Local & Area News

Weather – Periods of rain or snow. Local snowfall amount 2 cm over higher terrain. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h this morning. High plus 3. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries or rain showers. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low zero. Marine Weather – Strong wind warning in effect.Wind west 15 knots ...

Member of Provincial Parliament, Ross Romano, has reached out to the Ontario Finnish Resthome Association (OFRA) and Extendicare (Canada) Inc. in Sault Ste. Marie to inform them of the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care’s decision to provide funding for the creation of 88 new long-term care beds between their two facilities. “Our community has an aging population and we ...

Weather – Cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind southwest 20 km/h. High 6. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. 60 percent chance of rain showers this evening. Periods of rain or snow beginning near midnight. Low zero. Marine Weather – Strong wind warning in effect. Wind southwest 20 knots veering to west 20 early this morning ...

Taking advantage of a day off, we drove to the Sault yesterday. As in all trips to the Sault, you never know what the day will bring. Yesterday we experienced everything from clear roads, to driving rain, sleet, and sorry to say it – Snow.   The repairs at the Old Woman Hill looks to be nearly complete. Leroy Construction ...

Due to the storm part of MFN’s Youth Council ‘Trail of the Dead’ is under water. The Opening Night has been postponed to October 19th. The youth are looking forward to scaring you then.  

          Wawa-news took a drive around the area yesterday to see what happened after the rain of October 11th. Municipal Infrastructure staff worked extremely hard to keep the Harbour Road and the road into Michipicoten First Nation from washing out. Wednesday was devoted to keeping it safe, ditching and in one spot even creating a new place for the ...

The Superior East Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) participated in Operation Impact, an annual national road safety campaign, over the Thanksgiving long weekend. Officers responded to 71 calls for service and issued the following provincial offence notices (PON’s) over the 4 day period:  38 speeding 1 moving violation During Operation Impact, the OPP collaborates with police services across Canada ...

The Dream Vacation Lottery Draw has been made and the lucky winner is Mary Culhane, ticket # 963 . Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets to support the LDHC Foundation’s endeavors to raise funds for healthcare enhancements at our local hospital. Thank you to each and every one who worked hard and gave of their time to make this ...

The Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is advising the public that highway 17 is now open to one lane from Wawa, Ont. to Batchawana. Highway 101 from Wawa to Chapleau is also open to one lane. The OPP are requesting that the public remain away from this area. This will allow crews to work as quickly and ...

  Ontario Provincial Police have released images of the washout at Old Woman Bay as it was happening yesterday afternoon, October 10, 2018.   The power of the water is incredible.     At first it was just a stream beside the highway, nibbling at the shoulder of the road. As the amount and velocity changed, the erosion continued. Soon ...

Oct 11, 2018 @ 08:50   The Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is advising the public that highway 17 will be closed from Wawa, Ontario to Batchawana due to a road washout, causing both lanes of travel to be closed. Highway 101 from Wawa to Chapleau will also be closed due to a road washout, causing ...

  The Paint Lake Road (Wesdome) is closed at this time. There has been no word as to the extent of the flooding/road damage.  

Highway 101 is currently closed (probably to Chapleau). The barricade is set up at the corner of Main Street (Hwy 101) and Gladstone Avenue. There has been no media release, tweet from OPP or ON511. Be aware that there is nowhere for transports to turn around – this is all residential streets. There is no notification yet that the school ...

Environment Canada has canceled the Rainfall Warning for Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville at 6:38 this morning.   Today’s weather forecast: Showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this morning. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. Temperature falling to plus 3 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – ...

At 4:44 this morning, Environment Canada issued a Rainfall warning for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville “A few areas of heavy rain and thunderstorms continue early this morning for regions close to Lake Superior. However, the rain should taper off to light showers later this morning. A further 5 to 10 millimetres are possible.” WawaWeather.net is recording ...