Wet weather continued in October, causing Lake Superior water levels to remain relatively stable over the course of the month, while on average the water level declines 3 cm in October. The monthly mean level in October of 183.88 m is just 3 cm below the record set in 1985, and at the beginning of November, Lake Superior is tied ...

Members of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) have given their union a strong mandate for central strike action should it be needed during ETFO’s central bargaining negotiations: ETFO’s teacher and occasional teacher members voted 98% in favour of strike action; and ETFO’s education worker members voted 98% in favour of strike action. “Talks have stalled at ETFO’s central ...

Clocks will fall back one hour at 2 am tonight, November 3 and the Wawa Volunteer Fire Department is recommending residents install new batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms when they change their clocks. “In order for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to do their job, they need to have working batteries,” explained Chef Sabourin. “Once a year, old ...

Special weather statement in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Flurries continue early this morning. Additional snowfall amounts of 2 cm are possible early this morning. Flurries will taper of as the wind shifts to west later this morning. Driving conditions might be difficult due to reduced visibility. Special weather statement in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Searchmont – Montreal ...

  Les élèves de 10e année du cours de Citoyenneté à l’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont eu l’occasion de rencontrer Mme Carol Hughes, députée d’Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, lors de la campagne électorale. Lors de son passage, Mme Hughes a partagé son cheminement professionnel avec les élèves et a parlé de l’impact positif qu’a l’éducation au sein de la communauté. Tout au long ...

  As part of their Citizenship Course, grade 10 students from École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) had the opportunity to meet Carol Hughes, Federal Member of Parliament for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, during the recently-held election campaign. During her visit, Ms. Hughes shared her career path with students and talked about the positive impact education has on the community. Throughout her presentation, the member ...

Special weather statement in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Significant snowfall is possible today and tonight. South to southwest winds off of Lake Superior could produce flurries and local snow squalls beginning late this morning and will continue into tonight. Total snowfall amounts of 5 to 10 cm with locally up to 15 cm over the higher terrain are ...

  Kirk Whitlock, an arts teacher at École Saint-Joseph’s School(Wawa) put to good use to found two old diascopes, former projectors used for projecting transparencies, and incorporated them into the grade 5 arts class. Students used their imagination and various objects to practice the art of shadow making. They projected on a white screen shadows produced by silhouettes that they ...

  M. Kirk Whitlock, enseignant en arts à l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) a trouvé deux anciens diascopes, des projecteurs utilisés pour transmettre des transparents sur des écrans, et les a intégrés au cours d’arts des élèves de 5e année. Les élèves ont utilisé leur imagination et divers objets pour pratiquer l’art des ombres chinoises. Ils ont projeté sur un écran blanc ...

Each fall when Daylight Saving Time ends motorists and pedestrians are seemingly given a bonus hour of sleep. In theory the roads should be safer this is not necessarily the case. A 2011 survey by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) revealed that failing to adapt to the time change that comes with the end of Daylight Saving Time ...

NDP Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath said a new report from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) offers damning evidence that hallway medicine in the province is only going to keep getting worse under Doug Ford’s Conservatives.   The FAO report found that even if Ford delivers the 15,000 long-term care beds his government has claimed they might, the ...

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). Sat.       Nov. 02         Prayer Shawl Ministry 3 p.m. Mon.     Nov. 04          U.C.W. – 7:00 p.m. God’s love never ends, it endures and abides. 

Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, issued the following statement yesterday about the Mining Working Group and Meet the Miners Day at Queen’s Park: “Today marks the annual Meet the Miners Day at Queen’s Park. For 41 years, representatives from the mining industry and the government have come together to acknowledge the vital role of the mining ...

Wayne Gates, Ontario NDP critic for Auto and Manufacturing, released the following statement in response to news that Ford Motor Company is poised to axe 450 more jobs in February 2020 as part of restructuring at its Oakville Assembly Plant. This would add to the roughly 200 jobs lost there last month. “Our hearts are with the hardworking Ford employees ...

Northern Policy Institute (NPI) partnered with the Greater Sudbury Local Immigration Partnership (LIP) to provide strategic actions for the City of Greater Sudbury to take in order to successfully encourage economic integration of newcomers. Given a slow population growth, a rising demographic dependency ratio, and the introduction of the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot, as well as the Francophone Welcoming ...