Local & Area News

On January 6, 2021, at approximately 1:00 a.m., members of the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on general patrol and conducted a traffic stop on Highway 108 near Depot Lake. This vehicle and occupants matched that from a previously reported break and enter occurrence at an apartment on Hirshhorn Avenue in Elliot Lake.   On January 2, 2021 ...

Harte Gold announced that last year’s gold production from the White River Sugar Zone Mine was 25,649 ounces, exceeding the upper range of production that was estimated of 20,000 to 24,000 ounces. The fourth-quarter production of 10,835 ounces, is the highest quarterly period of production on record for the young mine. In 2021, gold production of 60,000 to 65,000 ounces ...

Weather: Mainly cloudy. Clearing late this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 5. Wind chill minus 19 this morning and minus 7 this afternoon. Tonight – Clear. Becoming partly cloudy near midnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 16. Wind chill minus 15 this evening and minus 20 overnight.    Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma Tested ...

Jan 6, 2021 at 19:47 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 by APH, you are not considered a close contact. Additionally, anyone who travelled on flight Air Canada AC 8330 flight from Toronto to Sault Ste. Marie and ...

On January 2, 2021, at approximately 5:39 p.m. members from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Sudbury-Manitoulin Emergency Services (EMS) and Whitefish Falls Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 6, south of Espanola. Police learned the vehicle was the subject of a previous driving complaint. Upon speaking to the driver, police also determined driver ...

Although we cannot meet for Worship together you may like to read the Scriptures for 10 January 2021 Genesis 1:1-5          The first day of creation.. . Psalm  29                 God’s voice is heard over the water.. Acts 19: 1-7             Paul baptizes with the spirit. Mark 1: 4-11         Jesus is baptized by John. To Ponder:   Where was the most challenging place you ...

Weather: Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries this morning with risk of freezing drizzle. Wind up to 15 km/h. Temperature steady near minus 5. Wind chill near minus 12. UV index 1 or low. Tonight- Partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 16. Wind chill minus 11 this evening and minus 22 overnight.    Status of COVID-19 ...

Jan 5, 2021 at 19:30 Algoma Public Health is reporting 2 (two) new cases of COVID-19. Both cases are 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 by APH, you are not considered a ...

On December 26, 2020, shortly after 1:33 p.m., members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Algoma District Paramedic Services, and the Spanish Fire Department responded to a person that went through the ice with his snowmobile in Vance Bay, Lake Huron near the Town of Spanish. The 23-year-old snowmobiler was in the water for approximately 15 minutes before ...

Before the Christmas break, students from École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) were able to benefit from true hands-on learning in a school science lab. In the biology class, students were able to dissect a pig to study the structure, functions, and internal processes of the animal’s biological systems.

Avant le congé de Noël, les élèves de l’école secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) ont pu concrétiser leur apprentissage dans le laboratoire de sciences de l’école. Dans le cours de biologie, ils ont fait la dissection d’un cochon afin d’étudier la structure, les fonctions et les processus internes des divers systèmes de l’animal.  

Weather: Flurries ending this morning then cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Risk of freezing drizzle this morning. Fog patches dissipating early this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High plus 1. Wind chill minus 5 this morning. Tonight – Cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries early this evening. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h this evening. Low minus 10. ...

updated – Jan 5, 2021 at 08:17 The freezing rain advisory ended at 6:45 this morning. Jan 5, 2021 at 01:06 At 12:44 this morning Environment Canada has issued a Freezing Drizzle Advisory. It encompasses the area shown in grey in the graphic to the right. For Wawa-news readers the area from Agawa to St. Joe’s Island is affected. The ...

Jan 4, 2021 at 20:35 Algoma Public Health is reporting 11 (eleven) new cases of COVID-19. All cases are 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 by APH, you are not considered a ...

Jan 4, 2021 at 18:51 Algoma Public Health is advising the public of a potential high-risk exposure to COVID-19 to anyone who attended a New Year’s Eve gathering on December 31, 2020, at 66 Sage Street, in Garden River. This gathering occurred without the homeowner’s knowledge. Anyone who attended this gathering is advised to immediately self-isolate and contact Algoma Public Health ...