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Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. Becoming cloudy this afternoon with 60 percent chance of showers late this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming south 30 km/h gusting to 50 this afternoon. High 18. UV index 6 or high. Tonight – Periods of rain. Risk of a thunderstorm late this evening and after midnight. Wind south ...

Weather – A mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High 15. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Becoming clear this evening. Increasing cloudiness before morning. Fog patches developing after midnight. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 7.   Statistics ...

Peacefully passed away at home in Toronto. Beloved son of the late Alice Skouris. Father of Matthew Harris. Dear brother of Margaret (Joe), Brenda (Joe), Gary (Christine), Dan, Doug (Theresa), Carole, Peter and Geraldine (Steve). Uncle, great uncle and cousin to many. Friend of Dina. A graveside service will be held in Hawk Junction at Pine Grove Cemetery on Saturday, ...

Manitou Gold Inc. is pleased to announce that it has intersected significant gold mineralization of 15.7 g/t gold over 0.7 metres within a wider mineralized interval of 18.0 metres at its 100% owned Goudreau project, located 50 km northeast of Wawa, Ontario. Results reported herein represent partial results of a 60 metre wide drill intercept at the Patents property. Highlights: ...

Weather – Cloudy. Rain beginning early this morning. Risk of a thunderstorm. Wind south 40 km/h gusting to 80 becoming west 50 gusting to 80 this afternoon. High 15. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Rain ending this evening then cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind northwest 40 km/h gusting to 70 becoming light this evening. Low ...

The Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation has just recently closed off their first Catch the Ace raffle due to the current COVID-19 restrictions. Seeing what great success it was, the Foundation is moving forward with another Catch the Ace raffle, however, this one will be exclusively online! Holding the Catch the Ace raffle exclusively online ensures the safety of everyone ...

WAWA PUBLIC LIBRARY SUMMER PROGRAMS:  Summer Reading Program has come to an end! Thanks to everyone who joined our lives and entered our reading jar contest! Our winners for the tablet and candy were Riley, Isla, and Lachlan. Thanks again to Wesdome, Brookfield and the Rotary Club for donating to help us get these awesome prizes and materials for our ...

Now September is here and another season is starting (FALL?). So we hope to see soon a end to Covid19 and get things back to normal. At the Branch we  will have our first membership meeting on September 10th. And hope to see a good turn out as our future will depend on how we deal with social distancing and ...

This is the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Although we cannot meet for Worship together you may like to read the Scriptures for September 06, 2020. Exodus 12: 1-14           Instructions for the first Passover. Psalm 149                    Sing to God a new song. Romans 13: 8-14         Owe no one anything but love. Matthew 18: 15-20    Where two or three are gathered in my ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers this morning. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 18. UV index 4 or moderate. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low 10.   Statistics from Algoma Public Health Tested (1) 25,530 Positive 28 Negative 25,302 Deceased 0 Resolved (2) 27   ...

On August 31, 2020, at approximately 3:20 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received information regarding a vehicle that had been reported stolen from Thessalon earlier in the day. The vehicle was located on Highway 101 approximately 20 kilometres west of Chapleau. The lone occupant of the vehicle surrendered to police without incident. As ...

  On August 6th, the Municipality had to close the bathrooms at Lion’s Beach due to vandalism. At that time, Alex Patterson, Directer of Community Services and Tourism explained that several items within the facility had been broken, causing unsanitary / unsafe conditions forcing the closure. Today, due to constant vandalism over the past month, the Lions Beach dock was ...

SAH’s popular 50/50 draw has a new feature. This month, September features $1,000 Thursdays! Early purchasers will be eligible to win that week’s $1,000 gift package ($500 cash and two $250 gift cards to local businesses), and the following. So if you purchase tickets today, September 1st you will be eligible for all four early birds, as well as the monthly grand prize! ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h near noon. High 19. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – Increasing cloudiness. 70 percent chance of showers before morning. Wind south 20 km/h. Low 13.   Statistics from Algoma Public Health Tested (1) 25,387 Positive 28 Negative 24,872 Deceased 0 Resolved (2) 27   Updated: August ...

  The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) joins individuals and organizations worldwide to mark International Overdose Awareness Day, held each year on August 31. Observers of an overdose may hesitate to call 911 in fear of police involvement. To encourage people to seek life-saving assistance, the OPP is reminding citizens of the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act (GSDOA). In 2019, the ...