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 ...
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Argonaut Announces Successful Completion of Magino Financing Package
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 ...
Read More »Wawa High School Cross Country Runners are back!
After a two year hiatus the Wawa High School Cross Country Runners are back! Yesterday, October 25th, this tough bunch of athletes competed at NWOSSAA in Thunder Bay. They all had amazing runs and 7 runners advanced to OFSAA. Congratulations to all of our runners! These incredible athletes are coached by Anjali Oberai, Tracy Laing and Mark Szekely.
Read More ȃcole Saint-Joseph (Wawa) JK/SK get Creative
Junior and Senior Kindergarten students at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) put their creative and engineering skills to good use when they were challenged to build a platform capable of suporting the weight of their pumpkin. Students were challenged to attain this goal through the use of various items such as tape, sticks, modeling clay, glue and a CD.
Read More »Les élèves de l’école Saint-Joseph font preuve de créativité et d’ingéniosité
Les amis de la maternelle et du jardin de l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont dû faire preuve de créativité et d’ingéniosité afin de construire une plateforme capable de soutenir le poids de leur citrouille. Pour y arriver, ils ont utilisé divers matériaux tels que du ruban adhésif, des bâtonnets, de la pâte à modeler, de la colle et un CD.
Read More »Métis Nation of Ontario supports NOSM University students with $515k bursary
The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) is providing an endowment of $515,000 to NOSM University, Canada’s first independent medical university. The endowment will fund a bursary program for Métis students pursuing their MD at NOSM University and is being matched by the FDC Foundation. “As the government representing Métis in Ontario, we are proud to do what ...
Read More »2022 CSC Nouvelon school trustee election results
The Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon is pleased to congratulate the candidates in the recent school board election who were successful in their quest to serve as school trustees with the CSC Nouvelon. After all votes were cast on Monday, October 24, the following trustees, representing the eight zones of the CSC Nouvelon, have been elected to its Board for a ...
Read More »Ontario’s New Housing Supply Action Plan: Some Troubling Features
The Government of Ontario today introduced the next phase of its Housing Supply Action Plan: the proposed More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022. The Plan includes a broad array of legislative and regulatory changes related to land use planning, property taxes, building code, heritage, conservation, and the infrastructure financing framework that supports growth. “Municipalities will welcome some of the proposed ...
Read More »Cora McGuire-Cyrette Appointed to Thunder Bay Police Services Board Governance Committee
The Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) is pleased to announce that Executive Director, Cora McGuire-Cyrette, has been appointed to the Thunder Bay Police Services (TBPS) Board Governance Committee for a 2-year term. This Committee was established to ensure governance decisions are being represented, not just by the Board, but informed and assisted by the community’s voice. The Committee will have ...
Read More »Métis community calls for reconciliation on outstanding Crown promises, 172 years later
Yesterday, October 21st, 2022 marked 172 years since the Crown acknowledged and committed to protect the rights to land of the Sault Ste. Marie Métis Community in the Robinson-Huron Treaty negotiations. That solemn commitment remains unfulfilled, and reconciliation is stalled without it. In recognition, the bell in the steeple of the Sault Métis Centre — the former St. John’s ...
Read More »SSM PUC Steps forward Offering at home electric vehicle (EV) charging
PUC Services Inc. (PUC) is now offering an easy at-home, solution for electric vehicle (EV) charging. The newly launched EV Home Charging Program enables customers to charge their electric vehicle faster and smarter, with the convenience of doing it at their own home. The chargers are offered on an affordable rental basis, which includes the level 2 charging unit, lifetime ...
Read More »On World Osteoporosis Day, take five steps to better bone health
Today, on World Osteoporosis Day, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) calls on people of all ages to be proactive in taking steps for better bone health and osteoporosis prevention. Osteoporosis is a bone disease that affects some 500 million people worldwide and is a major cause of pain, disability and loss of independence in older adults. Worldwide, one in three ...
Read More »Smart Road Technology Can Make Northern Roads Safer
Oct 19, 2022 at 10:03 Implementing smart road technologies can encourage greater safety on Northern roads and are less expensive to build and maintain. These technologies and innovative construction techniques are explored in detail in the latest paper by Northern Policy Institute, Smart Solutions for Northern Roads by William Dunstan. Smart road technologies implemented in other jurisdictions have proven effective ...
Read More »Un apprentissage musical de qualité pour les élèves de l’École Saint Nom de Jésus
Oct 19, 2022 at 09:10 Les élèves de l’École Saint Nom de Jésus (Hornepayne) ont eu de la grande visite la semaine dernière! Deux animatrices de l’Orchestre symphonique de Sudbury se sont jointes à eux pour présenter un atelier de musique enrichissant. Les élèves ont pu manipuler des instruments ainsi qu’explorer la musique et la conscience phonologique par l’entremise d’activités ...
Read More »École Saint Nom de Jésus students benefit from musical learning experience
Oct 19, 2022 at 09:10 Students at École Saint Name of Jesus (Hornepayne) had a great visit last week! Two presenters from the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra joined them to present an enriching music workshop. Students were able to manipulate instruments as well as explore music and phonological awareness through listening activities, nursery rhymes and instrument accompaniment. The rich and explicit ...
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