. Wawaites have been treated to two days of beautiful skies. Yesterday was the rainbow sundogs around the morning sun, and today just before sunrise, the moon was setting. Clearing the clouds you could see the skies change colour as night transformed into day. Have a great day, and bundle up!  

Weather: It is currently -27C outside right now, so bundle up it you are headed outside. A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of flurries early this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 14. Wind chill minus 37 this morning and minus 17 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Partly ...

Jan 27, 2021 at 20:00 Algoma Public Health is reporting 5 (five) new cases of COVID-19. Four are from Central and East Algoma and 1 is from Sault Ste. Marie and area. Through contact tracing, Algoma Public Health notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by Algoma Public Health, or affected by recent public exposure notifications posted ...

Passed away peacefully with his family by his side at the Lady Dunn Health Centre on Monday January 25, 2021 at the age of 62 years. Beloved son of the late Rita and Raymond Duguay. Loving brother of Clovis (Michelle Mattaini), Noella Duguay (Alan Carney), the late Edward and the late Dennis. Loving uncle of Luke (Kaitlin), Tanya, Nicholas (Anna), ...

On January 24, 2021, the Sault Ste Marie Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a snowmobile collision on Highway 556 near Ranger Lake in Snow Township.   A collision between a pick-up truck and snowmobile occurred.  The snowmobile operator, 40 year old Michael TREMBLAY from Sault Ste Marie was pronounced deceased at the scene.  The investigation is ongoing under the ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) has received the first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for the Algoma district.  The province has allotted these doses to residents of long-term care homes (LTCH), as prioritized in phase one of Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination program. Algoma’s long-term care partners have been working closely with APH since the beginning of January and are ready to start the immunization ...

On the 7- Day Shelf this week are; “The Law of Innocence” by Michael Connelly, “Fortune and Glory Tantalizing Twenty-Seven” by Janet Evanovich, “Marauder” a novel of the Oregon Files by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison, “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man” by Emmanuel Acho and “White Ivy” by Susie Yang.   New Movies on the shelf are “The Office ...