{"id":81004,"date":"2026-02-20T07:58:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=81004"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:04:22","slug":"friday-morning-news-february-20th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/friday-morning-news-february-20th\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Morning News &#8211; February 20th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Weather:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"table mrgn-bttm-md textforecast\" style=\"height: 107px;\" 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=\"Friday\" data-v-1c24213a=\"\">Today<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td data-v-1c24213a=\"\">Periods of snow ending this afternoon then mainly cloudy with 40% chance of flurries. Risk of freezing drizzle this morning and early this afternoon. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind northeast 30 km\/h gusting to 50. High zero. Wind chill -10 this morning. UV index 1 or low.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"pdg-tp-0\" data-v-1c24213a=\"\">\n<td data-v-1c24213a=\"\"><strong title=\"Friday night\" data-v-1c24213a=\"\">Tonight<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-v-1c24213a=\"\">Mainly cloudy. 40% chance of flurries this evening. Wind northeast 20 km\/h gusting to 40. Low -10. Wind chill -7 this evening and -17 overnight.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Roads:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rds-20-at-07.47.15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81005\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rds-20-at-07.47.15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rds-20-at-07.47.15.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rds-20-at-07.47.15-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News Tidbits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_6568.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-81008\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_6568-300x172.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_6568-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_6568.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Sault Councillors have begun the fight to prevent the closure of LifeLabs diagnostic laboratory in Sudbury this spring. Couns. Hollingsworth and Bruni will present a motion at Monday&#8217;s meeting to ask the city of Sault Ste. Marie to call on the Province of Ontario and the Ministry of Health to retain essential medical laboratory services for Northern Ontario.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather: Today Periods of snow ending this afternoon then mainly cloudy with 40% chance of flurries. Risk of freezing drizzle this morning and early this afternoon. 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