Weather/Roads

At 5 a.m. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Marathon – Schreiber Manitouwadge – Hornepayne There is a potential for heavy snowfall on Tuesday for areas northeast of Lake Superior. Snow is expected to intensify later tonight or early Tuesday morning and persist for much of the day. Snowfall accumulations ...

Feb 26, 2017 @ 20:08  6:41 PM EST Sunday 26 February 2017 Special weather statement in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Agawa – Lake Superior Park Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour Batchawana Bay Accumulating snow continues this evening. An Alberta Clipper type of disturbance has brought a general snowfall to the areas near Eastern Lake Superior as expected. Total ...

Feb 22, 2017 @ 06:37 6:04 AM EST Wednesday 22 February 2017 Fog advisory in effect for: Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Near zero visibility in fog is expected or occurring. Dense fog has developed in some locales and is expected to continue early this morning. As a result, visibility ...

8:51 PM EST Tuesday 21 February 2017 Fog advisory in effect for: Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Near zero visibility in fog is expected or occurring. Dense fog is expected to develop this evening and continue into overnight and Wednesday morning. As a result, visibility will be reduced to near ...

The repairs to Highway 17 by Northern Lights Ford has been completed and the highway is open in both directions.

At 3:44 Hwy 17 was reopened. At 2:13 p.m. OPP issued a press release stating that Highway 17 was closed from Wawa to Batchawana Bay (Hwy 563) due to deteriorating weather conditions. There is no estimated time of opening. Motorists can take Hwy 101 (Chapleau), and Hwy 129 (Thessalon) to rejoin Hwy 17 east of Sault Ste. Marie. At 1:30 p.m. ...

Feb 21, 2017 @ 12:18 OPP have opened Highway 17 to one lane. The highway had been closed at 4:30 this morning because of a washout on the northbound lane. OPP caution that there may be delays as traffic flows through at that area. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment is advising motorists that due to local heavy rainfall ...

Feb 21, 2017 @ 10:22 Highway 17 just north of Wawa at the Northern Lights Ford Dealership has some substantial erosion from the heavy rains last night. It appears as the water had funneled to this spot, ponded, and then broke through the snowbank, and then eroded the shoulder. It also cut a very thin crevasse between the shoulder and ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment are advising motorist that due to local heavy rainfall a section of Highway 17 approximately 15 kilometers North of Wawa has been washed out, as a result the Highway between Wawa and White River will remain closed until further notice. The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) have been notified and will attend the ...

Wawa-news just drove out to the barricade at Hwy 101 and Hwy 17 (6:30 a.m.) and has confirmed with the officer there that Highway 17 has been closed due to a washout at Northern Lights Ford. He couldn’t comment to media as to the severity of the washout. He did advise that there should be a press release issued by ...

Wawa-news.com has received the following: Please be advised that buses from White River to Wawa and Dubreuilville to Wawa are cancelled today due to a washout on Hwy 17N.  

UPDATE Feb 21, 2017 @ 05:08 – This weather statement ended at 5:00 a.m. Published on: Feb 20, 2017 @ 11:50 11:45 PM EST Monday 20 February 2017 Special weather statement in effect for: Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Brief freezing rain tonight. Precipitation from a large weather system may arrive ...

OPP have closed Highway 17 from Wawa to White River. This means that residents from Dubreuilville cannot travel to Wawa or White River, although Highway 519 is still open.   There has not been a reason for the highway being closed.   A call to North Bay Communications Centre (6:13 a.m) explained that it looks like the highway closure is ...

10:58 PM EST Monday 06 February 2017 Snowfall warning in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Significant snowfall expected Tuesday. Snow, at times heavy, will start over regions east of Lake Superior Tuesday morning, and then spread to regions near the Quebec border by ...

We have had some extremely nice weather over the past few days – rather unseasonal some have remarked. Last night Environment Canada confirmed that opinion. They released temperatures records that showed that much of Northern Ontario experienced record breaking temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above average for early November. Yesterday records were set in: Kenora – New record of 14.8 ...