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The Ontario government is providing $200,000 to the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association (CSAA) to support their ongoing work at the site of the former Shingwauk Residential School and engaging with impacted communities.   Together with Algoma University and the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, the CSAA will use the funding to develop and implement an engagement strategy with the 85 ...

On April 14, 2022, at approximately 9:40 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of harassment on Birch Street in Wawa. On April 15, 2022, police located the suspect. As a result, a 34-year-old person, from Wawa, was arrested and charged with the following: Criminal Harassment – threatening conduct, contrary ...

Are you a birder? You may be interested in the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, a project to map bird distribution in Ontario. To find out more about the Atlas, drop by the Wawa Marina on Sunday, April 24, anytime from 10:30 – noon. The goal of this 5-year Atlas (2021-2025) is to map the distribution and relative abundance of Ontario’s ...

The Wawa Community Food Bank wishes to thank the many individuals, organizations and businesses in our remarkably generous little town that have made donations during the fall and winter months. Our heartfelt gratitude and thanks to Valard Construction. On two separate occasions they provided us with truckloads of fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, dairy, frozen vegetables, baked goods/desserts and frozen ...

The congregation welcomes everyone to Worship at First United Church.  Services are held on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.  If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church 705-856-2926. Sat. Apr. 23   –  Prayer Shawl Meeting – 3:00 p.m. – Family Room Sun. Apr. 24  –  Covenanting Service for Min Hwang at ...

With high winds and heavy snowfall/rain forecasted throughout North West Region, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding drivers to monitor alerts from Environment Canada and avoid non-essential travel. Weather conditions are expected to cause major delays and dangerous conditions on roads. Regardless of the weather, wearing a seatbelt should be a top priority. North West Region has seen a ...

  The Kensington Conservancy is pleased to launch our Bat Monitoring and Education Program!   Beginning this spring and summer, The Kensington Conservancy will be surveying for bats on our nature preserves using automated bat detection devices. These devices remotely monitor bat activity by detecting high frequency ultrasonic vocalizations (echolocation) from nearby bats.   The Kensington Conservancy will be setting ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario œuvre pour les travailleuses et les travailleurs en lançant le tout premier examen du système de reconnaissance des maladies professionnelles de la province. Mené par le Centre MAP pour des solutions de santé urbaine de l’Hôpital St. Michael de Toronto, un centre de recherche indépendant possédant une expertise dans l’étude de problèmes complexes de santé communautaire, ...

The Ontario government is launching the first-ever review of the province’s occupational illness system. Conducted by the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, an independent research centre with expertise in studying complex community health issues, the review will evaluate how occupational illnesses in Ontario are identified, monitored, and prevented. The review will deliver lasting ...

New Books on the 7- Day Shelf this week are: “Recovery Agent” by Janet Evanovich, “The Darkest Place” by Phillip Margolin, “High Stakes” by Danielle Steel and “The Golden Couple” by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen.   New Movies on the shelf this week are “Dead Man Walking” starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, “Downton Abbey”-the motion picture starring Michelle ...

The congregation welcomes everyone to Worship at First United Church.  Services are held on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church 705-856-2926. Fri. Apr. 15      The Friday in the week before Easter is known as Good Friday                            and is the day on which the ...

Those who are regular followers of this column will recall that I was bemoaning the fact that I miss what, up until two years ago, was a relatively high number of invitations to visit schools and classrooms. You might say that I have sort of a strong anti-hooky drive in me. I like being in school. I have been told ...

Ceux qui suivent régulièrement cette chronique se souviendront que je déplorais le fait de manquer ce qui, jusqu’à il y a deux ans, était un nombre relativement élevé d’invitations à visiter des écoles et des salles de classe.  J’aime être à l’école. On m’a dit que c’est peut-être parce qu’en leur présence, je peux jouer l’âge que je ressens mentalement, ...

The Municipality of Wawa, in consultation with Algoma Public Health, is pleased to announce that chlorine concentrations have returned to normal levels at the water treatment plant and chlorine levels in the distribution system have returned to levels in which smell and or taste should no longer be an issue. We have been working diligently, monitoring chlorine levels and flushing ...

Three (3) Priests from the Society of African Missions will be guests of Father Michael this weekend (April 8-10) and will be participating in the services while here. The Society currently has about 1000 members coming from Africa, America, Asia and Europe and work in a number of African countries as well as Europe, the Americas and Asia. Father Michael ...