Local & Area News

Special weather statement in effect for: White River – Dubreuilville Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Mix of wintry precipitation expected including an extended period of freezing rain Wednesday. Precipitation is forecast to begin tonight as snow over most of the area. However, for areas closer to Lake Superior including Marathon and White River, this precipitation is forecast to begin as rain. However, ...

Weather: Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning late this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High 6. Wind chill minus 6 this morning. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Periods of rain. Temperature steady near plus 3. Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma Tested Confirmed cases Active cases Currently hospitalized Resolved cases Deceased 109,957 224 ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) is reporting 2 new cases of COVID-19, both 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 #223 Close ...

On March 19, 2021, shortly after 4:00 p.m., members from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the OPP’s Emergency Response Team (ERT), two members from the Northeast Canine Unit, OPP’s Scenes of Crime with the assistance from a member from the Anishinabek Police Service responded to a robbery at an apartment complex on Park Street in the ...

On Saturday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh presented the NDP’s plan to help young people thrive instead of being buried in debt. The NDP’s plan includes putting a moratorium on student loan payments, cancelling up to $20,000 per student of federal student loan debt and giving new graduates a five-year head start without having to repay any federal student loan. While ...

On March 19, 2021 at approximately 10:00 p.m. members of the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed on Queen Street East in the City of Sault Ste. Marie.   Police initiated a traffic stop and a Mandatory Alcohol Screening Demand was made and administered.   As ...

The second day is a bit more interesting – and I’ll keep it shorter as well. Before we do anything to the ice, it’s cleanup time. We remove all of the rocks from the surface and store them safely for the season, as well as put away some of the curling maintenance equipment as well. We need to make sure ...

Mayor John MacEachern, on behalf of Council for the Corporation of the Township of Manitouwadge, is pleased to announce the appointment of Florence MacLean as the new Chief Administrative Officer for the Township. Mayor MacEachern commented, “Council embarked on a thorough search for the Township’s new Chief Administrative Officer and are pleased to offer the position to an internal candidate ...

  As part of the Leadership – Recreational Activities course, École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) students, guided by their teacher Ms. Annette Lytwenko, studied various styles of leadership and how to integrate them into a recreational activity.   The group of Alexis Chapman, Emma-Jo Beach and Delaney Schumacher planned and implemented an obstacle course in the school. During their personal time, ...

  Dans le cadre du cours de Leadership – activités récréatives, les élèves de l’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa), guidée par leur enseignante Mme Annette Lytwenko, ont étudié les divers styles de leadership et comment les intégrer lors d’une activité récréative.   Le groupe d’Alexis Chapman, Emma-Jo Beach et Delaney Schumacher ont assuré la planification et la mise en oeuvre d’une ...

Harte Gold Corp.  is pleased to announce that New Gold Inc. has agreed to make a strategic investment in Harte Gold.  The investment, by way of a private placement subscription by New Gold of 154,940,153 common shares of the Company at a price of $0.16 per share, will result in Harte Gold raising total gross proceeds of approximately $24.8 million ...

Ces dernières années, j’ai remarqué une certaine résurgence du phénomène de l’intérêt des super-héros. C’est toujours dans les bandes-dessinées, mais aussi sur grand écran. Les magnats de la télévision par abonnement comme Netflix et Prime produisent même des séries sur des personnages de super-héros nouveaux et anciens. Certains ont des super pouvoirs assez intéressants comme Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Dare ...

In recent years I’ve noticed somewhat of a resurgence in the phenomenon of superhero interest.  It’s in comic books still but also on the big screen.  Subscription TV moguls like Netflix and Prime are even producing series programs on both new and old superhero characters.  Some have some pretty interesting superpowers like the Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Dare Devil, Agents ...

Weather: Wawa is the warmest spot in Northern Ontario this morning! A few showers ending late this afternoon then cloudy. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h late this morning. High 9. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 2. Wind chill minus 6 overnight. Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma Tested Confirmed cases ...

Patricia Tangie has retained her seat as Chief in Saturday, March 20th, 2021’s election at Michipicoten First Nation. Candidate for Chief Votes Received Tangie, Patricia 200 Chief Lapham, Mishele-Lee 40 Lewis, Laverne 24 Lesage, Ryan 22 287 Total valid ballots cast for Chief 7 Number of rejected ballors for Chief   Candidate for Councillor Peterson, Linda 162 Councillor Armstrong, Irene ...