Once again The Bargain Shop joined forces with the Wawa Fire Department, Superior East OPP to help collect toys for the annual Bargain Shop’s “Fill a Sleigh Day”. Santa arrived via fire truck, and was assisted by the Wawa Mustangs inside for pictures with the kids. The ‘Fill a Sleigh Day’ was very successful with $7,736.01 being brought in. The ...

Weather – Bundle up this morning -the wind is quite bitter and blustery with gusts to 20km/hr. Snow beginning early this morning. Amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind northeast 20 km/h. High minus 15. Wind chill minus 29 this morning and minus 24 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. Tonight – Snow ending after midnight then partly cloudy. Amount 5 cm. ...

Dec 8, 2019 @ 14:23 Flash freeze warning in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Agawa – Lake Superior Park Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake Gogama – Foleyet Temperatures are forecast to fall rapidly this afternoon or early this evening to well below freezing due the passage of an Arctic cold front. Ponding water, slush, and any ...

Weather – Snow. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light late this morning. Wind becoming north 20 gusting to 40 this afternoon. Temperature falling to minus 9 this afternoon. Wind chill minus 14 this afternoon. Tonight – Snow ending early this evening then cloudy. Snow beginning before morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries this morning. A few flurries beginning this morning. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming south 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High minus 1. Wind chill minus 25 this morning and minus 7 this afternoon. Tonight – Cloudy. Snow beginning this evening. Amount 5 to 10 cm. ...

December 6th is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, also known as White Ribbon Day. Today, we remember and pay tribute to the women who have lost their lives to violence. Three decades after the 1989 Polytechnique Massacre in Montreal, women continue to live in the context of violence every day. For Indigenous women and ...

  Every year CHADWIC Home participates in the November campaign to end male violence against womenand raise awareness by turning purple.Purple is a symbol of courage, survival and honour, and has come to symbolize the fight to end woman abuse. In Wawa, a number of businesses decorate with purple lights, and CHAWIC Home decorated a beautiful driftwood tree at the MMCC with ...

  30 years ago in 1989, Canadians were stunned to hear that 14 women had been murdered and 14 other people were injured at École Polytechnique in Montreal, QC. Twelve of the fourteen women killed were engineering students. The shooter entered a mechanical engineering class at École Polytechnique where he ordered the men to leave, and then shot all nine women in ...

Weather – Periods of snow ending early this morning then mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Clearing this afternoon. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light near noon. Temperature steady near minus 8. Wind chill near minus 17. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness after midnight then 60 percent chance of flurries overnight. ...

  Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation staged a one-day strike to protest planned government changes including larger class sizes and students having to take some e-courses. In Wawa, the striking teachers joined forces and walked up to the Wawa Post Office and then returned to picket outside of Michipicoten High School. Yesterday’s strike followed six days of information pickets – ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of snow late this afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 6. Wind chill minus 18 this morning and minus 8 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Periods of snow. Amount 2 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 11. Wind chill minus 10 this evening and minus ...

On December 4th at 12 Noon, Council held a Special Council meeting. All members except Robert Reece were present. Cathy Cyr was the only staff member present. During the announcements, Mayor Rody commented on the hard work of the Wawa Fire Department during the fire of the Pinewood Inn on November 29th. He said, “I just want to acknowledge the ...

There is a Special Council Meeting Scheduled to day at 12 Noon. On the agenda there are threee items: Waive Tendering Policy (resolution) Accept KPMG Quotation – Municipal Service Review (resolution) Approve Submission of Funding Application – Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Municipal Modernization Program (resolution)

Weather – Flurries ending this morning then mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. Temperature steady near minus 3. Wind chill minus 5 this morning and minus 10 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries early this evening. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus ...

Dec 4, 2019 @ 07:36 Due to the one day strike by members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) the Lady Dunn Health Centre’s Walking Program at Michipicoten High School has been cancelled for Wednesday, December 4th. The Walking Program will resume Thursday, December 5th. Members from the community are invited to walk the halls of Michipicoten High School ...