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4:47 AM EST Saturday 19 January 2019 Extreme Cold Warning in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville A prolonged period of very cold wind chills is expected. Wind chill values of minus 40 to minus 45 are occurring over much of Northern Ontario this morning. This bitterly cold Arctic airmass will remain in place through the ...

An incredible tribute to Eddy K. Lefrançois in Dubreuilville tonight. A man who lived his life to the fullest and beyond was remembered tonight with 398 ice candles. The ice candles were sold for $10 as a fundraiser for Eddy’s cause – ALS Canada and 252 were sold!   At 7 p.m. tonight despite the bitter cold, the ice candles ...

Maamwesying North Shore Community Health Services & Michipicoten First Nation are excited to announce the opening of their new North Clinic located at 3 Maple Street in Wawa, ON. Through the community based health clinic, a Primary Health Care Team affords opportunities to provide services to on-reserve citizens and to the urban Indigenous population residing in Wawa and the surrounding ...

A 36-year-old Chapleau man has been sentenced to a 10-year prohibition on owning or caring for animals after being convicted of two counts of breach of probation related to a previous conviction under provincial animal welfare legislation. On January 9, 2019, Raynald Gervais was found guilty on two counts of breach of probation in a Chapleau Provincial Offences Court. Gervais ...

11:10 AM EST Friday 18 January 2019 Extreme Cold Warning in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville A prolonged period of very cold wind chills is expected. Wind chill values near minus 40 are expected tonight over much of Northern Ontario. This bitterly cold Arctic airmass will remain in place through the weekend. Risks are greater ...

The congregation welcomes everyone to Worship at First United Church.  Services are held on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church 705-856-2926 This year the season of Epiphany began on Sun. Jan. 6 and continues for seven Sundays. Sat.      Jan.   19    Prayer Shawl Ministry – 3 p.m. Thurs. ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 7 8 LESCHISHIN, Mark 2 6 8 McCOY, Joe 3 5 8 BUCKELL, Chris 4 4 8 SPENCER, Diane 4 4 8 HALL, Dave 6 3 8 KLOCKARS, Anna-Lise 6 3 8 BOYD, Katherine 8 2 8 HOFFMANN, Jim 8 2 8 Schedule for Thursday – January 24, 2019 Ice 1 Ice 2 ...

Weather – A mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of flurries this morning then sunny. Wind becoming north 20 km/h this morning. Temperature falling to minus 23 this afternoon. Wind chill minus 23 in the morning and minus 36 in the afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight- Clear. Wind up to 15 km/h. ...

Jan 22, 2019 @ 08:09 As of January 22nd  and moving forward Diagnostic Imaging and the Laboratory will be open for usual outpatient services. Jan 18, 2019 @ 16:32 LDHC CEO Kadean Ogilvie-Pinter advised this evening that “Much progress has been made towards the restoration of our IT infrastructure. We are working through this initial restoration period and so the Diagnostic and ...

10:54 AM EST Thursday 17 January 2019 Snow squall warning in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Snow squalls will continue into the early evening. Under the heaviest snow squall bands local snowfall accumulations of 15 cm in 12 hours are likely. Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions. Travel is expected to be hazardous due to reduced ...

Today, leaders of six First Nations call on the Ontario Government to intervene and fix a broken process created by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) and the previous Ontario government that ignores First Nations’ rights and northern development pertaining to a necessary and important electricity transmission project planned for Northern Ontario. The six First Nations are part of Bamkushwada Limited ...

The Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation wishes to extend a heartfelt thank you to all donors who contributed to the Foundation’s “Wish Upon a Star” campaign.  A total of $12,917was donated through this campaign. Generous hearts certainly prevail in the communities that the Lady Dunn Health Centre serves. Net proceeds will aid in the funding of Phase 2 of the Digital ...

On Sunday, January 13, 2019, at approximately 10:00 a.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a pickup truck in the ditch on Highway 631 near Hornepayne, Ontario. Upon arrival at the scene, officers were told that the driver had been picked up and was no longer in the area. ...