Local & Area News

An early phone call, especially on a Monday morning at 8 o’clock, never brings good news. At least not in my life. The number did not look familiar and with caution, I answered. A male voice came right to the point: he said “there is a raven in distress in the parking lot of Sault College… I saw him yesterday ...

Wawa seems to be changing, and in the most part in a wonderful way. There is outdoor dining on Broadway now with North of 17. A beautiful mural adorns the Thrift Barn making this bright. The Big Bird Inn – who would have believed it could look so good! They were right, the bones were good – she just needed ...

Fog Advisory – Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Agawa – Lake Superior Park Marathon – Schreiber Dense fog is expected to dissipate late this morning. If travelling, be prepared for areas of near-zero visibility. Weather Cloudy. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud near noon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 22. Humidex 28. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – ...

Ontario’s Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement in response to the horrific discovery of hundreds of children in unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school near the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan: “These precious children, and many others across the country, should have lived full lives. Every child matters. And their children and ...

NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), Ontario NDP critic for Indigenous and Treaty Relations, released the following statement in response to the horrific discovery of hundreds of children in unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school near the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan: “These children were taken from their parents, and never returned home. Their families never stopped ...

Grade 12 students from École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) were celebrated on June 22 during a virtual graduating ceremony. The secondary schools enhanced this recognition event with the presentation of certificates of merit, graduation gowns and mortars, and other elements of appreciation to students. The ÉSC Trllium graduation ceremony can be viewed below.   “We wish our graduates a great ...

Les élèves de la 12e année de l’école secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) étaient à l’honneur le 22 juin lors d’une une célébration des finissantes et finissants en format virtuel. L’école a bonifié cette activité de reconnaissance avec la remise de certificats de mérites, de toges et mortiers, et autres éléments de valorisation. La cérémonie de remise des diplômes de l’ESC ...

Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling for provincial funding and an urgent action plan to help people quickly get the procedures and surgeries they need, hundreds of thousands of which have been delayed by COVID-19. “Thousands of people are coping with pain and worry while they wait for procedures like cancer scans, hip replacements and even heart surgeries,” ...

  In 1960, while working for Shell Oil in Jasper Park, Alta., I bought a weekend edition of the Globe and Mail. Inside was a 30-page insert advertising secondary school teaching positions at every school board in Ontario. The postwar baby boomers were headed to high school. I had often considered teaching and, to my astonishment, discovered that having a ...

Weather Showers ending this morning then cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this morning and early this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Temperature falling to 14 this morning then rising. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight – Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers or drizzle this evening then partly cloudy. Fog patches developing ...

Monday evening, Wawa residents were treated to a split-screen Zoom presentation by Joleine Kasper and Maggie Muck who together presented and made the Three Sisters Wild Rice Salad. These two dietetic interns are working with Justine Glover, Registered Dietitian at the Wawa Family Health Team. In a half-hour presentation, attendees were treated to the indigenous history of the three main ...

After eight weeks and seventeen draws, the LOTTO MAX jackpot that was part of a Canadian lottery record top prize pool has finally been won!   There were two winning tickets – one sold in Toronto and the other sold in British Columbia – that will split last night’s (June 22, 2021) $70 million jackpot! Each ticket is worth an ...

Is your community welcoming? Northern Policy Institute has launched the first of six annual surveys to track changes in attitudes towards newcomers, visible minorities, and Indigenous Peoples in all regions of Northern Ontario.   The 2021 survey focuses on welcoming attitudes towards newcomers. In 2022 the survey will focus on reconciliation and welcoming attitudes towards Indigenous Peoples. The two surveys ...

Morning Worship on Sunday 27 June, 2021 will be held in the Church at 11:00 a.m. PLEASE OBSERVE Safety Protocols: distancing, sanitizing, and wear a mask. If you cannot meet for Worship you might like to read the Scriptures for June 27th, 2021 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 2 Samuel 1:1,17-27     David’s lament for Saul & Jonathan. Psalm 130                      Out of ...

The Competition Bureau of Canada has published The Little Black Book of Scams 2nd Edition and it is available online at https://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/eng/04333.htm. The information is invaluable and should be of interest to virtually everyone. Over the next few months, we will be publishing the information from The Little Black Book of Scams 2nd Edition, one scam at a time. Last ...