The Wawa 36th Annual Salmon Fishing Derby runs from Friday, August 17th until Sunday, August 19th. The largest Salmon of the pre-derby fishing contest came in at 15.55 pounds this past Wednesday. The same team landed a whopping 24.75 pound fish the next night. To register or for more information call Buck’s Marina at 1-705-856-4488 or on the internet at: www.wawasalmonderby.com ...
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EY Canada to do line-by-line audit of all Ontario government programs and services
Ontario’s Government for the People is taking more steps towards restoring trust and accountability in the province’s public finances. Today Treasury Board President Peter Bethlenfalvy announced that EY Canada was the successful bidder to conduct a comprehensive line-by-line audit of all government programs and services. Building on the work of Ontario’s Auditor General, EY Canada will begin their detailed analysis ...
Read More »Ontario Acts to Improve Accountability and Transparency at Hydro One
Ontario is taking action to ensure greater transparency and accountability at Hydro One by proclaiming into force the substantive requirements under the Hydro One Accountability Act, 2018. “We promised to clean up the hydro mess, and I am so proud to say that is exactly what we have done. Today is a good day for Ontario, because it is a ...
Read More »Partnership Between White Lake Limited Partnership, Harte Gold and Pic Mobert First Nation
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the White Lake Resources Corp., the general partner for the White Lake Limited Partnership, Marlene Sabourin, President of the Board is today pleased to announce several positive developments in the long-standing relationship with Harte Gold Corp (“Harte Gold”). This announcement was made at the Harte Gold mine site located in the ...
Read More »Legislation streamlines Toronto City Council and restores municipal decision-making in selecting regional chairs
Ontario has passed the Better Local Government Act, reducing Toronto City Council to 25 councillors and returning to the 2014 method of selecting chairs in the regions of York, Peel, Niagara and the District of Muskoka. “Streamlining Toronto council will help the city make decisions more quickly and effectively,” said Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. “It saves ...
Read More »Wawa Athlete Competes at National Event in Brandon Manitoba
Annika Jozin proudly represented Wawa and local Branch 429 in the Royal Canadian Legion National Youth Track and Field 2018 Championships held August 10th – 12th in Brandon, Manitoba. She had just finished competing at the Ontario Summer Games August 2nd – 4th in London, Ontario where she tied for second place in the midget category, jumping 157 cm in ...
Read More »Ontario Asks Federal Government to Pay Full Cost of Illegal Border Crossers
The people of Ontario expect their government to stand up for provincial interests, grow our economy and respect the taxpayer. The federal government’s policies, which allow thousands of illegal border crossers to enter our country without following the appropriate processes, are having a negative impact on Ontario’s education system, our legal aid system, our social assistance system and our emergency ...
Read More »Bourgouin to Ford: Stop ignoring the needs of Northern families – invest in Northern passenger transportation
During question period on Monday, Mushkegowuk – James Bay NDP MPP Guy Bourgouin called on the Ford government to stop ignoring the needs of Northern families and invest in passenger transportation for Northern Ontario. Bourgouin said that disjointed bus services force some Northern families to travel for days to get to cities within only a few hours’ drive. ...
Read More »Ontario Announces Cannabis Retail Model
Following the federal legalization of cannabis on October 17, Ontario will immediately introduce an online retail channel for cannabis, to be followed by a private retail model by April 1, 2019. Minister of Finance Vic Fedeli and Attorney General Caroline Mulroney today shared details about how the province will manage cannabis retail following the federal government’s decision to legalize the ...
Read More »Men’s Night Golf – August 9
93 Players 1st FLIGHT: Francis Dechamplain, Jessy Dechamplain, Joey Dechamplain-3 under par 33 2nd FLIGHT: Jarret Asselin, Spencer Hall- 2 under par 34 3rdFLIGHT: Ron Rody, Don Humphries, Chris Buckell- 1 under par 35 4th FLIGHT: Eric Levesque, Jim Oleynik, David Jennings – 1 over par 37 5th FLIGHT: Marcel Poulin, Gilbert Bouchard, Dave Castonguay- 1 over par 37 6th ...
Read More »Thunder Bay MPs Visit Science North’s Growing Summer Science Camp Programs
Patty Hajdu, MP for Thunder Bay- Superior North, and Don Rusnak, MP for Thunder Bay – Rainy River, visited with youth who are participating in four of Science North’s summer science camp programs in Thunder Bay. For over 30 years, Northern Ontario children have benefited from Science North’s summer science camp experiences. During this time, Science North has expanded ...
Read More »NDP’s Monteith-Farrell demands answers for Basic Income participants in Thunder Bay
During question period Thursday, NDP MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell demanded answers from Doug Ford for local participants of the Basic Income Pilot Project cancelled by the Ford government this summer. ”When did the government inform participants of the Basic Income pilot program that it was to end, and have they been informed when they will no longer receive the income that ...
Read More »Congratulations to Trish & Her Big Spin
With her family in attendance to cheer her on, Patricia LaLonde of Wawa took a spin on THE BIG SPIN Wheel at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to win $100,000! Patricia won a top prize with OLG’s THE BIG SPIN INSTANT game (#2075). “When I scratched THE BIG SPIN ticket in the store, I knew I won ...
Read More »Government’s approach to sex-ed is harmful to LGBTQ2 people and puts youth at risk
In the 5 weeks since the Ontario PCs’ cabinet was sworn in it has become increasingly apparent that when Premier Doug Ford was sloganeering about his government being the first “For the People”, he didn’t mean LGBTQ2 people or anyone who cares about child safety or building a more inclusive Ontario. The PCs have moved hastily to scrap the ...
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