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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 ...

On January 4, 2021, at approximately 5:05 a.m. officers of the Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Superior North Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a single motor vehicle collision at 2 Hemlo Drive, Town of Marathon. The driver of a motor vehicle struck a lamp post at the Marathon Centre Mall and was transported to the ...

The Ontario government is supporting home-based food businesses by providing a guide on how to start a home-based food business, which includes an overview of public health requirements that need to be followed as a food operator. To further support these entrepreneurs, the government has also made regulatory changes to allow more flexibility to sell low-risk, home-prepared foods. These supports ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario soutient les entreprises de produits alimentaires à domicile en leur offrant un guide sur le démarrage d’une telle entreprise. Le guide comprend un aperçu des règles de santé publique que doivent observer les exploitants d’une entreprise de produits alimentaires. Pour soutenir davantage ces entrepreneurs, le gouvernement a également modifié certains règlements pour assouplir les règles gouvernant ...

On January 2, 2021, at 1:55 p.m. members of the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint on Highway 17 north in VanKoughnet Township. The vehicle was located in Sault Ste. Marie and as a result of the investigation, the driver, Christopher KLOOSTERHUIS, 47-years-old, of Thunder Bay was arrested and has been ...

The Municipality of Wawa is redesigning its website. In order to create a website that will showcase the Wawa and the immediate surrounding area – photographs are essential! The Municipality is looking for 15 to 20 high-resolution images. Suggestions include photos from some of the many community events that Wawa hosts: Wawa Salmon Derby, Wawa Ice Fishing Derby, Boondocking, Wawa ...

Argonaut Gold Inc. is pleased to announce that it has executed a fixed bid engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning contract (the “EPC contract”) with Ausenco Engineering Canada Inc. (“Ausenco”), a leading engineering and construction management company, for the construction of the Magino processing facility and other parts of the Magino construction project.  The EPC contract totals approximately 40% of Magino’s ...