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Happenings at Wawa First United – June 29

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 On Sunday, July 3rd, an Interdenominational Morning Worship will be held outdoors at the Lady Dunn Health Centre at 10:30 a.m. Please bring ...

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Robinson Huron Treaty First Nations continue to ask Premier Ford to suspend Ontario’s appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision to proceed with hearing Ontario’s appeal of the Robinson Treaties annuity case. Now, the Robinson Huron Treaty Litigation Fund (RHTLF) call on Premier Ford to honour the promise he made during his election campaign to negotiate a settlement of the Robinson Treaties Annuity case. The RHTLF further urges the Premier to put ...

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Argonaut Gold Announces Terms to Fully Finance the Magino Construction Project

Argonaut Gold Inc. has entered into an agency agreement in connection with the marketed offering of 434,000,000 common shares of the Company, and Common Shares offered pursuant to the Offering being the “Offered Shares” at a price of C$0.45 per Offered Share (for gross proceeds of approximately C$195 million) with a syndicate of agents: BMO Capital Markets, Scotiabank and Cormark ...

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Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon ranks fifth in Ontario for energy efficiency

The Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon is pleased that its efforts in increasing its energy efficiency have not gone unnoticed. In fact, the CSC Nouvelon ranked 5th in the 2022 Top Energy Performing School Boards Report that measures the energy efficiency of Ontario school board for the 2019-2020 school year. The 72 school boards in the province were ranked on their ...

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The NWMO releases Confidence in Safety reports for potential siting areas for used nuclear fuel repository

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has published Confidence in Safety reports for each of the two potential sites being considered to host a deep geological repository to store Canada’s used nuclear fuel.   The reports are based on years of research and fieldwork. They summarize the NWMO’s understanding of each siting area, including geological characteristics that indicate the sites ...

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Sault College Honoured with Leader in Accessibility Award

Sault College is honoured to be recognized by the Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce as the 2021 recipient of the Leader in Accessibility Outstanding Business Award. Dr. Ron Common proudly accepted the award on behalf of the College at last night’s award event. The Leader in Accessibility Award recognizes an organization that shows leadership in integrating and providing accessible ...

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Queen Street Cruise Begins Tonight!

The Queen Street Cruise committee, along with its sponsors, are excited to announce that the 2022 Cruise taking places place this Friday and Saturday! With all the excitement surrounding the Cruise, we’re proud to announce that we have over 150 vehicles pre-registered for the event and many, many more to show up! All registration proceeds will benefit the Sault Area ...

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Nomination de Heather Stirratt comme de directrice du Bureau régional des Grands Lacs de la CMI

La Commission mixte internationale (CMI) a le grand plaisir d’annoncer que Mme Heather Stirratt a accepté le poste de directrice du Bureau régional des Grands Lacs (BRGL) de la CMI, qu’elle dirigera donc pendant les quatre prochaines années. Mme Stirratt possède plus de 27 années d’expérience dans le domaine de la gestion des rives et des ressources halieutiques. En tant ...

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Heather Stirratt Named Director of IJC Great Lakes Regional Office

The International Joint Commission (IJC) is very pleased to announce that Ms. Heather Stirratt has accepted the position of Director of the Commission’s Great Lakes Regional Office (GLRO) and will lead the binational regional office for the next four years.  Heather has over 27 years of professional experience in coastal and fisheries management.  Having served for over 14 years as the Great ...

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Algoma Steel Group Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results

Algoma Steel Group Inc. (“Algoma” or “the Company”), a leading Canadian producer of hot and cold rolled steel sheet and plate products, announced results for its fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended March 31, 2022. Unless otherwise specified, all amounts are in Canadian dollars. Business Highlights and Fiscal 2022 to Fiscal 2021 Fourth Quarter Comparisons Consolidated revenue of $941.8 ...

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École Saint-Joseph offers warm welcome Bishop Dowd and Father Michael

At the end of May, École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) welcomed Bishop Thomas Dowd, Bishop of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie, as well as Father Michael of Wawa’s St. Monica Parish. The two guests toured the school and had the chance to visit some classes. In addition, the entire school was able to gather in the St. Monica Parish to celebrate ...

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Aki Kikinomakaywin Program Offers Hands-on STEAM Learning Opportunities for Indigenous Youth in Northern Ontario

NORDIK Institute is launching its new Aki Kikinomakaywin (Learning on the land) program, which offers hands-on, Indigenous science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) training for Indigenous youth.   The program will run for one week in July at Lakehead University and Confederation College in Thunder Bay.   Aki Kikinomakaywin is a women- and Indigenous-led program that teaches Indigenous youth ...

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Ontario mine rescue competition winners announced

  From June 7 to 9, Ontario Mine Rescue hosted the provincial competition at Vale’s Creighton Mine in Sudbury and announced the winners at a banquet on the final evening.   “The invitation-only event marks the final month of the annual mine rescue volunteer training cycle,” says Ted Hanley, Vice President, Mine Rescue. “And the provincial competition brings together all ...

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SSM Police – Stationary Automated Licence Plate Readers Now Active

Effective June 13, 2022, there are stationary Automated Licence Plate Readers (ALPR) located at the east and north entrance/exits of Sault Ste. Marie. Both locations, Trunk Road, and Great Northern Road, will have two ALPR cameras to be able to scan licence plates of interest travelling in and out of Sault Ste. Marie.     Each camera provides an infrared ...

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