Environment Canada is warning that significant snow is expected Wednesday night into Thursday. Snowfall amounts of 15cm are possible in a region spanning Wawa/Dubreuilville to Nipigon. A low pressure system moving into northwestern Ontario Wednesday night will bring potentially significant snowfall to the region. Snowfall is expected to begin overnight on Wednesday and continue until Thursday evening.

As we reach the halfway point of Premier Ford’s mandate until the 2022 provincial election, Ontarians from across the political spectrum can agree that addressing the needs of Northern Ontario is critical – especially for a Premier who campaigned on standing up for Northern Ontario businesses and skilled workers.   Premier Ford’s mandate for supporting Northern Ontario’s economic development, namely ...

Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 13 15 FAHRER, Tom 2 12 16 LESCHISHIN, Mark 3 11 16 McCOY, Joe 4 8 16 MITRIKAS, Erik 5 6 15 RODY Ron 6 5 16 TERRIS, Travis – ESC 7 4 15 BUMSTEAD, Aaron 8 3 15 Please be reminded that there is no curling on March 16th – Happy March ...

  The Kindergarten students at Sir James Dunn had a very special afternoon last week. Ms. McCoy and Ms. Collins visited our classroom to help us learn about being a chef. We saw all kinds of tools used in a kitchen and got to guess what they were for. We got a few of them right, but items like a ...

Weather – Clearing early this morning. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light this morning. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 23 this morning and minus 7 this afternoon. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – A few clouds. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 14. Wind chill minus 9 this evening and minus 17 overnight.   News Tidbits – ...

  The 2020 Wawa Ice Fishing Derby has come and gone, aided by the hands of many volunteers. The weather was beautiful, with highs of 4C on Saturday and 8.6C on Sunday. Robert Case was the lucky winner of the Registration Prize of $30,000, and Chris Fournier won a free entry in the 2021 Wawa Ice Fishing Derby. For the Early ...

There are a limited number of dinner tickets available for the Wawa Ladies Bonspiel dinner catered by Judy Page.  Please contact Jamie Kusic at 705-852-0742 or Barb Leschishin at 705-856-7466.  The deadline for reserving a ticket is March 14, 2020.

The Province of Ontario has a dedicated web page displaying current information on the status of COVID-19. Updates have been occuring every weekday at 10:30 a.m. showing the number of cases currently under investigation; and the number of confirmed positive, negative and resolved cases. The website will now be updated twice a day; 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., seven days a ...

Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning for the following areas: Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Elliot Lake – Ranger Lake Blind River – Thessalon This afternoon periods of rain are expected to change into freezing rain, and then changing to brief periods of freezing drizzle or snow overnight. Environment ...

  As part of the awards ceremony at the Wawa Ice Fishing Derby – the winners for the 2019/20 were drawn and announced: $10,000 – Penny Grenier (Wawa) $1,000 – Sara Ouellette (Wawa) $1,000 – Terri Sanderson (Wawa) $1,000 – Carol Hall (Sault Ste. Marie)      

Back in the 1930s, a particular adage gained notoriety, even though it was around long before then. The adage, which readers will no doubt have heard many times is, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” No one really knows the origin, but my guess is it became popular through the radio show hosted by actor, humorist, and journalist ...

Dans les années 1930, un dicton particulier a gagné en notoriété, même s’il existait bien avant. Le dicton, que les lecteurs auront sans doute entendu à plusieures reprises, est: « Il n’y a rien de tel qu’un lunch gratuit ». Personne ne connaît vraiment l’origine, mais je suppose que c’est devenu populaire grâce à l’émission de radio animée par l’acteur, ...

Sunday, March 8th, in the afternoon, Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, confirmed that there are two more positive cases of COVID-19 in Ontario. There are now 31 confirmed cases, with four of them resolved –  with each of those patients having two consecutive negative tests at least 24 hours apart. A female in her 60s returned from ...

Weather – Cloudy. 60 percent chance of ice pellets or freezing rain early this morning. Periods of snow or ice pellets beginning this morning. Risk of freezing rain late this morning and this afternoon. Local snow and ice pellet amount 2 cm. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High minus 1. Wind chill minus 14 this ...

This afternoon, Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, confirmed another positive case of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Ontario to 29. Of these, four cases in the province are all resolved, with each of those patients having two consecutive negative tests at least 24 hours apart. A female in her 40s returned from Colorado ...