Local & Area News

Don’t forget today is the “Fill a sleigh day” at the bargain Shop. Members of our Wawa Fire Department, OPP, and EMS will be collecting toys from donors this morning from 11 – 2. To help, the Bargain Shop will donate 10% of all sales today (excluding tobacco products, prepaid gift cards, and lottery) to the Wawa Christmas Hamper Fund. ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. FAHRER, Tom 1 4 4 McCOY, Joe 1 4 4 TERRIS, Tom 3 3 4 BUCKELL, Chris 4 2 4 STOYCHEFF, Peter 5 1 3 SWITZER, Anya 5 0 4 HALL, Dave 7 0 3 SMIT, Brandon 7 0 4   Game Schedule for December 8, 2022 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 BUCKELL ...

Dec 3, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Snow ending this morning then mainly cloudy with 30% chance of flurries. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light early this morning. Wind becoming north 20 this morning. Temperature falling to -9 this afternoon. Wind chill near -17. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. A few flurries beginning ...

Dec 3, 2022 at 07:30 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 Partly snow covered Good No 22-12-3 5:13 AM Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Bare and wet road Partly snow covered, snow ...

6:01 AM EST Saturday 03 December 2022 Wind warning in effect for: Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Strong winds today. Westerly to northwesterly winds gusting to 90 km/h are expected this morning into the afternoon in the wake of a strong cold front. Winds are expected to ease from west ...

Passed away tragically as the result of a motor vehicle accident on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at the age of 33 years. Beloved husband of Jes Aasmae. A very proud father of Barrett. Loving son of Mario and Danielle Casavant. Phenomenal brother of Mel and Yannick (Sarah). The best uncle of Zariah, Isla, Adriana, Rome and Alyssa. Loving grandson of ...

Jamie West, NDP MPP for Sudbury, has been working with former mine workers and affected family members to secure an apology from the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to the 25,000 Ontario mine workers who were forced to breathe ‘McIntyre Aluminum Powder.’ West made the following statement after the government issued that apology: “This is an important day in Ontario mining. ...

Dec 2, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – A mix of sun and cloud. Local blowing snow early this morning. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light early this morning. High minus 2. Wind chill -16 this morning and -7 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. 70% chance of flurries overnight. Wind becoming south ...

At 6:27 a.m. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement warning for Montreal River to St. Joseph Island. Strong west or northwest winds with gusts of 70-90km are expected tonight and through Saturday from a north to south-oriented cold front that will track east across the region.

Dec 2, 2022 at 06:02 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 Good No 22-12-2 5:09 AM Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Bare and wet road Bare and dry ...

Dec 1, 2022 at 17:47 On Thursday, NDP MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay) will introduce a bill to prevent public institutions from seeking protection under the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). The move comes in response to the damning report from the Ontario Auditor General on the bankruptcy of Laurentian University. Hundreds of Laurentian University workers and thousands of students ...

Dec 1, 2022 at 15:30   The CP Holiday Train will be in the following communities today: Arrival Start End Chapleau 50 Dufferin Street December 1 4:00PM 4:15PM 4:45PM White River 102 Winnipeg Street December 1 8:45PM 9:00PM 9:30PM Mobert across from Band Office December 2 9:00AM 9:15AM 9:45AM   This year’s performers (locally) are Tenille Townes and Aysanbee. Tenille ...

The flags at the Municipal offices are at half-mast. They were placed there in recognition of the service Chris Casavant gave to his community as a Volunteer Firefighter for the Wawa Fire Department. Placing a flag at half-mast is a universally recognized symbol of mourning and a tribute. Chris was tragically killed in a vehicle collision Tuesday night north of ...

  OUTSTANDING is the only way to describe the support the Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation received for its Giving Tuesday campaign.   Together we raised $11,430 in a span of 24 hours. This includes the matching $1,750 donation from Northern Lights Ford and their staff.  Thank you Northern Lights Ford for your continued sponsorship of this event and thank ...

  From November 14 until December 8, an École Saint-Joseph student will have the opportunity to live a unique experience at Queen’s Park as Pages in the province’s Legislature. Havana Thibodeau-Bello, a grade 8 student at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa), was selected among hundreds of applicants seeking to participate in the Legislative Page Program.   The first challenge that Havana met ...