Weather advisory for Northern Ontario Updated by Environment Canada at 8:22 p.m. EST Tuesday 15 January 2019. ——————————————————————— Weather advisory for: =New= Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay =New= Timmins – Cochrane – Iroquois Falls =New= Gogama – Foleyet =New= Elliot Lake – Ranger Lake Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Marathon – Schreiber Wawa – White ...
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Winter Weather Travel Advisory
6:53 PM EST Tuesday 15 January 2019 Weather advisory in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Winter Weather Travel Advisory in effect for this evening. Brief but intense snowfall could affect road conditions and visibilities this evening. Sudden reduced visibilities due to heavy snow are likely this evening as a cold front moves over the area. ...
Read More »SE OPP Hornepayne- Sunday Drive results in Impaired Charges
On Sunday, January 13, 2019, at approximately 2:00 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a pickup truck driving extremely slow and crossing centre line on Third Avenue in Hornepayne, Ontario. A traffic stop was initiated to ensure the sobriety of the driver. After speaking with the driver, officers demanded a breath sample to ...
Read More »SE OPP White River – Suspend ed Driver caught Stunt Driving
On Thursday, January 10, 2019, members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting stationary radar on Highway 17 in White River Township, Ontario. Officers observed an eastbound motor vehicle driving at a high rate of speed and initiated a traffic stop. As a result of the investigation, Wenhao WANG, 21 years of age from North ...
Read More »Men’s Curling Standings – January 15
Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 7 9 McCOY, Joe 1 7 9 ECOLE ST. JOSEPH 3 6 9 TERRIS, Tom 4 5 8 LESCHISHIN, Mark 5 4 9 MITRIKAS, Eric 6 3 9 DERESKI, Louis 7 2 8 MOORE, Bruce 8 1 9 GAMES SCHEDULE – January 21, 2019 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 Fahrer ...
Read More »Friday Mixed Bowling League Stats – January 11
Men’s High Single – Dave Casavant ( 318 ) Women’s High Single – Mary Ellen Douchamie ( 283 ) Men’s High Triple – Dave Casavant ( 717 ) Women’s High Triple – Mary Ellen Douchamie ( 695 ) Team High Single ( Hdcp’d ) – Wilderness Helicopters Strike Force – ( 1412 ) Team High Triple ( Hdcp’d ) – ...
Read More »Council Meeting Tonight – January 15
CALL TO ORDER & NOTE MEMBERS PRESENT PRESENTATIONS REVIEW OF ADDENDUM & APPROVAL OF AGENDA Approval of the Agenda (resolution) ANNOUNCEMENTS, GIVING OF NOTICE AND SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS Library Board Meeting – Monday, January 21, 2018, at 7:00 p.m., Wawa Public Library Corporate Planning / Policy Manual Committee Meeting – Tuesday, January 22, 2018, at 6:00 p.m., Council Chambers Heritage ...
Read More »Tuesday Morning News – January 15
Weather – Cloudy. Periods of snow beginning late this morning. Amount 2 cm. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 20 in the morning and minus 10 in the afternoon. Tonight – Periods of snow ending after midnight then clearing. Amount 2 cm. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming ...
Read More »Clinics & Back to School
Most of us have by now taken down our Christmas trees, packed away the decorations and polished off any remaining Christmas baking left in the cookie tins. Hopefully, too, you have stored away a host of wonderful memories of time spent with family and friends. And now, it is up to all of us to fan the embers of warmth ...
Read More »Mixed Curling Standings – January 11
Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 6 7 LESCHISHIN, Mark 2 5 7 McCOY, Joe 2 5 7 BUCKELL, Chris 4 4 7 HALL, Dave 5 3 7 KLOCKARS, Anna-Lise 5 3 7 SPENCER, Diane 5 3 7 BOYD, Katherine 8 2 8 HOFFMANN, Jim 9 1 7 Schedule for Thursday – January 17, 2019 Ice 1 Ice 2 ...
Read More »Monday Morning News – January 14
Weather – Periods of light snow. Risk of freezing drizzle this morning. Local amount 2 cm. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light early this morning. Temperature steady near minus 4. Wind chill near minus 10. Tonight – Clearing this evening. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 18. Wind chill minus 23 in the evening and minus 17 overnight. Light ...
Read More »Wawa Minor Hockey Today
The Wawa Tidbits and Wawa Novice have games scheduled today at the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre. Wawa Timbits vs Chapleau Timbits 11-12 and at 1-2 Wawa Novice vs Chapleau Novice 12-1 and 2-3. Come out and enjoy the games.
Read More »Ontario Protecting Steel Industry Jobs in Sault Ste. Marie
Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines visited Algoma Steel Inc. to announce a $60 million repayable loan from the provincial government yesterday, January 10, 2019. “Our government is committed to ensuring Algoma Steel remains competitive and sustainable in a tough market,” said Minister Rickford. “The investment announced today secures thousands of jobs and pensions and signals ...
Read More »SE OPP – Festive Ride Statistics
The Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has conducted 190 hours of Festive RIDE “Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere” during this year’s annual campaign. The campaign started November 23, 2018 and ran through to January 2, 2019. During this year’s campaign, officers have issued: one impaired by alcohol charge one breath refusal charge one 7-day warn range suspension ...
Read More »SE OPP – December Statistics
During the month of December 2018, the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to approximately 523 calls for service. Some of those calls included the following: 10 violence related incidents 11 property related occurrences seven drug related cases 18 motor vehicle collisions one impaired by alcohol incident one 7-day warn range suspension 140 “Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere” ...
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