Local & Area News

Jun 2, 2020 at 21:31 Le gouvernement de l’Ontario continue d’investir dans le secteur de la fabrication afin d’assurer la sécurité des travailleurs et travailleuses de première ligne et de la collectivité pendant la pandémie de COVID-19. D’autres entreprises innovantes reçoivent un soutien financier par le biais du fonds L’Ontario, ensemble dans le but de réorganiser leurs activités et d’accroître ...

To help support our local small businesses, today Wawa is joining the ShopHERE powered by Google program. ShopHERE in collaboration with the Economic Development Corporation of Wawa and the Wawa Business Improvement Association looks to help over 100 local businesses get online this year. ShopHERE powered by Google, which started in the City of Toronto, helps independent businesses and artists ...

Jun 2, 2020 at 11:33 On June 1, 2020 at 7:00 p.m., members from the Nipissing West (Sudbury) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Sudbury Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Greater Sudbury Fire Services and Hydro One responded to a single motor vehicle roll-over collision, involving a tractor-trailer, on Highway 144 at Marina Road, City of Greater Sudbury. ...

On May 31, 2020, at approximately 5:00 p.m., members of the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) checked on the well-being of two residents in the Town of Espanola. Officers entered the residence and located both deceased. The ongoing investigation is being conducted by the Manitoulin OPP Crime Unit under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch ...

  Bold Ventures Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company’s geophysical consultants, Scott Hogg and Associates Ltd., have commenced an interpretation of the Wawa area airborne electromagnetic and magnetic geophysical survey covering the Farwell Gold and Base Metals Project. The survey was carried out by Dighem Ltd. and released in 1987. When combined with the historical information and database ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 70 percent chance of showers early this morning then 30 percent chance of showers this morning. Fog. High 19. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Fog dissipating late this evening then mainly cloudy. Low 11. Statistics from Algoma Public Health (June 1, 2020 (8:30 a.m.) Algoma regions where residents have tested positive for COVID-19 include ...

Manitoulin OPP with the assistance of OPP Technical Collision Investigators are investigating a fatal ATV collision that occurred May 31st at approximately 3:20 p.m. Members of the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), with the assistance of the Manitoulin-Sudbury District Emergency Medical Service (EMS) responded to a report of a single motor vehicle collision involving an All-Terrain Vehicle ...

In a media release, the Wawa Business Improvement Area (Wawa BIA) stated that the directors had met last week via teleconference to discuss how to help local businesses during the current pandemic. Liz Talian-Clarke spoke on behalf of the directors and members, explaining, “With so many projects and sponsorships that we normally support throughout Sprint into late Fall being cancelled, ...

On May 28, 2020, members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were made aware of a person who had violated their conditions of release. On May 29, 2020, officers located the person and placed them under arrest. As a result of the investigation, Scott PRUNEAU, 47 years-of-age, from Wawa, was charged with the following: Failure to ...

On May 29, 2020, at approximately 4:00 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint on Beech Street in Chapleau. Officers located the vehicle and stopped it on Birch Street. Officers demanded that the driver provide a breath sample into an Approved Screening Device (ASD). The driver complied and registered a “Fail” ...

Starting June 1, 2020, electricity prices are changing for residential and small business customers as well as farms on TOU pricing under the Ontario Energy Board’s (OEB) Regulated Price Plan (RPP). The same fixed price of 12.8 ¢/kWh applies to all of the electricity that they use, no matter the time of day or the day of the week. The ...

On May 24, 2020, at approximately 1:45 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the report of an assault at a residence on Churchill Avenue in Wawa. Upon arrival, police were advised that the accused had left the scene. On May 28, 2020, at approximately 1:15 p.m., police located and arrested the accused ...

Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. High 18. UV index 9 or very high. Tonight – Cloudy. 70 percent chance of showers late this evening and overnight. Risk of a thunderstorm this evening. Fog patches developing this evening. Low 9. Statistics from Algoma Public Health (May 31, 2020 (10:00 a.m.) Algoma regions where residents have tested positive for ...

A very happy 14th birthday and well wishes for Madison. Her mom has decorated the front yard and arranged for a birthday parade. If you would like to help Madison celebrate this very special day meet at the Wawa Fire Hall for 5:55 p.m., parade at 6. Happy Birthday Madison!

Brotherhood was honoured with the Canadian Screen Award for Achievement in Visual Effects during Friday night’s special broadcast. Set in the 1920s, the film recounts the true story of a group of youth at a summer camp on Balsam Lake in the Kawartha Lakes, who had to fight for survival when an unforeseen thunderstorm overwhelmed their canoe trip. Brotherhood’s visual ...