Local & Area News

Congratulations to Steven Cook, winner of Week 24 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The Foundation is happy to announce that the progressive jackpot continues to grow; it sits at $27,075 as Week 25 begins.   Here are the final numbers for week #24:   Weekly Pot: $1,646 Progressive Pot: $27,075   Winner: Steven Cook Envelope #14, 4 of ...

Weather: Becoming cloudy this morning with a few flurries. Local amount 2 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 5. Wind chill minus 29 this morning and minus 9 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 8. Wind chill near minus 12. Status of COVID-19 cases ...

Red Pine Exploration Inc. has announced that it has entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement with the holders of the partnership interests in Citabar Limited Partnership, which will result in Red Pine consolidating a 100% ownership in the Wawa Gold Project located near Wawa, Ontario. All amounts in this press release are denominated in Canadian dollars. Highlights: Red Pine ...

On April 14, 2021, Workplace Safety North (WSN) expects to host 500 online attendees at its annual Mining Health and Safety Conference.   The event brings together Ontario’s mining industry to share knowledge and innovations regarding safety programs and hazards specific to mining.   Usually the three-day in-person Sudbury event is sold out, but this year the conference is being ...

NEW BOOKS ON THE 7 DAY SHELF this week are; “The Cookbook Club” by Beth Harbison, “Pretty Little Wife” by Darby Kane, “Hush-Hush” by Stuart Woods and the non-fiction book titled “The Last Days of John Lennon” by James Patterson. STAFF PICK OF THE WEEK: Our Staff Pick of the Week this week is “Crimson Lake” by Candice Fox. How ...

Although we cannot meet for Worship together you may like to read the Scriptures for 28 February 2021- Lent 2 Genesis 17: 1-7, 15-16 The covenant between Abram, Sarai & God. Psalm 22: 23-31            You have not hidden your face, O God. Romans 4: 13-25            God’s promise rests on grace & faith. Mark 8: 31-38                Those who lose their life ...

The Ontario Maple Syrup Producers’ Association (OMSPA) is disappointed to announce that Maple Weekend has been cancelled for 2021. The event, which takes place the first weekend of April each year, sees more than 15,000 visitors visit participating sugarbushes in Ontario.   “We are very sorry to cancel Maple Weekend for the second year in a row,” said OMSPA president ...

Weather: A few flurries ending late this afternoon then cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Amount 2 cm. Wind becoming north 20 km/h this afternoon. High minus 4. Wind chill minus 7 this morning and minus 15 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Clearing late this evening. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus ...

Feb 23, 2021 at 22:48 Thank you for the support!! TRAILER FOUND!! We appreciate all the tips and one tip led to the discovery at a downtown/central area by St. Georges Ave! The interior was stripped but that’s ok considering!   Thankfully the moron who put the tarp on did a bad job and left the front exposed!     ...

  On February 22, 2021, Algoma Steel celebrated the first arc at its second ladle metallurgy facility (No.2 LMF). This marks another major milestone in the company’s drive towards sustainability and is a key step in commissioning this new steel refining facility, unlocking 100,000 tons of added capacity to deliver advanced grades of steel. CEO Michael McQuade remarked on the ...

Ontario’s COVID-safe ice fishing tournament is well underway now. Wawa has 130 anglers with 227 fish caught since the tournament began. Wawa remains #1 provincially in ‘town points’! Steve Brousseau’s pike is in 3rd place provincially, and Maysen’s walleye has slipped to 5th provincially, Brett Robinson’s lake trout is 5th provincially. Kathleen Johnson remains in 1st provincially for the number ...

Weather: Periods of light snow ending early this morning then cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning then light late this afternoon. Temperature steady near zero. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. Periods of light snow beginning after midnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 6. ...

On Friday, February 19, 2021 members of the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised of a missing snowmobiler somewhere between Searchmont and Half Way Haven.   On Saturday, February 20, 2021 at approximately 2:00 p.m., with the assistance of OPP Aviation Services, OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), Sault Search and Rescue and the Sault ...

Today, on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, the Ontario government introduced the Combatting Human Trafficking Act, new legislation and amendments to existing legislation to build upon the province’s $307 million Anti-Human Trafficking Strategy. This proposed legislation reinforces Ontario’s commitment to fight human trafficking and demonstrates continued leadership in responding to this pervasive crime. “Our government is taking deliberate steps to ...

Aujourd’hui, à l’occasion de la Journée nationale de sensibilisation à la traite de personnes, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a déposé la Loi de 2021 sur la lutte contre la traite des personnes, un nouveau projet de loi et des modifications à des lois existantes pour mettre à profit la Stratégie ontarienne de lutte contre la traite des personnes de 307 millions ...