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École Sacré-Coeur students have fun reading !

During the month of November, students from École Sacré-Coeur (Chapleau) took part with much enthusiasm in a reading challenge. As part of this activity, each student had to keep track of the time spent reading various books in order to accumulate as many reading minutes as possible for their class. At the end of the month, the class and the ...

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ONWA Outraged by Winnipeg Murders and Violence that Continues

The serial murders that occurred in Winnipeg, Manitoba are a national tragedy and another example of racism and hate. This is a call for action to address this hate that continues to put the safety of Indigenous women at risk – and to end the ongoing genocide that is its direct result. The Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) recognizes and ...

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Mixed Curling Standings – December 2

Team Rank Wins G.P. FAHRER, Tom 1 4 4 McCOY, Joe 1 4 4 TERRIS, Tom 3 3 4 BUCKELL, Chris 4 2 4 STOYCHEFF, Peter 5 1 3 SWITZER, Anya 5 0 4 HALL, Dave 7 0 3 SMIT, Brandon 7 0 4   Game Schedule for December 8, 2022 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 BUCKELL ...

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Good Roads Welcomes Mayor of Hornepayne To Executive Board

At the November 24th meeting of the Good Roads Board of Directors (BOD) in Toronto, Ontario a vote was held for the position of Third Vice-President. Cheryl Fort, Mayor of Hornepayne, was unanimously elected. Fort has been on the board since 2019. “Helping Good Roads achieve their aspirations of improving municipal roads and infrastructure in Ontario aligns with the work ...

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An Outstanding Giving Tuesday!

  OUTSTANDING is the only way to describe the support the Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation received for its Giving Tuesday campaign.   Together we raised $11,430 in a span of 24 hours. This includes the matching $1,750 donation from Northern Lights Ford and their staff.  Thank you Northern Lights Ford for your continued sponsorship of this event and thank ...

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Une élève de l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) vit une expérience inoubliable à Queen’s Park

  Du 14 novembre au 8 décembre, une élève de  l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) pourra vivre une expérience mémorable à Queen’s Park en tant que pages à la législature ontarienne. Havana Thibodeau-Bello, élève de 8e à l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa), aété sélectionné parmi des centaines de demandes pour participer au Programme des pages de l’Assemblée législative de l’Ontario. Un premier défi que ...

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École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) student is living an unforgettable experience at Queen’s Park

  From November 14 until December 8, an École Saint-Joseph student will have the opportunity to live a unique experience at Queen’s Park as Pages in the province’s Legislature. Havana Thibodeau-Bello, a grade 8 student at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa), was selected among hundreds of applicants seeking to participate in the Legislative Page Program.   The first challenge that Havana met ...

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Wawa Ladies Curling Standings – November 29

RANK WINS G.P. BUSSINEAU, Denise 1 3 3 LESCHISHIN, Barb 1 3 4 CHIUPKA, Lorna 3 2 4 SPENCER, Diane 3 2 4 AMOS, Tracy 5 1 3 MATHIAS, Danette 5 1 4 BONITZKE, Wendy 5 1 2 PARSONS, Rochelle 5 1 4 Game Schedule for December 6th at 7 p.m.: Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 BUSSINEAU ...

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Missanabie Cree to Support Residential Schools Investigations with Narratives Inc.

Missanabie Cree First Nation, through its company ISN Maskwa, has announced that they have established a new partnership with Narratives Inc. to support the Residential Schools investigations. By working together, the two organizations can provide highly specialized and strong technical supports to Survivors and communities, who are currently undertaking the important work of searching for unmarked graves and burial sites of children ...

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SSM Police: Be Aware of Fraud

Recently officers in the Central Support Bureau have been receiving reports of online fraud. One occurrence, the victim received an urgent-looking pop-up for technical support while using the internet. The fraudulent technical support staff requested and received nearly $2,000 funds from the victim. With increased online activity during the holidays, we urge community members to be vigilant regarding potential online ...

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U18 Legionnaires Bring the Gold Home!

This past weekend our U18 Legionnaires took home GOLD at the Silver Stick Tournament in Sudbury! Our team of 15 young men from Wawa, Dubreilville, Chapleau and Hornepayne had a flawless 6-game winning streak and finished off the finals with a 3-0 win vs the New Tecumseth TNT Tornados to earn the right to take home the banner! Please join ...

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Men’s Curling Standings – November 28

Team Rank Wins GP MITRIKAS, Erik 1 3 3 TERRIS, Tom 1 3 3 McCoy, Joe 3 2 3 FAHRER, Tom 4 1 3 HALE, Ron 5 0 3 MORRIS, Lucas 5 0 3 Game Schedule – December 5th, 2022 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 MITRIKAS TERRIS HALE McCOY MHS FAHRER

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Wawa Curling Club holds Curling Clinics

  This past weekend the Curling Club was busy.  Rob and Rejeanne MacLeod, Curling Instructors from Sault Ste. Marie were in Wawa to show local “curlers” the various skills and strategies found in curling.  Curling can be enjoyed by all ages and is good exercise (non-curlers don’t appreciate the effort in sweeping). Everyone got the chance to participate in an ...

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Hornepayne’s Municipal Council was officially sworn in

Hornepayne’s Municipal Council was officially sworn in November 15th, 2022 in the Municipal Council Chambers.   Incumbent Mayor Chery Fort, incumbent Councillors Belinda Kistemaker, Peter Kistemaker and Drago Stefanic and new Councillor Ted Scheniman were all acclaimed which eliminated the need for an election.   This is Mayor Fort’s second term as Mayor and her third term on Council. She ...

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