Local & Area News

The congregation welcomes everyone to Worship at First United Church.  Services are held on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.  If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church 705-856-2926. Sun.       Feb.   16     The Sacrament of Holy Communion will be celebrated Sun.       Feb.    23    Annual Meeting – First  United  Church Following Morning Worship Sat.        Mar.   07     U.C.W.   Annual Meeting ...

New books on the 7-Day Shelf this week are “Golden in Death” by J.D. Robb, “Tom Clancy Code of Honor” by Mark Cameron, “Twisted Twenty-Six” by Janet Evanovich, and “Triple Jeopardy” by Anne Perry. Come on in to the Wawa Public Library and CHECK IT OUT! Staff Picks for the month of February are: “Texas Ranger” by James Patterson, “The 100” ...

This weekend we remember that 75 years ago, Operation Veritable started the last big battle of WW2. This commenced with a 5-hour long artillery barrage from Nijmegen to the town of Kleve on the Rhine and was to take the Roer area in about 4 days. But wet weather and heavy defenses made it last for weeks. And it took ...

Weather – Flurries and snow squalls. Local blowing snow early this morning. Local amount 10 to 15 cm. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming north 20 gusting to 40 this morning. High minus 3 with temperature falling to minus 13 this afternoon. Wind chill minus 9 this morning and minus 25 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. ...

“Good things come in threes!” That adage has certainly come true for three local groups. The Adult Learning Centre and the representative from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library (supported by Rotary) partnered to organize a lottery draw featuring three great prizes ($1,250.00, $750.00 and $500.00). These prizes came as PC gift cards. Since the cards were purchased from the Wawa ...

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 11 13 TERRIS, Tom 2 10 12 LESCHISHIN, Mark 3 8 13 MITRIKAS, Erik 4 6 13 McCOY, Joe 5 5 13 RODY Ron 5 5 13 TERRIS, Travis – ESC 7 4 13 BUMSTEAD, Aaron 8 2 12 Don’t Forget – next week’s Men’s Curling is Wednesday, February 19th at 7 p.m. ...

Weather – Flurries ending this morning then mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Risk of snow squalls early this morning. Local amount 2 cm. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 14 this morning and minus 9 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Flurries. Local blowing snow late this ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries late this morning and this afternoon. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h this afternoon. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 15 this morning and minus 10 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Flurries at times heavy. Local blowing snow this evening and after midnight. Local amount 5 to 10 ...

Despite the bitter cold, anglers went out and had a great day of fishing. Twenty-four qualifying fish were caught throughout the day, with the first qualifying fish being caught by Tom O’Shaughnessy who brought in a 3.20 pound 24-inch pike; and in a nail-biting finish the largest pike was brought in at 4:00 p.m.! Winners: Winner of the Return of the Sticks ...

Weather – Flurries ending this afternoon then mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 early this morning then light early this afternoon. High minus 4. Wind chill near minus 12. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Partly cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries early ...

The Rotary Club of Wawa is hosting the Rotary Youth Exchange Students in the tri-annual District 6290 Great White North Youth Exchange Conference. The MMCC is the hub of the events – students arrived by bus Thursday night after a long journey through the district beginning in Grand Rapids and to the top of the District – Wawa. After being ...

Ontario’s government is helping the Shingwauk Education Trust (SET) provide culturally relevant education to its Indigenous students, contributing to their future success. Ross Romano, Minister of Colleges and Universities and MPP for Sault Ste. Marie, on behalf of Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines and Minister of Indigenous Affairs, have announced an investment of $2 million through ...

The Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO), the union that represents teaching staff, short- and long-term supply teachers in all Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon schools, as well as the board learning consultants, will conduct a one-day full strike – withdrawal of all services – across the province of Ontario on Thursday, February 13, 2020 since no contract agreement ...