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Wawa Ladies Curling Standings – February 29

BONITZKE, Wendy 1 9 12 TAVELLA, Debbie 1 9 12 BURGOYNE, Teri-Lyne 3 7 12 LESCHISHIN, Barb 3 7 11 KLOCKARS, Anna-Lisa 5 6 12 MATHIAS, Danette 5 6 12 BLANCHET, Emma 7 5 11 BUSSINEAU, Denise 7 5 10 LOWE, Cheri 7 5 12 PARSONS, Rochelle 7 5 11 SPENCER, Diane 7 5 12 TREMBLAY, Cheryl 7 5 12 ...

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Confederation College Responds to Ontario Government’s Funding Announcement

Confederation College President Kathleen Lynch welcomed the provincial government’s initial funding announcement for post-secondary institutions as a significant step that underscores the importance of investing in the education of Ontario’s students. “We are pleased to see the Ontario government making this initial investment in our students, which will help address some of the pressures we will face over the next ...

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Annual Wawa Mixed Curling Bonspiel

The Annual Wawa Mixed Curling Bonspiel took place on February 9 and 10, 2024.  It was a fun-filled weekend of curling with 16 teams taking part in the event.  Games started on Friday night and finished up with finals on Saturday evening, with every team playing at least 3 games even though there was one team that curled a lot ...

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Men’s Curling Standings – February 28

Team Rank Wins GP LESCHISHIN, Mark 1 14 16 TERRIS, Tom 2 13 16 MITRIKAS, Eric 3 11 16 FAHRER, Tom 4 9 16 HALE, Ron 5 7 16 McCOY, Joe 6 6 16 TERRIS, Spencer 7 4 16 REID, Michael 8 0 16 Game schedule for March 4th: Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 S.TERRIS McCOY REID ...

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École Saint-Joseph students celebrate the founder of the Scouts movement

Last week, students at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) who are members of Scouts Canada, celebrated a very special day. Earing a part of their scout uniform, they proudly celebrated the birthday of Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouts. We congratulate these students for their dedication and active participation in an association that promotes great values within the school community. Well ...

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Les élèves de Saint-Joseph célèbre l’anniversaire du fondateur du scoutisme

La semaine dernière, les élèves de l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) qui sont membres des Scouts Canada, ont célébré une journée bien spéciale. Vêtus d’une partie de leur uniforme de scout, ils ont fièrement souligné l’anniversaire de Monsieur Robert Baden-Powell, le fondateur des Scouts. Nous félicitons ces élèves pour leur dévouement et participation active envers une association qui fait la promotion de ...

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Wawa Triples Curling Funspiel

The 2nd Annual Triples Curling Funspiel was held over the weekend.  The rules are quite similar to “Regular” curling but is played with (3) players.  The game is six (6) ends and each player throws two (2) rocks. There is only one (1) person allowed to sweep the rock until the far “hog-line”, then either the thrower or the skip ...

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Boil water advisory in Dubreuilville: École St-Joseph will remain open

The Township of Dubreuilville has issued this morning a boil water advisory to its users due to potentially unsafe water. École St-Joseph in Dubreuilville is affected by this advisory. The school will remain open.   In order to comply with this measure, a notice will be placed at drinking water fountains and taps children and staff have access to until ...

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OPP, CAFC and U.S. Secret Services Stop Victim from losing over $615,000

On February 2, 2024, an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) member seconded to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) was notified by a CAFC Call Taker that a Canadian victim business reported a Spear Phishing fraud. The member subsequently contacted the United States Secret Service (USSS) representative regarding the fraud. The USSS quickly contacted the US financial institution, which received the transfer and ...

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École Saint-Joseph students get together to celebrate Valentine’s Day

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, kindergarten to grade 5 students at École Saint-Joseph (Joseph) gathered in the school foyer to take part in activities related to the festive day. Together, the students decorated bags to collect their valentines and then played bingo together. During the bingo game, the older students were able to help their younger friends so that everyone could ...

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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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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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