Local & Area News

Nov 30, 2022 at 05:42 Here are the road conditions for the Wawa area as posted by ON511:   Primary Condition Secondary Condition visibility drifting Date & Time Highway 101 From Highway 144 to Shawmere River Bare and dry road Partly snow covered, snow covered Good No 22-12-1 5:37 AM Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Partly snow ...

On November 29, 2022 at 5:47 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a serious two-vehicle collision near the intersection of Highway 17 and Highway 519, approximately 40 kilometres north of Wawa. The collision involved a pick-up truck and a commercial motor vehicle (CMV). One person has been confirmed deceased as a ...

The Ontario government has approved an environmental assessment proposal to mine platinum group metals near Marathon, supporting the province’s priority of promoting Ontario’s mining sector. Generation PGM’s Marathon Palladium Project supports Ontario’s Critical Minerals Strategy by creating another North American source of palladium and is expected to produce an average of 245,000 ounces of palladium equivalent production annually over an ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a approuvé une évaluation environnementale concernant l’extraction de métaux du groupe des platineux près de Marathon, ce qui appuie sa priorité de promouvoir le secteur minier de l’Ontario. Le Projet de palladium de Marathon de Generation PGM appuie la Stratégie ontarienne relative aux minéraux critiques en créant une autre source de palladium en Amérique du Nord. ...

The Wawa Public Library will be hosting a Silent Auction.  All items will be on display at the Wawa Public Library where your bids can be made. The Auction will begin on Tuesday, December 6th and will end on Saturday, December 17th at 2 p.m. Successful bidders will be notified on Tuesday, December 2oth! The Wawa Public Library thanks you ...

RANK WINS G.P. BUSSINEAU, Denise 1 3 3 LESCHISHIN, Barb 1 3 4 CHIUPKA, Lorna 3 2 4 SPENCER, Diane 3 2 4 AMOS, Tracy 5 1 3 MATHIAS, Danette 5 1 4 BONITZKE, Wendy 5 1 2 PARSONS, Rochelle 5 1 4 Game Schedule for December 6th at 7 p.m.: Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 BUSSINEAU ...

Missanabie Cree First Nation, through its company ISN Maskwa, has announced that they have established a new partnership with Narratives Inc. to support the Residential Schools investigations. By working together, the two organizations can provide highly specialized and strong technical supports to Survivors and communities, who are currently undertaking the important work of searching for unmarked graves and burial sites of children ...

Recently officers in the Central Support Bureau have been receiving reports of online fraud. One occurrence, the victim received an urgent-looking pop-up for technical support while using the internet. The fraudulent technical support staff requested and received nearly $2,000 funds from the victim. With increased online activity during the holidays, we urge community members to be vigilant regarding potential online ...

Nov 30, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Periods of snow. Local blowing snow this afternoon. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 60. Temperature steady near -2. Wind chill near -9. Tonight – Periods of light snow ending overnight then cloudy. Local blowing snow. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 60. Low -8. Wind chill ...

Passed away peacefully at the Lady Dunn Health Centre on Monday, November 28, 2022 at the age of 71 years. Loving son of the late Jack and Vera Schneider.  Beloved friend of Dyanne Smart. Dear brother of Larry Schneider (Bonnie). Dear uncle of Jada Hobson (Lance) of Australia and Lainie Kelly (Justin) of Peterborough. Ken will be remembered by his ...

This watch has been changed to a warning at 6:46 a.m. Nov 30, 2022 at 06:08 At 1:14 a.m. Environment Canada issued a Snow squall watch for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Snow squalls are expected to begin this afternoon, bringing 20 to 35 cm ...

Nov 30, 2022 at 05:42 Here are the road conditions for the Wawa area as posted by ON511: Primary Condition Secondary Condition visibility drifting Date & Time Start Time Highway 101 From Highway 144 to Shawmere River Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Bare and wet road Fair No 22-11-30 5:23 AM Highway 101 From Highway 651 to ...

This past weekend our U18 Legionnaires took home GOLD at the Silver Stick Tournament in Sudbury! Our team of 15 young men from Wawa, Dubreilville, Chapleau and Hornepayne had a flawless 6-game winning streak and finished off the finals with a 3-0 win vs the New Tecumseth TNT Tornados to earn the right to take home the banner! Please join ...

Team Rank Wins GP MITRIKAS, Erik 1 3 3 TERRIS, Tom 1 3 3 McCoy, Joe 3 2 3 FAHRER, Tom 4 1 3 HALE, Ron 5 0 3 MORRIS, Lucas 5 0 3 Game Schedule – December 5th, 2022 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 MITRIKAS TERRIS HALE McCOY MHS FAHRER

  This past weekend the Curling Club was busy.  Rob and Rejeanne MacLeod, Curling Instructors from Sault Ste. Marie were in Wawa to show local “curlers” the various skills and strategies found in curling.  Curling can be enjoyed by all ages and is good exercise (non-curlers don’t appreciate the effort in sweeping). Everyone got the chance to participate in an ...