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Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 13. Wind chill minus 28 this morning and minus 18 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Clear. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 27. Wind chill minus 21 this evening and minus 33 overnight. Risk of frostbite. News ...

Please be aware that the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre has experienced a partial failure of the condenser unit of the Arena and Curling’s Ice Plant. This is a critical piece of ice making equipment, and the replacement must take place on a short timeline, within the current ice season.   Staff have sourced a replacement unit and scheduled its installation ...

On April 3, 2019, there was a collision between a snowmobile and an Ontario Provincial Police cruiser on Highway 101 in Wawa. The snowmobile operator was transported to hospital where he was treated for multiple fractures of his left leg. While Director Joseph Martino has no doubt that the officer was driving dangerously in the moments before the collision, and ...

“Students belong in class. My objective has always been to reach deals with our education labour partners – deals that are fair to students, hard-working parents, and our valued teachers and education workers. I am pleased the mediator has called all parties back to the negotiating table, as we have always said, we stand ready to negotiate to reach a ...

Council will be holding two meetings tonight – a Corporate Planning Committee Meeting and a Council Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers. First is the Corporate Planning Meeting: Presentations from Mr. Dan Bruno regarding handicap parking; and the second from Kresin Engineering about THM Reduction Program. The committee will then receive reports and discuss:  Rotary Club of Wawa Radio ...

It has been many years since I watch the musical ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ at St. Joseph’s here in Wawa. I remember it being quite a fun show. In the Soo, Superior Heights OnStage presenting Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory from March 4-7th, 2020. Director Anthony Aceti is excited to present this year’s musical again at the Sault Community Theatre: “We’ve ...

I am constantly amazed at how much humans know and can do in this modern era. Not being satisfied with just normal intelligence, we felt a need to improve on it by creating artificial intelligence. I remember watching the old reruns of Star Trek when Mr. Spock could just ask the computer absolutely anything and he’d receive an instant reply. ...

Weather – Snow ending near noon then cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Amount 2 cm. Wind north 20 km/h. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 9 this morning and minus 15 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – partly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light after midnight. Low minus ...

Special weather statements in effect for: Chapleau – Gogama Elliot Lake – Ranger Lake Greater Sudbury and vicinity Kirkland Lake – Temiskaming Shores – Temagami Manitoulin – Blind River – Killarney Nipigon – Marathon – Superior North North Bay – West Nipissing Sault Ste. Marie – Superior East Timmins – Cochrane Wawa – White River – Pukaskwa Snow on the ...

Happy Family Day! Weather – Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Snow beginning late this afternoon. Wind becoming south 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High minus 5. Wind chill minus 26 this morning and minus 12 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Snow at times heavy. Local blowing snow this evening. Amount 10 ...

Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of flurries this morning. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light this morning. High minus 12. Wind chill minus 24 this morning and minus 15 this afternoon. UV index 2 or low. Tonight A few clouds. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 25. Wind chill minus 16 this evening ...

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 429 regrets to announce that the Lift is not operating at this time. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and are working to correct this as quickly as possible Thank You, Mary Anne Pearson

Weather – Snow and local blowing snow. Amount 5 cm. Wind southwest 40 km/h gusting to 70 diminishing to 20 gusting to 40 this afternoon. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 17 this morning and minus 9 this afternoon. Tonight – Flurries. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming northwest 20 gusting to 40 ...

Ontario is expanding mental health, addictions and well-being services for First Nations and Indigenous organizations, helping to provide culturally-appropriate services closer to home. Today, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, was joined by Ross Romano, Minister of Colleges and Universities and MPP for Sault Ste. Marie, and Michael Tibollo, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, at The ...

Today, Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation, issued the following statement after the Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety annual meeting: “Today, Transportation and Highway Safety Ministers from across Canada met to discuss how we will work together to enhance transportation safety, improve our roads, bridges, and transit, and get the people of Ontario and Canada to work ...