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Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Today – Mainly cloudy with 40% chance of flurries this morning. Periods of light snow beginning near noon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -2. Wind chill near -10. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Periods of light snow. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -7. Wind chill -5 this evening and -10 overnight. ...

Based on John 18:33-37    Pilate asks John, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Reign of Christ Sunday Who do you think Jesus is.? People have asked this question for a long time. A governor for the Roman Empire, Pontius Pilate asked Jesus,” Are you the king of the Jews?” In the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, there is a song ...

During Question Period yesterday, November 26th, 2024, Algoma Manitoulin MPP, Michael Mantha, pushed the government to provide update Northerners on the enhanced Northern Health Travel Grant provision that were announced earlier this year.   “Almost 7 months ago, the Minister of Health announced that the government would be enhancing the Northern Health Travel Grant.” Mantha said. “Why are Northerners still ...

Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Today – Mainly cloudy with 30% chance of flurries. Wind becoming west 20 km/h this morning. High -2. Wind chill -13 this morning and -8 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 30% chance of flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -7. Wind chill near -12. Thursday – Cloudy. ...

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 3 4 HALE, Ron 1 3 4 TERRIS, Tom 1 3 4 McCOY, Joe 4 2 4 MITRIKAS, Eric 4 2 4 TERRIS, Spencer 4 2 4 BUMSTEAD, Aaron 7 1 4 LESCHISHIN, Mark 8 0 4 Game Schedule for Monday, December 2nd: Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 McCOY S. ...

Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Today – Periods of light snow. Wind up to 15 km/h. High zero. Wind chill -7 this morning. Tonight..Periods of light snow ending near midnight then cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 6. Wind chill minus 3 this evening and minus 10 overnight. Wednesday – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries late ...

Passed away peacefully with her family by her side at the Lady Dunn Health Centre at the age of 94 years. Beloved wife of the late Mac Laing. Loving mother of James (Pennie) and Trevor (Tracy). Granny of Tabitha, Sierra (Brady), Mackenzie, Talus, Aiden and Quinn. Great Granny of Kai, Asher and Harrison. Daughter of the late Angus and Myra ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...