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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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Mixed Curling Standings – November 24

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

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Wawa Cross Country Runner End Season

The Wawa Cross Country runners finished off their season with runners competing at OFSAA in early November.  Our team consists of runners from both MHS and ESJ, running as one team. OFSAA brings together athletes from all over Ontario and is one of the biggest cross country meets in the world with over 1500 athletes competing! Almost all of our ...

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Ladies Curling Standings – November 22

RANK WINS G.P. BUSSINEAU, Denise 1 3 3 CHIUPKA, Lorna 2 2 3 LESCHISHIN, Barb 2 2 3 AMOS, Tracy 4 1 2 MATHIAS, Danette 4 1 3 SPENCER, Diane 4 1 3 BONITZKE, Wendy 4 1 2 PARSONS, Rochelle 8 0 3 Game Schedule for November 29th, 2022 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 CHIUPKA BONITZKE AMOS ...

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Men’s Curling Standings – November 22

We are pleased to have a team from Michipicoten High School skipped by Lucas Morris in the League.   Team Rank Wins GP MITRIKAS, Erik 1 2 2 TERRIS, Tom 1 2 2 FAHRER, Tom 3 1 2 McCoy, Joe 3 1 2 HALE, Ron 5 0 2 MORRIS, Lucas 5 0 2 Game Schedule for November 28th, 2022 Ice ...

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ÉS Saint-Joseph athletes perform great sporting feats

  Since the start of the school year and the return of sports competitions, the Chevaliers of École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) have performed great feats! The junior and senior girls’ basketball teams as well as the junior boys’ volleyball team were able to qualify for the North Shore Secondary Schools Athletic Association (NSSSAA) finals. The cross-country running team stood out ...

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