Local & Area News

New books on the 7-Day Shelf this week are “The Water Dancer” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell and “Final Option” by Clive Cussler. STAFF PICKS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY ARE: “Fractured” by Karin Slaughter and this week’s feature is “Texas Ranger” by James Patterson. From the book jacket: Officer Rory Yates is called home to settle ...

The congregation welcomes everyone to Worship at First United Church.  Services are held on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.  If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church (705-856-2926). A  Very  Special  THANK YOU to everyone who helped in so many ways with the recent THRIFT SHOP. Sat.       Feb.     08   Prayer Shawl Ministry – 3 ...

This week we were reminded of the horrors of WW2 with the remembrance of the liberation of Auswich concentration camp. Hopefully, we will never have something like it in the future. At the Branch, things are getting ready for the Winter Carnival. So did you get your tickets for the Valentine’s Dinner on February 14th. And are you ready for ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy. Flurries beginning this morning. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High minus 4. Wind chill minus 20 this morning and minus 10 this afternoon. Tonight – Flurries. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light near midnight. Low minus 10. Wind chill ...

Council is holding a Corporate Planning Committee Meeting and Council Meeting tonight in Council Chambers beginning at 6:30 p.m. In new business (Corporate Planning) Council will be receiving and discussing the Wawa Energy Conservation and Demand Management Plan, Main Street Funding Ontario, and the Northshore Liquefied Natural Gas Project – Shareholders Agreement. In the Council Meeting Council is expected to ...

The central agreement with the Education Workers’ Alliance of Ontario (EWAO) representing 3,975 education workers across the province, including education assistants, early childhood educators, professional services, custodial and maintenance staff, has been ratified by school boards and the unions and agreed to by the Government of Ontario. As the government did with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in ...

The Old Town Hall in Richards Landing will be hosting two concerts in February to kick off the 2020 Just Passin’ Through concert series with Benjamin Dakota Rogers on Feb. 11 and the Sultans of String on Feb. 22. The Township of St. Joseph Events Committee founded the Just Passin’ Through Concert Series in 2012 to bring music events to ...

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 10 12 TERRIS, Tom 2 9 11 LESCHISHIN, Mark 3 7 12 McCOY, Joe 4 5 12 MITRIKAS, Erik 4 5 12 RODY Ron 4 5 12 TERRIS, Travis – ESC 7 4 12 BUMSTEAD, Aaron 8 2 11 Next Games – Monday, February 10, 2020 at 7 p.m. Ice 1 Ice 2 ...

Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 9. Wind chill near minus 20. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Partly cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries overnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 19. Wind chill minus 18 this evening and minus 28 overnight. Risk of frostbite. News Tidbits – ...

  The Shadows of the Mind Film Festival is excited to announce the 2020 lineup: 29 select films from around the world, set to screen Feb. 22 to March 1 in Sault Ste. Marie. The 21st season kicks off on Saturday, Feb. 22 with the gala film Arab Blues at the Grand Theatre and catered after-party at the Sault Ste. Marie ...

On February 1, 2020, at approximately 9:10 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) checkpoint on Highway 17 near Wawa, Ontario. A vehicle entered the checkpoint and officers detected the odour of cannabis emanating from the vehicle. A subsequent search of the vehicle led to the discovery of ...

  Ontario Public School Board Association (OPSBA) held their 2020 Public Education Symposium (PES) last month in Toronto, in partnership with the Association des conseils scolaires des écoles publiques de l’Ontario (ACÉPO).   One of the highlights of the PES each year is awarding the OPSBA President’s Award.  This year, Algoma District School Board (ADSB) Trustee Russell Reid, was one ...

Those who read this weekly column have little doubt on how much pride I take in being from Northern Ontario. Some may wonder the reason that I love to share such sentiments and emotions. Quite simply, as is frequently the case, we often take for granted some of the things we treasure most until we don’t have them. Being first ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries early this morning. Flurries beginning this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 2. Wind chill minus 11 this morning and minus 5 this afternoon. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries this evening and after midnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 13. Wind chill minus ...