The Fifth Annual Wawa Music Festival is set to begin this evening with the Jazz Hats beginning at Woody’s at 6 p.m. The music will continue all weekend long with 30 different musicians/groups playing on seven stages throughout the community. The Music Festival also features a Street Fair on Broadway Avenue, with vendors, busking stages, activities and games for the ...

Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. 40 percent chance of showers this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 this afternoon. High 27 except 20 near Lake Superior. Humidex 33. UV index 8 or very high. Marine – Wind southeast 10 knots increasing to southeast 15 near noon ...

Jun 27, 2018 @ 12:57   It is a wonderful day outside. I know from a walk around the garden last night, that I have lots of weeds. But today is too hot, so I will work on stuff inside, and perhaps weed the flowerbeds tonight.   In the meantime, I took advantage of the bees collecting pollen from my ...

Jun 27, 2018 @ 07:55 Weather – Mainly sunny. High 26 except 22 along the lakeshore. Humidex 31. UV index 8 or very high. Marine – Wind southeast 10 knots becoming variable 10 early this morning then becoming west 10 Thursday morning. Wind increasing to southwest 15 near noon Thursday then diminishing to southwest 10 Thursday evening. Waves less than one half metre ...

Jun 26, 2018 @ 08:15 Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. High 21. UV index 9 or very high. Marine – Wind southeast 10 knots increasing to southeast 15 near noon then diminishing to southeast 10 near midnight. Wind becoming light Wednesday morning. Waves one half to one metre subsiding to less than one-half metre overnight. News Tidbits – The CN ...

Jun 25, 2018 @ 20:04   The search that began June 23rd is over. An extensive search had been conducted by members of the Superior East (OPP) marine unit along with the assistance of the Sault Ste. Marie and South Porcupine (OPP) marine units, members of the North East (OPP) Snowmobile, All-Terrain and Vessel Enforcement unit (S.A.V.E), the OPP helicopter and ...

Jun 25, 2018 @ 16:40     Once again the Lady Dunn Health Centre Wine Tasting was a sold out event! Eagerly anticipated every year, the tickets sold quickly, and they could have sold even more…   This year there were five wines featured: Fiol ‘Prosecco’ – Antipasto Spears Lindemans ‘Bin 99 Pinot Noir’ – Focaccia Pizza Fingers Casillero del Diablo ‘Shiraz ...

Jun 24, 2018 @ 17:00 Officers from the Superior East OPP Detachment have blocked the entrance into an apartment located on Churchill Avenue in Wawa. Yellow tape can be seen in the above photograph. The officers have been there all day, and this evening an OPP van has joined two cruisers. Wawa-news has been told that a resident of the ...

Jun 23, 2018 @ 09:43 The Dub Wild Run 2018 is today. Everyone is invited to come out to Dubreuilville and either participate in the run or just enjoy the show. Just looking at the photos from last year, and the map for this year’s run – it looks like a great time, and the weather is supposed to participate ...

Jun 22, 2018 @ 17:35   An SUV towing a camper crossed the highway and landed in the ditch with the camper jackknifed mid-afternoon today. The vehicle belongs to Bishop Bob (Diocese of Qu’Appelle) who is cycling across Canada praying for unity, healing and reconciliation within the Anglican Church of Canada and Aboriginal peoples (Living the Mission – Bishop’s Ride). ...

Jun 22, 2018 @ 14:42   Wawa Lake was very busy today with the arrival of these triplets. The three Chinook Plus 2 came in for a landing about 9:30 this morning. The pilots didn’t stay for long. Once their aircraft were well beached, they headed off into the town. One of the Chinook’s is registered to a local resident, ...

Jun 22, 2018 @ 10:54 Members of the North Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with North Bay Fire Department and the North Bay Ambulance Service responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision on June 17, 2018 at approximately 1:08 p.m. The collision occurred on Highway 17, west of North Bay, Ontario. A westbound motor vehicle collided ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. High 20. UV index 9 or very high. Marine – Wind northeast 15 knots diminishing to east 10 early this morning then becoming light near noon. Wind becoming variable 10 near noon Friday.Waves one half to one metre subsiding to less than one half metre this morning. News Tidbits – Today is June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day. ...

The congregation welcomes everyone to Worship at First United Church. Services are held on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church 705-856-2926 Mini Summer Thrift Shop Thurs. June 21 – 5 – 9 Fri. June 22 – 1- 4 & 5:30 – 8:30 Sat. June ...

Jun 20, 2018 @ 08:04 Weather – Mainly sunny. High 23. UV index 9 or very high. Marine – Wind light becoming northeast 10 knots this afternoon then becoming light Thursday morning. Waves less than one half metre. News Tidbits – Congratulations to recent lottery winners: Melissa Kelly of Goulais River won $1 million MaxMillions prize in the June 1, 2018 Lotto Max draw. ...