Local & Area News

Jul 19, 2017 @ 07:52 Weather – Clearing this morning. Fog patches dissipating early this morning. High 23. UV index 8 or very high. News Tidbits – Lake Superior Provincial Park – Agawa Tourist Information Centre is screening “The Canoe” tonight at 8 p.m. “This film captures the human connection and bond created by Canada’s well-known craft and symbol, the canoe. ...

Jul 18, 2017 @ 18:09 Sears Canada has been given the court’s approval to begin liquidation sales Friday at the 59 locations it plans to close – the proceeds of which Ontario’s NDP says should fund Sears’ employees pensions first, not executive bonuses or debts to large firms.   The Ontario NDP has demanded legal changes so that when a ...

Jul 18, 2017 @ 15:03   July 15, 2017 was the beginning of the 3rd year without passenger train service throughout remote areas of Algoma District. As a consequence, the Coalition for Algoma Passenger Trains (CAPT) will hold a special event on July 28th, 2017 at 10 am in Sault Ste. Marie at the Civic Centre (Russ Ramsay Room) The ...

Jul 18, 2017 @ 10:05

Weather – Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers and risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 22 except 16 near Lake Superior. Humidex 27. UV index 6 or high.   News Tidbits – There are 254 personnel from Ontario in British Columbia. Ontario is scheduling to send another resource deployment of close to 100 personnel to British ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h this afternoon. High 22. UV index 9 or very high. News Tidbits – Forest Firefighters out of province deployment. There are 255 personnel from Ontario in British Columbia. Ontario is scheduling to send another resource deployment of close to 100 personnel to British Columbia later this week. Sufficient resources will remain in Ontario ...

  It was the last week in June when the neighbours at my camp on Loonskin Lake brought in an international ‘delegation’ from Sault Ste. Marie into the wilderness to experience the Canadian outdoors. The weather did not cooperate, it was raining on and off, foggy and lots of bugs which made a sauna on my end a refuge and ...

Jul 16, 2017 @ 10:40 On July 15, 2017, at 2:58 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Mattawa responded to a call about a person swimming in the Ottawa River who went missing. The individual was carried downstream by the current and the complainant lost sight of the swimmer. Members of the OPP have been in the area utilizing ...

Weather – Sunny. Wind northeast 20 km/h. High 22. UV index 8 or very high. News Tidbits – The Forest Fire hazard is low to high with areas of most concern in the northern portions of the Northeast Region. Ontario continues to deploy fire management resources to assist with the forest fire situation in British Columbia. By the end of today, there ...

Jul 16, 2017 @ 10:36 (98 Players) 1st FLIGHT: Bernie Erechook, Derek Chapman -4 under par 32 2nd FLIGHT: Kevin Sabourin, Len Gauthier -5 under par 31 3rdFLIGHT: Chris Buckell, Ron Rody, Ray McGregor -5 under par 31 4th FLIGHT: Bubba Gagne, Luco Legault, Luc Belanger -2 under par 34 5th FLIGHT: Mark Szekely, Kevin Auger, Gilles Cyr -3 under ...

(1931-2017) Passed away on Sunday, July 16, 2017 at Lady Dunn Hospital. He leaves behind his wife Jean O’Brien (Moore) of 53 and a half years.  Dear father of his only son, John O’Brien and cherished grandfather of Noah and Abby.  Predeceased by his parents Dennis Charles and Winnifred O’Brien.  Dear brother of Terry O’Brien (Gail), Dennis O’Brien (late Beatrice), ...

Jul 15, 2017 @ 20:49 On July 15, 2017, at 2:58 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Mattawa Satellite Detachment received a call about a person swimming in the Ottawa River that went missing. The individual was carried downstream by the current and the complaint lost sight of the party. Members of the OPP have been in the area ...

Jul 15, 2017 @ 07:49 Due to lack of entries coming in for this year’s Tournament a tough decision had to be made to cancel this year’s tournament. This is very unfortunate for the Club as this is not only the 50th Anniversary of the Club it would have been the 48th year for this tournament. Those that have been kind enough ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this morning. High 22. UV index 7 or high. News Tidbits – Chadwic & Northern Lights Ford are holding a Test Drive at Lion’s Beach from 11 – 3 p.m. Ford Canada will donate $20 for every test drive completed to Chadwic Home. If you are ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers early this morning. Clearing this morning. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 23. UV index 7 or high. News Tidbits – Today is the last day to get your rebate for your composter in the Wawa Energy Plan’s Composter Rebate Program. Geomagnetic storms and high-latitude auroras are possible this weekend. More than 140 Ontario ...