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Fire Crews from Mexico to Help Fight Fires in the Northwest

More than 100 firefighters and support staff from Mexico will arrive in Toronto on July 17 to help Ontario in its fight against several large forest fires in the Northwest. The Mexican fire crews will be briefed on fire, safety and COVID-19 protocols before receiving their fire assignments. The firefighters will be required to follow the health and safety guidelines ...

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Des équipes mexicaines aideront à combattre les incendies de végétation dans le Nord-Ouest

Plus de 100 pompier(ère)s et employé(e)s de soutien du Mexique arriveront à Toronto le 17 juillet pour prendre part à la lutte contre plusieurs gros incendies de végétation dans le Nord-Ouest. Les équipes mexicaines suivront des séances d’information sur les incendies, la sécurité et les protocoles relatifs à la COVID-19 avant leur déploiement. Elles devront suivre les directives du médecin ...

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Thunder Bay Art Gallery opens today, Friday, July 16th

The Thunder Bay Art Gallery is reopening, thanks to the provincial move to Step 3 of the economic reopening plan. The Gallery invites everyone to come and once again enjoy exceptional art in an uplifting, safe location.   There are three exhibitions to view. “Each of these exhibitions is full of meaning for this time in history in our country,” ...

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Fatality at Hemlo Mine

It is with the deepest sadness that Perenti and Barrick Gold Corporation advise that at approximately 9.30 pm (Canadian Eastern Daylight Time) on July 14, 2021, an incident occurred at Barrick’s Hemlo Mine in Ontario, Canada which resulted in the tragic fatality of a Barminco employee. Perenti and Barrick extend their deepest sympathies to the family, friends, and colleagues of ...

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A program to support children who will begin Kindergarten in September

This summer, from August 9 to 20, the “Apprends-P’tit” program will be offered virtually to future Kindergarten students who will begin their learning adventure in a Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon school in September 2021. This two-week program, offered via the Microsoft Teams platform, will allow students to familiarize themselves with the school environment. Through play-centered activities, children will be able ...

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Maamwesying Northern Clinic to Host COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic

The Maamwesying North Shore Community Health Services NORTHERN CLINIC will be hosting a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 administering the Moderna vaccine with afternoon and evening appointments available. Indigenous people (First Nation, Metis, Inuit) and Urban Indigenous in Wawa, Chapleau and the surrounding area 18 years and up are the focus of this clinic. Appointments are also ...

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Happenings at Wawa First United Church – Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Kaireen, Lorna & Maria are taking a break during July & August and have distributed outlines for Morning Worship. If you would like to be included please call 705-856-1518. Although we cannot meet for Worship you may like to read the Scriptures for this Sunday, July 18,  2021 –  Eighth after Pentecost. 2 Samuel 7: 1-14a          David is not the ...

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Nothing Ordinary: The Story of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine

Northern Ontario is a vast territory — almost as big as France and Germany combined — with a widely scattered population the size of only 10% of the rest of the province. While rich in forests, minerals, scenery and brilliant, hardy people, Ontario’s north, like many other rural and remote areas, require specially trained doctors equipped to handle the unique ...

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Letter – Viruses Mutate

I am a retired dentist who practiced in Wawa for a number of years.  I am not an expert in microbiology but 50 years ago, in dental school, a large portion of the course work was the study of bacteria and viruses and how to protect our patients from them. A quick check shows what was taught then is still true ...

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The ADSB Summer Wellness Line

The ADSB Summer Wellness Line is available again this summer for Algoma District School Board (ADSB) parents (or students age 14 and older) who are welcome to phone the Summer Wellness Line if they would like: to book a virtual appointment for counselling support for students to speak with a school-based mental health professional about strategies to support students info ...

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EC – Air Quality Statement

Special air quality statement in effect for: Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake Gogama – Foleyet Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Nakina – Aroland – Pagwa High levels of air pollution due to smoke from ongoing forest fires. Smoke plumes from active fires in northwestern Ontario and eastern Manitoba will continue today. Air quality is likely to deteriorate if ...

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Argonaut Gold Intersects 7.0 Metres at 13.3 g/t Gold at Magino’s South Zone

Argonaut Gold Inc. is pleased to announce that drill hole MA21-070 has intersected a core length of 7.0m at 13.3 g/t Au approximately 1.5 kilometres west from the border between the Magino property and the Island Gold mine, as a follow-up drill hole to previously announced drill intercept MA20-057 which encountered 10.0m at 19.0 g/t Au in the South Zone ...

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Brotherhoood to be shown on Super Channel July 20th

On July 20th, Super Channel Entertainment Network will nationally broadcast director Richard Bell’s survival / adventure drama, Brotherhood. The movie is based on the true story of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew leadership camp who, in 1926, encountered a freak summer storm on Ontario’s Balsam Lake. After a wave overturns their 30 foot war canoe, the young men struggle through ...

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Happenings at Wawa First United Church – July 7

Kaireen, Lorna & Maria are taking a break during July & August and have distributed outlines for Morning Worship. If you would like to be included please call 705 856 1518. Although we cannot meet for Worship  Worship you may like to read the Scriptures for July 11,  2021, Seventh  after Pentecost 2 Samuel 6: 1-5, 12b-19   David brings the ...

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NorPro Continues to grow – adds Environmental Services to portfolio

N1 Solutions Inc. offers services including Security, Innovation (Technology, & Information Technology,) and Strategic Advisory Services. They are now adding another division to their portfolio, NORPRO Environmental Inc. NORPRO Environmental offers solutions in: 24/7 emergency spill response Environmental remediation services Asbestos and mould services This exciting announcement furthers N1S’ goal of being a complete solutions provider. N1 Solutions also launched ...

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