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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 ...

Mayor Pat Tait and Council are pleased to share that the Municipality of Wawa recently received funding under the Government of Canada’s Regional Air Transportation Initiative (RATI) to support the purchase and installation of new airport runway lighting at the Wawa Regional Airport. The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for FedNor, made the official funding ...

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 Minhyuk Hwang (MIN) our Student Minister wishes to announce 2022 Lent Meditation Gatherings with Lectio Divina  and Centering Prayer, all are welcome to ...

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 – 9:43 p.m. The Municipality of Wawa is advising users of an incident that had occurred at the water treatment plant which resulted in elevated chlorine levels throughout the distribution system. The Municipality through collaboration with Algoma Public Health is advising users that due to the elevated chlorine levels, the water may smell or taste different ...

National Wildlife Week is April 10 to 16 this year.  The purpose of the week is to draw attention to wildlife conservation issues.  This article is about the conservation and restoration of the Lake Superior caribou.  These caribou are one of several isolated pockets of woodland caribou along the southern edge of their range in Canada that are in immediate ...

Récemment, Grant, un des membres de mon équipe, et moi avons dû assister à des réunions dans la région du Sault Ste. Marie. J’en ai donc profité pour passer quelques appels alors que j’avais un chauffeur et les mains libres. Ce fut également une excellente occasion pour nous de revoir mon emploi du temps et de discuter longuement de nombreux ...

Recently, Grant, one of my team members, and I had to attend some meetings in the Sault area. So, I took advantage of the opportunity to make some calls while I had a driver and free hands. It was also an excellent opportunity for us to review my schedule and discuss many items at length outside of the concentrated, high-pressure ...

May 7, 1946 – March 31, 2022 Passed away with his family by his side at the Lady Dunn Health Centre. Claude was born in Campbellton, Restigouche Co., Quebec and later moved to Montreal where he met and later married Catherine. Loving father of Richard (Maryann) and Kevin (Judy). Papa to Donte, Aleisha, Taylor, and Cameron. Claude is survived by his ...