Aug 2, 2017 @ 09:31 The Congregation welcomes everyone to worship at First United Church. Services are held on Sunday at 11:a.m. If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church 705-856-2926. The Congregation of First United wishes to thank St. Paul’s Anglican Church most sincerely for inviting us to share their Morning Worship during the ...
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July 2nd – Interdenominational Service Held Outdoors at LDHC
Aug 1, 2017 @ 14:44 The Christian clergy in Wawa have been meeting together on about a quarterly basis for the past few years. One of the items discussed was to have a shared summertime ‘service in the park’. It was celebrations. It was by all accounts, a successful event! The service was held in the garden area of the ...
Read More »From the Branch – July 26
Jul 26, 2017 @ 08:03 Yes, we lost 2 Comrades again Jack O Brien and Anatole Bober who sure will be missed because of their long service to the Branch. Our President Comrade Mary Anne Pearson is already looking for more volunteers to help with this years Poppy Campaign. So if you can free some time contact her and get on ...
Read More »Sears liquidation profit should fund pensions – not executive bonuses
Jul 18, 2017 @ 18:09 Sears Canada has been given the court’s approval to begin liquidation sales Friday at the 59 locations it plans to close – the proceeds of which Ontario’s NDP says should fund Sears’ employees pensions first, not executive bonuses or debts to large firms. The Ontario NDP has demanded legal changes so that when a ...
Read More »Dubreuilville Municipal Council Meeting Tonight – July 18
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Read More »Strong Community Partnership Leads to a Successful Event & Lasting Icon for All
Algoma Power Inc. and its parent company FortisOntario Inc. are thankful and proud to have been part of a successful initiative to help bring the New Wawa Goose monument to the community of Wawa. On July 1st, 2017 it all came to fruition, and what a fantastic day it was! A momentous day for the community, made possible by the ...
Read More »What the North Needs is Hope!
Jul 12, 2017 @ 08:07 Over the past couple of months, Kathleen Wynne has made many promises to the populous of Ontario. Fast Trains, pharma care for the young, and rejuvenating a section of Toronto’s waterfront, are just a few of Wynne’s campaign favors. However, what Kathleen and her fellow party leaders don’t realize is they have failed to deliver ...
Read More »Wawa Firefighters extinguish Backyard Fire
Jul 10, 2017 @ 10:41 On Friday, early evening, of July 7th the Wawa Fire Department was called to a residence on Lower Broadway Avenue for a fire that was burning in the backyard. Despite the fog, there was a very brisk breeze blowing. Wawa-news observed firefighters knocking on two doors before getting a response. While a firefighter talked with ...
Read More »Happenings at First United Church – July 5
The congregation welcomes everyone to worship at First United Church. Services are held on Sunday at 11 a.m except during the month of July when we will join the congregation of St. Paul’s. If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church 705-856-2926. Last Sunday, July 2nd, the Congregation of First United worshipped ...
Read More »News from the Park – July 7
Jul 7, 2017 @ 18:42 I’ve always believed that some of the most crucial rules that we must learn in our lives primarily emanate from our Moms and Dads. The thing is, sometimes we hear them so casually and frequently such as when we are walking out the door doing our “thing”, we don’t truly understand the sage nature of ...
Read More »JOHNSON, Lori
Passed away at the Lady Dunn Health Centre after a courageous and long-fought battle with cancer on Friday, July 7, 2017. Beloved wife of Doug Johnson for nearly 20 years. Loving mother and friend of Kathleen Johnson. Lori will be lovingly remembered by Doug’s children Norman Johnson (Cindy), Tom Johnson (Bonnie) and their children Gloria, Ruth and Marlene. Dear daughter ...
Read More »From the Legion – July 5th
If you ask questions you sometimes get a real surprise like the man in Holland who visited the Oosterbeek War Cemetery and he wondered how 33 Canadians were buried with the thousands of British Paratroopers from the battle of Arnhem in 1944. So the answer was that the RAF was short some officers and the RCAF had a surplus; so ...
Read More »Somber third anniversary of suspension of Algoma’s Passenger Train
Jul 4, 2017 @ 08:02 July 15, 2017 will mark the beginning of the 3rd year without passenger train service throughout remote areas of Algoma District. As a consequence, the Coalition for Algoma Passenger Trains (CAPT) will hold a special media event on July 12 at 10 am in Sault Ste. Marie at the Civic Centre and on July ...
Read More »Time Lapse Showing Wawa Goose Transformation
Wawa-news has created this slide show portraying the transformation of Dick Vanderklift’s Wawa Goose into the 2017 Wawa Goose as recreated by Research Casting International. Photos were taken from the Wawa Webcam at the Tourist Information Centre. There has been a goose upon the monument since 1960, when Al Turcott commissioned Franz Koci to build the first Wawa ...
Read More »What a Show – Fireworks 2017!
Thanks once again to the Wawa Fire Department, and volunteer firefighters who give up their time to plan, organize, setup and set off the annual Canada Day Fireworks. This show was even more special to Wawa as we celebrated the unveiling of Wawa Goose III. Wawa-news would like to thank the individuals who dedicated their time to make this ...
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