Mar 4, 2018 @ 11:41 Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 13 15 LESCHISHIN, Mark 2 10 15 HOFFMANN, Jim 3 9 15 SPENCER, Reg 4 7 15 SZEKELY, Marc 4 7 15 BOYD, Katherine 6 6 15 HALL, Jennifer 7 4 14 McCOY, Joe 8 3 14 Schedule for Thursday – March 8,  2018 Ice 1 Ice 2 ...

Mar 2, 2018 @ 14:14 The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued a statement today on Canada’s position on possible U.S. steel tariff. Terry Sheehan has been working diligently for the Steel Industry and expressed that the proposed tariff of 25 per cent on Canadian steel exports to the U.S. is not being taken lightly by the federal Government. ...

Mar 2, 2018 @ 12:26 President Trump publicly advised on Thursday that he intends to levy a 25 per cent tariff on all steel entering the United States. Canada and the United States have integrated economic relationships and a balanced trade relationship in steel. In 2016, over 10 million tonnes of steel with a market value of $8.8 billion (USD) ...

Feb 28, 2018 @ 16:30 For the third straight year, the federal Liberals have produced nothing but unsubstantiated promises and $5 million more for studies while VIA Rail Canada continues to disintegrate.   “Unfortunately, the VIA tidbits in Budget 2018 are exactly what we’ve come to expect from this government,” says Robert Wightman, president of the citizens’ advocacy group, All ...

Feb 28, 2018 @ 14:39 NDP Health critic France Gélinas said that Ontario families can’t afford to wait for another federal study before they get the medicine that they need and called on the Wynne government to put Ontario first and support the NDP plan for true, universal pharmacare now.   “It’s time for national, universal pharmacare — but yesterday, ...

Feb 28, 2018 @ 14:24 NDP Health critic MPP France Gélinas told the Liberal government Wednesday that Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children treated more patients in January 2018 than at any other time in its history.   On Tuesday, the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit was operating at 114 percent occupancy.   “The Hospital for Sick Children right here in ...

Feb 28, 2018 @ 11:57 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. CHURCH OFFICE HOURS – Thurs. 1 -3 p.m. Roberta requests that an appointment be made. Please call 705-856-2926 & ...

Feb 28, 2018 @ 11:48 Stuart Cline, a resident of London, Ontario, is stuck in a Mexican hospital in critical condition as he waits for a hospital bed to open up at home.   Stuart is suffering from a brain bleed, complicated by a heart condition that requires blood thinners and a pacemaker. His wife and daughter-in-law are with him, and ...

Friday, March 2, Wawa Baptist Church will hold a free two-hour monthly Easter-themed kids’ club at the Hillcrest Heights Centre running from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. Children between the age of 5 and 12 are welcome to attend to sing songs, make crafts, eat snacks, and listen to a Bible story. For more information or to preregister your child in ...

Ontario Northland is featured alongside Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway in Discovery’s new original Canadian series “Rocky Mountain Railroad”. The all-new, eight-part series premieres Monday, March 5th at 10pm ET on Discovery and will tell the stories of railroad crews battling tough winter weather and rough terrain to keep Canada’s critical freight and passenger trains moving. “We’re excited for the series ...

Feb 27, 2018 @ 13:50 Unfortunately, due to the warm weather and beautiful sunshine, we must close the Outdoor Rink at the MMCC. The sunshine has caused slush to develop and conditions on the rink are no longer suitable for skating. Please refrain from using the outdoor rink while the red flag is up. As temperatures fluctuate during the next ...

Feb 27, 2018 @ 09:00   Les élèves de la 3e année à l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) se sont bien amusés lors de leur cours de musique avec l’enseignant de musique, M. Kirk Whitlock.   Ils ont appris à jouer la chanson Popcorn avec des Boomwhackers (tubes qui produisent un son quand on les frappe sur un objet ou sur une ...

Feb 27, 2018 @ 09:00   Grade 3 students at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) had a time in Mr. Kirk Whitlock’s music class last week.   They learned how to play the Popcorn song with Boomwhackers, a percussion instrument that consists of tubes that make noise when you hit them against an object or a body part. The young musicians definitely ...

Feb 25, 2018 @ 11:26   École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) is proud of all their students who took part in this year’s Legion Poster Contest.   Congratulations to Isabella Gingras, Havana Thibodeau-Bello, Adriana Casavant, Izabelle Lévesque-Gagnon and Madison Hamel who placed in Wawa.   Grade 3 student Adriana Casavant placed 1st in Wawa and in the White River to Massey district. ...

Feb 24, 2018 @ 18:26 In light of an increase in the number of patients presenting to the Emergency Department with Influenza-like illness, Sault Area Hospital (SAH) has now imposed visitor restrictions for the Emergency Department (ED). Effective immediately, the Emergency Department will be closed to visitors until further notice.  Exceptions may be permitted on compassionate grounds and at the ...