The Algoma NewsNews and history from Wawa and the Algoma District of Northern Ontario.https://www.thealgomanews.caen-caLetter to the Editor Regarding Bill C-32: The Copyright Fight Over Canadian Classroomshttps://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/editorial/letter-to-the-editor-regarding-bill-c-32https://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/editorial/letter-to-the-editor-regarding-bill-c-32In 2010 Access Copyright warned Algoma News readers that Bill C-32 would hurt Canadian publishers. Here is how the classroom copyright fight ended.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEditorial$5,000 in Fines for Commercial Fishing Violations on Lake Eriehttps://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/national/5000-fine-for-commercial-fishing-violationshttps://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/national/5000-fine-for-commercial-fishing-violationsA Port Stanley licence holder and boat captain paid $5,000 for commercial fishing violations on Lake Erie, for over-quota walleye and undeclared bass.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTNationalChristine Elliott Returns to Northern Ontario for Leadership Debatehttps://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/political/elliott-returns-to-northern-ontario-for-leadership-debatehttps://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/political/elliott-returns-to-northern-ontario-for-leadership-debateChristine Elliott brought a Northern Ontario platform to the 2009 PC leadership debate in Sudbury. What became of her law school and broadband ideas?Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPoliticalHandle With Care: What Canada Can Teach the U.S. About Managing Used Nuclear Fuelhttps://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/editorial/handle-with-care-what-canada-can-teach-the-us-about-used-nuclear-fuelhttps://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/editorial/handle-with-care-what-canada-can-teach-the-us-about-used-nuclear-fuelAfter Yucca Mountain failed, U.S. advisers looked to Canada's consent-based plan for used nuclear fuel, which led to a site near Ignace in 2024.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEditorialLloyd Axworthy: Born December 21, 1939https://www.thealgomanews.ca/columns/its-our-history-our-country/lloyd-axworthy-december-21-1939https://www.thealgomanews.ca/columns/its-our-history-our-country/lloyd-axworthy-december-21-1939Lloyd Axworthy, born December 21, 1939, lost his first two elections, then became Canada's foreign minister and led the treaty banning landmines.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTColumnsPresident Mubarak Announcement Enrages Egyptian Citizenshttps://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/international/president-mubarak-announcement-enrages-egyptian-citizenshttps://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/international/president-mubarak-announcement-enrages-egyptian-citizensThe Mubarak announcement of February 10, 2011, that he would stay in power enraged Egyptian citizens. Within 24 hours he was gone.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTInternationalFines and Forfeitures for Transport and Possession of Illegally Killed Muskoxhttps://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/national/fines-and-forfeitures-for-illegally-killed-muskoxhttps://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/national/fines-and-forfeitures-for-illegally-killed-muskoxHunting-show footage led to fines for two Ontario hunters over illegally killed muskox from Nunavut, and their trophy mounts were forfeited.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTNationalNuclear Waste Workshop Offered Wawa an Alternative to Industry Informationhttps://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/local/nuclear-waste-workshop-wawahttps://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/local/nuclear-waste-workshop-wawaIn 2011 Northwatch held a nuclear waste workshop in Wawa so residents could hear an independent view of the national repository search.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLocalWawa Boy Hits It Big: How Pete Zedlacher Took Northern Ontario to the Comedy Stagehttps://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/local/wawa-boy-hits-it-bighttps://www.thealgomanews.ca/news/local/wawa-boy-hits-it-bigWawa-born comedian Pete Zedlacher went from a Lake Superior mining town to New York, the Canadian Comedy Awards and stages from Kandahar to Alert.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLocal