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. ...
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Saturday Morning News – December 7
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. ...
Read More »Ending Violence Against Women is Everyone’s Responsibility
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 ...
Read More »“Shine The Light Against Woman Abuse”
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 ...
Read More »30 years ago…
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 ...
Read More »Friday Morning News – December 6
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. ...
Read More »Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation Stage One-Day Strike
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 – ...
Read More »Thursday Morning News – December 6
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 ...
Read More »What Happened at Council – December 4
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 ...
Read More »Special Council Meeting Today – December 4
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)
Read More »Wednesday Morning News – December 4
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 ...
Read More »Walking Program at MHS Cancelled for Dec. 4
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 ...
Read More »School Closures
Dec 4, 2019 @ 07:08 CSC Nouvelon schools are closed (École Saint-Joseph Wawa & É.s. Saint-Joseph Wawa) – CLOSED The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF), the union that represents support staff in all of our schools, will conduct a one-day full strike – withdrawal of all services –today (Wednesday, December 4, 2019) since no contract agreement has yet been ...
Read More »Today is Giving Tuesday
The Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation is participating in Giving Tuesday by raising funds for the current campaign of $125,000 for a new washer/disinfector and sterilizer for the Medical Device Reprocessing Department. Their goal is to raise $1,000 of online donations within 24 hours on December 3rd! Online donations can be made at https://givingtuesday.ca/partners/lady-dunn-health-centre-foundation Your gift today will make a ...
Read More »Tuesday Morning News – December 3
Weather – Flurries. Risk of freezing drizzle this afternoon. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High plus 1. Wind chill minus 6 this morning. Tonight – Flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 7. Wind chill minus 11 overnight. News Tidbits – SSM has agreed to integrate the SSM EDC and Tourism EDC into the ...
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