Local & Area News

Weather – Periods of snow or rain changing to periods of rain or drizzle near noon. Fog patches dissipating early this morning. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40. High plus 3. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Periods of rain or drizzle ending near midnight then cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h ...

The Easter Cross of Lights will again be placed above the front door of our Church.  If you wish to purchase a bulb in memory of someone the cost is $5.00 a bulb.  Please contact Maria Reid @ 705-856-2861.  The Cross will be lit on Palm Sunday. The U.C. W. requests that ALL items for the next Thrift Shop be saved at ...

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (March 23, 2020) would like to inform all stakeholders of its response to the current COVID-19 Pandemic.  To date no employees, contractors, or consultants directly involved with Wesdome, whether at corporate or at sites, have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Mr. Duncan Middlemiss, President and CEO stated, “These are unprecedented times and information and government actions are ...

Alamos Gold Inc.  today, (March 24, 2020) provided an update on the measures it has instituted to prevent the spread of COVID-19 including a 14 day suspension of operations at Island Gold. To date, Alamos has not had any confirmed cases of COVID-19 among any of its employees or contractors and has not experienced any impact to its operations or ...

Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High plus 3. Wind chill minus 10 this morning. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy overnight then periods of snow. Wind becoming south 20 km/h gusting to 40 this evening. Low zero. Statistics – News Tidbits – ...

This was posted by Garry Crawford, now retired, who was an officer at the Wawa OPP Detachment on FB. Wawa-news has shared it with his permission.     The Hunter’s Story If Memory serves me correctly it was on October the 9th, in the late 1970’s. Carl Norman, 36 and Ronald Frese, 28 of Akron, Ohio were flown into a ...

We will be open during our usual hours: Wed Mar 25th from 2-4 pm. Clients will be directed to enter one at a time, wash their hands, and keep a 2 meter distance from each other and our volunteers while waiting in line and inside the food bank. Clients will be able to leave their contact info with a Wawa ...

To further contain the spread of COVID-19, the Ontario Government will order the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces effective as of Tuesday, March 24th at 11:59 p.m. This closure will be in effect for 14 days with the possibility of extending this order as the situation evolves. A full list of businesses that are permitted to stay open will ...

On March 21, 2020 at approximately 6:45 p.m. members from the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Sault Ste. Marie Ambulance, Aweres Fire Department and Goulais River Fire Department responded to a report of a motorized snow vehicle collision in Aweres Township, Ontario.   The collision occurred on Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Club (OFSC) D trail ...

We understand that for many in our community this may be a stressful and frightening time. You may be unsure, whether you should come to the clinic or hospital if you are worried about coronavirus. If your symptoms are mild, please stay home. It may sound scary to not come to the hospital if you think you have the virus. ...

Congratulations to Spencer Jennings! Envelope #26 was opened for Spencer and revealed the Four of Clubs. In light of the current COVID-19 situation, LDHCF Catch the Ace will be temporarily suspended. When Catch the Ace resumes, it will pick up from where we left off and continue with our Week #11. The Jackpot sits at $7,003.50! The Foundation would like ...

I need everyone’s help in spreading a message to our community, as it is obvious in the last few days that many are missing the message and information given by our Canadian Government and Algoma Public Health. I am sure every business that has remained open would appreciate this message to be communicated to all as well. Please stop panic ...

Weather – Flurries. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this afternoon. High plus 1. Wind chill minus 9 this morning. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries early this evening. Clearing this evening. Fog patches developing after midnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low ...

Algoma communities and residents – please help amplify these two public health messages! Returning Algoma travellers – Welcome home!  Please stay home. Everyone in Algoma – Keep 2 metres apart!  Build community immunity with social distancing. Not everyone is connected online or to TV and radio.  Returning travellers might not know what’s been happening here at home.  Please help spread ...

Dear brother priests and deacons, dear parishioners, The COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, with rapid daily changes. I urge you to follow all guidelines and directives provided by our governments and our public health authorities. This situation compels us to make difficult but necessary pastoral decisions, in line with government orders and directives and in solidarity with all Canadians, in ...