Local & Area News

Further to an office closure on January 21 due to burst frozen water pipes, the North East LHIN’s Home and Community Care office located at 390 Bay Street (Elgin Tower) in Sault Ste. Marie has re-opened today. The office is open for its usual business hours (8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) and all regular services are available for area residents ...

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 8 10 McCOY, Joe 2 7 10 TERRIS, Tom 3 6 9 ECOLE ST. JOSEPH 3 6 10 LESCHISHIN, Mark 5 5 10 MITRIKAS, Eric 6 3 10 DERESKI, Louis 7 2 9 MOORE, Bruce 7 2 10 GAMES SCHEDULE – January 28, 2019 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 Leschishin ...

Harte Gold has apponted Timothy N. Campbell to the position of Executive Vice President of Harte Gold. Mr. Campbell was appointed Vice President and Corporate Secretary in June 2010. Stephen G. Roman, President and CEO, commented, “Tim has played an instrumental role in developing the Company and the Sugar Zone Mine. We appreciate his vision and commitment and look forward to ...

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Weather – From the deep freeze to snow. Snow at times heavy today, amounts of 10 to 15 cm. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40. High minus 6. Wind chill near minus 15. Tonight – Snow ending overnight then cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind south 20 km/h becoming light this evening. ...

Jan 22, 2019 @ 08:09 As of January 22nd  and moving forward Diagnostic Imaging and the Laboratory will be open for usual outpatient services. an 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 ...

Passed away peacefully with his family by his side at the Lady Dunn Health Centre on Monday January 21, 2019 at the age 87 years. Beloved husband of the late Aline Langdon-Haman and the late Armande Haman. Loving father of Lise Haman (Tom Dingwell), Line Begin (Gilles), Anne Haman, Lucie Haman (Albert Brousseau) and the late Marc Haman. Proud grandfather ...

Please be advised that due to a situation with the building’s water and heating system, the North East LHIN’s Home and Community Care office located at 390 Bay Street (Elgin Tower) in Sault Ste. Marie is closed until further notice. North East LHIN staff will be relocated to alternate work locations within the area to ensure continuity of services. All ...

5:25 AM EST Monday 21 January 2019 Extreme Cold Warning in effect A prolonged period of very cold wind chills is expected. Wind chill values of minus 40 to minus 45 continue this morning. Conditions will begin to slowly moderate today. Wind chill values near minus 25 to minus 30 are expected tonight. As a result, the Extreme Cold warnings ...

Jan 21, 2019 @ 07:09 Sault Ste Marie Area No alerts at this time.  All transportation is running. Central Algoma Area Due to the extreme cold temperatures.  Transportation is cancelled today.  Schools remain open. Parents are advised to ensure their children are dressed accordingly. North Shore Area Due to the extreme cold temperatures.  Transportation is cancelled today.  Schools remain open. Parents ...

Late last night, Jan. 18, 2019, Sault Area Hospital’s (SAH) IT team received confirmation from Health Sciences North (HSN) that they were able to find and remove the zero-day virus that had infected their systems. HSN, together with an independent third-party IT security firm, assured SAH that the threat had been removed and that our systems could be brought back ...

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 ...