Weather – Mainly sunny. Increasing cloudiness this morning then 30 percent chance of flurries this afternoon. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h this morning. High plus 1. Wind chill minus 14 in the morning. UV index 4 or moderate. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries early this evening. Periods of snow beginning after midnight. Wind southwest 20 km/h ...

Weather – Flurries. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming north 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High minus 5. Wind chill minus 18 in the morning and minus 12 in the afternoon. UV index 2 or low. Tonight Flurries ending this evening then partly cloudy. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low minus ...

From a statement by Goldcorp at 12:42 a.m.: “At approximately 6PM EDT today (Friday) a fire was reported underground at our Musselwhite Mine. No personnel were in the mine at the time the fire broke out as it was during shift change; all workers are accounted for and there are no reported injuries. Emergency responders have been deployed and have ...

Friday 7 p.m. Team Hall vs Friday Knighters 8 p.m. Wawa vs Brew Crew 9 p.m. Lakeview vs Team Badges 10 p.m. Team Hall vs Marathon Saturday 10 a.m. Team Badges vs Brew Crew 11 a.m. Wawa vs Lakeview 12 p.m. Marathon vs Friday Knighters FLOOD 2 p.m. Brew Crew Lakeview 3 p.m. Team Badges vs Wawa 4 p.m. 2nd ...

At 1:26 p.m. Wawa-news was made aware of an aircraft in the blueberry field across from Algoma Highland Wild Blueberry Farm & Winery. The blueberry field is just south of the Wawa Municipal Airport runway.   The two occupants of the aircraft reported as being okay, and could be seen removing bags from the aircraft and taking photographs. There didn’t ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High zero. Wind chill minus 12 in the morning. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight – A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness after midnight then periods of snow beginning before morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 9. Wind chill minus 5 in the evening and minus 11 overnight.   News ...

Friday evening all Bell services were restored.   Mar 28, 2019 @ 17:01 Wawa-news received the following communication from Bell Canada regarding yesterday’s garage fire in Chapleau: “Yesterday’s garage fire on Queen Street also damaged Bell cables, disrupting service for approximately 500 customers in the area. Our on-site technicians determined the cables need to be replaced and a repair crew ...

    Due to a collision between a tractor trailer and a 5 tonne commercial vehicle just before 8 a.m. there will be traffic delays at the intersection of Hwy 101 and Hwy 17 at the Wawa Goose Monument. The Wawa Volunteer Fire Department, Algoma EMS, and Superior East OPP – Wawa were all assisting at the scene. By 8:16 ...

This weekend is the Ladies Curling Bonspiel and the Wawa annual Men’s Oldtimers Hockey Tournament. This weekend will also feature a Bake Sale. It is hosted by the Wawa Bantam Travellers who are supporting their teammates Miko and Matthew Castonguay after a devastating house fire that destroyed their home and all its contents on Wednesay, March 27. Organizers ask that ...

Weather – Cloudy. 70 percent chance of rain or drizzle changing to 70 percent chance of flurries late this morning. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 60 becoming light near noon. High plus 4. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. 70 percent chance of flurries this evening. Clearing overnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 10. ...

The highway has been reopened. Mar 27, 2019 @ 21:02 Highway 631 has been closed due to poor weather conditions causing several transports to be stuck on the highway just south of the Harte Gold Road. The highway is closed from White River to Hornepayne.

    The wet snow, rain and now dropping temperatures have already made highways slushy, snow packed and icy in places. The radar imagery from Montreal River shows precipation throughout the Wawa area. If you have to walk be careful, the wet snow ontop of hard packed ice is making walking treacherous. If you are driving, make sure you are ...

  At about 6 p.m. the Chapleau Fire Department was called to a structure fire on Queen Street South. A garage was fully engulfed by fire. The fire was quickly extinguished.   Photos supplied by a Wawa-news reader in Chapleau.

The Ontario government is putting people first by investing $1.3 billion to rebuild and restore 123 highway projects across the province. These projects will create jobs for Ontario’s construction industry and keep our highways safe and reliable so that Ontario has a transportation network that encourages job creation, investment and trade in every region across the province.   Northeastern Region ...

This afternoon the Castonguay family in Dubreuilville lost their home to a fire. Jenn, Sebas, Miko and Matty have lost their family home and everything inside. The family is safe and sound and so are their animals.   In Wawa, Nick at the Bargain Shop donated towards some of the family’s immediate needs. A GoFundMe has also been launched to help ...