{"id":80946,"date":"2026-02-18T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=80946"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:07:05","slug":"wednesday-morning-news-february-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/wednesday-morning-news-february-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Morning News &#8211; February 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Weather:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"table mrgn-bttm-md textforecast\" style=\"height: 91px;\" width=\"600\" data-v-1c24213a=\"\">\n<tbody data-v-1c24213a=\"\">\n<tr class=\"pdg-btm-0\" data-v-1c24213a=\"\">\n<td data-v-1c24213a=\"\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/en\/forecast\/hourly\/index.html?coords=47.994,-84.774\" data-v-1c24213a=\"\"><strong title=\"Wednesday\" data-v-1c24213a=\"\">Today<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td data-v-1c24213a=\"\">Mainly cloudy. Wind northeast 20 km\/h gusting to 40 increasing to 40 gusting to 60 early this morning. High -4. Wind chill -19 this morning and -2 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"pdg-tp-0\" data-v-1c24213a=\"\">\n<td data-v-1c24213a=\"\"><strong title=\"Wednesday night\" data-v-1c24213a=\"\">Tonight<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-v-1c24213a=\"\">Periods of snow and local blowing snow ending overnight then cloudy with 30% chance of snow. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind northeast 30 km\/h gusting to 50. Low -9. Wind chill -12 this evening and -18 overnight.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Roads:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>At 8:45 a.m. the highway was reopened.<\/strong> A serious collision on Hy 17 east of Sault Ste. Marie has closed the highway in both directions at Waltonen Road &#8211; Plummer Additional Twp (S), Bruce Mines at 7:03 a.m.. From OPP &#8220;<span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">Highway 17 is fully closed in both directions from Highway 638 in Bruce Mines to Duff Road. Passenger vehicles can detour using Duff Road and Cloudslee Road. There is no detour for commercial vehicles. One person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries follow a collision involving a pickup truck and a transport truck. Updates to follow.<\/span>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rds-18-at-07.44.03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80947\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rds-18-at-07.44.03.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rds-18-at-07.44.03.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rds-18-at-07.44.03-300x95.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><strong>New Tidbits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sad to hear that the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, died Tuesday in Chicago. He was 84.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather: Today Mainly cloudy. Wind northeast 20 km\/h gusting to 40 increasing to 40 gusting to 60 early this morning. High -4. Wind chill -19 this morning and -2 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight Periods of snow and local blowing snow ending overnight then cloudy with 30% chance of snow. 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