Local & Area News

Area Road Conditions – November 23

Nov 23, 2022 at 06:10 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 wet road Good No 22-11-23 5:26 AM Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Bare and wet road Partly snow packed Good ...

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5th Annual Lori Johnson Memorial Hockey Tournament

  On November 18th – 20th, 2022 Wawa hosted the 5th annual Lori Johnson Memorial Women’s Hockey Tournament. The weekend event did not disappoint with 6 teams facing off from Wawa, SSM, Dubreuilville, and Chapleau. Heading into Sunday the first semi-final match was between Moose on the Loose (Wawa) and Excuses (Chapleau). Moose on the Loose edged in the win ...

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A Golden Partnership – Annual Wish Campaign Launch

  As the 2022 holiday season begins, the Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation is pleased to launch our Annual Wish Campaign in partnership with Alamos Gold Inc. This season, the Foundation is working to complete the second phase of our fundraising initiative to support the purchase of capital equipment for the hospital’s MediTech expansion. We call this initiative “ONE for ...

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SE OPP Wawa – Downtown Offices to Close

The Superior East Detachment of the OPP will officially close the downtown offices (50 Broadway Avenue) on Friday, November 25, 2022, at 04:00 p.m. After the 25th, the public can access police services by: in person at the Highway Detachment, 34 Pinewood Drive, Wawa. speak to an OPP officer over the phone, they can call the highway detachment at (705) ...

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Morning News – November 22

Nov 22, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Cloudy. 60% chance of flurries early this morning. Flurries beginning this morning. Local amount 5 cm. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light late this afternoon. High zero. Wind chill -13 this morning. Tonight – A few flurries ending this evening then cloudy with 30% chance of flurries. Wind up ...

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Area Road Conditions – November 22

Nov 22, 2022 at 06:14 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 wet Good No 22-11-22 5:14 AM Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Partly snow packed Snow covered Good No 22-11-22 5:23 ...

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Morning News – November 21

Nov 21, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Periods of snow and local blowing snow ending this morning then cloudy with 60% chance of flurries. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming northwest 20 gusting to 40 this morning then light late this afternoon. Temperature falling to -6 this afternoon. Wind chill near ...

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Area Road Conditions – November 21

Nov 21, 2022 at 06:28 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 Snow covered Good No 22-11-21 5:14 AM Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 No Report 22-11-21 2:27 AM Highway 101 ...

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Algoma District School Board – School as Normal Monday

As media will know, negotiations between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the government has resulted in a tentative agreement. Therefore, the Algoma District Board (ADSB) was pleased to advise parents on Sunday evening that there will be no disruption to learning and no need to move to remote learning this week.  ADSB is pleased that a tentative ...

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Ontario Reaches Tentative Agreement With CUPE Education Workers

Today, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement regarding a tentative central agreement with the Canadian Union of Public Workers (CUPE). This is the first tentative central agreement reached through the 2022 round of central collective bargaining in the education sector: “Throughout these negotiations, our government’s focus has always been keeping students in the classroom without disruption. I ...

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Mixed Curling Standings – November 17

The 2022-23 Mixed Curling League has begun. The league welcomes several new curlers to the sport and league.   Team Rank Wins G.P. FAHRER, Tom 1 2 2 McCOY, Joe 1 2 2 BUCKELL, Chris 3 1 2 STOYCHEFF, Peter 3 1 1 TERRIS, Tom 3 1 2 HALL, Dave 6 0 1 SMIT, Brandon 6 0 2 SWITZER, Anya ...

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Morning News – November 19

Nov 19, 2022 at 07:56 Weather: Today – Flurries or snow squalls. Local amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light late this morning. Temperature falling to -9 this afternoon. Wind chill near -13. Tonight – Partly cloudy with 60% chance of flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -18. Wind chill -13 this evening and -21 ...

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Area Road Conditions – November 19

Nov 19, 2022 at 06:26 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 wet road Partly snow covered, snow covered good no 22-11-19 5:15 AM Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Partly snow packed ...

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Algoma District School Board Regarding CUPE – Strike Notice

Wednesday morning, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) filed strike notice, advising that its members will be on strike starting Monday, November 21st, 2022. For the Algoma District School Board (ADSB), this union includes custodial and maintenance employees and cafeteria employees in Sault Secondary schools. On Friday afternoon, ADSB provided an update to all ADSB families regarding the CUPE ...

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