Algoma Public Health is reporting a new COVID-19 case in a resident in the Algoma District (Sault Ste. Marie & Area). Case 33 is currently self-isolating and was tested on September 26th, 2020. The exposure category is unknown. Sault Ste. Marie & Area includes: Batchewana First Nation, Garden River First Nation, Laird, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Prince, Sault Ste. ...

October 18, 2022 is “Child Care Worker & Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day”.   Years of research confirms the benefits of high-quality early learning and child care for young children’s intellectual, emotional, social and physical development and later life outcomes.   Licensed child care and EarlyON programs promote the well-being of children and responds to the needs of families and ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a publié aujourd’hui une mise à jour de la modélisation de l’évolution de la COVID-19, qui montre que la province connaît une deuxième flambée de cas semblable à celle qu’ont connue d’autres administrations. La province fournit au public une transparence totale sur les conséquences du manque de vigilance des Ontariens dans le respect des mesures de ...

The Ontario government today released updated COVID-19 modelling, which shows the province is experiencing a second surge in cases similar to what other jurisdictions have experienced. The province is providing the public with full transparency about the consequences if Ontarians are not vigilant in adhering to public health measures. The Chief Medical Officer of Health says Ontarians must be vigilant ...

  It has been a tiresome summer with all the construction on Mission Road and Main Street. Detours, dust and potholes. The end is in sight though! Monday saw them putting layers of pavement down on Main Street. Curbs are in place, and sod has been laid… Not too much longer…

Aujourd’hui, Greg Rickford, ministre des Affaires autochtones, a fait la déclaration suivante à l’occasion de la Journée du chandail orange : « Aujourd’hui, nous reconnaissons l’impact durable et multigénérationnel du système des pensionnats sur les communautés autochtones, notre province et notre pays. Pendant plus de 100 ans, les enfants autochtones de tout le Canada ont été arrachés à leur famille ...

Today, Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs, issued the following statement on Orange Shirt Day: “Today, we acknowledge the long-lasting, multi-generational impact of the residential school system on Indigenous communities, our province and our country. For more than 100 years, Indigenous children across Canada were removed from their families and forced to attend residential schools, where they were stripped of ...

Happy Birthday Lucas Michael Gratton… AKA Lil Dude from Papa and Amma

The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are asking for assistance in regards to a mobility mat that was stolen sometime between September 18 and September 25, 2020 from Spruce Beach in Elliot Lake.   The City of Elliot Lake recently purchased mobility mats and wheelchairs for Spruce Beach to allow better accessibility for people with mobility issues. The mobility mat is ...

Sep 30, 2020 at 09:56 – On September 27, 2020 at approximately 8:00 a.m. members of the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Batchewana Fire and Rescue responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 North.   A motor vehicle travelling northbound crossed the oncoming lane of traffic and ...

Although we cannot meet for Worship together you may like to read the Scriptures for 04 October 2020. Exodus 20: 1-4, 7-9, 12-20   The Ten Commandments Psalm 19                         The heaven’s declare God’s glory. Philippians 3: 4b – 14    Paul’s testimony – his gains were loss. Matthew 21: 33- 46      The parable of the landowner and the tenants. To Ponder: When ...

The library is open! Our reopening policy is available to read on the library website (wawa.olsn.ca). We will be allowing five people in at a time for no more than 15 minutes at a time.  Anyone wishing to use the public computers must call ahead to book a time.  This is to avoid having too many people in the library. ...

Weather – Another rainy day… Showers. Risk of a thunderstorm late this morning and this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating early this morning. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h this afternoon. High 12. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – A few showers ending near midnight then cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Wind ...

The Wawa Community Outreach Group is a collaborative local team of care providers, serving Wawa and area.  We are currently seeking a motivated and organized Community Outreach Coordinator. The Wawa Community Outreach Program Project Coordinator’s role is to provide support to those in need in their homes during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Community Outreach Coordinator will prepare comprehensive action plans, ...

The government delivered its throne speech this week and, as expected, it was filled with nice sound bites. While the chattering class in Ottawa speculates breathlessly about whether any opposition party will support it – spoiler, the Conservatives immediately said they wouldn’t – Canadians are left to wonder where they fit into the discussion. At the outset, it’s important to ...