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Les petits et les grands de l’école Saint-Joseph s’unissent pour célébrer la Saint-Valentin

Pour célébrer la Saint-Valentin, les amis de la maternelle jusqu’à la 5e année de l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) se sont regroupés au foyer pour participer à des activités en lien avec cette journée festive. Ensemble, les élèves ont décoré des sacs qui leur ont servi pour recueillir leurs valentins et, par la suite, ils ont joué au bingo ensemble. Lors du bingo, les ...

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Record number of Northern Ontario families seek support from Hope Air to reach medical care far from home in 2023

Hope Air, Canada’s national charity providing travel support to patients in financial need who must travel far from home to access vital medical care, announced an all-time record high in travel arrangement support for residents of Ontario. This milestone of 3,367 travel arrangements in Ontario includes over 1,736 airline flights for families, individuals, and children travelling from diverse communities across ...

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Wawa Ladies Curling Standings – February 22

RANK WINS G.P. TAVELLA, Debbie 1 8 11 BONITZKE, Wendy 2 7 10 BURGOYNE, Teri-Lyne 2 7 11 LESCHISHIN, Barb 2 7 10 BLANCHET, Emma 5 5 10 BUSSINEAU, Denise 5 5 9 KLOCKARS, Anna-Lisa 5 5 11 LOWE, Cheri 5 5 11 MATHIAS, Danette 5 5 11 PARSONS, Rochelle 5 5 10 SPENCER, Diane 11 4 11 TREMBLAY, Cheryl ...

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La Première ministre de l’ÉS Saint-Joseph est fière d’être une voix pour son école

Depuis le mois de septembre, Elsa McGregor occupe le poste de Première ministre du Parlement des élèves de l’École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa). Dans le cadre de ses fonctions, cette élève de 11e année fait également partie du Sénat des élèves du Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon. Ce comité politique, qui sert de forum pour les Premiers ministres des neuf écoles secondaires ...

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ÉS Saint-Joseph Prime Minister wants to be a voice for her school

Since the start of the school year in September, Elsa McGregor has held the position of Prime Minister of the Student Parliament at École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa). As part of her role, this grade 11 student also sits on the Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon Student Senate. This political committee, which serves as a forum for the Prime Ministers of CSC ...

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‘Water You Thinking About the Great Lakes?’ Asks Latest Poll

Public opinions are sought in a new online poll about the Great Lakes, water quality issues and other topics related to restoring and protecting this unique freshwater system. “We hope that people answer our poll and also share it far and wide so that we can collect views and ideas from thousands of folks throughout the Great Lakes region and ...

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Six Cultural Attractions Deliver March Break All-access Fun

For the third consecutive year, six local cultural attractions are partnering to offer Saultites a value-added family pass for March Break. Each pass allows a family unlimited visits to the Sault Ste. Museum, Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, Entomica Insectarium, Ermatinger Clergue National Historic Site (ECNHS), Art Gallery of Algoma and Sault Ste. Marie Public Library during March Break (March 9, ...

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School boards reschedule PA Day to April 8th due to solar eclipse

The Conseil scolaire du Grand Nord and Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon have rescheduled the April 19th Professional Activity Day to Monday, April 8, 2024.   The change will ensure there is no school for students on Monday, April 8, 2024, the day of the solar eclipse, which is expected to occur at or near dismissal times and result in temporary ...

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Wawa Ladies Curling

RANK WINS G.P. TAVELLA, Debbie 1 8 10 BONITZKE, Wendy 2 7 10 BURGOYNE, Teri-Lyne 3 6 10 LESCHISHIN, Barb 3 6 9 BLANCHET, Emma 5 5 10 KLOCKARS, Anna-Lisa 5 5 11 MATHIAS, Danette 5 5 10 PARSONS, Rochelle 5 5 10 BUSSINEAU, Denise 9 4 8 LOWE, Cheri 9 4 10 SPENCER, Diane 9 4 10 TREMBLAY, Cheryl ...

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Mixed Curling Standings- February 16

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 10 10 FAHRER, Tom 2 9 11 McCoy, Joe 2 9 11 HALL, Dave 4 7 9 BUCKELL, Chris 5 5 10 LESCHISHIN, Barb 5 5 11 STOYCHOFF, Peter 7 4 11 RAINVILLE, Heather 8 3 10 SWITZER, Anya 8 3 11 CORLEY, Sarah 10 2 11 GLOVER, Justine 11 1 11 There ...

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Introducing Voyent Alert!

The Municipality of Wawa is pleased to announce the launch of the new Voyent Alert! notification service. Voyent Alert! is a multipurpose notification service that will be used to communicate important information to anyone who registers Notifications will be sent for critical events like fire, flood and extreme weather, as well important communications such as boil water advisories, utility outages ...

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Men’s Curling Standings – February 13

Team Rank Wins GP LESCHISHIN, Mark 1 12 14 TERRIS, Tom 1 12 14 MITRIKAS, Eric 3 9 14 FAHRER, Tom 4 7 14 HALE, Ron 5 6 14 McCOY, Joe 5 6 14 TERRIS, Spencer 7 4 14 REID, Michael 8 0 14 Game schedule for Wednesday, February 21st Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 FAHRER MITRIKAS ...

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Les équipes de volleyball et de basketball de l’ÉS Saint-Joseph se qualifient pour les championnats

Félicitations aux Chevaliers de l’ÉS Saint-Joseph (Wawa)! Leurs équipes masculines de basketball senior et junior ainsi que leur équipe féminine de volleyball senior se sont qualifiées pour le championnat de l’Association athlétique des écoles secondaires de la Rive Nord. Les garçons seniors se rendront en finale alors qu’ils sont invaincus depuis de début de la saison régulière tandis que les ...

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ÉS Saint-Joseph basketball and volleyball teams move on to championship finals

Congratulations to the ÉS Saint-Joseph (Wawa) Chevaliers sports teams! Their senior and junior boys’ basketball teams as well as their senior girls’ volleyball team have qualified for the North Shore High School Athletic Association championship. The senior boys will go into the final undefeated since the start of the regular season, while the junior boys and girls volleyball team are ...

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