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Happenings at Wawa First United Church – Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Kaireen, Lorna & Maria are taking a break during July & August and have distributed outlines for Morning Worship. If you would like to be included please call 705-856-1518. Although we cannot meet for Worship you may like to read the Scriptures for this Sunday, July 18,  2021 –  Eighth after Pentecost. 2 Samuel 7: 1-14a          David is not the ...

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Nothing Ordinary: The Story of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine

Northern Ontario is a vast territory — almost as big as France and Germany combined — with a widely scattered population the size of only 10% of the rest of the province. While rich in forests, minerals, scenery and brilliant, hardy people, Ontario’s north, like many other rural and remote areas, require specially trained doctors equipped to handle the unique ...

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Letter – Viruses Mutate

I am a retired dentist who practiced in Wawa for a number of years.  I am not an expert in microbiology but 50 years ago, in dental school, a large portion of the course work was the study of bacteria and viruses and how to protect our patients from them. A quick check shows what was taught then is still true ...

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The ADSB Summer Wellness Line

The ADSB Summer Wellness Line is available again this summer for Algoma District School Board (ADSB) parents (or students age 14 and older) who are welcome to phone the Summer Wellness Line if they would like: to book a virtual appointment for counselling support for students to speak with a school-based mental health professional about strategies to support students info ...

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EC – Air Quality Statement

Special air quality statement in effect for: Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake Gogama – Foleyet Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Nakina – Aroland – Pagwa High levels of air pollution due to smoke from ongoing forest fires. Smoke plumes from active fires in northwestern Ontario and eastern Manitoba will continue today. Air quality is likely to deteriorate if ...

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Argonaut Gold Intersects 7.0 Metres at 13.3 g/t Gold at Magino’s South Zone

Argonaut Gold Inc. is pleased to announce that drill hole MA21-070 has intersected a core length of 7.0m at 13.3 g/t Au approximately 1.5 kilometres west from the border between the Magino property and the Island Gold mine, as a follow-up drill hole to previously announced drill intercept MA20-057 which encountered 10.0m at 19.0 g/t Au in the South Zone ...

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Brotherhoood to be shown on Super Channel July 20th

On July 20th, Super Channel Entertainment Network will nationally broadcast director Richard Bell’s survival / adventure drama, Brotherhood. The movie is based on the true story of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew leadership camp who, in 1926, encountered a freak summer storm on Ontario’s Balsam Lake. After a wave overturns their 30 foot war canoe, the young men struggle through ...

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Happenings at Wawa First United Church – July 7

Kaireen, Lorna & Maria are taking a break during July & August and have distributed outlines for Morning Worship. If you would like to be included please call 705 856 1518. Although we cannot meet for Worship  Worship you may like to read the Scriptures for July 11,  2021, Seventh  after Pentecost 2 Samuel 6: 1-5, 12b-19   David brings the ...

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NorPro Continues to grow – adds Environmental Services to portfolio

N1 Solutions Inc. offers services including Security, Innovation (Technology, & Information Technology,) and Strategic Advisory Services. They are now adding another division to their portfolio, NORPRO Environmental Inc. NORPRO Environmental offers solutions in: 24/7 emergency spill response Environmental remediation services Asbestos and mould services This exciting announcement furthers N1S’ goal of being a complete solutions provider. N1 Solutions also launched ...

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Government of Canada Endorses Algoma Steel’s Transformation Plan for Green Steel

Algoma Steel Inc.’s potential to become the “greenest” flat-rolled steel producer in Canada marked another significant milestone today with the Government of Canada’s commitment of up to $420 million in financial support.  Unless otherwise specified, all amounts are in Canadian dollars. The Right Honourable Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau was on site today along with the Minister of Innovation, ...

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New investment in Algoma Steel to create jobs and build a cleaner future

As we work to finish the fight against COVID-19, the Government of Canada is taking action to ensure that Canadian companies have the tools and resources they need to build strong communities and a cleaner future for Canadians. By investing in clean technology, we will create good middle class jobs, strengthen our economy, cut pollution, and build back better for ...

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Severe thunderstorm warning

  At 6:53 a.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a cluster of severe thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts, up to nickel size hail and heavy rain. This cluster of severe thunderstorms is located from 20 kilometres southeast of Pukaskwa to 15 kilometres west of Chapleau to 9 kilometres south of Goulais River Provincial Park to 50 kilometres ...

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Heat Warning for Wawa & Area – ENDED

Jul 5, 2021 at 00:34 The Heat Warning for Wawa ended at midnight July 4th, 2021. Conditions are no longer expected to reach heat warning criteria. Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Nipigon – Marathon – Superior North Wawa – White River – Pukaskwa Agawa – Lake Superior Park Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake The graphic at the right shows that Heat Warnings remain ...

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Missing the mark on the North’s passenger rail plan

The Ministry of Transportation and Ontario Northland have finally unveiled an Initial Business Case for passenger rail in Northeastern Ontario … and it’s about time the public was provided with an update.   It only took a mere three years into the current government’s term (and a freedom of information request), but Northerners now have a slightly better understanding of ...

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