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Jun 14, 2017 @ 08:21 At the Branch, we had our June meeting and now we will meet again in September. And once again D-Day passed without almost a whisper, because our ranks are really getting small and you need members for a parade. Too bad because I remember that day in 1944 that brought hope to all the occupied ...

Jun 14, 2017 @ 08:10   Joel Cooper was taking photographs of the gathering of Wawaites, to say goodbye to our Wawa Goose. Above is the photograph that he took showing the helicopter from Wilderness Helicopters taking pictures of the crowd. If you look at the photograph below you can make out Joel standing on the shoulder of Highway 101. ...

Jun 14, 2017 @ 07:55 Weather – Cloudy with 70 percent chance of showers and risk of a thunderstorm. Wind becoming east 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this morning. High 21. UV index 5 or moderate. News tidbits – Wawa-news would like to congratulate the students of Northern College’s Underground Hard Rock Miner Common Core program, (offered in partnership with Richmont Mines) ...

  This year’s 17th Annual Blackfly Run is a special one. Not only because it is the 17th run, on the 17th day of June, in 2017… …no it is very special this year, because one of our Wawa Volunteer Firefighters is donning his bunker gear about fifty pounds worth, and running a 10km marathon #helpingheroes; although he does admit ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h this morning. High 22.  

Jun 12, 2017 @ 11:36   Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. Fog patches. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 24 except 17 near Lake Superior. Humidex 26.   Reminder – Algoma Power requires an electrical service interruption for all customers in the Anjigami Lake area, tomorrow Tuesday, June 13, 2017, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. This interruption ...

Jun 11, 2017 @ 10:01 It is amazing sometimes where pictures from our area end up. Most recently, a reader pointed out that an image of Old Woman Bay had been selected by in the Municipal Finance Officers’ Association of Ontario (MFOA) photo contest. This image, “The old woman rises from the great lake!” will be featured in a calendar that MFOA will ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. Increasing cloudiness this afternoon then 30 percent chance of showers late this afternoon. High 23 except 18 near Lake Superior.

  There comes a time in everybody’s life, where you have to make a decision — and the time for me has come now to step back from picking up other people’s trash.   In the beginning, 25 years ago, my purpose and aim was to make my fellow citizens realize how beautiful this country is, especially our area without ...

Jun 8, 2017 @ 11:57   At last night’s meeting, Council and the Public were made aware of the costs that the Municipality of Wawa has incurred beginning in November 2015, when Councillor Tamara Liddle and her husband, Gerry Liddle initiated a series of complaints and legal actions against municipal staff and the Municipality of Wawa. The Municipality of Wawa ...

Safe Kids Week is an annual national awareness week developed to bring attention to predictable and preventable injuries in children. Taking place June 5 – 11, 2017, this year will focus on one of the top injury issues affecting children: active transportation injuries – including pedestrian, cycling, skateboarding/long boarding, and scootering. In Wawa, Saturday, June 3rd, from 11 am until ...

Jun 8, 2017 @ 07:48 Weather – After that tempting taste of summer yesterday, the weather is set to change. Increasing cloudiness with a 60 percent chance of showers this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. High 19. News tidbits – Don’t forget to go to the Goose tonight at 6 p.m. At 6:30 the Municipality will be taking a group ...

Jun 7, 2017 @ 08:07   Highway 101 was a total surprise — almost as an afterthought we took it on. People who travel that part of the highway daily thought that it did not look bad. So we started at the turnoff to Hawk and expected a leisurely ‘walk in the park back to Wawa’; after all, it was ...

Jun 7, 2017 @ 08:05 Every year in June the Ontario Seniors Secretariat celebrates and recognizes the important role seniors play in our communities.  This year’s theme is, “Living Your Best Life”, and in Wawa that is pretty easy to do!   In celebration, the community has several activities planned; from entertainment to information sessions for seniors.   To start the ...