Local & Area News

Dec 31, 2017 @ 08:05 Weather: Today – A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of flurries this afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 20. Wind chill minus 40 this morning and minus 32 this afternoon. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 29. Wind chill minus 38. Roads 2017-12-31 – morning ...

Weather Today – Flurries and local snow squalls ending this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of flurries. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High minus 19. Wind chill minus 34. Tonight – A few clouds. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light this evening. ...

Dec 29, 2017 @ 09:29 Weather – Flurries with risk of snow squalls. Local amount 5 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 13. Wind chill minus 33 this morning. Tonight, the flurries ending late in the evening then partly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Risk of snow squalls this evening. Local amount 2 cm. Wind up ...

Dec 28, 2017 @ 08:23 Weather – Extreme cold warning in effect. Mainly sunny. Increasing cloudiness in the afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 18. Wind chill minus 40. Tonight will be mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 26. Wind chill minus 36. Roads 2017-12-28 – morning report 8:21 101 Timmins ...

Dec 27, 2017 @ 10:35 On Monday, January 1st, 2018, many people across Ontario will see their wages rise to $14 an hour as the new general minimum wage takes effect. It is estimated that 55% of all Ontario retail workers will get a raise. Other changes coming into force on January 1, 2018 include: Ensuring workers are entitled to ...

Dec 27, 2017 @ 09:27 Donald Bretzlaff est une personne âgée qui vit avec le diabète de type 2 depuis près de deux décennies. À cause de sa maladie, il a perdu une jambe et ne voit plus que d’un œil. Il a aussi des lésions des nerfs qui lui causent de la douleur.   Depuis quatre ans, M. Bretzlaff ...

Dec 27, 2017 @ 09:25 Donald Bretzlaff is an older adult who’s been living with Type 2 Diabetes for nearly two decades. He lost his leg to the disease, and it left him blind in one eye. He has also developed nerve damage which causes him pain.   For the last four years, Mr. Bretzlaff has been attending Diabetes Care ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 22. Wind chill minus 42 this morning and minus 32 this afternoon. Tonight will be clear. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 32. Wind chill minus 38.   News Tidbits – Today is the John Haight Memorial Hockey Tournament. The Wawa Mustangs are holding a Pub Night tonight from ...

Dec 24, 2017 @ 19:45 Wawa-news has confirmed with North Bay that the OPP have reopened Highway 17 from Wawa to Batchawana. Please be careful driving tonight, and snow squalls are still showing on the Montreal River Radar. Merry Christmas all!  

Dec 24, 2017 @ 19:24   Santa has been cleared for Canadian airspace, and two CF-18 escort pilots are ready to join him as he travels around Canada delivering presents – track his journey by clicking here!

Dec 23, 2017 @ 09:39 The Northern Ontario Party applauds, Mike Mantha for his impassionate plea to help the Michipocoten Island Caribou. Unfortunately, this plea by Mr. Mantha comes just before the winter break where most MPPs are focused on their own Christmas plans than wanting to hear about the plight of these caribou. The Northern Ontario Party understands the ...

Dec 23, 2017 @ 09:25 On December 15, 2017, the subsidiary of the Company that owns the Atikokan Facility entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with 2607043 Ontario Inc., an affiliate of True North Timber, a forest resources company, for the going-concern purchase of substantially all of the assets of the Atikokan operations. The Wawa Facility located in Wawa, Ontario ...

Weather – Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. Temperature falling to minus 11 this afternoon. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries this evening. Flurries beginning near midnight. Local amount 5 cm. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 20. Wind chill minus 25.    

Dec 22, 2017 @ 12:50 There have been moose and wolves on Isle Royale for many, many years. There have been woodland caribou and wolves on Michipicoten Island for a number of years too. Both islands have captive populations that are affected by ice bridges, and a finite ecosystem. The Boreal Woodland Caribou were restored to Michipicoten Island in the ...

Dec 22, 2017 @ 10:32 NDP MPP Michael Mantha has sent a video appeal to Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry Kathryn McGarry, calling on the Wynne Liberals to speed up a plan to relocate a herd of caribou at risk of being wiped out.   This last herd of caribou in the Superior Lake region is on Michipocoten Island, ...