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Bridge Building Competition Yields Impressive Results Showcasing Innovation and Engineering Excellence

Today, Sault College in partnership with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) held its annual Bridge Building Competition offering an experiential learning opportunity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). This year’s competition drew 360 balsa wood bridges from students from grades 4-12, as well as younger and older entries through the open category. Students designed, created, and submitted the balsa wood ...

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SJD Kindergarten – More Community Helpers

After having some chefs and a dental hygienist come in to visit the Sir James Dunn Kindergarten class, as part of their community helpers unit, they recently had a technician from the MNRF and a scientist come in a tell them all about their professions.   Shannon Murphy, from the MNRF, showed us how diverse and interesting her job is.  ...

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Wawa Mixed Curling Standings – March 10

Team Rank Wins G.P. BUCKELL, Chris 1 5 6 TERRIS, Tom 1 5 6 FAHRER, Tom 3 4 6 HALL, Dave 3 4 6 McCOY, Joe 3 4 6 SWITZER, Anya 5 1 6 SMIT, Brandon 6 0 5 STOYCHEFF, Peter 6 0 5 Game Schedule for March 23rd, 2023 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 HALL SMIT ...

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Ladies Curling – March 9

RANK WINS G.P. LESCHISHIN, Barb 1 14 15 BUSSINEAU, Denise 2 10 15 BONITZKE, Wendy 3 9 15 SPENCER, Diane 4 7 15 PARSONS, Rochelle 4 7 15 AMOS, Tracy 6 5 15 CHIUPKA, Lorna 7 4 15 MATHIAS, Danette 7 4 15 The regular season has concluded, and there are no scheduled League curling games during March Break. Season ...

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Business Summary for 2022 – Over $1 Million in Loans

The Superior East Community Futures Development Corporation (SECFDC) is a non-profit organization offering small business and regional community economic development services to the Superior East region.   For the 2022 year the Superior East CFDC approved a grand total of $1,161,367 in local and regional loans.  These loans impacted 35 jobs in the region.  A total of $1,205,535 was also ...

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L’École catholique Celebrates 25 Years of Smiles

Ontario’s eight French-language Catholic school boards and the Association franco-ontarienne des conseils scolaires catholiques (AFOCSC) are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year! To mark this important milestone, L’École catholique has prepared various activities for students and staff, including a highly original competition that will bring out the beautiful smiles of its school community, which is at the heart of these celebrations: ...

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ÉSC Trillium Coyotes wins the North Shore Championship banner

    This year, the girls’ junior volleyball team from École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) had a remarkable season. Having won first place in their division of the North Shore Secondary Schools Athletic Association (NSSSAA) with a perfect record of eight victories, the ÉSC Trillium Coyotes were able to advance to the finals.   Their passion for volleyball allowed them ...

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Les Coyotes de l’ÉSC Trillium remportent la bannière de championnat de la Rive Nord

    Cette année, l’équipe féminine junior de volleyball l’École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) a connu une saison remarquable. Ayant remporté la première place dans leur division del’Association athlétique des écoles secondaires de la Rive Nord (NSSSAA) avec une fiche parfaite de huit victoires, les Coyotes de l’ÉSC Trillium ont pu avancer rendre aux finales.   La passion pour le ...

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FONOM to gather in Wawa for its March Board Meeting

Members of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) will hold its next Board meeting in the Town of Wawa on Friday, March 10th, 2023. Also, the Board will meet with Wawa’s Mayor, Melanie Pilon, and CAO Maury O’Neill to listen about the activities of this part of Northeastern Ontario. “It’s important for the Board to experience and then appreciate ...

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Men’s Curling Standings – March 7

Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 13 16 FAHRER, Tom 2 11 16 McCOY, Joe 3 10 16 MITRIKAS, Eric 4 6 15 HALE, Ron 5 4 15 MORRIS, Lucas 6 2 14 No League Curling during March Break. Playoffs begin Monday, March 20th.  

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ÉS Saint-Joseph students discover Franco-Ontarian literature in an escape room

As part of the grade 12 French course, students from École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) took part in a very original evaluation of their comprehension of the play Le Chien written by Franco-Ontarian author Jean-Marc Dalpé . As part of this exercise, their teacher Ms. Bouffard prepared an escape room in which students had to use their knowledge of the novel ...

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Une salle d’évasion pour découvrir la littérature franco-ontarienne

Dans le cadre de cours Français 12e année, les élèves de l’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont participé à une évaluation sommative fort originale portant sur la pièce de théâtre Le chien, de l’auteur franco-ontarien Jean-Marc Dalpé. Comme tâche, l’enseignante Mme Bouffard a préparé une salle d’évasion dans laquelle les élèves devaient utiliser leurs connaissances du roman et de l’auteur afin ...

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