Weather – Cloudy with 70 percent chance of showers or drizzle. Fog patches dissipating near noon. Wind south 20 km/h becoming light this afternoon. High 7. Environment Canada is calling for significant early April rainfall starting tonight for Montreal River Harbour to St. Joseph Island. A total of 15 to 25 millimetres expected tonight and Tuesday. Roads – All roads are ...
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EC – Lots of Rain starting tonight between Montreal River Harbour and St. Joseph Island
Apr 3, 2017 @ 05:38 5:16 AM EDT Monday 03 April 2017 Special weather statement in effect for: Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay A significant early April rainfall on tap. A large and moisture laden Texas low is forecast to track towards the Great Lakes, crossing Lake Huron and Georgian ...
Read More »Sunday Morning News – April 2
Apr 2, 2017 @ 06:54 Weather – Mainly sunny today with wind becoming southeast 20 km/h this afternoon. High 8. Increasing cloudiness in the afternoon with a 60% chance of showers overnight. Fog patches developing overnight. Wind southeast 20 km/h. Low plus 1. Roads – All roads are bare and dry. Local – The Ladies Curling Bonspiel wraps up today ...
Read More »2017 Wawa Ladies Curling Bonspiel Parade
The theme this year for the Ladies Bonspiel was Night at the Movies.
Read More »Snowmobiler dies after going through ice on Gordon Lake
Apr 1, 2017 @ 13:25 On Friday, March 31, 2017, shortly after 2:00 p.m. the East Algoma Thessalon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motorized snow vehicle (MSV) that went through the ice on Gordon Lake. Police learned three men on two snowmobiles went ice fishing on Gordon Lake. The lead snowmobile with the lone driver went through the ...
Read More »Saturday Morning News – April 1st
Happy April Fools Day! Weather – Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries this morning with risk of freezing drizzle. Clearing this afternoon. High 6. Roads – All roads are bare and dry. Local – The Wawa Ladies Curling Bonspiel and the Oldtimers Hockey Tournament make the Michipicoten Memorial Community a good place to go visit. There is also a bake sale! Michipicoten First ...
Read More »Municipality of Wawa & Algoma Power launch Dollar-for-Dollar Donation Matching Campaign for Wawa Goose
Mar 31, 2017 @ 11:50 The Municipality of Wawa announced last month, a partnership with a long-time community partner Algoma Power Inc. and its parent company FortisOntario Inc. Algoma Power committed to a multi-year donation totaling $40,000 toward the replacement and maintenance of the Wawa Goose. In addition to this commitment, Algoma Power would like to encourage additional public donation ...
Read More »Sault College Annual Open House
Mar 31, 2017 @ 09:56 Do you love to care, nurture, protect, inspire, explore, ride, push, climb, hike, build, create, design, jump, leap, move, play, wrench, shine, cook, run, soar, or the moment you know you are doing what you love? Let Sault College help you find what you love on Saturday, April 8 from 10 a.m. – 2 ...
Read More »Hydro One sell-off, massive CEO salary increase show Libs still not taking hydro crisis seriously
Mar 31, 2017 @ 09:49 During the March 30th Question Period Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath demanded that the Liberal government explain its defense for the salary of Hydro One’s CEO skyrocketing over 500 percent since Hydro One was privatized. “The current Hydro One CEO is being paid over 500 percent more than his predecessor. His predecessor ran Hydro ...
Read More »Thank You to the Legion Ladies Auxiliary
Mar 31, 2017 @ 09:36 On Thursday, March 3oth LDHC Foundation Board Members enjoyed a delicious lunch prepared by the Legion Ladies Auxiliary. To date the Legion Ladies Auxiliary have donated $400 locally and $7,000 provincially to the Foundation. Thank you to the Legion Ladies Auxiliary for their continued support! There is still time to donate to the Lady ...
Read More »SE OPP Warn of Impersonating Calls from Canada Revenue Agency
Mar 31, 2017 @ 09:26 The Superior East Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind the public that once again local residents are receiving calls from individuals posing as Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) employees and requesting personal information. Police want you to confirm who you’re dealing with before sending any money anywhere for any reasons. In 2016, the ...
Read More »Friday Morning News – March 31st
Mar 31, 2017 @ 08:09 Weather – The blue sky looks great today, Environment Canada says that it will be mainly sunny today with a high 9. Roads – All roads in the area are bare and dry Local – The MMCC will be a busy place this weekend with the Wawa Ladies Annual Curling Bonspiel and the Wawa Old-Timer’s ...
Read More »Do you have a new Shaw box? Missing a few channels?
Mar 30, 2017 @ 17:50 A loyal Wawa-news.com reader has called in saying that if you have one of the new Shaw tv boxes and it isn’t working don’t worry. It appears to be a problem on the Shaw side of things. A Digital Network Upgrade that was scheduled for 2 pm today did not happen as scheduled. ...
Read More »Noble to sell Wawa-Holdsworth Project Interest to MacDonald Mines
Mar 30, 2017 @ 16:33 Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a binding Letter of Intent with MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. to acquire all of Noble’s interest in the Holdsworth property, located 25 kilometres northeast of Wawa, Ontario. MacDonald previously entered into an Option and Joint Venture agreement with Noble on December 7, 2016 to advance exploration on ...
Read More »Argo Gold Acquires the Mishi Lake Gold Project
Mar 30, 2017 @ 16:31 Argo Gold Inc. has entered into a mining claim acquisition agreement with 2362516 Ontario Inc. pursuant to which Argo Gold can acquire a 100% interest in certain mineral claims located in the Mishibishu Lake Area and St. Germain Township of the Sault St. Marie Mining District in exchange for an aggregate of 250,000 common shares of ...
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