Author Archives: Brenda Stockton

Environment Canada issues Frost Advisory

At 3:27 Environment Canada updated their Frost Advisory to include Wawa and the surrounding area. Frost Advisory For: =New= City of Thunder Bay =New= Superior West =New= Manitouwadge – Hornepayne =New= Nipigon – Marathon – Superior North =New= Wawa – White River – Pukaskwa =New= Agawa – Lake Superior Park =New= Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake From earlier: Dryden – Ignace ...

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Morning News – September 13

Weather – Periods of rain ending late this morning then mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this morning. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 this afternoon. High 17. UV index 4 or moderate. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers early this evening. Clearing ...

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Morning News – September 12

Weather – Increasing cloudiness. Periods of rain beginning late this morning. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Amount 5 mm. High 15. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Periods of rain. Amount 10 mm. Low 12.   Statistics from Algoma Public Health: Tested (1) 27,259 Positive 29 Negative 26,743 Deceased 0 Resolved (2) 29   Updated: September 8, 2020   (1) ...

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Morning News – September 11

Weather – Sunny. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 16. UV index 6 or high. Tonight A few clouds. Low 8. Frost advisory in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Some plants may be damaged or even destroyed by frost. Frost is possible this morning across portions of northern Ontario. Ground temperatures may fall to near ...

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Smile Cookie Campaign Begins September 14 – Support the Wawa Christmas Hamper Fund

Every year, Tim Hortons holds their Smile Cookie Campaign, a one week event, with proceeds being donated to local charities. In Wawa, past beneficiaries include: 2019 – Community Living Algoma 2018 – The THRIVE Child Development Centre and its Foundation ($2,542), 2017 – CHADWIC Home ($2,316), 2016 – 2015 – LDHC Foundation’s Telemetry Unit ($2,800 + 40) 2014 – North ...

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Bold Ventures Mobilizes Prospecting Crew to Farwell Gold and Base Metals Project

Bold Ventures Inc. has mobilized a prospecting crew to the Farwell Gold and Base Metals Project located approximately 55 km northwest of Wawa. The initial work will take place along the Tundra Gold Horizon in the eastern portion of the property. The media release explains that historical exploration has identified 3 gold-copper occurrences – Tundra, Conductor ‘B’ and Brown Lake ...

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Morning News – September 10

Weather – Mainly sunny. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h this afternoon. High 15. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight – A few clouds. Fog patches developing overnight. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low plus 2 with risk of frost. Frost advisory: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Some plants may ...

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Frost Advisory

At 3:22 p.m. Environment Canada issued a Frost Advisory for the following areas: Savant Lake – Sturgeon Lake Lake Nipigon – Wabakimi Geraldton – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Wawa – White River – Pukaskwa City Of Thunder Bay Dryden – Ignace Fort Frances – Rainy Lake Atikokan – Upsala – Quetico Superior West, and Nipigon – Marathon – Superior North. Frost ...

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Harte Gold Continues a successful Mill Restart

Harte Gold restarted the mill on August 5th, and operated a processed 800 tonnes per day (“tpd”) or greater for several contiguous days. For the month of August, a total of 19,685 tonnes were processed (760 tonnes per day). Gold production for August was approximately 3,200 ounces. The Feasibility Study to expand to a 1,200 tpd throughput rate continues. Mine ...

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Morning News – September 9

Weather – Mainly cloudy. High 12. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight – Partly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers this evening. Low plus 5.   Statistics from Algoma Public Health: Tested (1) 26,485 Positive 29 Negative 26,042 Deceased 0 Resolved (2) 29   Updated: September 8, 2020   (1) That Algoma Public Health is aware of. (2) Patient tested positive ...

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Frost Advisory

At 8:52 a.m. the Frost Advisory ended for: Wawa – White River – Pukaskwa, Agawa – Lake Superior Park, Timmins – Cochrane – Iroquois Falls, Chapleau – Gogama, and Kirkland Lake – Englehart. It continues for: City of Thunder Bay, Kenora – Nestor Falls, Dryden – Ignace, Fort Frances – Rainy Lake, Atikokan – Upsala – Quetico, Superior West, and ...

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Morning News – September 8

Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. High 13. UV index 6 or high. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. Low plus 3. Frost advisory in effect with patchy frost likely early this morning. Low temperatures are expected to be near or just below zero degrees Celsius early this morning. Frost will be possible once again for portions of Northwestern Ontario ...

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Frost Advisory

At 3:17 this afternoon, Environment Canada issued a Frost Advisory for the following areas: City Of Thunder Bay, Kenora, Nestor Falls, Dryden – Ignace, Fort Frances – Rainy Lake,  Atikokan – Upsala – Quetico, Superior West, Nipigon – Marathon – Superior North, Wawa – White River – Pukaskwa, Agawa – Lake Superior Park, Timmins – Cochrane – Iroquois Falls, Chapleau ...

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From the Park – retour à l’école

Après avoir vécu à temps partiel à Toronto pendant tant d’années, il n’est pas surprenant que je rencontre rarement quelqu’un qui ait beaucoup de bien à dire sur les trajets domicile-travail. Si quelqu’un souligne un avantage, il s’agit généralement de lui donner le temps de lire ou de réfléchir à des questions qui lui importent. J’ai la chance d’avoir un ...

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