Every year, that Ladies Curling Bonspiel have a ‘themed’ bonspiel, with competitors dressing their team up to match the theme. This year’s theme was “Game Night”. Here are the participants. They were judged within three catagories, Creativity, Effort and Humour. Gisele Lyons, Carol Dersch and Sandi Lowe had to make some hard choices. The three winners were: 1. Team Bussineau ...
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Hwy 101 Closed Yesterday because of Collision
Yesterday, April 3rd was closed for a short time, then closed with one lane open (Ontario511) for a number of hours due to a collision. Algoma EMS was visible in a video tweet from Superior East OPP at 1:37 p.m. The collision was between a snowmachine and a car at the intersection of the MSV trail off of Wawa ...
Read More »Thursday Morning News – April 4
Weather – Sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 1. Wind chill minus 17 in the morning and minus 5 in the afternoon. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight – A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness after midnight then periods of snow. Wind becoming south 20 km/h overnight. Low minus 6. Wind chill minus 5 in the evening and minus ...
Read More »Wednesday Morning News Tidbits – April 3
Weather – A mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. High minus 1. Wind chill minus 14 in the morning and minus 7 in the afternoon. UV index 4 or moderate. Tonight – Partly cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries early this evening. Clearing near midnight. Wind northwest 20 ...
Read More »Council Meeting Tonight – April 2
Council is holding a regular council meeting tonight in Council Chambers at 6:30 tonight, April 2nd, 2019. CALL TO ORDER & NOTE MEMBERS PRESENT PRESENTATIONS REVIEW OF ADDENDUM & APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3.1 Approval of the Agenda (resolution) ANNOUNCEMENTS, GIVING OF NOTICE AND SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS Corporate Planning Committee Meeting – Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at 6:30 p.m., Council Chambers ...
Read More »Special Council Meeting – April 2
Council is holding a special council meeting this morning at 9 a.m. There is only one item on the agenda, an “In-Camera Session” regarding a Legal Issue (1 Item): Sale of Land – a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the municipality or local board, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be ...
Read More »Tuesday Morning News – April 2
Weather – Periods of snow ending this morning then mainly cloudy. Flurries and rain showers beginning this afternoon. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h this afternoon. High plus 3. UV index 4 or moderate. Tonight – Flurries. Rain showers early this evening. Snowfall amount 5 cm. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Wind becoming northwest 20 gusting to 40 ...
Read More »Monday Morning News – April 1
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 ...
Read More »Saturday Morning News – March 30
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 ...
Read More »Fire at Musselwhite
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 ...
Read More »2019 Wawa Oldtimer’s Hockey Tournament Schedule
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 ...
Read More »Aircraft lands in Blueberry Field
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 ...
Read More »Friday Morning News – March 29
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 ...
Read More »Chapleau Garage Fire damages Bell Cables disrupting service – UPDATE Service restored
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 ...
Read More »Traffic Delays today at Wawa Goose Intersection
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 ...
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