Local & Area News

An individual from Wawa is facing criminal charges after their involvement in a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) investigation. On May 15, 2024, shortly before 6:00 p.m., the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), along with members of the Superior East OPP Detachment, executed a search warrant at a residence on Winston Road in ...

Weather: Today – Cloudy. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon. High 13. UV index 4 or moderate. Tonight – Increasing cloudiness early this evening. 30 percent chance of showers overnight. Fog patches developing overnight. Low 6. News Tidbits: The fire hazard varies from moderate to high across the Northeast Region with pockets of low fire hazard around ...

Tickets are selling fast for Harvest Algoma’s newest fundraising event to support their mission of feeding community members and promoting sustainable food practices.   “A Night at Harvest: Greenhouse Fundraiser Dinner & Silent Auction” offers an evening of culinary delights and charitable giving. Attendees can expect a culinary journey, featuring fresh, seasonal ingredients sourced directly from Harvest Algoma’s greenhouse and ...

A  reminder to residents of a portion of Third Avenue between A Street and Mackey Street that Algoma Power requires an electrical service interruption for customers today between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Algoma Power is doing a line upgrade. Algoma Power cautions that, “For safety reasons please do not perform any work in conjunction with this outage.  All customer ...

Students from École Sacré-Cœur in Chapleau distinguished themselves at the Franco-Ontarian Chess Tournament held from 8 to 10 May in Haileybury. A team from the school played brilliantly and won the silver medal. No fewer than nine students from the school were selected to take part in the provincial tournament.   The students’ success is the result of many hours ...

Les élèves de l’école Sacré-Cœur à Chapleau se sont distingués lors du Tournoi d’échecs franco-ontarien tenu du 8 au 10 mai à Haileybury. Une équipe de l’école a joué avec brio a remporté la médaille d’argent. Pas moins que neuf élèves de l’école furent sélectionnés pour participer au tournoi provincial. Le succès des élèves est le fruit de nombreuses heures ...

On May 13, 2024, shortly after 1:00 p.m., police observed a car being operated by an individual known to police who was found to be prohibited from driving Canada-wide. The car then pulled into a driveway on Axmith Avenue in the City of Elliot Lake and a further query of the prohibited driver revealed there were several outstanding warrants for ...

Over the past few weeks, the 70th MHS Reunion Committee put an urgent call out for MHS Alumni to register for the 70th Reunion to be held July 5th, 6th, and 7th, 2024. The committee required 45o registrants to pull off this event. Unfortunately, by the deadline yesterday, only 35o had registered. After meeting, the committee announced last night on ...

Weather: Today – Mainly sunny. Increasing cloudiness late this morning. Wind southeast 20 km/h becoming southwest 20 late this morning. High 17. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – Cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers overnight. Low 9. News Tidbits: Congratulations to Peter Chiu of Elliot Lake. He matched the last six of seven ENCORE numbers in exact order in ...

NOSM University and OPSEU/SEFPO Local 677, Unit 2, are pleased to announce the ratification of a four-year collective agreement. Local 677 represents 161 staff including office, clerical, administrative, technical, and service employees at NOSM University. This is their fifth collective agreement. Both OPSEU/SEFPO members and NOSM University’s Board of Governors (Executive Committee) voted in favour of ratifying the new collective ...

  The Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation was chosen by the local Tim Hortons as the 2024 recipient of the Smile Cookie Campaign. This is an annual campaign that takes place at every Tim Hortons in Canada. All proceeds from the special and lovingly decorated Smile Cookies are donated to that year’s chosen charity. Foundation board members, family, friends, students ...

Over 300 young chess masters will meet in Wawa on Thursday, May 23, for the eighth Franco-Nord-Ouest Chess Tournament. The competition, hosted by Wawa’s École Saint-Joseph, will attract francophone students from the following elementary and secondary schools: École Ste-Marie (Azilda), École Sacré-Cœur (Chapleau), ÉSC Trillium (Chapleau), École Alliance St-Joseph (Chelmsford), École St-Joseph (Dubreuilville), École La Renaissance (Espanola), École Notre-Dame (Hamner), ...

Le jeudi 23 mai, pas moins de 300 jeunes maîtres d’échecs se réuniront à Wawa afin de participer au huitième Tournoi d’échecs Franco-Nord-Ouest. Présentée par l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa), cette compétition réunira des élèves francophones provenant des écoles élémentaires et secondaires suivantes: Ste-Marie (Azilda), Sacré-Cœur (Chapleau), ÉSC Trillium (Chapleau), Alliance St-Joseph (Chelmsford), St-Joseph (Dubreuilville), La Renaissance (Espanola), Notre-Dame (Hamner), Saint Nom ...

Alamos Gold Inc. has reported new results from its underground exploration program at the Young-Davidson mine. Underground exploration drilling from the mid-mine intersected a new style of higher-grade gold mineralization in zones within the hanging wall of the Young-Davidson deposit. These zones are located between 10 and up to 200 metres (“m”) south of existing infrastructure and Mineral Reserves and ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is proud to announce Police Week, which runs May 12 – 18, 2024. This year, the theme is “Join Policing: Keep Ontario Safe,” emphasizing policing as both a career and a public service. Every hour of every day of the year, in Canada from coast to coast, thousands of police officers risk their lives to ...