Local & Area News

On June 20, 2020, at approximately 11:05 a.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a neighbour dispute on Mill Road in Chapleau. As a result of the investigation, Gille BOUCHARD, 61 years-of-age, from Chapleau, was arrested and charged with the following: Assault, contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code (CC), Uttering ...

  Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for significant rainfall (grey areas are affected – red is a heat warning). Rain is expected to begin today over areas to the east of Lake Superior and spread to the east and northeast tonight. Significant rainfall in amounts of 30 to 40 mm is possible, continuing through Tuesday. There is ...

The Rotary Club of Wawa continues to meet and do good work for the community of Wawa. Last week two donations were made to two community organizations. The first donation was to the Wawa Community Food Bank,  Volunteers Margaret Chapman and Jackie Blanchette received the check from Rotarian Russell Reid. This donation will allow the Wawa Community Food Bank to  ...

Weather – Showers. Fog patches near Lake Superior early this morning. High 18. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Low 12. Marine Forecast – Wind southeast 10 knots becoming light near noon then becoming north 10 near midnight. Wind increasing to north 15 Tuesday morning then backing to northwest 15 near noon ...

Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs, issued the following statement on National Indigenous Peoples Day: “Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day, a day to celebrate the unique heritage, cultural diversity and rich traditions of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Ontario. It is also a day to recognize the contributions of Indigenous Peoples to our province, and the ...

Le ministre des Affaires autochtones, Greg Rickford, a fait la déclaration suivante à l’occasion de la Journée nationale des peuples autochtones : « Aujourd’hui est la Journée nationale des peuples autochtones, une journée qui célèbre le patrimoine unique, la diversité culturelle et les riches traditions des Premières Nations, des Inuits et des Métis de l’Ontario. C’est aussi une journée pour ...

The Ontario Government has announced funding of $850,000 for the Invasive Species Centre supporting ongoing research into  the prevention, early detection, control and eradication of invasive species across the province. Since 2011, the Invasive Species Centre, based in Sault Ste. Marie has collaborated with government, academic, industry and Indigenous communities and organizations to play a significant role in research, response ...

The Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat declares June is Seniors Month with the theme; “Stay safe, Stay in Touch”.  “It is a time when we recognize the contributions that older adults have made in communities across our province”. Given the current circumstances, they are focusing on engaging and bringing seniors together virtually, rather than in person. There are many ways to connect ...

The government of Ontario is providing up to $10 million to Indigenous-owned small and medium sized businesses to help them with much needed capital as the province begins to safely and gradually reopen the economy.   Loans of up to $50,000 will be available to businesses that are either ineligible for, or unable to access, existing federal and provincial COVID-19 ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario fournira jusqu’à 10 millions de dollars aux petites et moyennes entreprises autochtones pour les aider à obtenir les capitaux dont elles grandement besoin, alors que la province amorce la réouverture graduelle et sécuritaire de l’économie. Les entreprises autochtones qui ne sont pas admissibles aux mesures d’aide fédérales et provinciales mises en place pour aider les petites entreprises ...

Weather – Showers ending late this morning then cloudy. Fog patches near Lake Superior. High 18. UV index 7 or high. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Fog patches near Lake Superior. Low 10. Marine Forecast – Wind light becoming northwest 15 knots early this morning then diminishing to southeast 10 near noon. Wind increasing to southeast 15 early this evening then diminishing ...

Weather – Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm late this afternoon. Fog patches near Lake Superior. High 20. UV index 6 or high. Tonight – Periods of rain with risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches near Lake Superior. Amount 15 to 25 mm. Low 16. Marine Forecast – Wind light becoming northeast 10 knots this ...

Wawa 4 is noted as having been started Jun 19, 2020 7:15 PM. At the time of this report it is burning at 4 hectares, about 5 kilometres east of Dubreuilville, The smoke is visible from the community. The MNR has resources already deployed to fight the fire. A helicopter and water bomber have been observed at work. There was ...

Jun 19, 2020 at 14:34   Algoma Public Health is advising of the 24th case of COVID-19 in the Algoma District. The avenue of exposure is unknown. This case is ‘a person of the FJ Davey Home’. The FJ Davey Home reports on their website: “As part of ongoing, proactive staff surveillance testing, COVID-19 has been confirmed in a person ...

  The moose are out in full force. In what appears to be record numbers, many residents have reported to Wawa news that the moose are out and about, taking refuge from the flies by standing near the highway. There may be more of a breeze standing just out of the treeline, ditches, and sometimes even in the middle of ...