An individual is facing stunt driving charges after travelling at excessive speeds. On April 21, 2024, just before 2:30 p.m., members with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Highway Safety Division were conducting speed enforcement on Highway 17 east of Mill Road in the Township of Terrace Bay. Officers observed a motor vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed, approximately ...
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On April 22, 2024, shortly before 4:00 p.m., the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a serious, single All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) collision on Red Rock Road in Sault Ste. Marie. The driver of the ATV, a 34-year-old person from Sault Ste. Marie, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The investigation is ongoing, with assistance ...
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Weather: Winter Weather Travel Advisory Today – Periods of rain changing to periods of snow this morning and ending late this afternoon then cloudy. Local snowfall amount 5 cm. Wind becoming northeast 40 km/h gusting to 70 late this morning. High +5. Wind chill -11 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Clearing this evening. Wind northeast 40 ...
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The Manitouwadge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is seeking public assistance in relation to the illegal burning of slash piles. On April 18, 2024, just after 2:00 p.m., members of the Manitouwadge OPP Detachment were conducting general patrol in the area of Twist Lake Road in Manitouwadge when they observed two large slash piles burning. The OPP is ...
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For most Ontarians, the concept of federalism is something that seldom crosses our minds. Students in school might engage with the concept during their social studies or civics lessons. Someone with an interest in current events might come across references to the interaction of different levels of government when reading the news. Most often, I’d wager, we hear about federalism ...
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Pour la plupart des Ontariens, le concept de fédéralisme nous traverse rarement l’esprit. Les élèves à l’école peuvent s’engager avec le concept au cours de leurs études sociales ou des leçons d’éducation civique. Une personne qui s’intéresse à l’actualité peut rencontrer des références à l’interaction des différents ordres de gouvernement lors de la lecture des nouvelles. Le plus souvent, je ...
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The Wawa Public Library celebrates it’s 70th Anniversary in May! The Wawa Public Library, then known as The Michipicoten Public Library opened its doors in May of 1954 in the basement of Sir James Dunn School. Mrs. Ruth Eldridge was appointed as the library’s first Librarian. The Library soon outgrew the space in the school and a place in the ...
Read More »Weather: Today – Mainly cloudy with 30% chance of flurries early this morning. Clearing this morning. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning then light late this afternoon. High 10. Wind chill -7 this morning. UV index 4 or moderate. Tonight – Increasing cloudiness. Periods of rain beginning after midnight. Low +4. News Tidbits: As of June ...
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It is the shortest time in Wawa-news records that Wawa Lake was frozen over… 105 Days. Hopefully temperatures will continue to warm up and spring will really be here. YEAR OPEN FROZEN 2024 April 18 Shortest Freeze 2023 May 10 January (2024) 4 Green Christmas 2022 May 13 December 19 2021 April 16 Earliest OPEN December 22 2020 May ...
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The Ontario Provincial Police, Investigations and Enforcement Bureau (IEB), in partnership with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), is reminding the public to use caution when choosing to access online casino gaming sites found through social media advertisements. On April 11, 2024, the OPP’s Investigation and Enforcement Bureau was notified of a suspected fraudulent gaming advertisement depicting an ...
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Weather: Today – Cloudy. 40% chance of flurries this morning and early this afternoon. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50. High plus 2. Tonight – A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness after midnight then 60% chance of flurries before morning. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light late this ...
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MEDITATION by Father Duolomane (Joe) In today’s Gospel, Jesus describes himself as “the good Shepherd”. The word “good” here means “generous, true”. The difference between Jesus and the hired man is that the sheep do not belong to the hired man. The hireling does not know the sheep, does not care about the sheep and abandons them when the wolf ...
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On April 16, some 170 grade 7 to 12 students from École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) and from École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) had the pleasure of attending a performance by Innu artist Scott-Pien Picard during a school tour presented by the Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon. His music, both captivating and universal, transported students into a world where talent and ...
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Le 16 avril, près de 170 élèves de la 7e à la 12e année de l’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) et de l’École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) ont eu le grand plaisir d’assister au spectacle de l’artiste innu Scott-Pien Picard lors d’une tournée scolaire. Sa musique, à la fois captivante et universelle, a transporté les élèves dans un univers où ...
Read More »Police have arrested 14 individuals in Montréal linked to the emergency grandparent scam that targeted victims across Canada. In September 2022, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Anti-Rackets Branch began an intelligence probe into a group involved in the fraud. In February 2023, the probe was formalized as an OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB)-led joint forces operation (JFO), known as Project ...
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