Local & Area News

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 ...

(1931-2017) Passed away on Sunday, July 16, 2017 at Lady Dunn Health Centre. 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 ...

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 ...

Passed away suddenly at the age of 86 on July 15th, 2017, at the Lady Dunn Health Centre, Long Term Care Facility, Wawa, Ontario. Anatole was born in Veseli, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine on May 23, 1931. Anatole was an extremely proud, talented and hardworking man who will be deeply missed by his family and friends. Beloved husband of Anastasia for 48 ...

On July 7, 2017, at approximately 8:10 p.m., members of the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call on Gong Lake in Handleman Township. The call for service involved in an altercation involving a group of people. An argument ensued and escalated between two boaters. Once the police investigation was complete, three males were arrested and charged. ...

Jul 17, 2017 @ 08:39   Sault College Aviation student Ryan Petrie has been presented with the Jack McGillivray Memorial MAAC Bursary from Model Aeronautics Association of Canada (MAAC). Kevin McGrath, Past Vice President, Executive Committee Member and Zone Director Northern Ontario MAAC and Peter Smith, Vice President Soo Modellers awarded the $5,000 cheque to Ryan alongside Dr. Ron Common, ...

Jul 17, 2017 @ 08:35 Thomas Chappell of Thessalon said ‘yes’ to Encore (May 12, 2017  Lotto Max) and won $100,000. Thomas matched six of the seven winning numbers on his Encore selection. Encore can be played in conjunction with most online lottery games for an extra $1. There is an Encore draw every day. The winning ticket was purchased at Valu-Mart on Main Street in Thessalon.  

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 ...

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 ...