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Wawa-news gets the following road condition information from Ontario511 – Please verify road conditions and closures as this information will change as reports are made and as weather changes in between road reports. Always be prepared for sudden road closures due to collisions or poor weather driving conditions when you are travelling. Ensure that you are prepared for lengthy road ...

The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, has extended all orders currently in force under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 (ROA) until December 21, 2020. “As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic grips our province, we all need to do our part to protect ourselves and our loved ones ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario, en consultation avec le médecin hygiéniste en chef, a prorogé tous les décrets en vigueur adoptés en vertu de la Loi de 2020 sur la réouverture de l’Ontario (mesures adaptables en réponse à la COVID-19) jusqu’au 21 décembre 2020. « Maintenant que la deuxième vague de la pandémie de COVID-19 frappe la province, nous devons tous ...

Weather – Cloudy. 30 percent chance of drizzle early this morning. Snow beginning this morning. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Local snowfall amount 2 cm. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. Temperature falling to zero this afternoon. Wind chill minus 9 this afternoon. Tonight – Flurries ending this evening then cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. ...

The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting on Manitoulin Island today, resulting in the deaths of a police officer and a civilian. The preliminary information indicates that at approximately 12:30 p.m. on November 19, 2020, an individual contacted the Ontario Provincial Police to report the presence of an unwanted man on a property in Gore ...

Shortly after 11:00 a.m. on November 19, 2020, two members from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a follow-up investigation related to a property dispute. There was an interaction between a person at the scene and an officer resulting in one officer being fatally shot. The person at the scene has also died as a result of ...

      Est-il possible de maintenir la distanciation sociale pendant l’enseignement du cours d’éducation physique? Pas de problème! M. Brandon Vachon-Case, enseignant d’éducation physique à l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa), conçoit et offre ses cours en fonction des mesures de prévention qui met à profit les espaces naturels. Par exemple, le cours du 12 novembre avec les élèves de la 6e ...

      Is it possible to maintain social distancing while teaching physical education to a group of students? No problem! Mr. Brandon Vachon-Case, physical education teacher at École Saint-Joseph School (Wawa), designs and teaches his lessons while integrating preventive measures that take advantage of natural spaces. For example, on November 12, his class with grade 6 students took place ...

  A giant format of the Candy Land game? Yes, this is possible! Ms. Monique Gendron, grade 2 teacher at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa), with the support of the educator Ms. Manon Gagnon-Lévesque, had everything organized and decorated the class in a giant version of Candy Land! The giant turnstile identified challenges in French and mathematics. The revision exercises were carried ...

  Un jeu de Candy Land en format géant? Oui, c’est possible! Mme Monique Gendron, enseignante de 2e année à l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa), avec l’aide de l’éducatrice Mme Manon Gagnon-Lévesque avaient tout organisé et décoré la classe en une version géante de Candy Land! Le tourniquet géant identifiait des défis en français et en mathématiques. La révision a été effectuée ...

Wawa-news gets the following road condition information from Ontario511 – Please verify road conditions and closures as this information will change as reports are made and as weather changes in between road reports. Always be prepared for sudden road closures due to collisions or poor weather driving conditions when you are travelling. Ensure that you are prepared for lengthy road ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers late this afternoon. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light late this afternoon. High 6. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers changing to 30 percent chance of drizzle this evening. Fog patches developing this evening. Low plus 1.   Status of COVID-19 cases ...

Congratulations to Charlee-May Simon, winner of Week 10 of the Foundation’s Catch the Ace Lottery! The Foundation is happy to announce that the progressive jackpot continues to grow; it sits at $4,790 as Week 11 begins. Here are the final numbers for Week 10: Weekly Pot: $441, Progressive Pot: $4,790 Winner: Charlee-May Simon her envelope #8 revealed the 7 of ...

Members of the Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a complaint of a person not paying for a tow bill. Officers responded and located the suspect vehicle on Highway 17 in Sault Ste Marie. Investigation revealed the driver was prohibited from driving and wanted on outstanding warrants from West Parry Sound OPP. Tyler Anthony ...

Every cat owner has a story about their kitty – books have been written about these furry critters… love them or hate them, each one is unique. Here is mine. Contrary to all my other encounters with cats; critters that were lost, found abandoned, mistreated, abused, and some who never had a chance – my cat chose me 13 years ago. Like the ones ...