Mar 12, 2019 @ 15:43 The search for two people onboard a Robinson R66 helicopter that went missing between Sudbury and Kapuskasing, Ontario, ended with the discovery of their aircraft on March 11, 2019. Unfortunately, when Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue technicians (SAR techs) arrived at the crash site, Jody and Nicole Blais were found without vital signs. ...

After blowing nearly $200 million in payouts and golden handshakes in his meddling at Hydro One, Doug Ford has now set the annual compensation for the new Hydro One CEO at a whopping $1.5 million. The CEO of Hydro-Quebec is paid about $800,000 in base salary and bonuses. The CEO of Hydro One before the Liberals privatized it was paid ...

Agenda CALL TO ORDER & NOTE MEMBERS PRESENT REVIEW OF ADDENDUM & APPROVAL OF AGENDA Approval of Agenda   ANNOUNCEMENTS / DEPUTATIONS DECLARATION OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of Minutes – Corporate Planning Meeting, Tuesday, February 12, 2019 OLD BUSINESS Annual and Summary Reports for 2018 – Wawa Drinking Water System Remedial Action ...

Men’s High Single – Dave Casavant ( 318 ) Women’s High Single – Mary Ellen Douchamie ( 283 ) Men’s High Triple – Jake Casavant ( 801 ) Women’s High Triple – Mary Ellen Douchamie ( 695 ) Team High Single ( Hdcp’d ) – Wilderness Helicopters Strike Force – ( 1412 ) Team High Triple ( Hdcp’d ) – ...

“If we take care of the land, it will take care of us.” More than 300 First Nations guardians, leaders and partners are gathering in Vancouver from March 12 – 13th to discuss the next steps in creating a national guardians network. Guardians serve as the “moccasins and mukluks” on the ground for their communities. Drawing on traditional knowledge and ...

NDP MPP Ian Arthur, the Official Opposition critic for the Environment and Sustainability, is laying out the details of his private member’s bill — one that will ban all single-use plastics in Ontario by 2025, with the worst offenders being banned in 2020. “Our kids and grandkids deserve to have clean drinking water, clean air to breathe and unpolluted soil ...

  Wawa Figure Skating Club was represented well at the Skate Ontario Provincial Championships this past weekend.  Delaney skated four programs and finished 4th in Bronze Triathlon and 16th in STAR 8. The WFSC would like to thank Wawa for its continued support of our local athletes.

  The Grade 6 & 7 class from St. Joseph French Immersion Catholic School would like to thank everyone who supported our Annual Bake Sale and the Bottle Drive.  We are overwhelmed by the generosity of our town! All of the proceeds will go towards our 2020 trip to Québec. We would also like to thank the amazing volunteers who ...

  L’école élémentaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ainsi que l’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont très bien réussi à la compétition provinciale des courses de bateaux en carton qui a eu lieu à Waterloo le 6 et 7 mars. Les deux équipes ont remporté une 4e place avec plus de 25 équipes de partout en province qui ont accédé à la compétition provinciale ...

  Both the elementary and secondary school teams from École Saint-Joseph in Wawa stood tall at the Provincial Cardboard Boat Race competition on March 6th and 7th in Waterloo, with both teams taking home the 4th place. Over 25 teams from all over the province competed in each division having earned their spot at the provincial level after succeeding at ...

Algoma Steel Inc. (with its affiliates, “Algoma” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment today of Michael McQuade as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. McQuade, who is currently a director of Algoma, has more than 35 years of steel industry experience in a number of senior leadership positions. “On behalf of the board of directors, I ...

Weather – Clearing this morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h near noon. High plus 1. Wind chill minus 16 in the morning. UV index 4 or moderate. Tonight – Increasing cloudiness. Periods of freezing rain beginning late this evening then changing to rain or drizzle after midnight. Fog patches developing after midnight. Wind southwest 20 km/h. Low minus 2 with ...

Congratulations to William Heffern of Blind River for winning $150,000 with THE BIGGER SPIN INSTANT game (#2124). The winning ticket was purchased at Broken Canoe Trading Post on West Street in Blind River.   THE BIGGER SPIN INSTANT game is an exciting new $10 game that combines popular scratch play with prizes revealed in-store by an animated spinning wheel on the ...

NDP Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement in response to the Ford government’s appointment of a new Commissioner for the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP): “I would like to extend my sincere congratulations to Deputy Chief Thomas Carrique on his appointment as the new OPP commissioner. I look forward to meeting him, and wish him well in his ...

Marit Stiles, Ontario NDP Education critic, said the Ford Conservatives’ announcement falls woefully short of what will be needed as cuts to autism services send an influx of kids with high needs into the school system on April 1.   Educators and parents have been raising concerns about a lack of resources in schools with increasing urgency since the Ford ...