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May 6, 2023 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Cloudy. 40% chance of showers early this morning. Showers beginning this morning. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Amount 5 to 10 mm. High 11. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. 60% chance of showers this evening and after midnight. Low 7. News Tidbits: Argonaut Gold is expected to pour the ...

Premier Doug Ford will be joined by the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Michael Ford, Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Michelle DiEmanuele, Secretary of the Cabinet, and Speaker Ted Arnott today, Saturday, May 6th for a flag raising ceremony and 21-gun salute to celebrate the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty the Queen. ‘Coronation ...

Today, on Red Dress Day, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) lifts up all Indigenous peoples and communities across Turtle Island as we remember and honour the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, and calls on the federal government to implement a red dress alert. Systemic discrimination, racism, and violence against Indigenous people has resulted ...

  There is an increased police presence in Hillcrest Heights at this time. There multiple cruisers throughout the community, and two K-9 officers on scene. Officers have been present for the past several hours. There has not been a media release from SE OPP at this time. Wawa-news would advise that people avoid that area.

Members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment are investigating a death on the railway tracks near Pic Mobert First Nation. On May 3, 2023, at approximately 11:00 p.m., members of the Marathon OPP Detachment were dispatched to the scene where an individual was pronounced deceased by Algoma Emergency Medical Services (EMS) upon arrival. A 38-year-old resident of Pic ...

  On April 18th the community of Wawa, some of its partners and Algoma Ore Division retirees and former employees held the first AOD Open House since the operations ceased nearly 25 years ago. The Open House was held at the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre, and the Municipality offered transportation via the minibus. Once you walked through the banquet room ...

May 5, 2023 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Mainly cloudy. 60% chance of showers late this morning and this afternoon. Wind east 20 km/h becoming light near noon. High +14. UV index 4 or moderate. Tonight – Cloudy with 60% chance of showers. Fog patches developing overnight. Low +5. News Tidbits: Fire season began April 1st in Ontario – but ...

    These photos were submitted by a Wawa-news reader of the beautiful skies last night over the Magpie River basin in Michipicoten River Village “The Mission”, enjoy!

On May 5th. Min will graduate from St. Andrew’s College with a Master of Divinity degree. Also, on May 28th, he will be ordained at Living Skies Regional Council Meeting in Prince Albert, Sask. Congratulations!   Acts 2:42-47 Based on this scripture the message this week was: “Our congregation is called to embody the spirit of the earliest Christians and ...

  Over 250 young chess masters will meet in Wawa on Thursday, May 18, for the seventh Franco-Nord-Ouest chess tournament. The competition, hosted by Wawa’s École Saint-Joseph, will attract francophone students from the following Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon elementary and secondary schools: École Ste-Marie (Azilda), École Sacré-Cœur (Chapleau), ÉSC Trillium (Chapleau), École St-Joseph (Dubreuilville), École catholique George Vanier (Elliot Lake), ...

  Le jeudi 18 mai, pas moins de 250 jeunes maîtres d’échecs se réuniront à Wawa afin de participer au septième Tournoi d’échecs Franco-Nord-Ouest. Présentée par l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa), cette compétition réunira des élèves francophones provenant des écoles élémentaires et secondaires suivantes du Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon : Ste-Marie (Azilda), Sacré-Coeur (Chapleau), ÉSC Trillium (Chapleau), St-Joseph (Dubreuilville), George Vanier (Elliot ...

May 4, 2023 at 07:56 Weather: Today – A mix of sun and cloud. Becoming cloudy near noon with 40 percent chance of showers this afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High 12. Wind chill minus 5 this morning. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Low plus 3. News Tidbits: May ...

May 4, 2023 at 02:30 The highway has been opened May 3, 2023 at 21:48 Highway 17 between Wawa and Batchawana is closed at this time due to a collision.

New Books on the 7-Day Shelf this week are: “On the Origin of Time Stephen Hawking’s Final Theory” by Thomas Hertog, “Hello Beautiful” by Ann Napolitano, “Hiss & Tell” by Rita Mae Brown and “Countdown” by James Patterson and Brendan Dubois. En Français, nous avons “Une Porte au Fond de la Forêt” par Guillaume Bollée.   Staff Pick of the ...

May 3, 2023 at 07:56 Weather: Today – A mix of sun and cloud. High +9. UV index 6 or high. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Low +2. News Tidbits: Clean North is offering Algoma District youths who plan to study the environment the opportunity to apply for two $500 scholarships (one university, one college) Yuk-Sem Won was officially nominated as ...