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Passed away on his own terms at his home at Catfish Lake, Wawa peacefully with his family and close friends by his side on Friday, May 23, 202,5 at the age of 81 years.   Loving stepfather of Shannon Love (Ray). Proud grandfather of William and Raymond. Niels is survived by his sister Ulla Weis Horup (Kurt) and their children Karsten ...

On May 22, 2025, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) warrant in Elliot Lake. Police attended a residence on McKeown Road and seized more than 105 grams of suspected cocaine (estimated street value exceeding $10,500), numerous suspected methamphetamine tablets, cash, packaging materials, digital scales, and cell phones. The OPP’s Community Street Crime Unit ...

There were no new wildland fires confirmed in the Northeast Region today. There are no active wildland fires in the Northeast Region. The fire hazard is low across the Northeast region.

May 24, 2025 at 08:00 Special guests from Columbia visited with the Robinson Huron Waawiindamaagewin (RHW) Political Working Group (PWG) meeting at the 4 Directions Complex in Aundeck Omni Kaning on May 20th. Colombian Minister of Equality and Equity, Carlos Rosero via Zoom link, along with a delegation of Indigenous and Afro-descendant leaders visited to discuss shared priorities and commitments ...

Weather: Today – Cloudy with 40% chance of showers. High +12. UV index 4 or moderate. Tonight – Cloudy with 30% chance of showers. Low +5. Sunday – Cloudy. Clearing in the afternoon. High +17. UV index 5 or moderate. Sunday Evening – Cloudy periods. Low +3. News Tibits: It has been a long time coming – but the provincial ...

On May 21, 2025, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person after numerous complaints to police regarding threatening phone calls. At approximately 10:15 a.m. police received complaints regarding multiple threatening phone calls placed by a known person to a school, daycare and residence. Police ensured the safety of all recipients and facilities and located the caller a ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is proud to announce today, in recognition of Missing Children’s Month and International Missing Children’s Day, its new partnership with the Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC). The OPP has adopted MCSC’s “rescu” progressive web application (PWA) to help enhance its efforts to locate missing children. MCSC “rescu” allows the public to subscribe to Child ...

Confederation College President Michelle Salo delivered her first Report to the Community today at Dibaajimogamig (Lecture Theatre), presenting a forthright assessment of the significant challenges facing Ontario’s college sector and outlining the College’s continued commitment to students and the Northwestern Ontario region. The event opened with a compelling video underscoring the essential role colleges play in driving community well-being and ...

Northwestern Ontario Writer’s Workshop (NOWW) is pleased to announce the winners of the prestigious Kouhi Award, and Margaret Phillips Award, presented Saturday, May 17 at LitFest 2025.   “The Kouhi Award was established by NOWW in 1999 to recognize outstanding contributions to the literature of Northwestern Ontario,” says NOWW president Heather Dickson. “And this year, we were proud to award ...

Weather: Today – Periods of rain ending this morning then cloudy with 60% chance of showers. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40. High +9. UV index 4 or moderate. Tonight – Cloudy with 40% chance of showers. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light late this evening. Low +3 with risk of frost. Saturday – Cloudy with 30% chance of ...

The Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is continuing their investigation into a fatal collision that occurred in Goulais River. On May 19, 2025, at approximately 6:39 p.m., the Sault Ste. Marie OPP responded to a serious single-vehicle collision on Four Seasons Drive. A 31-year-old person from Goulais River was confirmed deceased at the scene, as ...

Invasive species are regarded as the second greatest threat to global biodiversity. On May 22nd, International Day for Biological Diversity, the Invasive Species Centre is urging Canadians to take steps to prevent the spread of invasive species. Invasive species are organisms that are introduced to ecosystems outside of their native range that cause harm to the environment, economy, or society. ...

The Company is preparing to follow-up on areas of strong shearing, sulphide mineralization and quartz veining identified in the work programs completed late in 2024 on the northern part of the Hubcap project located immediately south of the Red Pine Wawa Project (Figure 1 above). Encouraging results and information from prospecting, geological mapping and a compilation of historic results has ...

May 22, 2025 at 08:00 Over 300 young chess masters will meet in Wawa on Wednesday, May 28th, for the ninth Franco-Nord-Ouest Chess Tournament. The competition, hosted by École Saint-Joseph in Wawa, will bring together Francophone students from the following elementary and secondary schools: École Ste-Marie (Azilda), École Sacré-Cœur (Chapleau), ÉSC Trillium (Chapleau), École Alliance St-Joseph (Chelmsford), École St-Joseph (Dubreuilville), ...

May 22, 2025 at 08:00 Le mercredi 28 mai, pas moins de 300 jeunes maîtres d’échecs se réuniront à Wawa afin de participer au neuvième Tournoi d’échecs Franco-Nord-Ouest. Présentée par l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa), cette compétition réunira des élèves francophones provenant des écoles élémentaires et secondaires suivantes : Ste-Marie (Azilda), Sacré-Cœur (Chapleau), ÉSC Trillium (Chapleau), Alliance St-Joseph (Chelmsford), St-Joseph (Dubreuilville), Notre-Dame ...