Local & Area News

Weather – Rain showers or flurries. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High plus 3. Tonight – Rain showers or flurries. Fog patches. Low zero. News Tidbits – Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Council will receive the 2020 preliminary budget tonight – with a proposed 3.05 per cent municipal levy increase. Bruce Mines is holding their annual Holy Walk on Friday, Nov. ...

The Algoma Agricultural Sector Development Project is a product of the current social movement to a more sustainable, nutritious food system that focuses on local food sovereignty. The first part of the project focuses on the desires of consumers and local retailers and the human capital needs of producers and processors (both in the form of training and skilled workers) ...

  The Kindergarten students at Sir James Dunn had a surprise visitor to their classroom.  This adorable little Fire Shark was brought in by a little friend with a note attached that stated that this shark was created by his mom to support our inquiry into sharks and that friends could share the new and exciting shark facts that they ...

Weather – Periods of wet snow. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40. High plus 1. Wind chill minus 8 this morning. Tonight – Periods of wet snow. Fog patches developing late this evening. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low minus 1. Wind chill minus 5 overnight.  

15 Semi Finals 9:00 AM 1st Pool ‘A’ Winner Game # 13 16 Semi Finals 10:00 AM 1st Pool ‘B’ Winner Game # 14 Break 11:00 AM 17 Championship 12:00 PM Winner Game # 15 VS Winner Game #16  

Sault College and Laurentian University have joined together to sign another academic agreement in support of enhanced student learning. Through this expanded partnership, eligible graduates of Sault College’s two year Social Service Worker – Indigenous Specialization (SSW-IS) program can move on to complete a Bachelor of Indigenous Social Work at Laurentian University in an additional two years! As an added ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. KLOCKARS, Anna Lisa 1 2 2 McCOY, Joe 1 2 2 TERRIS, Tom 1 2 2 HALL, Dave 4 1 2 HOFFMANN, Jim 4 1 2 BUCKELL, Chris 6 0 ] LESCHISHIN, Mark 6 0 2 TURMELLE, Katherine 6 0 2 Game Schedule for November 21st Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 Bye Leschishin ...

As digital technology advances, the cyber realm becomes easier for criminals to exploit and extort victims.   Scammers are now using local OPP numbers as a call display number to make the public believe that the police are phoning them. The scammers are trying to get personal information from the public under the guise of being an official member of the ...

5 9:00 AM Moose on the Loose vs Power Ninjas 6 10:00 AM Loafers vs Excuses 7 11:00 AM Polar Vortex vs Stacked Like Pancakes 8 12:00 PM Franco Fun vs Twisted Teats Break 1:00 PM 9 2:00 PM Moose on the Loose vs Polar Vortex 10 3:00 PM Twisteted Teats vs Loafers 11 4:00 PM Power Ninjas vs Stacked ...

Weather – Increasing cloudiness. 60 percent chance of flurries this afternoon. Wind becoming south 20 km/h gusting to 40 this afternoon. High minus 2. Wind chill minus 26 this morning and minus 8 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40. Temperature steady near minus ...

Today, November 15th is National Philanthropy Day. In honour of all of the volunteers at the Lady Dunn Health Centre Auxiliary, Foundation and all local charities in the community, a small celebration will be held at the Lady Dunn Health Centre lobby with cake and punch starting at 1PM to thank them for all their hard work and dedication.

Harte Gold has announced the financial and operational results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.  In their third quarter highlights they note that there were no lost-time injuries reported, production grew (mined tonnes and processing tonnes improved by 9% and 6% respectively), revenues increased over the previous quarter by 22% while production costs remained stable. Sam Coetzer, ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries this morning. Clearing near noon. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this afternoon. Temperature falling to minus 12 this morning then rising. Wind chill minus 16 this morning and minus 22 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – A few clouds. Wind up to 15 ...

Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement in response to Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario’s (ETFO) notification of job action: “It is disappointing that ETFO has decided to escalate to a partial withdrawal of services, which hurts our kids, despite a limited number of outstanding items at the table. The Government and the Council of Trustees’ Association (CTA) ...

Nov 15, 2019 @ 01:55 At 1:30 a.m. Highway 17 between Batchawana and Wawa reopened. Nov 14, 2019 @ 23:30 Highway 17 between Wawa and White River has been reopened. Nov 14, 2019 @ 21:15 At 8:15 this evening, Highway 17 was closed from Batchawana to White River due to poor weather conditions. Hwy 17 at Steel River Bridge between Terrace ...