Congratulations to Maury O’Neill on winning the Valentine’s Day Early Bird Draw of $ 1,000.00 for the Michipicoten Volunteer Firefighters Association Annual Cash Draw ( Tkt # 0004 ) Thank you all for your support! Next draws will be at the Wawa Ice Fishing Derby on March 3rd.
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United We Roll Convoy Visits Wawa!
The United We Roll Convoy stopped in White River and then Wawa, Sunday afternoon. Originally scheduled to pass by on Saturday, organizers called a rest stop in Thunder Bay. The outpouring of support from Northern Ontario was incredible, catching everyone off guard and delaying them as they tried to stop where they could, and always, always slowed down to toot ...
Read More »Hughes – Pharmacare can’t suffer the same fate as electoral reform
Feb 19, 2019 @ 9:17 It’s no secret that the cost of just getting by is going up for Canadians. Even when we find a little relief on one front, it seems there is another way to make life more expensive to counteract that. That’s why more than half of Canadians are $200 or less away from not being able ...
Read More »Letter – Will Promises be Kept, return of passenger rail from Toronto to Cochrane
MPPs return to Queen’s Park on Tuesday, February 19 and budget day should be soon after. The question northerners are asking – is the $45 million promised by the PCs for the return of passenger rail service from Toronto to Cochrane in the budget?? Will Premier Ford keep his promise? Will Vic Fedeli keep his promise? The Northeastern Ontario Rail ...
Read More »Two Council Meetings Tonight – February 19, 2019
Municipal Council is holding two meetings tonight, a council meeting and a policy committee meeting. The meetings will begin at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers. Council Meeting CALL TO ORDER & NOTE MEMBERS PRESENT PRESENTATIONS Ms. Kadean Olgivie-Pinter, CEO, Lady Dunn Health Centre REVIEW OF ADDENDUM & APPROVAL OF AGENDA Approval of the Agenda (resolution) ANNOUNCEMENTS, GIVING OF NOTICE ...
Read More »Ontarians are Resilient
In my view, Ontarians, in general, are pretty resilient people. I take great pride in saying this is particularly true of Northern Ontarians. Ontarians can work with just about any situation that comes our way. Here in the North, sometimes we just don’t have easy access to every product or service we need. Be that as it may, if Northerners ...
Read More »Sol Mamakwa supports Cat Lake’s call for immediate action on public health emergency
Sol Mamakwa, the NDP’s critic for indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, issued the following statement calling on the Ford government to support the community of Cat Lake, and their request for immediate action on the community’s state of emergency. Mamakwa, the MPP for Kiiwetinoong, joined Cat Lake community leaders who were at Queen’s Park on Friday to press the Ford government ...
Read More »Thessalon OPP investigate Fatal Snowmobile Collision
On February 17, 2019, shortly before 12:30 p.m., members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motorized snow vehicle collision that occurred on the Thessalon River below the John A. Fullerton Bridge, between Huron Street and Francis Street in the town of Thessalon. Investigation determined that 20-year-old Nicolas BARBER from Thessalon, Ontario was killed when the ...
Read More »Schreiber OPP seize illegal cigarettes
On February 17, 2019 at approximately 9:00 p.m. officers from the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop for a Highway Traffic Act offence on Highway 17, Lahontan Township (Rossport area). As a result of the traffic stop, officers seized 21 cases, containing approximately 200,000 unmarked cigarettes and cigars were seized. George Mike SAUNDERS, 50 years old ...
Read More »Tuesday Morning News – February 19
Weather – Increasing cloudiness. 60 percent chance of flurries this afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 9. Wind chill minus 34 in the morning and minus 16 in the afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 16. Wind chill ...
Read More »Premier Doug Ford – Family Day
Today, Premier Doug Ford issued the following statement on Family Day: “On behalf of the Government of Ontario, I want to wish you a very happy Family Day. I hope you can spend this special day enjoying quality time with your loved ones. Whether you’ll be out skating on one of our province’s many ponds or outdoor rinks, or cozying ...
Read More »Wawa Winter Carnival – Monday Agenda
Monday 1:30 – 2 p.m. MFN Cardboard Box Races, Queen’s Park Registration begins at 1:30 and the races start at 2 5:30 – 7:30 United Church Stew Supper $10 per adult, $5 for children under 10 Today is the last day to enjoy fishing in Ontario without a fishing licence. Remember that you have to follow conservation catch limits, ...
Read More »Monday Morning News – February 18
Weather – Sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 13. Wind chill minus 31 in the morning and minus 16 in the afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – A few clouds. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 24. Wind chill minus 21 in the evening and minus 29 overnight. Risk of frostbite. News ...
Read More »“Come Out to Cheer!” – United We Roll Convoy on Sunday, February 17 – UPDATED with LIVE TRACKER
LIVE TRACKER Feb 17, 2019 @ 10:30 – Red Rock Corner Feb 17, 2019 @ 07:53 – The United We Roll Convoy left Thunder Bay (Valhalla Inn) at 7:30 this morning. They were planning a fuel stop for everyone at the Flying J (just east of Thunder Bay). Unfortunately, there is no official time of their passing by ...
Read More »Wawa Figure Skating Display
Our town has some very talented skaters. If you didn’t go down to the MMCC yesterday afternoon – you missed a great show. Here are photos of skaters in the first half of the performance!
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