Local & Area News

This year, parents of Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon students will have the opportunity to follow a free French as a second language program. This 10-week course starting March 23 will be offered online by Collège Boréal. This program will support Anglophone parents to learn and communicate in French to better support their child’s learning. Parents of children who will begin ...

Despite the poor weather, ice huts were a blessing this year, the 30th Wawa Ice Fishing Derby was enjoyed by a sold out group of dedicated anglers. The derby sold out on February 14th, and angling was limited to 1100 participants and fishing was only allowed on Wawa Lake and Hawk Lake. The Registration Draw of $30,000 cash was won ...

Mar 7, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries early this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 1. Wind chill minus 11 this morning and minus 4 this afternoon. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus ...

Clocks will spring forward one hour at 2 a.m. on March 13 and the Wawa Fire Department is recommending residents install new batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms when they change their clocks. “In order for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to do their job, they need to have working batteries”.  “Once a year, old batteries should be ...

Mar 6, 2022 at 18:25 – Updated Mar 6, 2022 at 12:37 – Updated Mar 6, 2022 at 11:48 – Updated Mar 6, 2022 at 11:46 – Updated Mar 6, 2022 at 11:48 – Updated Mar 6, 2022 at 10:19 This storm system is bringing rain, ice, ice pellets and snow to a large swath of Northern Ontario. Rain has ...

It has been a tradition for Wawaites to buy tickets in the Annual Michipicoten Volunteer Firefighter’s Association Cash Draw. Many were disappointed when the draw for 2020/2021 was halted due COVID-19. Michipicoten Volunteer Firefighter’s Association drew for the final winners of the 2021/22 draw as part of the awards ceremony at the Wawa Ice Fishing Derby. The winners are: $1,000 ...

Mar 6, 2022 at 14:40 The highway has been reopened (2:11 p.m.) Mar 6, 2022 at 10:05 Highway 101 from Wawa to Foleyet is closed due to poor weather and road conditions. The highway was closed at 9:55 a.m.

  Mar 6, 2022 at 14:04 The highway has been opened (1:44 p.m.). Mar 6, 2022 at 09:54 Highway 17 has been closed from Wawa to Batchawana Bay because of poor weather and road conditions. Environment Canada has forcasted that snow mixed with ice pellets or freezing rain (2 -5 mm possible) will transition to snow, at times heavy, early ...

Mar 6, 2022 at 10:00 Hwy 556 (aka Ranger Lake Rd) is closed from Searchmont to Aubrey Falls area due to poor weather. The highway was closed 8:45 a.m.

Mar 6, 2022 at 09:58 Hwy 129 Closed from Thessalon to Chapleau due to poor road conditions. The highway was closed at 9:30 a.m.

On March 3, 2022, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call in relation to a break and enter at an apartment on Mississauga Avenue in Elliot Lake. Police viewed video surveillance and the person was recognized. At approximately 2:15 p.m. police attended a different apartment building in order to speak to the person seen on the video surveillance. Upon ...

Mar 5, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Winter Storm Warning Today – Cloudy. Periods of snow beginning this morning. Snow mixed with ice pellets late this afternoon. Snow and ice pellet amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 16 this morning and minus 6 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight ...

The Ontario government is making it more affordable for Ontarians living with type 1 diabetes to monitor their blood glucose levels by providing coverage for real-time continuous glucose monitors, the latest technology in diabetes care, through the province’s Assistive Devices Program. “This year marks 100 years since insulin was first successfully used to treat diabetes right here in Ontario. This ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario rend plus abordable la surveillance de la glycémie pour les Ontariens atteints de diabète de type 1 en offrant une couverture pour les glucomètres continus en temps réel, la technologie la plus récente dans les soins du diabète, dans le cadre du Programme d’appareils et accessoires fonctionnels de la province. « Il y a 100 ans ...

Mar 5, 2022 at 07:30 A Winter storm warning is in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake Timmins – Cochrane – Iroquois Falls Snow is expected to begin this morning and may become mixed with ice pellets or freezing rain tonight, especially from Wawa to Chapleau. Any ice pellets or freezing rain ...