Mar 6, 2018 @ 18:56   Q:  What is the current status of the caribou around Lake Superior? A:  Not good.  The caribou on the mainland may now be all gone.  Recently, there were still thought to be some along the north shore from Pic Island to west of Cape Victoria (Marathon to Rossport).  But local residents say no one ...

Mar 6, 2018 @ 08:21 On April 7, 8, 14 and 15, 2018, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 374, St. Joseph Island is proudly hosting the 51st Annual Maple Syrup Festival. This renowned event is frequented by thousands of people of St. Joseph Island, of the North Shore and down the line. Guests from Wawa to Sudbury and as far ...

Mar 5, 2018 @ 17:40 NDP Health critic France Gélinas released the following statement Friday, March 2, 2018:   “It was 10 years ago today that I wrote my first letter to the minister of health demanding equity of access to PET scanning for the people of Northeastern Ontario. Sam Bruno started advocating for a PET scan for Sudbury in ...

Mar 5, 2018 @ 17:12   Students at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) had the opportunity to enjoy a fun snowshoeing expedition as part of their outdoor sports and gym classes. Accompanied by teachers Mr. Michel Lemoyne, Mr. Brandon Vachon-Case and Ms. Katrina McCracken, students practiced this great winter sport while also benefiting from the beautiful northern Ontario landscape

Mar 5, 2018 @ 17:05   Les élèves de l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont profité d’une belle randonnée en raquette dans le cadre des cours de sports en plein air et d’éducation physique. Accompagnés des enseignants M. Michel Lemoyne, M. Brandon Vachon-Case et Mme Katrina McCracken, les élèves ont eu l’occasion de découvrir ce sport d’hiver tout en profitant du beau ...

To my Wawa Patients:   I wish to inform you that I will be closing my practice effective May 1, 2018.  My husband and I will be moving to Southern Ontario to be closer to our families.   At this time, the Wawa Family Health Team is actively recruiting for a physician to replace me.  Please be reassured that you ...

Clocks will move forward one hour at 2 a.m. on March 11 and the Wawa 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. “Once a year, old batteries should be ...

Mar 4, 2018 @ 12:30 Canadian Orebodies Inc. is pleased to announce results from the Company’s fall 2017 Black Raven prospecting program and the discovery of multiple high-grade gold bearing vein structures that represent a significant new discovery in the Hemlo camp. Initial prospecting and sampling carried out on the Black Raven Project uncovered new gold-bearing veins either in outcrop ...

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 & ...