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July 11th, 1944 – January 21st, 2025 Passed away peacefully at the Lady Dunn Health Centre in Wawa on Tuesday, January 21st, 2025. Dear daughter of the late Kay and Raymond Spreng. Sister of Darwin “Spike” Spreng (Noreen). Cousin to Rodney Spreng (Margo), aunt of Andrea Curtis (Tom), Kent Spreng and Barclay Spreng (Nancy).  Predeceased by long time friend Sharon ...

On Thursday, May 1, 2025, the winners of the Wheels and Waves Raffle were drawn. Rick Davidson, ticket #0563 won the Polaris SP570 side by side and Bayne Young, ticket #0001, won the boat, motor and trailer. Rick was thrilled since he has never won anything before. He thanked his wife, Robin, for buying him a ticket. Bayne bought the ...

Passed away peacefully at the F.J. Davey Home in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario on December 2, 2024, at the age of 91. Wife of the late Peter Lusko and the late Gerald Tait. Loving mother of Patrick (Karen), Brenda (Michael), Dorothy and the late James Tait. Grandmother of Jim (Shannon), Jeff (Jody), Crystal, Kari (Ben), Ryan (Catherine). Great Grandmother of ...

May 14, 2025 at 10:05 At this time Dubreuilville Broadband is currently experiencing an issue with one of their core routers, which is affecting our service. Efforts are underway to resolve the matter; however, we do not have an estimated timeframe for resolution at this time. We apologize for any incovenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding and patience ...

Superior Children’s Centre Wawa EarlyON Child & Family Centre invite you again this year to come out and participate in our annual Family Colour Run celebrating Pride. Our day begins at 11:30 am on Saturday, June 14th, till 2 pm at the Wawa beachfront. Last year, even with the inclement weather, we had many Wawaites attend, and it’s our hope ...

May 13, 2025 at 16:57 The weather is beautiful, and everyone is anxious to go outside and enjoy the outdoors! However, there are some precautions one should take: file a ‘flight plan’, be sure to tell someone the “exact location and duration” of your outing, and update them of your current location have some kind of communication device, and test ...

The Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation was chosen by the Tim Hortons – Wawa as the 2025 recipient of the Smile Cookie Campaign. This is an annual campaign that takes place at every Tim Hortons in Canada. All proceeds from the special and lovingly decorated Smile Cookies are donated to that year’s chosen charity. Tim Hortons’ Smile Cookie campaign raised ...

July 16, 1984 to May 6, 2025 Passed away with his family by his side at Lady Dunn Health Centre in Wawa. Beloved son of Erin Andrews (Joe McCoy) and Ed Shynkorenko (Maggie Hermeston). Dear brother to Daniel and Julia McCoy and step-brother to Erin Sigouin (Jason Jurynec) and Bernard Sigouin. Stefan is survived by his Grandpa Joe McCoy (Flo ...

Earlier in the year, Father Joe was contacted by the “African Children’s Choir” organization to see if the Parish could assist the travelling Children’s Choir. Parish Council quickly met and agreed to host the group as they travelled from Thunder Bay to Sault Ste. Marie. Wawa is about half-way between the two cities. Now that the Church agreed, details had ...

Third Sunday of Easter, Scripture John 21:1-14   “Come break the fast.” His invitation was simple.  “Come and eat Breakfast” 21:12 They ate together, Jesus and his disciples. In time, they went back to Jerusalem and bore witness to the living Christ and continued his work of feeding the hungry, healing the sick and proclaiming the Good News of God’s Kingdom. ...

May 6, 2025 at 12:17 The Superior East Detachment and the Sault Ste. Marie Crime Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are advising the public of continued police presence around Sand River in Lake Superior Provincial Park, located approximately 70 km south of Wawa. The police presence is in response to a missing person investigation that began on Saturday, ...

May 5, 2025 at 07:58 We are nearing the end of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Week (May 1-7, 2025), and the warm weather this past weekend has brought out motorcyclists to enjoy the weather and roads at the beginning of the motorcycling season. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) urges motorcyclists and drivers to avoid behaviours and actions that caused or contributed ...

Décédée paisiblement au Centre de santé Lady Dunn le jeudi 24 avril 2025, à l’âge de 84 ans. Épouse bien-aimée de Guy pendant 61 ans. Mère aimante de Gilles, Michèle (Patrick) et Gino. Fière grand-mère de Corinne, Éric, Kaleya et Keira. Arrière-grand-mère de deux enfants. Fille de feu Diana et Albert Levesque. Chère sœur de Juliette, Eliana et Adeline, précédée ...

A traffic stop north of the city has resulted in impaired driving charges for one individual. On April 11, 2025, at approximately 3:51 p.m., an officer with the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police was conducting general patrol on Highway 17, when they observed a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed near Batchawana Bay. A traffic stop was ...

On April 16, 2025, at approximately 2:14 p.m., officers with the Batchewana First Nation Police Service were conducting general patrol, when they observed a motor vehicle travelling at an exceptionally low rate of speed on August Street. A traffic stop was conducted, where investigation revealed one of the passengers was wanted by the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service. The passenger ...