Local & Area News

It has been confirmed this evening that Caleb McIntosh has no intention of returning to Wawa or the area. Feb 13, 2024 at 08:00 It’s nearly 30 years since Ken Brown went missing in late November. His body was found six months later in the Sir James Dunn Pit; he had been pushed off a top ledge. He was 18. ...

Weather: Today – A mix of sun and cloud. Becoming sunny this afternoon. Wind north 20 km/h. High -8. Wind chill near -18. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Clear. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Low -21. Wind chill -14 this evening and -25 overnight.  

Today Michael Mantha, MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin, was joined by Donna Stewart (CAO of the Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board) to call on the government of Ontario to pass Bill 13, The Northern Health Travel Grant Advisory Committee Act.   The Northern Health Travel Grant (NHTG) is a program administered by the government of Ontario meant to assist patients living in Northern ...

As the timeless proverb goes, “Fool me once, shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me.” Over the winter break, listening to people across the riding, I hear growing concern about the Ford government’s privatization of healthcare. Lately, the focus seems to be on Premier Ford’s eagerness to throw out the welcome mat for for-profit surgical clinics. Next to ...

Comme le dit le proverbe intemporel : « Trompez-moi une fois, honte à vous ; trompez-moi deux fois, honte à moi. » Pendant les vacances d’hiver, en écoutant les gens de toute la circonscription, j’entends des inquiétudes croissantes au sujet de la privatisation des soins de santé par le gouvernement Ford. Dernièrement, l’accent semble être mis sur l’empressement du premier ministre Ford à jeter ...

On February 8, 2024, at approximately 1:30 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a grocery store on Highway 108, Elliot Lake in relation to a theft. The complainant reported that a female had food items in her possession and departed the store without paying for them. A description of the female and direction of travel ...

On February 10, 2024, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a warrant at a residence on Hart Road in Elliot Lake. On February 9, 2024, the complainant reported being assaulted on Mississauga Avenue. Police also learned that the person was breaching previous bail conditions. The OPP’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) assisted with the investigation and the person was ...

Weather: Today – Mainly cloudy. 60% chance of flurries early this morning. Periods of snow beginning this morning. Local amount 2 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -1. Wind chill -12 this morning and -3 this afternoon. Tonight – Periods of snow ending late this evening then cloudy with 60% chance of flurries. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to ...

Feb 11, 2024 at 05:58 The highway has been opened. The current weather radar imagery from Environment Canada shows some snow activity between Wawa and Gargantua Road, so drive with care.     Feb 11, 2024 at 21:54 Highway 17 is closed between Wawa and Batchawana Bay (Jct of Hwy 17/Hwy 563) due to poor weather conditions.  

Feb 10, 2024 at 18:19 The highway has been opened at 17:54. Feb 10, 2024 at 16:52 A collision on Hwy 17 on the Old Woman Hill has closed the highway in both Directions. OPP, WFD and Ambulance have responded are on scene. ON511 reports the incident at 4:02 p.m.

Ontario is experiencing a sustained, system-wide pressure on hospital staffing levels and while care settings at the Lady Dunn Heath Centre continues to remain open, we have been navigating the pressures as well. For today, February 10th, 2024 we are experiencing a staffing shortage in our Registered Nurse group. The Emergency Department (ED) will remain open; however, we ask that ...

Weather: Today – Periods of snow. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light early this morning. Temperature falling to -3 this afternoon. Wind chill -8 this afternoon. Tonight – Periods of snow ending near midnight then cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -8. Wind chill -6 this evening and ...

On February 8, 2024, shortly after 2:30 a.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to traffic complaint involving a grey car with the vehicle lights off parked in a live lane on Causley Street in the Town of Blind River. Police arrived at the scene and found the driver to be passed out at the wheel and later ...

The Ontario government is keeping costs down and supporting the province’s alcohol and hospitality sectors by stopping the estimated 4.6 per cent increase to the beer basic tax and LCBO mark-up rates that was scheduled for March 1, 2024. This increase would have resulted from rates being indexed to inflation, which the government has consistently stopped over the last six ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario maintient les coûts bas et soutient les secteurs de l’accueil et de l’alcool dans la province en suspendant la hausse des taux de majoration de la LCBO et de la taxe de base sur la bière, une hausse estimée à 4,6 % qui devait entrer en vigueur le 1er mars 2024. Cette hausse aurait résulté de ...