Local & Area News

Come out and support your local minor hockey players. There are games scheduled all day today: 11 – 2 p.m. Wawa Initiation (Timbits) vs Dubreuilville 1 – 2 p.m. Wawa Initiation (Timbits) vs Dubreuilville 2:30 – 4 p.m, Bantam Travellers vs Cochrane 5 – 6:30 p.m. Bantam Travellers vs Cochrane Go Travellers Go!

Weather – Light snow ending early this morning then clearing. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. Temperature falling to minus 16 this afternoon. Wind chill minus 21 this morning and minus 27 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Increasing cloudiness early this evening. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low minus 25. ...

Today, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement in response to the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) announcement of another one-day strike: “For the fifth time, OSSTF union leaders have directed their members to not show up to class. These union leaders will forcefully advocate for the interests of their members – from higher wages to enhanced ...

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) across North East Region (NER) conducted 1,638 Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) programs between November 23, 2019 and January 2, 2020. Officers arrested and charged 61 people for Impaired Driving related offences while another 30 motorists were issued various Automatic Drivers’ Licence Suspensions after registering in the warning range on the approved roadside screening device. ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 7 8 McCOY, Joe 2 6 8 KLOCKARS, Anna Lisa 3 5 7 HOFFMANN, Jim 4 4 7 BUCKELL, Chris 5 3 8 HALL, Dave 5 3 8 LESCHISHIN, Mark 7 2 8 TURMELLE, Katherine 8 1 8 Games – Thursday January 16, 2020 at 7 p.m. Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries this morning and early this afternoon with risk of freezing drizzle. Wind up to 15 km/h. Temperature falling to minus 5 this afternoon. Wind chill minus 12 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries this evening and after midnight. Light snow ...

Today, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement in response to heightened continued Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario escalation: “Families face union escalation far too often. It’s time for union leaders to end the games and the cyclical experience of escalation that hurts Ontario students.   Union leaders promised that their escalation would not impact students and their ...

Weather – Snow and local blowing snow. Amount 10 to 20 cm except 30 cm near Lake Superior. Wind becoming southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High minus 2. Wind chill minus 25 this morning and minus 9 this afternoon. Tonight – Snow ending overnight then cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Risk of freezing drizzle overnight. ...

A worker was killed while operating a loader with fork attachments at the company’s lumber mill at 175 Planer Road, Chapleau on May 25, 2018. Justice of the Peace Nathalie Breton fined Rayonier A.M. Canada Industries Inc. $250,000 in provincial offences court in Chapleau after a guilty plea was tendered. The court also imposed a 25-per-cent victim fine surcharge, which is then added ...

New Books on the 7- Day Shelf this week are; “Blue Moon” by Lee Child, “The Deserter” by Nelson Demille, “The Night Fire” by Michael Connelly and “What Rose Forgot” by Nevada Barr. Come on in and check it out! STAFF PICKS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY ARE: “I Invited Her In” by Adele Parks, “The Affair” by Lee Child, ...

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). The season of EPIPHANY from the Greek “to show forth” began on Monday, January 6. It commemorates the showing forth of the Infant ...

Weather -A mix of sun and cloud. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 15. Wind chill minus 28 this morning and minus 19 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness near midnight then periods of snow. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 28 with temperature rising to minus ...

Last summer was the first year that Agawa Indian Crafts and the Canadian Carver were not open for business. Many travelers and Wawaites were disappointed to not have this beautiful place to stop for a break – ice cream, free coffee – or best of all, a piece of smoked fish. For 48 years, first at Montreal River, then a ...

Since they have not yet reached an agreement with the government, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF), which represents support staff in all of Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon’ schools and at the board office, will conduct a one-day full strike and withdraw all services in certain regions of Ontario on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. The Algoma District is one ...

Team Rank Wins GP LESCHISHIN, Mark 1 7 8 FAHRER, Tom 2 6 8 TERRIS, Tom 3 5 7 RODY Ron 4 4 8 McCOY, Joe 5 3 8 MITRIKAS, Erik 5 3 8 BUMSTEAD, Aaron 7 2 7 TERRIS, Travis – ESC 8 1 8 Note: ESC = Ecole St. Joseph Skip Travis Terris201 Monday, January 13th Game Schedule ...