Local & Area News

Sep 13, 2017 @ 08:06 Yes, it is September and we are back at it like they say and our first membership meeting is Thursday 14 September at 7.00 pm so we see you ALL there so we can plan all the events and fundraisers to keep our doors open and serve our veterans and the community. Yes September is ...

Sep 13, 2017 @ 07:57 Weather – Sunny today, with a mix of sun and cloud this morning. High 23. Humidex 27. UV index 6 or high. Tonight is expected to be partly cloudy with a low of 11. Marine – Wind southwest 10 knots becoming light near noon then becoming northeast 15 Thursday morning. Wind veering to east 15 Thursday afternoon. Waves ...

  There were minor delays at the Junction of Highway 17 & 101 late this afternoon. Officers from the Superior East OPP Detachment were investigating and conducting traffic around a collision. It appears as if the SUV drove into the side of the tractor trailer as it was rounding the corner of the intersection, just prior to merging with the ...

Plus les Canadiens examinent l’engagement des libéraux d’investir dans l’infrastructure publique, plus ils se rendent à l’évidence que le plan libéral consiste principalement à transférer de l’argent des contribuables et des biens publics au secteur privé. Il n’a jamais été question de ce modèle d’investissement à but lucratif pendant la campagne électorale, vraisemblablement parce qu’il n’aurait jamais obtenu beaucoup d’appuis ...

The more time Canadians have to unpack the Liberal commitment to invest in public infrastructure, the more it becomes obvious the plan is largely about turning tax dollars and public assets over to the private sector.  This for-profit investment model was never fleshed out during the election, most likely because it never would have received much in the way of ...

Weather – Sunny. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h near noon. High 21. UV index 6 or high. Tonight a few clouds with wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 10. Marine – Wind west 15 knots diminishing to west 10 this morning then backing to southwest 10 this afternoon. Wind increasing to southwest 15 this ...

Sep 11, 2017 @ 17:34   Ross Romano, the newly elected PC MPP for Sault Ste. Marie, asked his first question in the Ontario Legislature today since being elected in June:   “The Ring of Fire is one of the greatest opportunities Northern Ontario has ever seen. And yet, for eleven years since its discovery, this government has claimed that ...

Sep 11, 2017 @ 17:29 Following the devastation arising from Hurricane Irma, FortisOntario has deployed 6 employees to support sister utility FortisTCI in its extensive power outage restoration efforts in Turks and Caicos. Crews have been sent from Canadian Niagara Power, Algoma Power and Cornwall Electric. “Our thoughts are with the people of Turks and Caicos and their families during the difficult ...

Sep 11, 2017 @ 17:01cr The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service and Algoma Public Health would like to advise the public that a drug exhibit submitted to Health Canada from a recent large drug seizure in Sault Ste. Marie was found to contain CYCLOPROPYL FENTANYL. Health Canada has issued an alert advising that this substance is newly encountered in our ...

On Saturday, September 9, 2017, at approximately 11:30 am members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Hornepayne Detachment had occasion to investigate and interview a local Hornepayne male. During the investigation police located a quantity of marihuana. As a result Justin DUBE-STINSON aged 22 of Hornepayne, Ontario was arrested and charged with the following offence: Adult Possession of ...

On Saturday September 9, 2017 at approximately 1:00 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment responded to a Wawa address regarding a break and enter incident. At the scene police interviewed all witnesses. Investigation revealed that the residence had been broken into by 3 local males. As a result the following people have been charged: ...

Alamos Gold Inc. announced this morning that they will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Richmont pursuant to a plan of arrangement. Under the terms of the Agreement, all of the Richmont issued and outstanding common shares will be exchanged on the basis of 1.385 Alamos common shares for each Richmont common share. The Exchange Ratio implies consideration of C$14.20 per ...

Sep 11, 2017 @ 08:16 Monarques is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Richmont Mines Inc. pursuant to which Monarques will acquire all of Richmont’s mining assets in Québec.  The assets acquired consist of all of Richmont’s mineral claims, mining leases and mining concessions, including the Beaufor mine, Chimo, Monique and Wasamac properties and ...

Number of players – 63 1st in 1st  Flight – Toni Rutland, Suzanne Lacasse, Brenda Pelletier – 40 2nd in 1st Flight – Colette Dechamplain, Chantal Cousineau, Stephanie Gauthier – 41 3rd in 1st Flight- Barb Leschishin, Norma Kauk, Lynne Zuliani – 42 1st in 2nd Flight – Valerie Levesque, Josee Legault, Chantal Turcotte – 45 2nd in 2nd Flight ...

Operations have been suspended at Wesdome’s Kiena Complex in Val D’or, Quebec after the death of a mining contractor. Roméo Girard, 53 of Malartic has been identified as the mining contractor who was fatally injured on September 9th. Reports are that the worker was found beside his truck (which had struck a wall), seriously wounded and unconscious underground. He was taken to ...