Local & Area News

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 3 4 McCOY, Joe 1 3 4 DERESKI, Louis 3 2 4 ECOLE ST. JOSEPH 3 2 4 LESCHISHIN, Mark 3 2 4 TERRIS, Tom 3 2 4 MITRIKAS, Eric 7 1 4 MOORE, Bruce 7 1 4 GAMES SCHEDULE – December 3, 2018     Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 6. Wind chill minus 16 in the morning and minus 10 in the afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 9. Wind chill near minus 14. Roads ...

Last year, Hope Air provided over 900 flights to people in Northern Ontario who were in need of medical services far away from home. For those who live in small and rural communities where specialized medical care is not available, a trip to see a medical specialist might involve a 16-hour car or bus ride. Hope Air is the only ...

Over the weekend of November 16 – 18, 2018 the Wawa Women’s Hockey Association hosted the 2nd annual Lori Johnson Memorial Women’s Hockey Tournament.   The weekend brought 6 women’s recreational teams to Wawa to battle it out for cash prizes at the Michipicoten Memorial Community Center. Wawa’s Moose on the Loose sporting (in true “Canadian” fashion) their red/black buffalo ...

Wow…this was one of those weeks in Queen’s Park. We all have them from time to time. Everyone knows what I’m talking about.  You know the feeling you get when you walk into a room or garage that you know needs to be sorted out, but when you look at it you say out loud, “Where do I begin?” That’s ...

Nov 25, 2018 @ 21:17 At 8:52 p.m. Ontario511 tweeted “Cleared: #Closure #Matheson #HWY101 both directions at Black River Bridge to #HWY572, all lanes have reopened. #ONHwys”   Nov 25, 2018 @ 10:52 At 10:47, Ontario511 tweeted that Hwy 101 EB at Black River Bridge, lane and EB shoulder blocked due to a collision. From the Ontairo511 Road Closure webpage – ...

On Friday, November 23rd, 2018, Jeff Yurek, Minister of Transportation, visited a maintenance facility to announce that Ontario’s Government for the People is making the winter commute easier by allowing drivers to track their plow and plan their route all at one stop — the Ontario 511 website. “Keeping Ontario’s highways as safe as possible during winter weather conditions is ...

Nov 25, 2018 @ 12:54 SE OPP have reopened Highway 631. It had been closed 19 1/2 hours due to poor weather conditions.   Nov 25, 2018 @ 5:30 – Highway 631 remains closed st this time. Environment Canada’s forecast for today is ‘Periods of snow ending near noon then cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Amount 2 cm. ...

If you are travelling in the Wawa area – please be very careful. Hwy 101 has been closed after a single vehicle collision 6km east of Wawa on Highway 101. OPP and Ontario511 have tweeted that the highway has been closed due to poor weather conditions. Environment Canada is forecasting – Periods of rain changing to snow overnight. Fog patches dissipating ...

On November 28th at 1:55 PM local time (2:55 PM local time in Quebec), a test of the Alert Ready system will be conducted. The test will be distributed on TV, radio and compatible wireless devices. Please note, not all mobile devices will receive the test message. Alert Ready is Canada’s emergency alerting system. Alert Ready delivers critical and potentially ...

On Thursday, November 22, 2018, at approximately 7:04 pm, officers from the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 west of Schreiber A westbound vehicle collided with an eastbound vehicle on Highway17 just east of Whitesand Road. The driver of the westbound vehicle Rikki-Leigh Jocelyn CLARK, 24 years of ...

Like so many others, I was deeply saddened to learn the details of Tori Stafford’s tragic demise ten years ago when news coverage of her disappearance, murder, and the subsequent trial of Terri-Lynne McClintic and her accomplice shook Canadians to their foundation.  This autumn, we learned that McClintic had been re-designated as a medium security threat and transferred to a ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 3 3 McCOY, Joe 2 2 2 LESCHISHIN, Mark 2 2 3 BUCKELL, Chris 4 1 2 HALL, Dave 4 1 2 BOYD, Katherine 4 1 3 KLOCKARS, Anna-Lise 4 1 3 SPENCER, Diane 4 1 3 HOFFMANN, Jim 8 0 3 Schedule for Thursday – November 29, 2018 Ice 1 Ice 2 ...

Weather Today – Freezing drizzle ending this morning then mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of drizzle. Fog patches developing this morning. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50. High plus 3. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. Periods of rain beginning after midnight. Fog patches. Wind south 30 km/h. Temperature steady near plus 2. News Tidbits ...

Nov 23, 2018 @ 07:16 Freezing drizzle advisory in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park – White River – Dubreuilville (and other areas on the map to the right)   Areas of freezing drizzle are expected or occurring. Freezing drizzle continues this morning. Freezing drizzle will come to an end early this morning for areas near the northern shore of Lake ...