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Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. 40 percent chance of flurries late this afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 14. Wind chill minus 30 this morning and minus 22 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Flurries. Risk of snow squalls overnight. Local amount 5 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. ...

Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, has issued the following statement in response to the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) announcement of continued job action: “OSSTF union leadership have made clear that they will continue to take job action—which hurts students most—unless taxpayers accept their demand of $7 billion in enhancements to salaries, benefits, and other entitlements. If there were ...

Weather – Periods of snow. Wind becoming north 20 km/h this afternoon. Temperature falling to minus 15 this afternoon. Wind chill minus 18 this morning and minus 26 this afternoon. Tonight – Flurries. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light near midnight. Low minus 23. Wind chill minus 26 this evening and minus 32 overnight. Risk of frostbite. News Tidbits – ...

5:05 AM EST Saturday 14 December 2019 Freezing drizzle advisory in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Freezing drizzle early this morning. Patchy freezing drizzle will continue over the area early this morning before transitioning over to periods of light snow by mid to ...

Weather – chill minus 19 this morning and minus 14 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Periods of snow. Amount 2 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 15. Wind chill minus 15 this evening and minus 23 overnight.   Don’t Forget – Northern Credit Union Ambassadors with students Ecole Ste, Joseph and Michipicoten High School ...

  On December 3rd, 2019, the Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation, along with its partner Northern Lights Ford kicked off the giving season with its GivingTuesday appeal.  The Foundation’s goal was to raise $1,000 in 24 hours and Northern Lights Ford agreed to match up to $250 if the goal was reached.  Thanks to the support of donors, the goal ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. McCOY, Joe 1 5 6 TERRIS, Tom 1 5 6 HALL, Dave 3 3 6 HOFFMANN, Jim 3 3 5 KLOCKARS, Anna Lisa 3 3 5 BUCKELL, Chris 6 2 6 LESCHISHIN, Mark 7 1 6 TURMELLE, Katherine 7 1 6   Note: Games Start 7:00 PM. Games – Thursday December 19, 2019   Ice 1 ...

Dec 12, 2019 @ 10:12 After 27 hours of closure due to weather conditions, Highway 17 between Wawa and Batchawana has been reopened. Please drive with care. Remember that the moose are out and about – two have been killed between Wawa and White River this morning, and one last night. Dec 12, 2019 @ 05:16 Highway  17 remains closed ...

  Le 6 décembre dernier, des membres du club Maria Chapdelaine de Chapleau ont rendu visite aux élèves de l’école Sacré-Cœur (Chapleau) pour jouer des parties de cribbage. Tous les participants se sont bien amusés lors de ces parties intergénérationnels. Les joueurs débutants ont bénéficié grandement de jouer avec des joueurs plus chevronnés dans le partage de trucs et d’astuces. ...

  On December 6, members of Chapleau’s Maria Chapdelaine Club visited the students of École Sacré-Coeur (Chapleau) to play a few games of cribbage. All the participants had a great deal of fun during this intergenerational exchange. Younger  players greatly benefited from playing with more experienced players who generously shared tips and tricks. Members of the Club Maria Chapdelaine will ...

On Thursday, NDP MPP for Windsor-Tecumseh, Percy Hatfield, will debate his private member’s bill to create a Poet Laureate of Ontario, and establish the role in memory of Gord Downie, late frontman of The Tragically Hip. The  beloved singer and iconic frontman for the Juno Award-winning Kingston band, Downie was also a published poet.   “Naming the Poet Laureate Bill after ...

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie commenced Operation Taconite, Wednesday, in response to expanded ice growth in the commercial ports of western Lake Superior. As one of two ice breaking operations that support the Great Lakes, Operation Taconite encompasses Lake Superior, St. Marys River, Straits of Mackinac, Georgian Bay, Green Bay, northern Lake Huron, and Lake Michigan. Ice breaking operations are based on the following order of priorities: ...

Weather – Flurries. Local amount 2 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 10. Wind chill minus 25 this morning and minus 14 this afternoon. Tonight – A few flurries ending this evening then mainly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 14. Wind chill minus 15 this evening and minus 20 overnight. 4:53 AM EST Thursday 12 ...

Red Pine Exploration Inc. is pleased to announce that its ownership interest in its gold mineral property near Wawa, Ontario has increased from 60% to 64.5% as a result of Red Pine’s joint venture partner, Citabar Limited Partnership’s  election under the joint venture agreement effective August 15, 2015, a copy of which is filed under the Company’s profile on www.SEDAR.com, not ...

Dec 12, 2019 @ 05:15 4:53 AM EST Thursday 12 December 2019 Snow squall warning in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Snow squalls continue this morning. Snow squalls will persist for areas east of Lake Superior this morning. An additional 10 to 15 cm of accumulation will be possible locally. ...