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. Sun.       Feb.   16     The Sacrament of Holy Communion will be celebrated Sun.       Feb.    23    Annual Meeting – First  United  Church Following Morning Worship Sat.        Mar.   07     U.C.W.   Annual Meeting ...

Today, Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, confirmed that the province’s third case of the 2019 novel coronavirus is now resolved: “On January 31, we reported a confirmed case located in London, Ontario. Additional testing has been conducted by both the Public Health Ontario Laboratory and the National Microbiology Lab (Winnipeg). The case has had two negative tests ...

“Good things come in threes!” That adage has certainly come true for three local groups. The Adult Learning Centre and the representative from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library (supported by Rotary) partnered to organize a lottery draw featuring three great prizes ($1,250.00, $750.00 and $500.00). These prizes came as PC gift cards. Since the cards were purchased from the Wawa ...

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 11 13 TERRIS, Tom 2 10 12 LESCHISHIN, Mark 3 8 13 MITRIKAS, Erik 4 6 13 McCOY, Joe 5 5 13 RODY Ron 5 5 13 TERRIS, Travis – ESC 7 4 13 BUMSTEAD, Aaron 8 2 12 Don’t Forget – next week’s Men’s Curling is Wednesday, February 19th at 7 p.m. ...

Feb 9, 2020 at 14:27 This weather advisory ended at 12:57 p.m. Feb 9, 2020 at 08:43 Weather advisory in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Winter Weather Travel Advisory in effect for early this morning. Local lake effect flurries impacting highway 17 from near Marathon to Wawa will give additional local amounts near 5 centimetres ...

Feb 9, 2020 at 14:27 This weather advisory ended at 12:57 p.m. Feb 9, 2020 at 08:43 Weather advisory in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Winter Weather Travel Advisory in effect for today. Local lake effect flurries are forecast to intensity this morning south of Wawa. These heavy flurries are expected to impact portions of Highway 17 south ...

After lengthy negotiations involving the Township of Chapleau and the Chapleau Regional Development Corporation (CRDC), a local private organization, to date, no agreement has been reached for use of the Chapleau Airport to hold the Gold Rush Nationals in 2020.  The Township of Chapleau has been and will continue to be an important part of economic development in the community. ...

Ontario’s government is helping the Shingwauk Education Trust (SET) provide culturally relevant education to its Indigenous students, contributing to their future success. Ross Romano, Minister of Colleges and Universities and MPP for Sault Ste. Marie, on behalf of Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines and Minister of Indigenous Affairs, have announced an investment of $2 million through ...

The Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO), the union that represents teaching staff, short- and long-term supply teachers in all Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon schools, as well as the board learning consultants, will conduct a one-day full strike – withdrawal of all services – across the province of Ontario on Thursday, February 13, 2020 since no contract agreement ...

Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement in response to continued escalation by the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO) and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF): “Continued escalation of job action by the teachers’ unions has gone on far too long. Students across the province are being hurt by the withdrawal of services and ...

TERRIS, Tom 1 10 12 McCOY, Joe 2 9 12 HOFFMANN, Jim 3 7 12 KLOCKARS, Anna Lisa 4 6 11 HALL, Dave 5 5 11 BUCKELL, Chris 6 4 11 LESCHISHIN, Mark 7 3 11 TURMELLE, Katherine 8 1 10 Next games are Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 HALL ...

Weather – Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries early this morning. Clearing this morning. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40. High minus 19. Wind chill near minus 33. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Clear. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 31. Wind chill minus 30 this evening and minus ...

The Legion is in the final stages of getting the Lift operational, with the final sealing of the floor tiles and clearing of the alley. If you wish to access the lift we would like to make this as easy as possible for you with the following steps: If it is a scheduled event a volunteer operator will be there ...

When it comes to updates on passenger rail service for northeastern Ontario, there has been so little to report publicly but much going on in the background. Just before Christmas, Metrolinx and Ontario Northland delivered their yearlong creation of a business plan for the return of passenger rail service which includes all the necessary items for decision making (scheduling, equipment, ...