Local & Area News

Our Sharing & Caring evening was a huge success! Thank you to all who attended and help bring a little peace and serenity into our busy lives. Music brings healing and talking and supporting each other brings unity. Together we will make the world a better place starting with our community. Thank you, Janice and Mary, for bringing snacks! Stay ...

Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Today – Mainly cloudy with 30% chance of flurries this morning and early this afternoon. Periods of light snow beginning this afternoon. Risk of freezing drizzle this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -2. Wind chill near -10. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Periods of snow. Amount 5 cm. Wind up to ...

At 6:11a.m. Environment Canada issued the following Winter Weather Travel Advisory for the regions highlighted in the graphic to the right. Weather may be affected in bordering areas. A low pressure system will bring accumulating snow to the area. Snowfall will begin in the early afternoon for Sault Ste. Marie and reach North Bay later in the evening. The heaviest ...

Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Today – Mainly cloudy. 70% chance of flurries changing to 30 percent chance of flurries this morning. High +1. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Partly cloudy. 30% chance of flurries this evening and after midnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -6. Wind chill near -8. Sunday – Increasing cloudiness in the morning. ...

The Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision. On 22 November 2024, at 7:20 pm, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with emergency medical services (EMS), Conmee Volunteer Fire Service and the Oliver Paipoonge Volunteer Fire Service responded to a serious motor vehicle collision involving a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) and pickup ...

Damage can be seen here with the pieces of a light standard) that originally was on the island between the two lanes of Main Street. The truck and trailer drove through the empty lot (former Esso Station) and tracks can be seen where it hit the fence, then a building in the backyard and looks to have demolished the building. ...

There is a chill in the air and that means it is time for the LDHCF’s annual Wish Campaign.  However, best laid plans can go astray.  The current postal strike has put the distribution of our flyers and the Giving Tuesday letters on hold.  We will monitor the situation closely and hopefully be able to get them “in the mail” ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 3 3 BUCKELL, Chris 2 2 2 LESCHISHIN, Barb 2 2 3 McCoy, Joe 2 2 2 SWITZER, Terry 2 2 3 DUGGAN, Sarah 6 1 3 GLOVER, Justine 6 1 3 HALL, Dave 6 1 2 STOYCHOFF, Peter 6 1 2 TREMBLAY, Cheryl 6 1 2 FAHRER, Tom 11 0 2 HALL, ...

Today, only nine rural hospital sites supported by approximately 35 rural family physicians are providing labour and delivery services to the 50,000 rural Northern Ontarians of childbearing age. Twenty years ago, there were 20 rural hospital sites providing labour and delivery services. Twenty years before that, nearly every hospital in Northern Ontario had these services.   Northern Policy Institute’s latest ...

Don’t forget – Algoma Power requires an electrical service interruption for a portion of customers in the Ganley Street and First Avenue area today between the hours of 9:00am and 12:00pm to replace a pole.   Algoma Power states “For safety reasons please do not perform any work in conjunction with this outage.  All customer work requires direct planning through ...

Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Today – Cloudy with 40% chance of drizzle. Wind becoming north 20 km/h this morning. High 6. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. 40% chance of drizzle or flurries changing to 40% chance of flurries overnight. Risk of freezing drizzle overnight. Low zero. Saturday – Cloudy with 40% chance of flurries. Risk of ...

RANK WINS G.P. BUSSINEAU, Denise 1 3 3 LESCHISHIN, Barb 1 3 3 MATHIAS, Danette 1 3 3 AMOS, Tracy 4 2 3 CHIUPKA, Lorna 4 2 3 PARSONS, Rochelle 4 2 3 SWITZER, Anya 4 2 3 TAVELLA, Debbie 8 1 2 TREMBLAY, Cheryl 8 1 3 WATSON, Heather 8 1 3 BONITZKE, Wendy 10 0 3 KRELL, Michelle ...

Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Today – Cloudy with 60% chance of showers or drizzle. Wind northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. High +4. Tonight – Cloudy with 40% chance of drizzle. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light after midnight. Low +2. Friday – Cloudy with 40% chance of drizzle. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light late in the afternoon. ...

A rencontrer son destin à l’hôpital régional de Sault Ste. Marie le mardi 12 novembre 2024 avec sa famille à ses côtés à l’âge de 88 ans. Époux bien-aimé de feu Lise St-Pierre. Père aimant et respecté de Mario (Alice) et de Réjean (Caroline). Fier grand-père de Maxim (Megan) et Dominic (Tammy). Cher frère de feu Georgette (feu Raymond Prevost), ...

(Hebrews 10:11-25)” Our present times can seem very scary and hopeless. It is easy to forget the wholeness and help that God has given us. Who will come and tell us that it will all be ok? The writer of Hebrews reminds us that, even when we feel helpless, God has already reached out to help us. And because of ...