Local & Area News

Weather: Today – Periods of light snow ending this morning then cloudy with 60% chance of flurries late this morning and early this afternoon then 60% chance of rain showers or flurries this afternoon. Wind northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. High +4. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 60% chance of flurries. Wind northeast 20 ...

Route N01 servicing Hornepayne Public School, Holy Name of Jesus, and Ecole Saint Nom de Jesus will be cancelled for this week (2024-04-02 – 2024-04-06).

Apr 4, 2024 at 07:02 At 5:36 a.m. Highway 144 was reopened. Apr 3, 2024 at 21:05 Highway 144 remains closed at this time. Apr 3, 2024 at 12:30 Weather conditions and several CMV’s stuck on Hwy 144 has closed the highway between Gogama and Timmins. The highway closed at 12:30 p.m.  

Apr 4, 2024 at 07:01 At 1:44 a.m. ON511 updated that the highway was open. Apr 3, 2024 at 22:55 The barricade blocking access to Hwy 101 at Wawa has been removed. ON511 is still showing Hwy 101 closed from Wawa to Timmins. Apr 3, 2024 at 21:04 Highway 144 remains closed at this time. Apr 3, 2024 at 07:34 ...

On March 28, 2024, shortly before 10:00 a.m., the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a serious two-vehicle collision on Highway 17 approximately 30 kilometres south of Wawa. One person was confirmed deceased as a result of the collision. During the investigation, one of the vehicle occupants was found to be in possession of a ...

Apr 3, 2024 at 16:42 The highway has been reopened. Apr 3, 2024 at 07:42 Weather conditions on Hwy 129 has closed the highway between Chapleau and Thessalon). The highway closed at 7:38 a.m.  

The Ontario government is providing an initial investment of $9 million through the 2024 budget, Building a Better Ontario, to begin the design and planning for York University’s new medical school in Vaughan. The new medical school will be the first in Canada that is focused on training primary care doctors and is helping fulfill Ontario’s commitment to ensure that ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario prévoit une enveloppe initiale de 9 millions de dollars dans le cadre du budget de 2024, Bâtir un Ontario meilleur, pour entamer les travaux de conception et de planification de la nouvelle faculté de médecine de l’Université York, à Vaughan. Celle-ci sera la première au Canada à se consacrer à l’enseignement des soins primaires et contribuera ...

Apr 3, 2024 at 12:08 Highway 17 has been reopened. Apr 3, 2024 at 06:26 Highway 17 between Wawa and Batchawana has been closed due to poor weather conditions. The highway was closed at 4 a.m.

  It was a full house at the Michipicoten Memorial Community Center just before March Break. Students from all five of Wawa’s schools – Ecole St. Joseph (ESJ), Escalade, Michipicoten High School (MHS), Sir James Dunn, and St. Augustine — packed the stands in support of the Wawa Community Food Bank.   Whether cheering on high school students from ESJ ...

Increases in impaired driving occurrences are prompting the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to enhance its impaired driving enforcement efforts, with the aim of saving more lives on our roads.   Tragically, 385 people lost their lives in impaired driving-related collisions on OPP-patrolled roads between 2018 and the end of 2023. During the same period, impaired driving-related collisions have steadily climbed, ...

Ontario’s wildland fire season officially began April 1 and this year the Ontario government is adding new firefighting positions to ensure the people and resources are in place to protect communities. The province is also offering a payment incentive for fire rangers and critical support staff this season and has purchased new equipment to help manage forest fires. “Throughout the ...

La saison 2024 des incendies de végétation en Ontario a officiellement commencé le 1er avril et, cette année, le gouvernement de l’Ontario crée de nouveaux postes de sapeur(se)s-pompier(ère)s pour veiller à ce que nous disposions des personnes et des ressources pour protéger les collectivités. Cette saison, la province accorde aussi une prime incitative aux garde-feu et au personnel de soutien ...

Weather: Today – Cloudy. Periods of snow beginning early this morning. Local amount 5 cm. Wind northeast 40 km/h gusting to 80. High +1. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Periods of snow ending overnight then cloudy. Local amount 2 cm. Wind northeast 40 km/h gusting to 60. Low +1. News Tidbits: The Ontario Government and the Association of ...

Due to the inclement weather, poor visibility, and in the interest of safety, all school-related transportation in Chapleau will be cancelled for today. Schools will remain open.