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Between the Covers – January 23

NEW BOOKS ON THE 7 DAY SHELFthis week are: “The Scholar” by Dervla McTiernan, “Take It Back” by Kia Abdullah, “Finding Chika” by Mitch Albom and “The Dark Side” by Danielle Steel.  Come on into the Wawa Public Library and CHECK IT OUT! NEW MOVIES ON THE SHELF this week are; “Dark Horse” “Viva Riva”, “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” and “The ...

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Happenings at Wawa First United – January 23

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. THRIFT SHOP       Thurs.  Jan.   30    5 – 9         Fri.      Jan.   31   1 – 4 & 5:30- 8:30        Sat.      Feb.   01   9 – 4        ...

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Le plaisir de la découverte

  Les élèves de l’école Saint Nom de Jésus (Hornepayne) se sont beaucoup amusés avec le jeu éducatif OSMO. À l’aide de jeux interactifs, ils apprennent les lettres, les chiffres ainsi que des éléments de base du codage.

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HSCDSB Statement on Report Cards

Members of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association are currently participating in an administrative job action that prevents them from entering comments on report cards; however, our board’s teachers will be providing marks and learning skills levels on students’ report cards and students will be receiving them as scheduled.  For classes where marks are not usually entered (e.g., full-day kindergarten, ...

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Ontario Takes Steps to Safeguard the Health of the Public Against the Coronavirus

Today, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, released the following statement on Ontario’s preparedness for the new coronavirus in Ontario: “I want Ontarians to know that their health and wellbeing is my top concern. While the risks posed by this new coronavirus to Ontarians remain low, the province is actively monitoring and is fully prepared to respond. To ...

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OPP Investigate 175 deaths in a Decade of Snowmobiling

With Snowmobile Safety Week underway this week, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has released a ten-year data report on snowmobile fatalities, which officers hope will encourage snowmobilers to avoid the recurring behaviours that contributed to the majority of the incidents over the past decade. During the past 10 snowmobile seasons (2009-2019), the OPP has investigated 175 snowmobile fatalities throughout the ...

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École Saint-Joseph students build ties with soldiers on mission!

  In December 2020, students in grade 4 of Mr. Eric Comtois’ class at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) participated in a writing project. To mark the holiday season, students wrote and sent Christmas cards to Canadian soldiers posted in southern Sudan.   Returning from the Christmas break on January 6th, an unexpected email awaited the École Saint-Joseph administration team. Task Force ...

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Ontario Government – Building Rural Ontario Together

Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, announced 27 joint projects to be funded through the Municipal Modernization Program at the 2020 Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) conference which wrapped up in Toronto today. “Our government is working with our municipal partners to make life more affordable, deliver smarter government services, create a more competitive business climate and build rural Ontario ...

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Minister of Education on OECTA One-Day Strike

Today, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement regarding the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) one-day province-wide strike: “We fully recognize the negative impacts teacher union escalation is having on families. It is why we are calling on these union leaders to end these strikes, given the adverse effects on students and financial hardship on parents. While ...

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Minister of Education Reacts to Lack of Report Cards

Today, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement in response to the lack of report cards for elementary students: “Yet again, teacher union leaders are risking student success and preventing parents from seeing valuable information about their child’s performance in class. It underscores our government’s insistence that teacher union leaders cancel these strikes that are hurting our kids. And ...

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Men’s Curling Standings – January 21

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 8 10 TERRIS, Tom 2 7 9 LESCHISHIN, Mark 2 7 10 McCOY, Joe 4 4 10 MITRIKAS, Erik 4 4 10 RODY Ron 4 4 10 TERRIS, Travis – ESC 7 3 10 BUMSTEAD, Aaron 8 2 9 ESC = Ecole St. Joseph Skip Travis Terris Next Games – Monday, January 27, ...

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Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) to hold one-day full withdrawal of services on Tuesday, January 21

The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) has announced that all of its members will be engaging in a one-day full withdrawal of services on Tuesday, January 21. This means teachers in publicly funded Catholic district school boards across Ontario will not be reporting to work or performing any of their duties. The previously announced administrative job action will remain ...

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Significant Snowfall expected over the weekend

Special weather statement in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Significant snowfall amounts expected Saturday through Sunday morning. An approaching low pressure system will bring snowfall to Northeastern and Far-Northeastern Ontario starting overnight Friday night and will continue until Sunday morning. Total snowfall amounts of 10 to 15 cm are expected. Strong winds gusting up to ...

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