The winner of the fourth week in the Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation’s ‘Chase the Ace’ has been announced. Should someone have the Ace of Spades in the envelope they choose they could win $1,365.00 as well as the $469.00 from the weekly draw. Wawa resident Anders Morden had the winning ticket. His ticket chose envelope #19 to be opened ...

When it comes to updates on passenger rail service for northeastern Ontario, there has been so little to report publicly but much going on in the background. Just before Christmas, Metrolinx and Ontario Northland delivered their yearlong creation of a business plan for the return of passenger rail service which includes all the necessary items for decision making (scheduling, equipment, ...

Today, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement regarding continued escalation by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO): “Our government has put forward reasonable proposals at the negotiating table, including a commitment to maintain full-day kindergarten, and it is deeply disappointing parents are still seeing repeated escalation at the expense of our students to advance higher compensation, ...

Weather – Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h this morning. High minus 6. Wind chill minus 11 this morning and minus 18 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries this evening. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low minus 25. Wind chill minus 18 ...

Open letter to Hon. Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation February 3, 2020 Hon. Caroline Mulroney Ministry of Transportation 5th Floor, 777 Bay St. Toronto, ON  M7A 1Z8 Dear Minister Mulroney, I cannot begin to describe how disappointed I am with both of your responses to my letters concerning the insufficient access that Northerners have to DriveTest Centres within their region. ...

February 5, 2020 Dear ADSB Families of Elementary Students and LBS Students: The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) announced yesterday that it is again engaging in province-wide and rotating (local) strikes next week. There will be a province-wide strike on Tuesday, February 11th and for the Algoma district, another one-day strike (as part of the rotating strikes) on Wednesday, ...

New books on the 7-Day Shelf this week are “The Water Dancer” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell and “Final Option” by Clive Cussler. STAFF PICKS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY ARE: “Fractured” by Karin Slaughter and this week’s feature is “Texas Ranger” by James Patterson. From the book jacket: Officer Rory Yates is called home to settle ...

The congregation welcomes everyone to Worship at First United Church.  Services are held on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.  If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church (705-856-2926). A  Very  Special  THANK YOU to everyone who helped in so many ways with the recent THRIFT SHOP. Sat.       Feb.     08   Prayer Shawl Ministry – 3 ...

This week we were reminded of the horrors of WW2 with the remembrance of the liberation of Auswich concentration camp. Hopefully, we will never have something like it in the future. At the Branch, things are getting ready for the Winter Carnival. So did you get your tickets for the Valentine’s Dinner on February 14th. And are you ready for ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy. Flurries beginning this morning. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High minus 4. Wind chill minus 20 this morning and minus 10 this afternoon. Tonight – Flurries. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light near midnight. Low minus 10. Wind chill ...

Council is holding a Corporate Planning Committee Meeting and Council Meeting tonight in Council Chambers beginning at 6:30 p.m. In new business (Corporate Planning) Council will be receiving and discussing the Wawa Energy Conservation and Demand Management Plan, Main Street Funding Ontario, and the Northshore Liquefied Natural Gas Project – Shareholders Agreement. In the Council Meeting Council is expected to ...

The central agreement with the Education Workers’ Alliance of Ontario (EWAO) representing 3,975 education workers across the province, including education assistants, early childhood educators, professional services, custodial and maintenance staff, has been ratified by school boards and the unions and agreed to by the Government of Ontario. As the government did with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in ...

The Old Town Hall in Richards Landing will be hosting two concerts in February to kick off the 2020 Just Passin’ Through concert series with Benjamin Dakota Rogers on Feb. 11 and the Sultans of String on Feb. 22. The Township of St. Joseph Events Committee founded the Just Passin’ Through Concert Series in 2012 to bring music events to ...

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 10 12 TERRIS, Tom 2 9 11 LESCHISHIN, Mark 3 7 12 McCOY, Joe 4 5 12 MITRIKAS, Erik 4 5 12 RODY Ron 4 5 12 TERRIS, Travis – ESC 7 4 12 BUMSTEAD, Aaron 8 2 11 Next Games – Monday, February 10, 2020 at 7 p.m. Ice 1 Ice 2 ...