The Halfbreed Adhesion to Treaty No. 3 is the only instance of a Métis community collectively adhering to one of the historic treaties negotiated with First Nations across Canada. As a part of Treaties Recognition Week, the Northwestern Ontario Métis Community is raising awareness about the “Halfbreeds of Rainy Lake and Rainy River.” In the 1870s, Métis pressed their land ...

The 2022 Fall Economic Statement, released November 3 outlines the government’s plan to “continue to help Canadians with the cost of living and building a Canada where nobody gets left behind.” CARP, Canada’s largest advocacy agency on behalf of Canadians aged 65 and above is concerned that very little in the update is directed at older Canadians. According to Statistics ...

Wawa Christmas Hamper Fund October 20, 2021 Greetings Everyone! It is the season for the Wawa Christmas Hampers once again. The hamper program has been in Wawa since the early 1960’s and is used extensively during the holiday season. The year 2020 proved challenging due to COVID 19. We were able to provide 157 recipients with PPE equipment along with ...

November 4, 2022 Dear Families of the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board: We can appreciate how challenging things have been this past week or so with all of the uncertainty about your child’s learning and all that we see transpiring in the media with respect to the government and CUPE. I send you this communication, with an additional contingency plan ...

Angus Gold is pleased to announce an update on exploration activity at its wholly-owned Golden Sky Project in Wawa, Ontario. In 2022, we will successfully complete drilling campaigns totalling approximately 42 boreholes 9,500 A meter focused on multiple gold targets along the Dorset Deformation Zone and Banded Iron Formation. Based on the promising visual results, over the summer the company ...

As you are likely aware, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (known as CUPE), has announced that its members will be on strike/or walkout on Friday, Nov. 4, even if the Ontario government proceeds with passing legislation to impose a contract. For the Algoma District School Board, this union includes our custodial and maintenance employees and our cafeteria employees in ...

After thoughtful consideration, the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board has made the decision to limit access to schools this Friday if the political protest takes place by CUPE employees.  This means that students are not to attend school this Friday, November 4th.    CUPE represents many workers in the board, including school and board office clerical,caretakers, dayworkers and maintenance staff, ...

Pleins feux sur la violence faite aux femmes est une campagne de sensibilisations du public déposée du centre London’s Abused Women’s Centre. La campagne a débuté en 2010 et continue à travers notre pays et au-delà. Les buts du campagne Pleins feux sur la violence faites aux femmes sont : sensibiliser les citoyens à la violence des hommes contre les ...

Shine the Light on Woman Abuse is a registered trademarked public awareness campaign of the London Abused Women’s Centre. The campaign was launched in 2010 in London, Ontario, Canada and continues to spread across our country and beyond. The goals of the Shine the Light on Woman Abuse campaign are: to raise awareness of men’s violence against women by turning ...

  Over the past few weeks, students from École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) registered in the Journey in the Catholic Faith (Cheminement dans la foi catholique) course have lent a hand to Pastor Dan and his team. As part of a community initiative led by the Pentecostal Church of Chapleau, the students took part in the organization of an auction ...

  Au cours des dernières semaines, les élèves de l’école secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) inscrits au cours de Cheminement dans la foi catholique ont prêté main-forte à Pastor Dan et à son équipe. Dans le cadre d’une initiative communautaire menée par l’église pentecôtiste de Chapleau, les élèves se sont impliqués dans la mise sur pied d’une vente aux enchères visant ...

Algoma District School Board (ADSB) Director of Education Lucia Reece and Trustee Russell Reid (on behalf of Chair Jennifer Sarlo) accepted a generous donation from United Steelworkers (USW) Local 2251 at the Regular Board meeting held on November 1, 2022. Mike Da Prat, President of USW Local 2251, and Assistant Debbie Logan donated $14,750 to the ADSB Student Nutrition Program ...

Through the Afro-Heritage Association of Sudbury (AHA), the Northern Ontario Black Economic Empowerment Program (NOBEEP), received $1.15 million in funding from FedNor. This fund is to aid NOBEEP in supporting Black-owned businesses in Northern Ontario in their efforts to start up and scale up as well as to create jobs to contribute to the overall economic development of the North. ...

  The Wawa Trifecta is a running event that has three races in one weekend (weekend after Thanksgiving). This year’s event went amazing despite some cold and wet weather. If you could not be involved this year, we hope to see you next year. A huge thank you to our 2022 sponsors: Northern Lights Ford, Wesdome Gold Mine and Jon ...

Argonaut Gold Inc. has announced that the Company has closed its previously announced US$250 million Loan Facilities and drawn down the first tranche of US$80 million of the loan facilities which was used to repay the balance outstanding on the former revolving credit facility. The Loan Facilities consist of a term loan of US$200 million and a revolving credit facility of ...