Local & Area News

Algoma Public Health is reporting three new COVID-19 cases in the Algoma district. Details of confirmed cases:   Case Number  Exposure Category  Status   Tested               Important Information Case #18 International Travel Self-isolating May 12, 2020 Close contacts have been notified All returning international travellers must stay home and self-isolate for 14 days All Algoma residents must ...

Algoma Steel Inc. (Algoma Steel) announced today they have signed a new four-year iron ore pellet purchase agreement with United States Steel Corporation. The contract replaces contracts that expire at the end of this year and provides Algoma Steel with surety of supply of quality iron ore pellets through to the close of the 2024 shipping season. Algoma Steel CEO ...

After many years of serving the local community as a volunteer, and after hearing from countless Métis citizens, Mitch Case has put his name forward to become the Region 4 Councillor on the Provisional Council of the Métis Nation of Ontario. “When your elders encourage you to do something, in our culture, you don’t say no. So many of our ...

Today is the fifteenth day of the North Algoma Wellness Challenge. Some of yesterday’s submissions are in the gallery above. The Reenacment Challenge was won Maxime Dechamplain and her family with a great Lion King reenactment. Today’s Challenge is another Game Night! Participants are asked to pullout their board games, card, puzzles or virtually play a gam with friends. To participate ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) reported a new COVID-19 case in a resident in the Algoma District. APH states that Case #17 is self isolating, with close contacts having been notified of their possible exposure. There is no defining information other than this ‘unknown’ exposure is evidence of ongoing community spread in Sault Ste. Marie & Area. Algoma District residents are warned ...

Weather – Cloudy. 70 percent chance of showers or drizzle this morning. Fog patches dissipating this afternoon. High 15. UV index 4 or moderate. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Fog patches developing near midnight. Low plus 3.   Statistics from Algoma Public Health (Updated: May 14, 2020 at 4:50 p.m.) Algoma regions where residents have tested positive for COVID-19 include the following: Sault ...

The Provincial government has just announced that beginning May 17th, Ontario Northland will begin providing permanent intercommunity bus service from White River to Thunder Bay with three return trips per week. On May 18th, bus service from Thunder Bay to Winnipeg will begin with two return trips per week. Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation announced, “People in Northern Ontario deserve access ...

Today is the fourteenth day of the North Algoma Wellness Challenge. Some of yesterday’s submissions are in the gallery above. The Picnic Day was won by Heather Watson-Crawford and her family.  Today’s Challenge is to create a reenactment. Participants are asked to reenact their favorite movie scene, famous photo or character! To participate in the North Algoma Wellness Challenge follow the ...

  Junior and senior Kindergarten students at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) garden students have participated in various theme days since the closing of schools in March and the launch of home-based distance learning. The students have had the chance to meet virtually and participate in many fun activities including dancing, a pajama day, virtual bingo and a virtual show! With the ...

  Les élèves de la maternelle/jardin de l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont vécu plusieurs journées thèmes de façon virtuelle depuis la fermeture des écoles en mars et le lancement du programme d’apprentissage à distance. Les élèves se sont rencontrés de façon virtuelle pour faire de nombreuses activités y compris de la danse, une journée pyjamas, un bingo virtuel ainsi qu’un spectacle ...

Weather – Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning this morning. Wind becoming south 20 km/h gusting to 40 early this morning then light late this afternoon. High 7. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Periods of rain ending this evening then cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers or drizzle. Fog patches developing this evening. Low plus 3.   Statistics from ...

On November 25, 2019, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a 911 call reporting that the driver of a U-Haul truck had filled up at a gas station on Highway 17 in White River and left without paying. An officer who was in the area spotted the truck and initiated a brief pursuit, which was terminated soon after. At some ...

Le 25 novembre 2019, la Police provinciale de l’Ontario a reçu un appel au 9-1-1 signalant que le conducteur d’un camion U-Haul avait fait le plein à une station-service sur la route 17, à White River, et était parti sans payer. Un agent qui se trouvait dans le secteur a repéré le camion et a lancé une brève poursuite, à ...

Angus Ventures Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement, pursuant to which the Company will acquire the Ellen Creek Gold Property (“Ellen Creek”) held by a private individual (the “Vendor”).  Ellen Creek is located 3 kilometres east of the Mishi open pit mine of Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd., a producing gold mine,  and consists ...

On May 12, 2020, at approximately 12:15 p.m., a member of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 17 approximately 10 km south of Wawa. An officer observed a northbound sport utility vehicle operating at a high rate of speed and initiated a traffic stop. While speaking with the occupants, officers detected ...