Weather – Flurries ending this morning then mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Risk of snow squalls early this morning. Local amount 2 cm. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 14 this morning and minus 9 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Flurries. Local blowing snow late this ...
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Monday Morning News – February 10
Weather – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries late this morning and this afternoon. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h this afternoon. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 15 this morning and minus 10 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Flurries at times heavy. Local blowing snow this evening and after midnight. Local amount 5 to 10 ...
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Chapleau Ice Fishing Derby – Results
Despite the bitter cold, anglers went out and had a great day of fishing. Twenty-four qualifying fish were caught throughout the day, with the first qualifying fish being caught by Tom O’Shaughnessy who brought in a 3.20 pound 24-inch pike; and in a nail-biting finish the largest pike was brought in at 4:00 p.m.! Winners: Winner of the Return of the Sticks ...
Read More »Sunday Morning Weather – February 9
Weather – Flurries ending this afternoon then mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 early this morning then light early this afternoon. High minus 4. Wind chill near minus 12. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Partly cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries early ...
Read More »Great White North Youth Exchange Visits Wawa – Part 1
The Rotary Club of Wawa is hosting the Rotary Youth Exchange Students in the tri-annual District 6290 Great White North Youth Exchange Conference. The MMCC is the hub of the events – students arrived by bus Thursday night after a long journey through the district beginning in Grand Rapids and to the top of the District – Wawa. After being ...
Read More »Extreme Cold Warning for White River – Dubreuilville
Extreme Cold Warning in effect for White River – Dubreuilville A period of very cold wind chills is expected with wind chill values near minus 40 this morning. Extreme cold puts everyone at risk. Watch for cold-related symptoms: shortness of breath, chest pain, muscle pain and weakness, numbness and colour change in fingers and toes. Dress warmly. Dress in layers ...
Read More »Saturday Morning News – February 8
Weather – Increasing cloudiness. Flurries beginning late this morning. Local amount 2 cm. Wind becoming south 20 km/h early this afternoon. High minus 11. Wind chill minus 36 this morning and minus 19 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Flurries. Local amount 5 cm. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low minus 15 ...
Read More »Further Strike Action – February 13
Teachers and education workers represented by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/ FEESO) in certain school boards will take part in a one-day, full withdrawal of services in selected locations across Ontario on February 13, 2020. For Wawa, all OSSTF/FEESO members employed by the Algoma District School Board, École publique l’Escalade (Wawa), École Saint-Joseph (Wawa), École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa), and the Huron-Superior Catholic District School ...
Read More »Hwy 17 (Wawa to Batchawana) – Open
12:30 – The highway has been opened. Feb 6, 2020 at 22:11 – At 9:35 – 511ONNortheastern@511ONNortheast tweeted “update #Closure #BatchawanaBay #Hwy17 is closed in both directions from Batchawana Bay to Wawa due to a collision. #ONHwys” Feb 6, 2020 at 21:21 – At 8:53 OPPCommunicationsNER@OPP_COMM_NER tweeted – “ROAD CLOSURE: #Hwy17 between #BatchawanaBay and #Wawa – Highway closed for clean up.” At ...
Read More »Week 4 – Winner of the LDHCF ‘Catch the Ace’ Announced!
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 ...
Read More »Thursday Morning News – February 5
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 ...
Read More »ADSB On Upcoming Strike Action
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, ...
Read More »Wednesday Morning News – February 5
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 ...
Read More »Corporate Planning & Council Meetings Tonight – February 4
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 ...
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