Local & Area News

Nov 6, 2017 @ 12:11 11:55 AM EST Monday 06 November 2017 Weather advisory in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Winter Weather Travel Advisory in effect for this afternoon, evening and overnight. Brief but intense snowfall could affect road conditions and visibilities today into Tuesday morning. Travel conditions are expected ...

Nov 6, 2017 @ 07:46 Weather – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries this morning. A few flurries beginning near noon. Local amount 2 cm. Wind becoming west 20 km/h late this morning. High zero. Tonight – Flurries. Local amount 2 cm. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 9. Winter Weather Travel Advisory in ...

  News Tidbits – Remembrance Day in Hawk Junction will Sunday, November 5, 2017. Legion members will be out for the ceremony. Lunch will be served after the ceremony. Remembrance Day service will be held at 1:00 pm.

Don’t forget to turn all your clocks back one hour tonight as we end Daylight Savings Time. You should also change all the batteries in your smoke/carbon monoxide detectors as well.  

Nov 4, 2017 @ 08:05 The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against a Sault Ste. Marie Police Service officer in relation to the death of a 40-year-old man who shot himself on May 29, 2016. The Director’s Report was delivered to the Attorney General, as is ...

Nov 4, 2017 @ 07:57 Weather – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries late this afternoon. Wind becoming east 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High minus 1. Tonight will be loudy. 60 percent chance of flurries changing to 60 percent chance of rain before morning. Wind east 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Wind ...

The Municipality of Wawa is pleased to announce the hiring of an Animal Control Officer.  Dan Collis will begin to patrol the townsite and be available on an on-call basis.   Be sure to purchase your dog or cat tags at the Town Hall, 40 Broadway Avenue, so you can be notified that your dog or cat has been impounded.  ...

Dave, Judy and the staff at Rock Island Lodge are holding their annual “Empty the Freezer & Fill the Food Bank” tonight, come and go anytime after 5:30 pm. Pay by for your dinner by donation (suggested donation $15), and don’t forget to bring a nonperishable item for the Food Bank as well. Call 705-856-2939 to let us know you’re coming ...

Nov 3, 2017 @ 08:09 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is seeking help from the public in identifying the person(s) responsible for shooting and abandoning two moose southwest of Manitouwadge. On October 29th, information was received by Conservation Officers about two bull moose that had been shot and abandoned near Fourbay Lake on Runnalls Lake Road, off of ...

Nov 3, 2017 @ 08:05   Yesterday morning, November 2nd. Tracey and Mark Toffner (Tim Hortons Wawa) presented Chadwic Home Executive Director Paula Valois with the proceeds of this year’s Smile Cookie Campaign.   Every year, Tim Hortons patrons purchase their Smile Cookies for only $1 from September 11th-17th. Their full $1 goes to support local charities. This year, the ...

Nov 3, 2017 @ 08:01 Starting date: November 2, 2017 Posting date: November 2, 2017 Type of communication: Consumer Product Recall Subcategory: Household Items Source of recall: Health Canada Issue: Product Safety Audience: General Public Identification number: RA-65014 Affected products Kidde and Garrison Branded Fire Extinguishers with Plastic Handles Product description This recall involves two styles of Kidde-branded and Garrison-branded fire extinguishers: Plastic Handle Fire Extinguishers and ...

Nov 3, 2017 @ 07:56 Weather – Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light near noon. High zero. Marine – Strong wind warning in effect. Wind northwest 30 knots diminishing to north 20 this morning and to north 10 this afternoon. Wind veering to northeast 10 this evening then increasing ...

Nov 3, 2017 @ 05:40 As of October 1, 2017 the Wawa Family Health Team is pleased to welcome Dr. Jun Park to the team as a permanent Wawa physician.   Dr. Park has provided locum services to various Northern communities. He obtained his medical degree from State University of New York and completed his family medicine training from the ...

Weather – Periods of rain. Periods of snow inland. Snowfall amount 2 cm inland. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h this morning then becoming west 20 gusting to 40 late this afternoon. High plus 5. Tonight will have periods of rain ending this evening then mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of rain showers late this evening and after midnight then ...

MPP Ross Romano is calling on the Liberal government today in the legislature to justify their lack of commitment to northern steel production and transportation infrastructure. Back in January, during the Sault Ste. Marie by-election, the Premier visited the city and spoke of the importance of the steel industry to Ontario and to Sault Ste. Marie. As the city’s largest ...