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Mar 8, 2023 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Sunny. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light late this morning. High -1. Wind chill -24 this morning and -5 this afternoon. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – A few clouds. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -18. Wind chill -8 this evening and -24 overnight. News Tidbits: Congratulations to Jordan Saleh! ...

Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 13 16 FAHRER, Tom 2 11 16 McCOY, Joe 3 10 16 MITRIKAS, Eric 4 6 15 HALE, Ron 5 4 15 MORRIS, Lucas 6 2 14 No League Curling during March Break. Playoffs begin Monday, March 20th.  

March 07, 2023 Ministry of Health Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health, issued the following statement about the release of his 2022 Annual Report titled “Being Ready: Ensuring Public Health Preparedness for Infectious Outbreaks and Pandemics”: “Over the past three years, the COVID-19 pandemic required sacrifices from individuals, families, business, the health care system and partners from the ...

March 07, 2023 Ministry of Health Le Dr Kieran Moore, médecin hygiéniste en chef, a fait la déclaration suivante au sujet de la publication de son rapport annuel de 2022 intitulé « Être prêt : Assurer la préparation des services de santé publique face aux éclosions infectieuses et aux pandémies » : « Au cours des trois dernières années, la ...

As part of the grade 12 French course, students from École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) took part in a very original evaluation of their comprehension of the play Le Chien written by Franco-Ontarian author Jean-Marc Dalpé . As part of this exercise, their teacher Ms. Bouffard prepared an escape room in which students had to use their knowledge of the novel ...

Dans le cadre de cours Français 12e année, les élèves de l’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont participé à une évaluation sommative fort originale portant sur la pièce de théâtre Le chien, de l’auteur franco-ontarien Jean-Marc Dalpé. Comme tâche, l’enseignante Mme Bouffard a préparé une salle d’évasion dans laquelle les élèves devaient utiliser leurs connaissances du roman et de l’auteur afin ...

Churchill Resources Inc. has exercised an existing option to acquire a 100% interest in certain mineral properties with prospective diamond targets plus potential nickel and lithium targets located immediately west of the town of White River, Ontario. A subsidiary of the Company entered into an option agreement on February 9th, 2017 with Rudolph Wahl and Frederick Lowndes to acquire a ...

Mar 7, 2023 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High 2. Wind chill -18 this morning. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Clear. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -13. Wind chill -6 this evening and -18 overnight. News Tidbits: Fans of Valdy will be glad to hear that he will be holding a ...

Mar 7, 2023 at 06:38 Primary Condition Secondary Condition visibility drifting Updated Highway 101 From Opishing River Br to Shawmere River Bare and dry road Good No 23-3-7 5:25 AM Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Bare and dry road Good No 23-3-7 5:23 AM Highway 101 From Highway 651 to Wawa Bare and dry road Good No ...

The 31st Annual Wawa Ice Fishing Derby was a succes with gorgeous weather especially yesterday. 94 fish were brought in and weighed from Wawa, Hawk and Manitowik Lakes. Congrtulations to Karen Jandrisevits of Noëlville, she won the $35,000 registration prize in the 31st Annual Wawa Ice Fishing Derby.  Pat Ayger (New Liskeard) and Jason Crack, Victor Lucas, Jo-Anne Casavant, and ...

Earlier this week the MHS Boys Curling team headed to Longlac for this year’s NSSSAA (North Shore Secondary Schools Athletic Association) curling competition. Lucas (Skip), Kaiden (Vice), Brady (Second) and Liam (First) learned to read the ice quickly and came to play, winning their first two games 11-0 and 11-1 respectively.  Their last game was a nail-biter for the first half but by ...

Mar 6, 2023 at 07:56 Weather: Today – A mix of sun and cloud. Wind becoming east 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High plus 1. Wind chill -14 this morning. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – A few clouds. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -13. Wind chill -17 overnight. News Tidbits: Sad to hear that both ...

Mar 6, 2023 at 06:41 Primary Condition Secondary Condition visibility drifting Updated Highway 101 From Opishing River Br to Shawmere River Bare and dry road Good No 23-3-6 5:09 AM Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Bare and dry road Good No 23-3-6 5:21 AM Highway 101 From Highway 651 to Wawa Bare and dry road Bare and ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. BUCKELL, Chris 1 4 5 McCOY, Joe 1 4 5 TERRIS, Tom 1 4 5 FAHRER, Tom 4 3 5 HALL, Dave 4 3 5 SWITZER, Anya 6 1 5 SMIT, Brandon 7 0 4 STOYCHEFF, Peter 7 0 4 Curling Schedule for March 9, 2023 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 BUCKELL SWITZER ...

The Ontario government is expanding cancer coverage for firefighters. These changes will make it faster and easier for these heroes and their families to access the compensation and supports they deserve for thyroid and pancreatic cancers from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). “In every community, firefighters are on the front lines each and every day saving lives,” said ...