May 3, 2017 @ 08:10 The Congregation welcomes everyone to worship at First United Church. Services are held on Sunday at 11:a.m. If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church  705-856-2926. Thank you very much to Diane and her many helpers, the shoppers and ALL the people who donate items to make the ...

May 3, 2017 @ 08:07 At the Council Meeting of May 2nd, Municipal Council made the following proclamation: Whereas May 201 7 is recognized as International Building Safety Month, And whereas the Municipalities of Ontario are encouraged to support and recognize the critical role their Building Departments and Building Officials play in maintaining and improving public safety, And whereas the ...

May 3, 2017 @ 07:55 Weather – It sure looks pretty outside with all that blue sky! Today it should be mainly sunny with a high of 8. Tonight it will cloud over and temperatures will drop to 2C with a 40% chance of rain. Roads – All the highways are bare and dry with the exception of Hwy 17 ...

May 2, 2017 @ 08:56 At 8:17 a.m. the highway was reopened.   May 2, 2017 @ 05:55 OPP have tweeted that Hwy 17 is closed 35km west of Marathon due to a collision. Emergency services are on scene.  

Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advised at 12:02 p.m. that Highway 631 between Hornepayne and White River was re-opened at 11:55 hr. The highway opening was delayed to facilitate the safe removal of two transports in the ditch 20 and 25 kilometres south of Hornepayne.   May 2, 2017 @ 08:19 The Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is ...

May 2, 2017 @ 08:02 There will be a Council Meeting tonight in Council Chambers at 6:00 p.m.  

May 2, 2017 @ 05:43 The road conditions were updated at 5:32 a.m. Last updated: 2017-05-02 – early morning report Northeastern (file generated at 5:32 AM) 101 Highway 651 to Wawa snow coveredPoor visibility. 17-05-02 5:11 651 Highway 101 to Missinabi partly snow covered 17-05-02 5:22 547 Highway 101 to Hawk Junction snow coveredPoor visibility. 17-05-02 5:11 17 Sault Saint ...

May 2, 2017 @ 00:51 Ontario511 is reporting that Highway 631 is closed from White River to Hornepayne.   May 2, 2017 @ 00:44 OPP have tweeted that Hwy 17 is closed between White River and Hornepayne. Hwy 17 doesn’t run between those two communities. This must be an error – will tweet them.     OPP have issued a ...

May 1, 2017 @ 22:15 Public safety is important to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and the Municipality of Wawa. Bears that come into a populated area aren’t always a threat to public safety. Public safety is at risk when a bear poses an immediate threat to personal safety by exhibiting threatening or aggressive ...

May 1, 2017 @ 13:06 Garth, Merv, Mardie and their families wish to extend their deepest appreciation to every one for your prayers, phone calls, cards, flowers, food, support and kindness, following the loss of a loving wife, mother and grandmother, Lois Wheatley (08/08/1933 – 03-30-2017). A special thank you to Dr. Stamler and Dr. Weinstein, the nurses and staff ...

May 1, 2017 @ 11:45 There are a number of great supports for schools to access when messaging the importance of healthy living to students of all ages and at Tuesday night’s Committee of the Whole Meeting, Superintendent of Education Marcy Bell shared partnerships which have led to the implementation of water bottle refilling stations at over thirty Algoma District ...

The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) is ready to celebrate Catholic Education Week 2017 which runs from Sunday, April 30 to Friday May 5. The theme for the week, which was also the school-year focus, is ‘Walking Forward Together’.   Activities will occur at HSCDSB schools in Blind River, Chapleau, Elliot Lake, Espanola, Hornepayne, Massey, Sault Ste. Marie, Wawa ...

May 1, 2017 @ 10:46 Wynne’s government announces a new budget and yet again she ignores the North. There are going to be new hospitals in Windsor and Niagara, new renovations to the current hospitals in Mississauga and Hamilton. Unfortunately, the cupboard must be bare after spending tax payers’ money on the Golden Horse Shoe facilities, because the Northerners continue ...

May 1, 2017 @ 10:43 On Friday April 28, 2017, at approximately 5:45 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Chapleau Detachment responded to a local residence for a disturbance call. Police investigation revealed that a verbal altercation had taken place between a male and a female resulting in property being damaged. As a result a 45 ...

May 1, 2017 @ 07:59 Tonight will be the second and last public meeting to hear public concerns and questions about the possibility of school closure, and accommodating the JK-8 program and students currently housed at Sir James Dunn Public School as a Jk-12 School on the Michipicoten High School site. The major factor behind the consideration of this amalgamation ...