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Weather – Increasing cloudiness. 60 percent chance of showers in the afternoon. High 21. UV index 6 or high. Night – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers in the evening. Fog patches developing near midnight. Low 11.   News Tidbits – A Soo couple managed to swim in all 5 Great Lakes in the same day. Quite an item ...

This week I was successful in arranging for some actual time to be in my constituency office to tend to a wide variety of matters that I am unable to attend to while on the road. As such, finding time to actually be in my constituency office is no small task. Sometimes I need my staff to actually block off ...

  The award-winning music of Guelph folk duo Tragedy Ann inspires chills, provokes smiles, and reminds you to breathe. With the occasional nod to alt. blues and handshake with contemporary folk-rock, Liv Cazzola and Braden Phelan intertwine the storytelling power of Tom Waits with the musical nuance of Mandolin Orange, crafting something simultaneously familiar and fresh. Rooted in passionate vocal ...

There was one new forest fire discovered by late afternoon on August 18. Timmins 18 is under control at 0.1 of a hectare. It is located south of Lower Footprint Lake. At the time of this update, there are two other active wildland fires in the region. Timmins 15 is under control at 0.6 of a hectare. It is located ...

Weather – Sunny. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud near noon. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High 21. UV index 6 or high. Tonight – A few clouds. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low 14.

There was one new forest fire discovered by late afternoon on August 17. Wawa 9 is not yet under control at 0.1 of a hectare. It is located south of Kabinakagami Lake. At the time of this update, there are five other active wildland fires in the region. Chapleau 10 is under control at 0.3 of a hectare. It is ...

Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. Becoming cloudy this afternoon with 70 percent chance of showers later this afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming south 20 km/h this morning. High 22. Humidex 28. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight – showers ending near midnight then partly cloudy. Risk of thunderstorms ...

On August 17, 2019, at approximately 2:04 a.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a motor vehicle collision on Superior Street in White River Township, Ontario. Two pedestrians were struck by a motor vehicle on Superior Street near the intersection of Monck Street. Both pedestrians sustained non-life threatening injuries and were taken by Algoma ...

There were three new fires discovered by late afternoon on August 15. Chapleau 9 is not yet under control at 0.1 of a hectare. It is located southeast of Ridout Lake. Chapleau 10 is not yet under control at 0.3 of a hectare. It is located on a small island of Kashbogama Lake. Timmins 15 is not yet under control ...

Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h near noon. High 21. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers and risk of a thunderstorm. Low 15. News Tidbits – The new Rotary District 6290 Governor Dave Thomas visited with the Rotary Club of Wawa this week. He ...

On August 15, 2019, members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a theft call at a Bell tower site near Montreal River Harbour, Ontario. Six reels of copper wire were taken from a utility trailer located at the remote construction site. The estimated value of the wire is approximately $10000. Further investigation revealed that ...

  This past weekend, Wawa hosted the Northern Nationals at the Wawa Municipal Airport. 209 drivers in racing categories including Super Pro, Semi Pro, Street Cars, Sleds and Bikes, Junior Dragsters and Junior Open competed against the clock to win. Friday morning saw a little drizzle of rain in Wawa, but at the airport the drag strip was dry and ...