Local & Area News

Red Pine Exploration Inc. is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced consolidation of the Wawa Gold Project through a definitive securities purchase agreement with the holders of the partnership interests in Citabar Limited Partnership. As a result, Red Pine now holds a 100% ownership interest in the Wawa Gold Project located near Wawa, Ontario. Please see ...

NORDIK Institute and Algoma University are conducting research throughout the Algoma District that will support the recovery and development of the tourism industry in Northern Ontario, emerging out of the COVID-19 pandemic.   The Northern Ontario Tourism Development and Recovery Strategy in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic project aims to understand how tourism-based economies have grown and to identify ...

L’Institut NORDIK et l’Université d’Algoma mènent des recherches dans tout le district d’Algoma qui appuieront la reprise et le développement de l’industrie du tourisme dans le nord de l’Ontario, émergeant de la pandémie COVID-19. Le projet de développement et de rétablissement du tourisme dans le Nord de l’Ontario face à la pandémie du COVID-19 vise à comprendre comment les économies ...

Weather: Cloudy with 70 percent chance of flurries at times heavy. Wind northwest 20 km/h. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 13 this morning and minus 7 this afternoon. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. 70 percent chance of flurries at times heavy early this evening then 30 percent chance of flurries this evening. Wind north 20 ...

Suze Morrison, MPP for Toronto Centre and NDP critic for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls response, issued the following statement on the tragic murder of Cileana Taylor, a young Annishnaabe woman from Curve Lake First Nation: “I want to express my sorrow and anger at the loss of Cileana Taylor. I offer my sincerest condolences to Cileana’s family, ...

On April 1, 2021 the community alcohol/drug assessment and community mental health programs currently administered through Algoma Public Health will transition over to the renamed Canadian Mental Health Association Algoma (CMHA Algoma). All current mental health and addictions clients are being notified of this change and staff are working closely with their clients to ensure that there is no disruption ...

The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service and Algoma Public Health are warning the public that a new form of fentanyl has been found circulating in our community. In December, officers with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service seized a white coloured substance during an investigation. It was sent for analysis which confirmed the substance was fentanyl. This is the first ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) has reported a new case of COVID-19 from Elliot Lake & Area. In this close contact case, the individual was tested March 28, 2021 and is self-isolating. All close contacts have been notified directly.  

CN and Watco are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement for the sale of non-core lines and assets on the Soo subdivision (approximately 250 miles of track) that runs from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to Oba, Ontario and approximately 650 miles of branch lines of Wisconsin Central Ltd. in Wisconsin and Michigan. This marks the successful conclusion ...

The Municipality has formed a Marina Advisory Committee comprised of Municipal Staff and members of the community of Wawa. At the Marina Committee Meeting held March 3rd, 2021, many things were discussed, and the Committee would like to see what services will be available before discussing slip and boat launch fees for 2021. The 2021 Work Plan was discussed and ...

Thanks to some beautiful weekend weather, the bond of the curling ice broke today and we started removing the surface. We tried a different technique this year where we started from the middle and worked outwards, which went really well and is something we will do in the future. Starting from the middle, we first broke a hole in the ...

  Thanks to the encouragement of their teacher Ms. Kelsey Boisvenue, grade 5 students at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) saw a normal reading activity become an impressive community project! The book La tortue musquée, une espèce en danger (The Eastern Musk Turtle, an Endangered Species) definitely captured the attention of young readers. The students learned about the causes that led to ...

  Grâce à l’incitation de leur enseignante Mme Kelsey Boisvenue, les élèves de la 5e année à l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont vu une activité normale de lecture devenir un superbe projet communautaire! Le livre La tortue musquée, une espèce en danger a définitivement capté l’attention des jeunes lecteurs. Les élèves se sont informés des causes ayant mené à la disparation ...

  The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in many changes to the methods used in teaching over the past year. For music teachers, the challenges have been numerous but not insurmountable. At. St. Mary’s College, music teacher Kait Tappenden tried an approach that gained popularity because of pandemic restrictions. In the fall, Ms. Tappenden decided to purchase a few sets of ...

Weather: A few rain showers changing to a few flurries near noon and ending late this afternoon then a mix of sun and cloud. Local snowfall amount 2 cm over western sections. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming west 30 gusting to 50 late this morning. High 6. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Increasing cloudiness early ...