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Men’s Curling Standings – March 1

Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 10 12 FAHRER, Tom 2 7 11 MITRIKAS, Eric 3 6 11 McCOY, Joe 4 6 11 LALONDE, Lance 5 3 11 STOYCHEFF, Peter 6 0 8 Playoffs begin Monday, March 7th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 MITRIKAS McCOY STOYCHEFF LALONDE

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Discovering the richness of First Nations, Métis and Inuit cultures

For the past few years, École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) has offered the course “French: Discovering the Contemporary Voices of First Nations, Métis and Inuit” (Grade 11). Taught by Ms. Carole Bouffard, this course allows students to deepen their knowledge of the themes and stylistic elements of various cultural expression forms, by studying various texts by First Nations, Métis and Inuit ...

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Découvrir la richesse culturelle des Premières Nations, des Métis et des Inuit

Depuis quelques années, l’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) offre le cours « Français : découvrir les voix contemporaines des Premières Nations, des Métis et des Inuit” (11e année). Enseigné par Mme Carole Bouffard, ce cours permet aux élèves d’approfondir leurs connaissances des thèmes et des éléments stylistiques des formes d’expression culturelles, en étudiant divers textes d’auteurs des Premières Nations, Métis et Inuit. ...

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Angus Gold Continues to Expand Land Package at the Golden Sky Project

Angus Gold has completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in six (6) mineral claims (the “Acquisition Claims”) that are contiguous and adjacent to the Golden Sky Project located in Wawa, Ontario. The Company also announces that it has recently staked an additional 49 mineral claims (the “Staked Claims”). The Golden Sky project is the site of significant new gold ...

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Invasive Species Awareness Week

Invasive Species Awareness Week (ISAW) is a collaborative social media campaign focused on raising awareness about invasive species and how to protect Canada’s natural spaces. ISAW is inspired by the ‘National Invasive Species Awareness Week’ in the United States, with Canada sharing the same dates as the U.S. campaign. For many years, the Biodiversity Education and Awareness Network, Forests Ontario, ...

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Mixed Curling Standings – February 25

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 9 1 FAHRER, Tom 2 8 1 BUCKELL, Chris 3 6 1 CORLEY, Sarah 4 5 1 McCOY, Joe 5 4 0 SWITZER, Terry 5 4 0 HALL, Dave 7 1 0 MERCER, Danny 7 1 0 Playoff Games begin March 3rd, 2022.  

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Cancellation of the 2022 Northern Nationals Drag Race

The Wawa Drag Race Committee have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2022 Drag Races. This is due to several factors, but most importantly the realities of COVID have made planning, funding, and organizing large events extremely difficult. The Drag Race Committee has lost several members over the past 2 years, and without additional volunteers coming forward to spend ...

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Habitat for Humanity SSM expanding to entire Algoma District

Habitat for Humanity Sault Ste. Marie & Area (HFHSSMA), with the approval of Habitat Canada, will expand their service area to the entire Algoma District. Since 2002, HFHSSMA has served families from Sault Ste. Marie to as far as Heyden in the north and Echo Bay in the east. While this area covers roughly 70% of Algoma’s population, the non-profit ...

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Appian successfully exits royalty and credit positions in Harte Gold

Appian Capital Advisory LLP, the investment advisor to long-term value-focused private equity funds that invest solely in mining and mining-related companies, is pleased to announce that it has divested its 2.0% net smelter return royalty and its subordinated credit facility in Harte Gold to Silver Lake Resources, representing a positive outcome for Appian’s investors. Under the terms of the transaction, Silver ...

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Men’s Curling Standings – February 23

Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 9 11 FAHRER, Tom 2 7 10 McCOY, Joe 3 5 10 MITRIKAS, Eric 3 5 10 LALONDE, Lance 5 3 10 STOYCHEFF, Peter 6 0 7 Men’s Playoffs begin Monday, March 7th. Game schedule for Monday, February 28th, 2022. Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 McCOY FAHRER MITRIKAS STOYCHEFF TERRIS ...

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Bus Cancellations for Chapleau & Hornepayne

Due to the extreme cold temperatures in the Chapleau area.  All school-related transportation is cancelled today for all Boards.  Schools will remain open. Due to the extreme cold temperatures in the Hornepayne area.  All school-related transportation is cancelled today for all Boards.  Schools will remain open.

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Dubreuilville students have fun during the 100th day of school

  Students at École St-Joseph in Dubreuilville had a great deal of fun celebrating the 100th day of school on Friday, February 11. In addition to dressing up as 100-year-olds, they took part in a variety of educational activities on the theme of 100. Activities held during the day included the following: “If I had $100…”, “Roll the dice up ...

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Une journée 100-sationnelle à Dubreuilville

  Les élèves de l’école St-Joseph (Dubreuilville) se sont amusés pour leur 100e journée d’école le vendredi 11 février. En plus de s’habiller en personnes âgées de 100 ans, ils ont participé à une panoplie d’activités pédagogiques portant sur le thème de 100. Des activités telles que « Si j’avais 100$… », « Roule les dés jusqu’à 100 », des constructions de structures comptant ...

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ONWA Begins safeSPACES Awareness Campaign

The first steps to preventing human trafficking is to learn about it. Today, on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Canada, the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) is beginning a safeSPACES awareness campaign. ONWA’s safeSPACES awareness campaign uses yard signs to connects women, girls, and two-spirit people in our communities and those entrenched in human trafficking to resources. It promotes ...

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