Local & Area News

  On Friday, February 22, students at École Secondaire Catholique Trillium (Chapleau) enjoyed a wonderful day full of fun, laughter and a little competition. Members of the student parliament had organized a nice afternoon of ice fishing at the school’s ice hut as part of their annual winter carnival. Being the only two students to catch a fish, Chloé Fortin ...

Happy 36th Birthday Chantal! your family and frends

Passed away peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital on Sunday February 24, 2019 at the age of 74 years. Beloved wife of Yvon Gamache. Loving mother of Roger (Pascale), Danny, the late Gilles and the late Jacques. Proud and loving grandmother of Alex, Claudia, Jaydan, Maikayla and Noah. Daughter of the late Blanche and Elzear Chouinard. Dear sister of Lauréat, ...

      Late yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Broadway (lower) and Klondike a snowmachine and SUV collided. The two riders of the snowmachine were taken via ambulance to the Lady Dunn Health Centre with undetermined injuries.  

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Anti-Rackets Branch and its Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) partners are launching their annual Fraud Prevention Month campaign to help prevent Canadians from falling victim to fraud. During the month of March, the OPP, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, CAFC, Serious Fraud Office, the Competition Bureau of Canada and other partners are joining police services across ...

The St. Joseph French Immersion Grade 6/7 students are having their annual Bake Sale during the Fishing Derby registration on Friday, March 1, 2019 from 1:00pm – 8:00pm.  The students will be selling baked goods, snack and small food items perfect for a long day out on the ice.  They are asking for your support to help fundraise for their ...

Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service (SSMPS) continue to follow up any information relating to the 2011 murder of a Sault resident. Their shared goal is to bring a resolution to the victim’s family. The body of 48-year old Todd Alan Petrie was discovered in his Albert Street East apartment in the ...

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. Thurs.  Feb.    28     World Day of Prayer – 7 p.m. St. Paul’s Anglican Church. The women of Slovenia have prepared the Service. The ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 6. Wind chill minus 22 in the morning and minus 8 in the afternoon. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. Periods of snow beginning this evening. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 15. Wind chill minus 12 in the evening and ...

Hi Brenda, Another article. Aerobic Exercise associated with improved Cognitive Performance in Younger and Older Adults This is a brief summary of a very recent article in the journal Neurology regarding the effect of exercise on the brain’s function (cognitive performance) and also weight loss. The comment below the summary is from an editor of Journal Watch which provides these ...

Just a reminder that the earlybird deadline for the Wawa Ladies Curling Bonspiel is March 5, 2019.  If your team is entered by the deadline it will be entered into the draw. The bonspiel will be held March 29 – 31, 2019.  The cost is $220.00 per team and includes a delicious meal and live entertainment. The theme this year is ...

Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath says the new health care bill opens up Ontario’s health care system to for-profit companies. “Ontario families are worried about what Doug Ford cooked up behind closed doors,” said Horwath. “This bill opens the door to unprecedented levels of private and for-profit health care — which means precious health care dollars get siphoned away from ...

Andrea Horwath, Leader of the Official Opposition Ontario NDP, issued the following statement on Pink Shirt Day:   “On Pink Shirt Day, we are inspired by the group of Nova Scotia students who stood up for a peer bullied for wearing pink by donning pink shirts themselves. Since then, Pink Shirt Day has served as a powerful reminder that we ...

What a great season of skating it has been for our little club! Our skaters have progressed in both CanSkate, AdvanceSkate and StarSkate Programs, receiving ribbons, passing evaluations and tests. Many of our Star Skaters participated in The Lake Superior Super Series 8 Competition with wonderful results. In Star 3 Freeskate Nola Mulroney received a silver, Ella Stewart received a ...

On January 3, 2019, members of the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Manitoulin OPP Crime Unit commenced an investigation into a historical sexual assault that occurred between 1971and 1976 in the Espanola, Ontario area.   As a result of the investigation, 78- year-old Robert SECORD, from Espanola, Ontario, has been charged with:   Gross Indecency, ...