Jun 18, 2017 @ 11:15 11:01 AM EDT Sunday 18 June 2017 Special weather statement in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Rainfall amounts 20 to 40 mm with local amounts to 60 mm. A low-pressure system currently over Lake Michigan is expected to track slowly northeastwards over the next 24 hours. This moist system is ...

Jun 18, 2017 @ 10:27 Weather – Cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers this morning. Showers beginning near noon. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Fog patches. Local amount 10 to 20 mm. High 18. UV index 5 or moderate. News tidbits – Tonight is the Scott Woods concert at the MMCC. Should be a great show!

Jun 16, 2017 @ 23:22   After the great gathering on June 8th, residents have been anxiously waiting. Today, that wait is over. Patrick, Tyler and Jeff from Research Casting are making things happen.   They are busy preparing the Wawa Goose Monument’s base for its transformation from a plain concrete box to a massive chunk of rock. Once the ...

Jun 16, 2017 @ 23:10   Vintage car aficionados were thrilled today to see a number of Triumphs appear in Wawa, and then be seen parked at the Wawa Motor Inn.   These vehicles are all members of the Toronto Triumph Club taking a summer tour around Lake Superior celebrating Canada at 150 years old. They left Toronto on a 12-day odyssey ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Detachments and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service (SSMPS) are pleased to announce that the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Ontario will be coming to Wawa. With the support of community partners and the community itself, this initiative will assist and support the Special Olympics athletes. The Law Enforcement Torch Run ...

Jun 16, 2017 @ 12:17 80 Players 1st FLIGHT: Francis Dechamplain, Jacob Gauthier, Mitch Cousineau -5 under par 31 2nd FLIGHT: Ron Rody, Chris Buckell, Claude Samson-2 under par 34 3rd FLIGHT: Eric Levesque, Bubba Gagne, Luc Belanger-4 under par 32 4th FLIGHT: Bernie Erechook, Derek Chapman-4 under par 32 5th FLIGHT: Andy Ilola, Reg Spencer, Cliff Ingham-2 over par ...

Jun 15, 2017 @ 16:40 Members of the Marathon detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to two separate motor vehicle collisions that occurred on Highway 17 in less than a twelve hour period. June 15, 2017 at 02:19 a.m.; OPP, Marathon Fire Department (MFD), and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were called to Highway 17, Brothers Township approximately 60km ...

Jun 15, 2017 @ 10:00 The Northern Ontario Party will be a strong voice to speak on behalf of its citizens. Unlike the other Greater Toronto Area parties, we intend on having candidates that will represent you the citizen, rather than representing a political party’s agenda or a special interest group. There is no doubt we will face challenges, confront ...

Transport truck-related collisions continue to take a significant toll on human life on Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-patrolled roads, with one in five road crashes involving large commercial vehicles. Today, the OPP launches the annual Operation Corridor campaign to shed more light on the prevalence of transport trucks and their impact on other road users. This year’s Operation Corridor campaign runs from ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers late this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 19. UV index 7 or high. News Tidbits – It is interesting that the federal government won’t reveal the salary details of top aides to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, saying it would violate privacy law to do so, ...

Found case of Ensure drink and other item found on road at corner of liquor store. Looks like they fell out of a pickup. Can contact (705) 852-0090 to claim.

Jun 14, 2017 @ 08:50 On Monday, June 12, 2017, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Dr. Eric Hostins was joined by joined by John Tory, Mayor of Toronto at The Works Needle Exchange Program in Toronto to announce new front-line addiction and mental health workers for every community in the province and the distribution of almost 80,000 additional naloxone kits ...

Jun 14, 2017 @ 08:30 Future of rail service to Churchill, Manitoba is in peril. Damage this year from flooding includes 19 places where the track bed is washed out and at least five bridges are damaged. Citing a short construction season, the Company, Omnitrax says all the repairs cannot be completed. The inspection alone will cost more than $500,000 ...

Jun 14, 2017 @ 08:28   It certainly looks familiar, but with a beautiful golden cast from the bronze that the New Wawa Goose is being made of. The new goose will be unveiled July 1st, 2017.

Jun 14, 2017 @ 08:10   Joel Cooper was taking photographs of the gathering of Wawaites, to say goodbye to our Wawa Goose. Above is the photograph that he took showing the helicopter from Wilderness Helicopters taking pictures of the crowd. If you look at the photograph below you can make out Joel standing on the shoulder of Highway 101. ...