Today, Raymond Cho, Minister for Seniors and Accessibility, issued the following statement to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: “As we pause to observe World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, I encourage everyone to reflect on what we can do together to protect Ontario’s seniors from physical and emotional abuse. The health, safety and well-being of Ontario’s seniors is of the ...

Hello Wawa, I wanted to congratulate you on your friendly, kind community. My daughter is a university student traveling from BC where she attends school home to Ontario. This can be a long, challenging drive at the best of times, let alone during a pandemic. On Saturday night, about 60 km outside of Wawa, she got a flat tire. She ...

CAA Insurance Company has developed a list of 10 questions that customers can ask their insurance companies to make sure they are covering all the bases when it comes to finding savings while staying protected. “As of right now, much of the relief provided by insurance companies during the COVID-19 pandemic will soon expire, and customers will be looking for ...

The Ontario government is providing more flexibility on the number of attendees permitted at indoor and outdoor wedding and funeral ceremonies, in recognition of the importance of being with loved ones during the moments that matter most. Based on positive public health trends the government is extending the number of people allowed to attend an indoor wedding or funeral ceremony ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario accorde une plus grande souplesse quant au nombre de participants à des cérémonies de mariage ou funèbres tenues à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur, reconnaissant l’importance de se retrouver avec ses proches lors des moments où cela compte le plus. En fonction des tendances positives de santé publique, le gouvernement augmente le nombre de personnes pouvant participer ...

Katrina Keech, a grade 12 student at École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau), is an exceptional young woman who has persevered in maintaining a healthy and balanced lifestyle while excelling at school. During her time in high school, Katrina took part in several sports and improv teams while remaining active in the community. Katrina demonstrates great passion and pride for her ...

Since mid March our lives have changed drastically – Pandemic / Social Distancing / Quarantining. Changes have also come to St. Monica’s Parish, with the Church being closed mid-March. Earlier this week the Provincial Government announced that Churches and other venues could open by this Friday.  However, COVID is still around even if we have not been directly affected in ...

Dear Brenda, I was dismayed to read your notice of impending closure, and relieved to read a few hours later that you had received some advertising to allow you to keep alive for another month. I would like for you to share my thoughts with your readers. Thank you ———————- To the Readers of Wawa News Our lives have changed, ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a nommé Cathy Fooks comme nouvelle ombudsman des patients de l’Ontario, afin d’aider à améliorer la qualité des soins et des soutiens prodigués aux personnes dans les hôpitaux, les foyers de soins de longue durée et à domicile pour ceux qui reçoivent des soins à domicile et en milieu communautaire. « Cathy Fooks possède plus de ...

Northern Policy Institute’s (NPI) focus last year was all about population growth in Ontario’s Northern Regions. From Matchmakers helping build connections for potential new arrivals in our communities, to analyzing data to inform and shape the new federal rural and northern immigration pilot, and through ongoing capacity building with our Experience North program. In collaboration with others, NPI is helping northerners and new arrivals to ...

L’année dernière, l’Institut des politiques du Nord (IPN) s’est concentré sur la croissance de la population dans les régions du nord de l’Ontario. Des intermédiaires pour aider à créer des liens pour les nouveaux arrivants potentiels dans nos communautés, à l’analyse des données pour informer et façonner le nouveau programme pilote d’immigration dans les communautés rurales et du Nord, en ...

Près de 400 élèves de la 12e année des dix écoles secondaires du Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon seront à l’honneur les 16, 23, 24 et 25 juin prochains. En raison des contraintes en matière de santé et des mesures de distanciation sociale visant à contrer la propagation de la Covid-19, les écoles secondaires valoriseront leurs élèves en diffusant une célébration ...

Close to 400 students from the Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon’s ten secondary schools will be celebrated on June 16, 23, 24 and 25, 2020. As a result of government health and social distancing measures taken to counter the spread of COVID-19, the secondary schools will honour the students completing grade 12 through a virtual graduating ceremony.   “We wish our ...

Editor’s Note – This song was featured on CBC’s Morning North this morning, and I felt that it fit this perfectly. The law of change says that “History repeats itself until we learn the lessons that we need to change our path.” My family lived in Detroit through the riots of July 1967 & April 1968 after the assassination of ...

As part of the Ontario government’s Stage 2 reopening plan, more facilities and services will be available at provincial parks in certain regions beginning on June 12, 2020. Gradually over the next several weeks, Ontario Parks will start opening campgrounds, providing more washrooms and drinking water, along with roofed accommodations, park store and rental operations, visitor centres, and sports fields. ...