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Ontario is Protecting Seniors’ Health and Safety

Today, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Raymond Cho, Minister for Seniors and Accessibility, issued the following statement regarding Ontario’s older adults in response to COVID-19: “The health and wellness of seniors is of the utmost importance to our government. That is why yesterday Premier Doug Ford announced a $5 million investment to protect seniors in retirement ...

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Dear Patients of the Wawa Family Health Team

Due to the current and impending COVID-19 pandemic, we will be making temporary changes in the way we deliver your care.  Our goal is to minimize potential exposure to as many people as possible, while freeing up resources to attend to those who require urgent care.   Starting immediately: we will no longer be booking routine appointments (including routine physicals, ...

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Chers patients de l’équipe de santé familiale Wawa

En raison de la pandémie actuelle et imminente du COVID-19, nous apportons des changements temporaires à la manière dont nous vous dispensons des soins.  Notre objectif est de réduire au maximum l’exposition potentielle d’un plus grand nombre de personnes possible, tout en libérant des ressources pour nous occuper de ceux qui ont besoin de soins urgents.   Dès à présent : ...

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More Snow on the way for Thursday

12:09 PM EDT Wednesday 18 March 2020 Special weather statement in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Marathon – Schreiber Nipigon – Rossport Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Nakina – Aroland – Pagwa Beardmore – Jellicoe – Macdiarmid Significant snowfall expected Thursday into Thursday night. An approaching low pressure system will track over ...

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Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan: Support for Canadians and Businesses

The Government of Canada is taking immediate, significant and decisive action to help Canadians facing hardship as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. On March 18, 2020, the Prime Minister announced a new set of economic measures to help stabilize the economy during this challenging period. These measures, delivered as part of the Government of Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan, ...

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Porter Airlines temporarily suspending flights to support COVID-19 relief efforts

Porter Airlines is temporarily suspending all flights at the close of operations on Friday, March 20, with plans to resume service on June 1. This decision is being made in support of ongoing public health efforts to contain COVID-19. Michael Deluce, Porter’s president and CEO stated: “COVID-19 is having an unprecedented effect on people around the world and Porter is ...

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Ontario Government to transfer Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) to Ontario Health

Ontario is building healthier and safer communities by taking further steps to end hallway health care and build an integrated, connected health care system. Today, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, issued a transfer order under the Connecting Care Act, 2019 to transfer the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) to Ontario Health, the province’s new health agency. The transfer will take effect ...

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Happenings at Wawa First United Church – March 18

The congregation welcomes everyone to Worship at First United Church.  Services are held on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.  If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church 705-856-2926. The Easter Cross of Lights will again be placed above the front door of our Church.  If you wish to purchase a bulb in ...

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LCBO Altering Store Hours in Response to COVID-19

Following today’s (March 17, 2020) Provincial Government announcement, the LCBO will be reducing store hours across the province. Beginning Thursday, March 19 all LCBO stores will operate from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. daily. This measure follows previous action taken to elevate store cleaning and sanitization protocols and increased prevention awareness amongst employees. Delivery options remain available to customers, though customers will ...

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Canada’s Six Biggest Banks Take Decisive Action To Help Customers Impacted by COVID-19

Canada’s six largest banks today, March 17, 2020 announced plans to provide financial relief to Canadians impacted by the economic consequences of COVID-19. Effective immediately, Bank of Montreal, CIBC, National Bank of Canada, RBC Royal Bank, Scotiabank and TD Bank have made a commitment to work with personal and small business banking customers on a case-by-case basis to provide flexible ...

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First positive COVID-19 case in Algoma District

Mar 18, 2020 at 06:21 Late Tuesday, March 17th, 2020, Algoma Public Health confirmed the first positive case of COVID-19 in the Algoma region. A woman in her 50s returned to Algoma on March 15, 2020 from the United States.  She developed respiratory symptoms and notified Algoma Public Health (APH) on March 16, 2020. APH facilitated EMS transportation to Sault Area Hospital ...

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Keeping Northern Ontario Connected – COVID-19 Update

As the global response to COVID-19 continues to evolve, now more than ever we know that people in Northern Ontario are relying on Tbaytel to keep themselves informed, connected and entertained.  We are taking many steps to make sure you can stay in touch and up-to-date. In addition, we’ve made some changes to keep our team mobilized and available to ...

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SE OPP Wawa – Person arrested and charged with Spousal Assault

On March 14, 2020, members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a domestic dispute in Wawa. As a result of the investigation, a 28-year-old person, from Wawa, was arrested and charged with the following: Assault – Spousal, contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code (CC). The accused was released and is scheduled ...

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