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Wednesday Morning – October 23

Weather – Showers. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High 7. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of rain showers or flurries. Low zero. News Tidbits – There is a special council meeting today at 12 noon. On the agenda is the Appointment of Interim Integrity Commissioner, and two ...

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New Community Based Innovation and Co-working Space Planned for Wawa

A new Community Innovation and Co-working Space is in the planning stages for Wawa and the EDC wants your input. The space is named the Wawa CoLAB and serves to support local community orgs, change makers, emerging social enterprise, and existing and emerging local entrepreneurs.  The Wawa CoLAB is for people of all ages and abilities who live in Wawa ...

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Voting at St. Joseph French Immersion Catholic School

  Friday, October 18, 2019 was an exciting day for the Grade 4-8 students at St. Joseph French Immersion Catholic School. After four weeks of preparation through the Student Vote Canada 2019 Program, students finally got to cast their vote for the member they would like to represent Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing in Ottawa. St. Joseph French Immersion students along with 1.1 million ...

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Tuesday Morning News – October 22nd

Weather – Showers. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 10. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Showers. Low plus 5. News Tidbits – Hydro One has been coping with power outages overnight. White River is still without power. It is expected to be repaired by 12 noon. The local school bus was also cancelled. Carol Hughes is returning ...

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Monday Morning News – October 21

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers late this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming east 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High 12. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Rain. Amount 20 to 30 mm. Wind east 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light after midnight. Low 8. News Tidbits – Today is ...

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Isabella and Doris Kick off Ontario Public Library Week

  The Wawa Public Library hosted an afternoon of music with Isabella Imperatori and Doris Zagar. It is always a treat when Isabella performs, but the addition of Doris, the duo performance kept the audience wanting to hear more. Doris has been taking lessons from Isabella, and her voice is delightful to hear, and blends with Isabella. Not only was the ...

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Municipal Roof Nearly Complete

  The repairs to the roof of the Municipal Offices at 40 Broadway are nearly complete. It was a nice afternoon yesterday to be outside working, but that may change Monday as wet, miserable weather is expected to move in.

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Sunday Morning News – October 20

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers this morning. High 13. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – A few clouds. Fog patches developing near midnight. Low plus 2. News Tidbits – It all depends on the weather and it doesn’t really look favorable with a wet and stormy weather coming from the southwest this week. Tuesday morning ...

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SJD Newsflash – Friendship Salad

  Last Friday the Kindergarten class at Sir James Dunn Public School celebrated the new friendships that they have created with their fellow classmates by making a Friendship Fruit Salad.  Each little friend brought in a piece or two of fruit to share with the class and on Friday morning all of the fruit was chopped up by our friends ...

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SE OPP Warn of Aggressive Phone Fraudsters

Over the last few days, the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have responded to several complaints of aggressive phone fraudsters. Members of the public have been receiving calls from scammers posing as Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) workers who try different methods to get personal information from them. Historically, fraudsters have been known to use automated calls to ...

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Les artistes de l’école Saint-Joseph affichent leurs talents

  Les artistes inscrits au cours d’arts médiatiques de la 10e année à l’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont tenu tout récemment leur première exposition holographique. Deux projets étaient à l’honneur: la combinaison siamoise alors que le second projet mettait en vedette la vie qui tient par un bout de laine. Ces projets furent dirigés par l’enseignante Mme Valérie Lévesque. Les élèves ...

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Saint-Joseph students showcase artistic talent

  The artists in the grade 10 Media Arts class at École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) had the great honour of hosting their first holographic art exhibition. Two projects, directed by their teacher Mme Valérie Lévesque, were showcased: the Siamese combination while the second project featured life held by a string of wool. Students took pride in sharing the originality of ...

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Saturday Morning News – October 19

Weather – Increasing cloudiness. A few showers beginning late this afternoon. High 13. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – showers. Low 7. Don’t Forget – AN AFTERNOON OF MUSIC WITH ISABELLA: Isabella is performing at the Wawa Public Library today to kick off Ontario Public Library Week today at 1:30!

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