Local & Area News

Extreme Cold Warning in effect for White River – Dubreuilville A period of very cold wind chills is expected with wind chill values near minus 40 this morning. Extreme cold puts everyone at risk. Watch for cold-related symptoms: shortness of breath, chest pain, muscle pain and weakness, numbness and colour change in fingers and toes. Dress warmly. Dress in layers ...

Weather – Increasing cloudiness. Flurries beginning late this morning. Local amount 2 cm. Wind becoming south 20 km/h early this afternoon. High minus 11. Wind chill minus 36 this morning and minus 19 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Flurries. Local amount 5 cm. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low minus 15 ...

TERRIS, Tom 1 10 12 McCOY, Joe 2 9 12 HOFFMANN, Jim 3 7 12 KLOCKARS, Anna Lisa 4 6 11 HALL, Dave 5 5 11 BUCKELL, Chris 6 4 11 LESCHISHIN, Mark 7 3 11 TURMELLE, Katherine 8 1 10 Next games are Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 HALL ...

Teachers and education workers represented by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/ FEESO) in certain school boards will take part in a one-day, full withdrawal of services in selected locations across Ontario on February 13, 2020. For Wawa, all OSSTF/FEESO members employed by the Algoma District School Board, École publique l’Escalade (Wawa), École Saint-Joseph (Wawa), École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa), and the Huron-Superior Catholic District School ...

  Congratulations to Anders Morden! Envelope #19 was opened for Anders and revealed the King of Spades. Make sure to get your tickets for Week #5 today, the Jackpot sits at $2,718.00! Tickets are available until Tuesdays at 12 noon and draws happen live on @LDHCFoundation Facebook page Wednesdays at 11 AM. A special thank you to Circle K Wawa and ...

Weather – Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries early this morning. Clearing this morning. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40. High minus 19. Wind chill near minus 33. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Clear. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 31. Wind chill minus 30 this evening and minus ...

12:30 – The highway has been opened. Feb 6, 2020 at 22:11 – At 9:35 – 511ONNortheastern@511ONNortheast tweeted “update #Closure #BatchawanaBay #Hwy17 is closed in both directions from Batchawana Bay to Wawa due to a collision. #ONHwys”   Feb 6, 2020 at 21:21 – At 8:53 OPPCommunicationsNER@OPP_COMM_NER tweeted – “ROAD CLOSURE: #Hwy17 between #BatchawanaBay and #Wawa – Highway closed for clean up.”   At ...

The Legion is in the final stages of getting the Lift operational, with the final sealing of the floor tiles and clearing of the alley. If you wish to access the lift we would like to make this as easy as possible for you with the following steps: If it is a scheduled event a volunteer operator will be there ...

The winner of the fourth week in the Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation’s ‘Chase the Ace’ has been announced. Should someone have the Ace of Spades in the envelope they choose they could win $1,365.00 as well as the $469.00 from the weekly draw. Wawa resident Anders Morden had the winning ticket. His ticket chose envelope #19 to be opened ...

When it comes to updates on passenger rail service for northeastern Ontario, there has been so little to report publicly but much going on in the background. Just before Christmas, Metrolinx and Ontario Northland delivered their yearlong creation of a business plan for the return of passenger rail service which includes all the necessary items for decision making (scheduling, equipment, ...

Today, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement regarding continued escalation by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO): “Our government has put forward reasonable proposals at the negotiating table, including a commitment to maintain full-day kindergarten, and it is deeply disappointing parents are still seeing repeated escalation at the expense of our students to advance higher compensation, ...

Weather – Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h this morning. High minus 6. Wind chill minus 11 this morning and minus 18 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries this evening. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low minus 25. Wind chill minus 18 ...

Open letter to Hon. Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation February 3, 2020 Hon. Caroline Mulroney Ministry of Transportation 5th Floor, 777 Bay St. Toronto, ON  M7A 1Z8 Dear Minister Mulroney, I cannot begin to describe how disappointed I am with both of your responses to my letters concerning the insufficient access that Northerners have to DriveTest Centres within their region. ...

February 5, 2020 Dear ADSB Families of Elementary Students and LBS Students: The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) announced yesterday that it is again engaging in province-wide and rotating (local) strikes next week. There will be a province-wide strike on Tuesday, February 11th and for the Algoma district, another one-day strike (as part of the rotating strikes) on Wednesday, ...