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Grade 4 students at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) used their problem solving skills in oral communication as well as teamwork to accomplish various objectives. In small groups, they completed puzzles and built a spaghetti tower and pyramids with beakers. In addition, students participated in small games that required the encouragement of their group and even had the chance to compete in ...

Les élèves de la 4e année à l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont fait appel à leurs habiletés en résolution de problème, en communication orale et de travail d’équipe afin d’accomplir divers objectifs. En petit groupe, ils ont entre autres fait des casse-têtes et construit une tour en spaghetti et des pyramides avec des gobelets. De plus, les élèves ont participé à ...

The Wawa Public Library is following the public health measures recommended by the Government of Ontario therefore it will be a patron’s choice to wear a face mask/covering when entering the library. We ask that you continue to self-assess and if you have flu/cold like symptoms that you NOT come into the library. When in the library, please respect the ...

Tuesday, September 21, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Cloudy with 60% chance of showers. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 17 with temperature falling to 9 this afternoon. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Cloudy with 60% chance of showers. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. Low plus 5. COVID Statistics: Algoma ...

Sep 21, 2022 at 06:29 6:11 AM EDT Wednesday 21 September 2022 Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for: Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake At 6:11 a.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing very strong wind gusts and up to nickel size hail. This line of severe thunderstorms is located from 20 kilometres north of Algoma ...

Sep 21, 2022 at 06:26 6:11 AM EDT Wednesday 21 September 2022 Severe thunderstorm warning ended for: Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay   Sep 21, 2022 at 05:35 5:26 AM EDT Wednesday 21 September 2022 Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for: Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – ...

With deepest sorrow and broken hearts, we had to let go of a beloved husband, soulmate, the greatest father, papa, brother, uncle and friend on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at the Sault Area Hospital. It’s time to say goodbye and let him fly. Family and friends are invited to join in a Celebration of Stan’s life with a Come and ...

There is a Corporate Planning and Council Meeting tonight. Of interest to the general public may be two presentations. One is by Harvey West regarding “Gates on Docks at Municipal Marina”, and by Andy Stevens regarding “Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre Bar Sales and Donations”. Reports to be presented and discussed are: Economic Development Quarterly Activity Report, Infrastructure Services, Community Services ...

Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – A mix of sun and cloud with 30% chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm late this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h late this afternoon. High 22. Humidex 25. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight – Showers with risk of a thunderstorm. Low 12. COVID ...

Happy 25th Birthday Aiden! So Proud of You!   Mom & Dad      

5:28 AM EDT Tuesday 20 September 2022 Fog advisory in effect for: Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake Areas of locally dense fog have formed, but will dissipate later this morning. Visibility may be significantly and suddenly reduced to near zero. If visibility is reduced while driving, ...

On September 16, 2022, shortly after 6:00 p.m., members from East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision involving a pick-up truck at the intersection of Highways 17 and 108 in the Township of the North Shore. Police arrived a short time later and observed a pick-up truck in the southbound ditch ...

Sister Norah died peacefully, at Presentation Manor on September 12, 2022, in her ninety-sixth year of life and her seventy-seventh as a member of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loretto Sisters). Predeceased by her parents, Claude Burns and Helena O’Brien; and her brothers Rev. Kenneth Burns, C.S.C., Rev. Edgar Burns, S.J., and John Claude Burns, she was the ...

Monday, September 19, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Cloudy. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light late this morning. High 20. Humidex 25. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Fog patches developing this evening. Low 8. Special weather statement: Rain, heavy at times is expected in the amounts of 20 to 40 ...

July 1933 – September 2020                                        If flowers grow in heaven                                      Then pick a bunch for me                           Then place them in my mother’s arms                                 And tell her they are from me.                       Tell her I miss her and when she turns and smiles                     place a kiss upon her cheek and hold her for a ...