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  My dog and I like to walk outdoors and “poke” around. The picker and a bag for trash is always something I carry with me – a habit from picking up garbage for over 20 years. The bag is never empty when we return after an outing. But, on this day, the pile of junk was “bigger than a ...

Sep 27, 2020 at 14:54 A report from the highway at the traffic lineup is that traffic is now moving slowly. Sep 27, 2020 at 14:49 A call to OPP – North Bay has confirmed that the traffic slow down is due to a traffic stop. There is no further information at this time that Wawa-news can share with its ...

81 Players 1st FLIGHT: Jessy Dechamplain, Joey Dechamplain, Francis Dechamplain – 6 under par 30 2nd FLIGHT: Rob Vernier, Bill Carruthers, Karl Benstead – 3 under par 33 3rd FLIGHT: Al Hardy, John Scott, Jeff Amos – 2 under par 34 4th FLIGHT: Gary Trudeau, Bernie Erechook, Derek Chapman – even par 36 5th FLIGHT: Jeff Austin, Ray Brisson, Ralph ...

An embargoed media release was posted to the Wawa Ice Fishing Derby fb page at mid-Saturday. The text is below, after receiving the same from from Derby Officials later that day. “The 30th annual Wawa Ice Fishing Derby will be postponed until March 2022, Derby Board officials stated today. The WIFD has always operated with 4 prime purposes. The first ...

At this time of the year it has been a tradition for Wawaites to buy tickets in the Annual Michipicoten Volunteer Firefighter’s Association Cash Draw. I’m not sure how many years it has been going on for, but I remember typesetting the tickets, and watching Bob Avis put the numbers on with the Heidelburg press at least 25 years ago ...

Weather – Showers ending near noon then mainly cloudy. Risk of a thunderstorm this morning. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this morning. High 16. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Fog patches developing after midnight. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low 10. ...

The Ontario Government has taken further action to reduce the spread of COVID-19 by putting limits on the number of people permitted to attend unmonitored and private social gatherings across the entire province. The new limit on the number of people allowed to attend an unmonitored private social gathering across the province is: 10 people at an indoor event or ...

Lors de la semaine du 21 au 25 septembre, les élèves et le personnel de l’École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont affiché leur fierté franco-ontarienne.   Bien que la pandémie a rendu impossible un rassemblement ou une participation à une levée de drapeau de groupe, on a souligné le Jour des Franco-Ontariennes et des Franco-Ontariens en participant à une série d’activités virtuelles ...

During the week of September 21 to 25, students and staff at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) displayed their Franco-Ontarian pride.   Although the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible to gather or participate in a group flag-raising ceremony, Franco-Ontarians Day was celebrated though a series of virtual activities offered to Francophone students in the province. In addition, École Saint-Joseph students had the ...

Weather – Cloudy with 30 percent chance of drizzle. Fog becoming fog patches near noon. Temperature steady near 15. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Cloudy with 30 percent chance of drizzle this evening and after midnight. Showers beginning after midnight. Risk of a thunderstorm overnight. Fog patches. Temperature steady near 14. Fog Advisory: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Locally ...

  The Government of Canada is equipping the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) with the modern and effective aircraft it needs to continue its critical life-saving search and rescue missions across Canada’s vast and challenging territory. Today, the RCAF marked the arrival of the first aircraft of its future fixed-wing search and rescue fleet. The new fleet will be called ...

Sault College and Humber College are partnering to offer an innovative opportunity for post-secondary learners. Beginning September 2022, the Colleges will co-deliver the Bachelor of Engineering – Mechatronics, allowing students to study the entire program at either Sault College – Sault Ste. Marie Campus or Humber’s North Campus in Etobicoke. This collaboration strengthens opportunities for learners, particularly those in the ...

On September 20, 2020, at approximately 1:40 a.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a pickup truck driving unsteadily on Highway 17 in White River Township. Officers conducted a traffic stop and determined that the driver was impaired by alcohol. As a result of the investigation, Dylan SUTHERLAND, 26 years-of-age, from Nairn Centre, was arrested and ...

This morning a phone call was brought to our attention from one of our avid supporters. The phone call was from an individual claiming to be selling our SAHF 50/50 tickets. She thankfully saw through it. We will never ‘cold call’ you to sell you a ticket. We do make phone calls to support those having issues, but any person claiming ...

In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, and other health experts, the Ontario government has amended order O. Reg 364/20: Rules for Areas in Stage 3 under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, to tighten public health measures in response to the recent rise in cases of COVID-19. Over the past five weeks, Ontario ...