Local & Area News

Weather: Today – Cloudy. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High +2. Wind chill -11 this morning. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -4. Wind chill -6 this evening. News Tidbits: The Wawa Ice Fishing Derby is a month away – and organizers have stated that they will ...

Feb 5, 2024 at 07:26 Baylie has been found and is now with her family. Jan 20, 2024 at 08:26 This beautiful puppy has been missing since Friday, January 12th, 2024. She was last seen behind the Lady Dunn Health Centre by the trail. Her name is Baylie. Please contact Julie at (705) 852-5910 if you see her.

Route N01 servicing Hornepayne Public School, Holy Name of Jesus, and Ecole Saint Nom de Jesus will be cancelled for this week (2024-02-05 – 2024-02-09).

Meditation by Father Duolomane (Joe) In the Bible, the Book of Job tells us about one of the greatest unsolved problems of human life: suffering. While Job expresses the suffering of man to which he finds no answer, the Gospel tells us that Jesus came out of kindness to help all human beings. He devoted part of his life to ...

Till Death Do Us Part Champion Jim McLeod sent an invoice to Minister of Long-Term Care Stan Cho for the kilometres he’s racked up driving to visit his wife Joan McLeod since they have been forcibly separated. The couple, married for 65 years, faces their sixth year of forced separation due to the absence of legislation ensuring couples remain together ...

Graydon Smith, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, and Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, issued the following statement regarding the latest U.S. decision on softwood lumber duties: “The Ontario government is renewing its call that all duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports should immediately be removed by the United States. Our government’s plan to build ...

Graydon Smith, ministre des Richesses naturelles et des Forêts, et Vic Fedeli, ministre du Développement économique, de la Création d’emplois et du Commerce, ont émis la déclaration suivante au sujet de la décision récente des É.-U. concernant les droits imposés sur le bois d’œuvre : « Le gouvernement de l’Ontario enjoint à nouveau les États-Unis à abolir immédiatement les droits ...

Weather: Today – Mainly sunny. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High +2. Wind chill -16 this morning. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -9. Wind chill -4 this evening and minus 11 overnight. News Tidbits: Congratulations to Keith Walls of SSM. He won the 25,000 a ...

It is always devastating news when there is a diagnosis of cancer – particularly so in the case of a young person. Dustin Wenmann, a former resident of Wawa (parents Duane and Mary Ellen) has been diagnosed with a large cancerous tumour in his thigh. Dustin has completed one round of chemotherapy in Toronto and yesterday started the second round, ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 8 8 FAHRER, Tom 2 7 9 McCoy, Joe 2 7 9 HALL, Dave 4 6 8 LESCHISHIN, Barb 5 5 10 BUCKELL, Chris 6 4 9 STOYCHOFF, Peter 6 4 9 RAINVILLE, Heather 8 3 9 CORLEY, Sarah 9 2 9 SWITZER, Anya 9 2 9 GLOVER, Justine 11 1 9 Game ...

Mr. Paul Henry, Director of Education and Secretary-Treasurer at the Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon, announced at the regular Board meeting of January 30, 2024 his forthcoming retirement effective December 31, 2024. First appointed to this position in 2019, Mr. Henry has contributed to the development of French-language Catholic education by overseeing the implementation of the school board’s vision: “French-language Catholic ...

Le directeur de l’éducation et secrétaire-trésorier du Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon, M. Paul Henry, a annoncé, lors de la réunion ordinaire du Conseil du 30 janvier 2024, son départ à la retraite à compter du 31 décembre 2024. Depuis sa nomination à ce poste en 2019, M. Henry a contribué à l’épanouissement de l’éducation catholique de langue française en veillant à ...

Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, has recognized Bill Hatanaka’s tremendous 5-year term as chair of Ontario Health and announced that Dr. Catherine Zahn is being appointed as the new chair of Ontario Health, the province’s agency that connects, coordinates and modernizes the delivery of health care. “I’m thrilled that someone of Dr. Zahn’s experience and skillset has ...

Sylvia Jones, vice-première ministre et ministre de la Santé, a souligné le travail remarquable de Bill Hatanaka, qui a occupé pendant cinq ans le poste de président de Santé Ontario, en plus d’annoncer la nomination de la Dre Catherine Zahn à la présidence de Santé Ontario, l’organisme provincial qui a pour mandat de relier, de coordonner et de moderniser la ...

The Ontario government is investing $110 million to connect up to 328,000 people to primary care teams, bringing the province one step closer to connecting everyone in Ontario to primary care. “Our government is making record investments to ensure that everyone that wants to have a primary care provider can connect to one,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister ...