The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Detachments and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service (SSMPS) are pleased to announce that the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Ontario will be coming to Wawa. With the support of community partners and the community itself, this initiative will assist and support the Special Olympics athletes. The Law Enforcement Torch Run ...
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Men’s Night Golf – June 15
Jun 16, 2017 @ 12:17 80 Players 1st FLIGHT: Francis Dechamplain, Jacob Gauthier, Mitch Cousineau -5 under par 31 2nd FLIGHT: Ron Rody, Chris Buckell, Claude Samson-2 under par 34 3rd FLIGHT: Eric Levesque, Bubba Gagne, Luc Belanger-4 under par 32 4th FLIGHT: Bernie Erechook, Derek Chapman-4 under par 32 5th FLIGHT: Andy Ilola, Reg Spencer, Cliff Ingham-2 over par ...
Read More »Two Serious collisions involving Commercial Motor Vehicles near Marathon
Jun 15, 2017 @ 16:40 Members of the Marathon detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to two separate motor vehicle collisions that occurred on Highway 17 in less than a twelve hour period. June 15, 2017 at 02:19 a.m.; OPP, Marathon Fire Department (MFD), and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were called to Highway 17, Brothers Township approximately 60km ...
Read More »The Only Northern Voice in the Next Election
Jun 15, 2017 @ 10:00 The Northern Ontario Party will be a strong voice to speak on behalf of its citizens. Unlike the other Greater Toronto Area parties, we intend on having candidates that will represent you the citizen, rather than representing a political party’s agenda or a special interest group. There is no doubt we will face challenges, confront ...
Read More »Operation Corridor Launches Today – One in Five Crashes involves Commercial Vehicles
Transport truck-related collisions continue to take a significant toll on human life on Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-patrolled roads, with one in five road crashes involving large commercial vehicles. Today, the OPP launches the annual Operation Corridor campaign to shed more light on the prevalence of transport trucks and their impact on other road users. This year’s Operation Corridor campaign runs from ...
Read More »Thursday Morning News – June 15
Weather – Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers late this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 19. UV index 7 or high. News Tidbits – It is interesting that the federal government won’t reveal the salary details of top aides to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, saying it would violate privacy law to do so, ...
Read More »FOUND!
Found case of Ensure drink and other item found on road at corner of liquor store. Looks like they fell out of a pickup. Can contact (705) 852-0090 to claim.
Read More »More front-line workers and Naloxone Kits to help every community in the Opioid Crisis
Jun 14, 2017 @ 08:50 On Monday, June 12, 2017, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Dr. Eric Hostins was joined by joined by John Tory, Mayor of Toronto at The Works Needle Exchange Program in Toronto to announce new front-line addiction and mental health workers for every community in the province and the distribution of almost 80,000 additional naloxone kits ...
Read More »Severe Flood Damage Jeopardizes Future of Churchill, Manitoba
Jun 14, 2017 @ 08:30 Future of rail service to Churchill, Manitoba is in peril. Damage this year from flooding includes 19 places where the track bed is washed out and at least five bridges are damaged. Citing a short construction season, the Company, Omnitrax says all the repairs cannot be completed. The inspection alone will cost more than $500,000 ...
Read More »Sneak Peek at the New Wawa Goose
Jun 14, 2017 @ 08:28 It certainly looks familiar, but with a beautiful golden cast from the bronze that the New Wawa Goose is being made of. The new goose will be unveiled July 1st, 2017.
Read More »‘Fly Away Home’ another view of the crowd
Jun 14, 2017 @ 08:10 Joel Cooper was taking photographs of the gathering of Wawaites, to say goodbye to our Wawa Goose. Above is the photograph that he took showing the helicopter from Wilderness Helicopters taking pictures of the crowd. If you look at the photograph below you can make out Joel standing on the shoulder of Highway 101. ...
Read More »Wednesday Morning News – June 14
Jun 14, 2017 @ 07:55 Weather – Cloudy with 70 percent chance of showers and risk of a thunderstorm. Wind becoming east 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this morning. High 21. UV index 5 or moderate. News tidbits – Wawa-news would like to congratulate the students of Northern College’s Underground Hard Rock Miner Common Core program, (offered in partnership with Richmont Mines) ...
Read More »Running for PTSD #helpingheroes
This year’s 17th Annual Blackfly Run is a special one. Not only because it is the 17th run, on the 17th day of June, in 2017… …no it is very special this year, because one of our Wawa Volunteer Firefighters is donning his bunker gear about fifty pounds worth, and running a 10km marathon #helpingheroes; although he does admit ...
Read More »Transport Fire on Hwy 69 – Closes Highway and causes bush fire
On Monday, June 12, 2017 at 12:09 p.m., members of the West Parry Sound Ontario Provincial Police received a call for service on Highway 69, approximately 1km north of Wood Duck Trail, involving a fire. Investigation has since revealed that a tractor trailer was travelling on Highway 69 when it sustained a mechanical issue. The operator had stopped the tractor ...
Read More »Tuesday Morning News – June 13
Weather – Mainly sunny. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h this morning. High 22.
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