Weather/Roads

5:17 AM EDT Thursday 18 May 2017 Freezing rain warning in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Freezing rain is expected or occurring. Freezing rain is expected to develop late this morning or this afternoon. Freezing rain will last for a few hours before changing to snow late this afternoon or early this evening. Ice pellets ...

May 18, 2017 @ 07:23 Weather – it is a cold, wet, dreary kind of day. Environment Canada’s forecast doesn’t make it any better. “Periods of rain changing to periods of ice pellets then changing to periods of freezing rain mixed with ice pellets near noon and ending late this afternoon then cloudy. Risk of a thunderstorm early this morning. ...

May 17, 2017 @ 07:07 Special weather statement for northern ontario Updated by Environment Canada at 5:17 a.m. EDT Wednesday, 17 may 2017. ——————————————————————— Special weather statement for:       Wawa – White River – Pukaskwa       Agawa – Lake Superior Park       Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay       Timmins – Cochrane – Iroquois Falls       Chapleau – Gogama       Kirkland Lake – New ...

May 16, 2017 @ 17:38   SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:21 P.M. EDT TUESDAY 16 MAY 2017. ——————————————————————— SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: =NEW= WAWA – WHITE RIVER – PUKASKWA =NEW= AGAWA – LAKE SUPERIOR PARK =NEW= TIMMINS – COCHRANE – IROQUOIS FALLS =NEW= CHAPLEAU – MISSINAIBI LAKE. ——————————————————————— ==DISCUSSION== TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP ...

May 7, 2017 @ 12:02 At 11:56 OPP tweeted that Highway 17 was open.   May 7, 2017 @ 11:45 Reports from travelers are that Highway 17 is now open. Traffic is moving.   May 7, 2017 @ 10:27 On May 7, 2017, shortly after 4:00 a.m., the East Algoma Provincial Police (OPP) and the Algoma District Paramedic Service responded ...

May 2, 2017 @ 08:56 At 8:17 a.m. the highway was reopened.   May 2, 2017 @ 05:55 OPP have tweeted that Hwy 17 is closed 35km west of Marathon due to a collision. Emergency services are on scene.  

Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advised at 12:02 p.m. that Highway 631 between Hornepayne and White River was re-opened at 11:55 hr. The highway opening was delayed to facilitate the safe removal of two transports in the ditch 20 and 25 kilometres south of Hornepayne.   May 2, 2017 @ 08:19 The Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is ...

May 2, 2017 @ 05:43 The road conditions were updated at 5:32 a.m. Last updated: 2017-05-02 – early morning report Northeastern (file generated at 5:32 AM) 101 Highway 651 to Wawa snow coveredPoor visibility. 17-05-02 5:11 651 Highway 101 to Missinabi partly snow covered 17-05-02 5:22 547 Highway 101 to Hawk Junction snow coveredPoor visibility. 17-05-02 5:11 17 Sault Saint ...

May 2, 2017 @ 00:51 Ontario511 is reporting that Highway 631 is closed from White River to Hornepayne.   May 2, 2017 @ 00:44 OPP have tweeted that Hwy 17 is closed between White River and Hornepayne. Hwy 17 doesn’t run between those two communities. This must be an error – will tweet them.     OPP have issued a ...

Apr 28, 2017 @ 03:55 This is only a lane closure, appears to be in order to fix a pothole.

At 1:12 am, the highway was reopened   Apr 27, 2017 @ 21:40   The Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Closure: Highway: 17 Location: Mile Hill Brief Description of Event: The OPP have initiated a road closure due to a jackknifed tractor trailer blocking both lanes.

Apr 27, 2017 @ 07:30 Freezing rain warnings are in effect for most of northeast/north-west Ontario with variations. Please check Environment Canada for more information on the other areas. If you are travelling today, please make sure that you are prepared for road closures/delays as this system may transition into snow this evening for many areas. 4:46 AM EDT Thursday ...

Apr 27, 2017 @ 1:06 Highway 519 and Hwy 17 (from Wawa to White River) has been reopened. It had been closed for 13 hours due to poor weather conditions. Freezing rain warnings are still in place from Wawa through to Nipigon.   Apr 26, 2017 @ 23:56 Hwy 519 and Hwy 17 (from Wawa to White River) remains closed at ...

Apr 26, 2017 @ 06:22 4:39 AM EDT Wednesday 26 April 2017 Freezing rain warning in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Agawa – Lake Superior Park Significant ice build-up due to freezing rain is expected or occurring. A long lasting period of freezing rain today into tonight. Freezing rain associated with a late season ice ...

Shawn Mahon, Green Project Coordinator has advised Wawa-news, “The snow is too heavy today so we’re cancelling the paint day. We’re going to wait until the second week of May when the kids will enjoy being outside more.”