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Weather – Today will see flurries with risk of snow squalls. Local amount 10 cm. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h this morning. Temperature steady near minus 1. Wind chill near minus 9. Tonight – Periods of light snow. Risk of snow squalls early this evening. Local amount 2 cm. Wind north 20 km/h. Low minus 13. Wind chill minus 9 ...

Snow squall watch in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Agawa – Lake Superior Park Brief, intense snowfall is expected to develop. Under the snow squall, visibilities will be significantly reduced due to the heavy snow. Frontal Snow Squall watch in effect. Conditions are expected to become favourable for a brief but intense snow squall to ...

  Last night, December 3rd, the 2018-21 Wawa Municipal Councillors took their oath of office.   Acting CAO Cathy Cyr brought the meeting to order, and took oaths from Councillors Bill Chiasson, Micheline “Mitch” Hatfield, Robert Reece, Pat Tait, and aclaimed Mayor Ron Rody.     Reverend Peter Chalykoff began by saying that this was an honour, the third council ...

Welcome to the all-new Algoma Steel Inc.! As of November 30th, 2018, Algoma Steel Inc. purchased substantially all of the assets of Essar Steel Algoma Inc. Today we are stronger, more sustainable, and free from the protection of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). Algoma Steel is now privately owned by a solid group of investors who are committed to ...

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 4 5 LESCHISHIN, Mark 2 3 5 McCOY, Joe 2 3 5 TERRIS, Tom 2 3 5 DERESKI, Louis 5 2 5 ECOLE ST. JOSEPH 5 2 5 MITRIKAS, Eric 5 2 5 MOORE, Bruce 8 1 5 GAMES SCHEDULE – December 103, 2018     Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice ...

Weather – Today will be mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries late this morning and this afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 2. Wind chill minus 14 in the morning and minus 7 in the afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight, flurries are expected. Local amount 5 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 5. ...

Algoma Public Health is warning anyone who uses street drugs to take extra precautions at this time because there has been a rise in suspected opioid poisonings. Algoma Public Health is also asking all members of the community to continue their support for residents at risk of opioid poisonings and their loved ones. From November 26th to December 2nd, the ...

A special ‘inaugural’ council meeting will be held tonight in council chambers at 6 p.m. Agenda (1) CALL TO ORDER & NOTE MEMBERS PRESENT 1.1 Cathy Cyr, Acting CAO/Deputy Clerk (2) DECLARATION OF ELECTED OFFICE AND OATH OR AFFIRMATION OF ALLEGIANCE 2.1 Council Elect – Bill Chiasson, Mitch Hatfield, Robert Reece, Pat Tait; Mayor Elect – Ron Rody 2.2  Blessing, ...

Weather – Today A mix of sun and cloud. 40 percent chance of flurries early this morning. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this morning. High minus 5. Wind chill minus 15 in the morning and minus 9 in the afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness before morning. Wind up ...

On November 29, 2018, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment responded to a traffic complaint regarding a possible impaired driver. Police located the vehicle and performed a traffic stop on Algoma Avenue in Wawa, Ontario. As a result of the investigation, the driver was issued a seven-day roadside driver’s licence suspension. This incident is a good ...

Winter keeps trying to happen and the ice has begun to form on smaller lakes. This weekend though, there were two potentially serious incidents.   On Saturday, December 1, 2018, at 9:56 a.m., members of the James Bay Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of someone in distress on the Moose River, near the shore ...

Today, Ontario’s Government for the People is taking its next step in opposing the federal government’s unconstitutional carbon tax, which threatens Ontario jobs and would make life less affordable for families each time they leave home. “Most of Canada’s progress towards meeting its greenhouse gas emission targets is due to action Ontario has taken without having to resort to a ...

On Friday November 23, 2018, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment responded to a traffic complaint regarding possible impaired driver. The driver was reported to be operating a snowmobile erratically within the town of Wawa. Officers located the snowmobile and driver at a local residence. As a result of this investigation, Colton VALLIERE (25) of Wawa, ...

The Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation has launched its annual “Wish Upon a Star” Campaign.  For every gift made to the 2018 Wish Campaign, a star will be displayed on the Foundation Wish Tree in the hospital lobby. At the admitting desk, stars can be inscribed in your name, in memory of loved ones, or in honour of someone special.  ...

Today, Sault College proudly welcomed the Pan-Northern Mining Research Alliance to campus to showcase its state-of-the-art process automation lab, robotics research lab and instrumentation lab. The tour kicked off the Alliance’s fall meeting taking place today in Sault Ste. Marie, which will see leaders from the participating eleven colleges and universities, government and the mining sector come together in support ...