Local & Area News

The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) is pleased to welcome Justin Pino to the board’s senior team. Pino will take over from Chris Spina who is retiring as the board’s Superintendent of Business at the end of December. A Sault Ste. Marie native, Pino comes to the board with a wealth of experience in both the public and private ...

The Ontario Government is begining a new program. The Ontario Workforce Reserve for Senior Support is a new program focused on recruiting, training and deploying individuals as Resident Support Aides (RSA) to work at homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. These RSA’s will assist residents with daily living activities including assistance during meal times and nutrition breaks or with the coordination ...

The beautiful weather of the past few days is coming to an end. A deepening low pressure area from the Southern Plains States will spread across Northern Ontario tonight bringing the possibility of freezing rain. As temperatures to drop to near or a little below the zero degree mark, freezing rain may develop and persist for a few hours overnight. ...

  44 years ago the Edmund Fitzgerald was making her way across Lake Superior loaded with iron ore pellets. The November storm hit and the crew of the Fitz battled through 70 knot winds and 30 foot waves.  Just shy of shelter at Whitefish Bay, the Fitzgerald was lost with all hands. Across Lake Superior today, people remember the storm, ...

Weather –  Periods of rain. Amount 20 to 30 mm. Temperature steady near plus 3. Tonight – Periods of rain. Risk of freezing rain overnight. Rainfall amount 10 mm. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this evening. Low minus 1. Freezing rain possible later tonight into early Wednesday. As colder air from the north filters in and ...

Algoma Public Health is reporting a new case of COVID-19 in the Algoma District. Case #56 is as a result of close contact, and the individual is self-isolating. The test was done November 9th, 2020. APH will notify all close contacts to this individual through contact tracing.   Tested (1)  Confirmed cases Active cases Resolved cases (2) Deceased 56,858 56 ...

On November 8, 2020, at approximately 4:20 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an assault at a restaurant in White River. The investigation revealed that the two involved parties were engaged in a verbal dispute which escalated to a physical assault. As a result of the investigation, Courtney SCHELL, 28 years-of-age, ...

On November 6, 2020, at approximately 3:30 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a break and enter at a residence in White River. In the process of investigating the incident, police were made aware of domestic related court order breaches. As a result of the investigation, a 21-year-old person, from White River, ...

On November 4, 2020, members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a routine patrol of White River. At approximately 8:40 p.m., officers observed an SUV driving erratically on Lisgar Street. A traffic stop was initiated to check on the sobriety of the driver. The investigation revealed that the driver was impaired by alcohol. As a result, ...

On November 3, 2020, at approximately 11:50 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint on Broadway Avenue in Wawa. A person had been observed operating a pickup truck erratically prior to parking it on the front lawn of a residence. Police arrived on scene shortly after and established that the ...

Wawa-news was down for about 5 hours today, but is back in service. Thank you for your patience. Weather – Increasing cloudiness. 30 percent chance of showers this afternoon. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 this afternoon. High 16. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers this evening. Periods of rain beginning ...

The Wawa Community Food Bank wishes to publicly thank The Bargain Shop for their campaign on our behalf this year, the result being a truck load of food delivered on October 13th.  The amount was almost twice as much as last year and very much appreciated. Then on November 2nd, the Northern Lights “We Scare Hunger Campaign” spearheaded by Danette Mathias ...

  Grades 7 and 8 students from École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) recently participated in an activity to remember the men and women who served and sacrificed for our country. Having painted rocks for Remembrance Day, the students who were accompanied by their teacher, Ms. Ashley Hunt-Robinson, went to Queen’s Park (Wawa) to place these rocks around the Cenotaph. The École Saint-Joseph ...

  Les élèves de la 7e et 8e année de l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont tout récemment participé à une activité pour se souvenir des hommes et des femmes qui ont servi et qui se sont sacrifiés pour notre pays. Ayant peinturé des roches pour le Jour du Souvenir, les élèves qui étaient accompagnés de leur enseignante, Mme Ashley Hunt-Robinson, se ...

Thank you With thankful hearts the family of the late Reggie Spencer would like to acknowledge the many kindnesses shown to us, his family, during our recent loss. Our sincere thanks to the EMS, LDHC staff, Wawa Family Health Team, Heidi from the Olive Branch for the beautiful floral arrangements, Dr. Robinson for your care and concern, Tyler and Valerie ...