Local & Area News

Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!   Weather: Flurries ending this morning then mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Local amount 2 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 12. Wind chill minus 22 this morning and minus 17 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Partly cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries this evening. Wind ...

Weather: Flurries. Snow squalls over western sections. Local amount 2 to 4 cm except 20 cm over western sections. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 13. Wind chill minus 33 this morning and minus 19 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. Tonight – Flurries. Snow squalls over western sections. Local amount 2 to 4 cm except 10 cm over western ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) is reporting 3 new cases of COVID-19.  One is from Central and East Algoma, one is from North Algoma, and the other from Elliot Lake and area and is associated with the ongoing cluster investigation at 100 Warsaw Place. Through contact tracing, Algoma Public Health notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by Algoma ...

Today was a shitty yet amazing day. I woke up this morning and started my day. It was storming pretty hard. Got on top of Montreal River Hill and started losing all my air and it wasn’t building back up. Made it to the next pull-out. Little to no cell service. I get out, start checking things out. I’m not ...

Stephen Lecce, Ontario’s Minister of Education, 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 Medical Officers of Health. ...

Aujourd’hui, Stephen Lecce, le ministre de l’Éducation, a fait la déclaration suivante au sujet du 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 meilleurs conseils du médecin hygiéniste ...

Congratulations to Rebecca Lebel, winner of Week 22 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The Foundation is happy to announce that the progressive jackpot continues to grow; it sits at $22,496 as Week 23 begins.   Here are the final numbers for week #22:   Weekly Pot: $1,451 Progressive Pot: $22,496   Winner: Rebecca Lebel Envelope #28, 3 of ...

Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the holy season of Lent, is February 17. The Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie, Thomas Dowd, is inviting Catholics across Northern Ontario to celebrate Ash Wednesday this year, regardless if churches are permitted to reopen in time. “We do not want to let the COVID-19 pandemic to get in the ...

Weather: Flurries. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming east 20 km/h this morning. High minus 14. Wind chill minus 31 this morning and minus 22 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 20. Wind chill near minus 27. ...

Hornepayne – School bus transportation in Hornepayne is cancelled again today for all Boards due to the extreme cold temperature.  All schools are open. All other transportation is running as scheduled.

Algoma Public Health (APH) is reporting 3 new cases of COVID-19 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 you are not considered a close contact.   Details of the confirmed cases: Case Number Exposure Category Status Tested Case #188 Unknown Self-isolating ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) is providing the Elliot Lake community with the following update, following recent confirmed cases in the region.   To date, APH has identified 7 confirmed cases associated with a specific multi-unit dwelling, 100 Warsaw Place in Elliot Lake, ON. Following a thorough public health investigation of this community cluster, including case and contact interviews, and an on-site environmental inspection, we have ...

There must be something unlucky about the Circle K/NCU Building. That building has been hit by so many vehicles. Most recently the corner of the roof has been bumped, and tore. There looks like there is substantial damage to the roof and end of the roof joists. In addition there are several pieces of trim hanging.         ...

The ancestors of caribou (or reindeer as they are known in Eurasia) moved out of South America about 5 million years ago.  Caribou appear to have speciated in Beringia, which is the name for the far northwest part of North America and the far northeast of Russia, next to the Bering Sea.  This occurred during the Pleistocene epoch, or the ...

Twenty one years ago, 5-year old Adam Ranger was struck and killed while getting off the school bus and crossing the road at his family home by someone who did not stop for the flashing lights or stop-arm on the school bus. He would be 26 years old today. His face is on a huge highway sign just north of ...