Local & Area News

On Friday, March 14, 2025, Austin Hemphill, general manager of Island Gold District, Alamos Gold Inc. and Matt Larrett, Community Relations Specialist, presented the LDHC Foundation with $100,000 to be used towards the cost of the new ultrasound machine. Alamos Gold is staunch supporter of the Foundation and is extensively involved with the recruitment and retention of physicians for the ...

Saturday, March 15th marked another successful Wawa Emergency Services Hockey game at the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre.  The crowd of approximately 400 residents of all ages cheered on members of the Ontario Provincial Police, Wawa Volunteer Fire Department, Ontario Paramedics Association, Lady Dunn Health Centre, Wawa Family Health Team, Michipicoten First Nation and Emergency Measures Ontario. All funds raised during ...

On March 14th, Members of the Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation, Wawa Family Health Team, Alamos Gold – Island Gold District‘s General Manager Austin Hemphill and Matt Larrett, Community Relations Specialist met at the Lady Dunn Health Centre for the unveiling of a brand spanking new piece of equipment that will make diagnostic ultrasound imaging easier for technicians and clients. ...

The Wawa Ladies Curling league is celebrating 70 years of bonspieling from March 21-23 with 32 teams participating. Teams and players from London, Sudbury, North Bay, Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Chapleau, White River, Hornepayne, and Wawa are all set to go! We invite the public to join us on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. for our parade on the arena ...

Weather: Today – A mix of sun and cloud with 60% chance of light snow early this morning. Otherwise sunny. Wind north 30 km/h gusting to 60 becoming west 20 this afternoon. High +1. Wind chill -16 this morning. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Increasing cloudiness early this evening. 30% chance of flurries late this evening and overnight. ...

Transportation will be cancelled due to poor road conditions in the following areas: Chapleau Schools will remain open; however, no transportation will be provided.   Parents/Guardians who transport their children to school are reminded that they must pick their children up at the end of the school day.

It was Hockey Night in Wawa. Wawa’s Emergency Services members challenged each other in a game of hockey at the MMCC to stands full of hockey fans. There were door prizes, a Chuck a Puck, and some good hockey with nearly $6,000 raised during the event to support the Minds in Motion program here in Wawa. From the Minds in ...

Genesis 15:1-12,17-18  God seals the covenant with Abram and Sarai So often these days, conversations about a congregation’s future, circle round the lack of children. We are as childless as Abraham and Sarah in their old age. Years earlier, God had promised them that they would have children. None had shown up. God spoke into the emptiness of their childlessness:  ...

The first round of Playoffs began March 17th. In the Semi Finals to be played March 24th the schedule is: A GROUP Team Tom Terris Vs Team Mark Leschishin Team Tom Fahrer Vs Team Joe McCoy B GROUP Team Ron Hale Vs Team Eric Mitrikas Team Spencer Terris Vs Team Aaron Bumstead.

On March 16, 2025, at approximately 12:45 p.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), supported by the OPP’s Emergency Response Team (ERT), North East Region Community Street Crime Unit, and the North East Canine Unit attended a residence on Old Highway 17, in the community of Mississauga First Nation. The investigation revealed that approximately two weeks ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal collision on Highway 101, near Chapleau.   On March 17, 2025, approximately 11:40 a.m., the Superior East OPP and Manitoulin-Sudbury Paramedic responded to a two-vehicle collision involving a motorized snow vehicle on Highway 101 at Adam Lake Road, approximately 30 kilometers, east of Chapleau.   As a result of the collision, ...

On March 17, 2025, at approximately 10:15 a.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of an unlicensed driver in a grey pickup truck at a coffee shop on Highway 108 in the City of Elliot Lake. Police later observed the same grey pickup truck parked at a residence on Central Avenue. ...

The Royal Canadian Legion in Wawa would like to announce that Jennie Weatherbee won the 50/50 draw at our St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. She won $163.50. 182 tickets were sold. A huge thank you to everyone who attended and supported our Legion. It was a great success!

Weather: Today – Mainly cloudy. Periods of light snow over eastern sections late this afternoon. Wind becoming northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High +2. Wind chill -8 this morning. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Cloudy. Periods of light snow over eastern sections. Amount 4 cm over eastern sections. Wind northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. ...

Mar 20, 2025 at 9:08 a.m. This warning has ended. Mar 19, 2025 at 07:22 5:28 AM EDT Wednesday 19 March 2025 Winter Storm Warning in effect for: Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay A winter storm is expected beginning early this afternoon. What: Total snowfall amounts of 10 to 20 cm possible. Freezing rain with 2 to ...