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Elliot Lake wants your help to improve the transit system

Elliot Lake wants your help to improve the transit system

'Your input will help us better understand how you use the existing transit system, why you use it, and opportunities for making it better,' said the City of Elliot Lake
Ontario wildland firefighters to get same health coverage as city counterparts

Ontario wildland firefighters to get same health coverage as city counterparts

Province saw record-setting wildfire season last year, with 741 fires burning 440,000 hectares of forest
Miners' Memorial temporarily closed

Miners' Memorial temporarily closed

Miners’ Memorial Park temporarily closed to the public due to maintenance
BEYOND LOCAL: Canada women to host Mexico twice in June as part of Olympic soccer preparation

BEYOND LOCAL: Canada women to host Mexico twice in June as part of Olympic soccer preparation

The matches are part of Canada's preparations for defence of its title at the Paris Olympics in July
Heavy rain continues today: Environment Canada

Heavy rain continues today: Environment Canada

An additonal 20 to 30 mm of rainfall is possible. Additionally, there is a freezing rain warning in effect north of the Sault with 1 to 3 mm of ice accredation possible, Environment Canada says
Good morning, Elliot Lake!

Good morning, Elliot Lake!

Here's a look at the current local weather and gas prices
BEYOND LOCAL: 'Nessie' sighting vaults Canadian couple into media spotlight after photo in Scotland

BEYOND LOCAL: 'Nessie' sighting vaults Canadian couple into media spotlight after photo in Scotland

Malm and Wiseman have been thrust into the limelight after a photo they took during their family vacation showed a shadowy figure poking above the waterline, something that the couple's children — and others — firmly believe is the latest sighting of the famed Loch Ness Monster
Ontario to ban cellphones in class, block access to social media at school

Ontario to ban cellphones in class, block access to social media at school

'We need to act with urgency today': New plan announced Sunday by province's education minister also includes a ban vaping on school properties starting this fall
COLUMN: ArriveCan contractor's 'astonishing call' to appear before House

COLUMN: ArriveCan contractor's 'astonishing call' to appear before House

'Kristian Firth ... became the first person in 111 years to actually be questioned by MPs within the House of Commons chambers itself,' writes the MP for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing
Day of Mourning ceremony held at Miners’ Memorial Park

Day of Mourning ceremony held at Miners’ Memorial Park

Five fallen miners were inducted during the ceremony. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Elliot Lake wildcat strike for mine safety