Local & Area News

Congratulations to John Gagnon, winner of Week 5 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The envelope (#39) he selected contained the Ten of Diamonds. John won $189! Previous Winners: Week 4 – Patricia Reeves, Envelope #22, Queen of Diamonds, $247 Week 3 – Marc Liard, Envelope #14, Two of Hearts, $184 Week 2 – Violet Overton, Envelope #42, Seven ...

Rick has been running from Victoria, BC (his hometown is Duncan) to his home in the Soo. Today he will be in Wawa, at the time of this report he is nearing Silver Birch Cottages (Catfish Lake).   Rick has been on the road, 108 days of running approx 34 kilometres a day. He is doing this to raise funds ...

Weather Sunny this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of showers this afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm late this afternoon. Hazy. High 23. Humidex 26. UV index 6 or high. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers early this evening. A few showers beginning this evening. Risk of a thunderstorm this evening ...

On Monday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP MP Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay) visited Neskantaga First Nation to talk with the community about their longstanding water crisis. In 2015, Justin Trudeau promised an end to boiled water advisories on reserve and made Neskantaga the symbol of the Liberal promise to deliver on clean water. And yet the community is now ...

Lundi, le chef du NPD, Jagmeet Singh, et le député néo-démocrate Charlie Angus (Timmins–Baie James) ont visité la Première Nation de Neskantaga pour discuter de la crise de l’eau qui perdure dans la communauté. En 2015, Justin Trudeau a promis la fin des avis d’ébullition de l’eau dans les réserves et a fait de Neskantaga le symbole de la promesse ...

The LDHC Palliative Care Program is excited to welcome our live butterflies back again this year! It has been a difficult year for all, but we are excited to celebrate and honour those who have passed! As Ontario moves through the road to recovery, we have decided to host our event a bit differently again this year, with our community ...

Weather A mix of sun and cloud. 40 percent chance of showers early this morning. Hazy this morning. High 24. Humidex 27. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Becoming clear this evening. Low 12.   Status of COVID-19cases in Algoma There are four active cases of COVID-19 in the Algoma District today (Sault Ste. Marie and Area). ...

The Corporation of the Township of Dubreuilville (“The Township”) have reached an agreement in principle with a consortium led by Community Network Partners for the construction and operations of a next generation broadband fibre optic network for the community. The construction and a community wide pre-sales campaign will take place beginning August 2021, allowing residents to sign-up for residential and ...

La Corporation du Canton de Dubreuiville (le « Canton ») a conclu une entente de principe avec le consortium Community Network Partners pour la construction et l’exploitation d’un réseau de fibre optique à large bande pour la communauté. La construction et une vaste campagne de prévente seront lancées au début août 2021 permettant aux résidents de s’abonner à des forfaits ...

A couple of years ago, clearly, before the pandemic hit, I was on one of my regular constituency clinic tours and found myself looking for something better to do than sit and watch television after a rather long drive and jam-packed day of meeting constituents.  One of the constituents I met invited me to her church that evening for a ...

July and August are typically deemed the hottest months of the year in Canada. Nights can be warm and sultry making it difficult to sleep without air conditioning.  A term that you might have heard to describe this season of heat is the “Dog Days of Summer”. It begins in the first week of July and could last a couple ...

Weather A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of showers this afternoon. Local smoke. High 22. Humidex 27. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – Partly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Local smoke. Low 14.   Status of COVID-19cases in Algoma There are five active cases of COVID-19 in the Algoma District today (Sault Ste. Marie ...

With active forest fires in northwestern Ontario and eastern Manitoba, Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement for parts of north Algoma, including White River, Wawa and Dubreuilville.  Smoke plumes from these active fires may result in deteriorated air quality across these areas. Algoma Public Health cautions residents that air pollution from wildfire smoke can be harmful to ...

Weather Cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers this morning. A few showers beginning late this morning and ending this afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind south 20 km/h. High 23. Humidex 31. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Clearing this evening. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 12.   Status of ...

Algoma Public Health has reported one (1) new case of COVID-19 (#405), from Sault Ste. Marie and area. The individual was tested today, July 23rd, 2021 and is of close contact exposure. Through contact tracing, all close contacts have been notified.