May 4, 2017 @ 08:43 MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd.  announces that it has contracted Golder Associates Ltd.  to recommend minimum sample spacing requirements to support the eventual completion of a NI43-101 Inferred Resource estimate of the Oxide Sands at the Wawa-Holdsworth Project. Quentin Yarie, MacDonald’s President and CEO commented: “We’ve identified the Oxide Sands at our Wawa-Holdsworth Project as a near-term ...

May 4, 2017 @ 08:36 As part of the 2017 Budget, Ontario is boosting funding for mental health services and supports for people across the province. Deb Matthews, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development, and Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, were at the University of Toronto today to highlight $6 million in additional funding for ...

May 4, 2017 @ 08:05     The flags have been at half-mast at the Municipal Offices and the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre. They have been lowered to pay respect to Jim McHardy and Ron Derasp. Ron was known to many motorists and youth. He was the Municipal Crossing Guard at the intersection of Magpie and Mission Road. Jim McHardy ...

May 4, 2017 @ 07:27     There is often heard the saying that we have four seasons, “Almost winter, winter, still winter, and construction!” Well, we are hopefully out of ‘still winter’ and certainly in ‘construction’ season now.     There have been minor traffic delays at the Coldwater Hill south of Wawa on Highway 17. This is the hill ...

May 4, 2017 @ 07:17 The Wynne Liberal government has voted against an important amendment to better protect children getting on and off school buses, an initiative being led by PC Transportation Critic Michael Harris and MPP Rick Nicholls.   “I am very disappointed that the Liberal government has rejected a simple idea to help protect children because it came ...

May 4, 2017 @ 07:10 Weather – Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 7 with temperatures falling to plus 1 this afternoon. Roads – Highways are all bare and dry. Tidbits – North Algoma Counselling Celebrates ‘Mental Health Week’ with Open House today in the Lady Dunn Health Centre Lobby between 11 and ...

May 4, 2017 @ 06:25   Pour une quatrième année consécutive, l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) a organisé le tournoi d’échecs Franco-Nord-Ouest, qui a eu lieu le 27 avril  au centre municipal de Wawa. Pas moins de 131 élèves francophones de la 3e à la 12eannée des écoles suivantes y ont participé : Sacré-Cœur (Chapleau), l’Orée des Bois (Dubreuilville), St-Joseph (Dubreuilville), Écho-des-Rapides (Sault-Ste-Marie), Escalade ...

May 4, 2017 @ 06:24   Some 130 young chess masters met in Wawa on April 27 for the 4th Franco-Nord-Ouest Chess Tournament. The competition, hosted by Wawa’s École Saint-Joseph, attracted 131 grades 3 to 12 francophone students from the following Northwestern Ontario French Catholic and Public schools: École Saint-Joseph and École l’Escalade (Wawa), École St-Joseph and É.s. l’Orée des bois ...

May 3, 2017 @ 16:19 On May 3rd, 2017 officers with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service will partner with law enforcement and other associated agencies to resume the search and recovery efforts in regards to missing person John Szczepanik. John Szczepanik, age 45, was last seen in the evening hours of March 5th, 2017 riding his snow machine on ...

May 3, 2017 @ 13:51 The Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) is proud to announce the election of two new student trustees for the 2017-2018 school year.   For the Algoma and Manitoulin Districts, Emily Fox, a grade 11 student at École secondaire catholique Jeunesse-Nord (Blind River), will succeed Megan Spooner. As for the Sudbury District, Simon Paquette, a grade 11 student ...

May 3, 2017 @ 13:17 A writ was issued today under Section 9.1 of the Election Act for a by-election in the electoral district of Sault Ste. Marie. The byelection will fill a vacancy created in the provincial parliament. Under the Election Act, elections must be called on a Wednesday and held the fifth Thursday after the date of the ...

May 3, 2017 @ 11:02   More help is on the way this spring for more lower-income Ontarians to help manage the cost of their electricity bills. Beginning May 1, eligible consumers will see their monthly rate assistance through the Ontario Electricity Support Program (OESP) increased by 50 per cent. The assistance boost translates to an additional $180 to $300 ...

May 3, 2017 @ 08:57 Red Pine Exploration Inc. has completed holes SD-17-73 to SD-17-79, that were drilled immediately south of the Surluga Deposit in the Minto Mine area as part of the new 10,000m spring drilling program. The Company anticipates receiving the initial assay results in the coming weeks. Preliminary highlights include (see Figure 1): SD-17-73 to SD-17-79: Visible gold observed ...

May 3, 2017 @ 08:45 At the Council meeting of May 2nd, the 2017 Schedule of fees was approved. There are some minor changes, and the 2017 Schedule of fees is below:

May 3, 2017 @ 08:30 Last Thursday afternoon, students of MHS were in the audience for the Rosenath Theatre production of Meet Cute. The actors presented a scenario in which one of the two people expressed liking the other person. Roles were reversed, and then a third scenario was presented in which both showed a liking for each other. The ...