Local & Area News

NDP MPP Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain) tabled a motion in the Ontario legislature Tuesday urging the Ford government to implement a plan to meet the needs of children with special needs and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic.   “For months, families have been struggling to support their children with special needs and parents are feeling isolated and burnt out.” ...

Ontario’s Auditor General has confirmed that Doug Ford ignored her warnings and broke Ontario’s environmental laws yet again, this time by ramming through major environmental changes without public consultation on its omnibus Bill 197.   After concerns raised by NDP Environment critic Ian Arthur, and in an interview with the National Observer, Bonnie Lysyk, Ontario’s Auditor General, confirmed that the government ...

Weather – A few showers ending this afternoon then mainly cloudy. High 21. Humidex 25. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Low 12. Marine Forecast – Strong wind warning in effect. ‘Strong’ winds of 20 to 33 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area.  Wind light increasing to south 15 knots Friday morning ...

The Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation (LDHCF) would like to thank all who have supported our very successful Catch the Ace fundraiser. With the current COVID-19 pandemic, the LDHCF is looking for new ways to operate while still supporting the safety of our communities. With our region’s current state and entering Phase 3 reopening of the province, the LDHCF has ...

The Ontario NDP’s Long-term Care critic, Teresa Armstrong, released the following statement in response to an Ontario Health Coalition  (OHC) survey that shows 95 per cent of long-term care staff report seniors’ basic needs continue to go unmet due to staffing shortages:   “Thousands of families are grieving the loss of a loved one in long-term care, and countless more ...

After the Doug Ford government abruptly shut down the Ontario legislature Tuesday, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the entire sitting was a lost opportunity to help people make it through COVID-19. “We could have used this session to make seniors safer in long-term care, including adding more workers for every shift, and making their jobs full-time and better paid,” said ...

The Summer Reading Program has begun! Join us 11am Tuesday-Thursday for stories, crafts, and fun science experiments all on Facebook live. Remember to sign up at the TDSRC website. There you will find tons of eBooks, jokes and a reading log for all the books this summer. Keep track of books you’ve read and let us know how many to ...

Eighth  Sunday after Pentecost. Although we cannot meet for Worship together you may like to read the Scriptures for July 26, 2020. Genesis 29: 15-28            Jacob marries Leah and Rachel Psalm 105: 1-11, 45b      Make known what God has done. or Psalm 128                     It shall be well with you. Romans 8 : 26-39             The Spirit intercedes for us when we  ...

Tom Rakocevic, Ontario NDP Auto Insurance critic, is calling on the Ford government to stop letting auto insurers gouge Ontarians, as drivers get handed huge rate increases mid-pandemic.   The Ford government has refused to require auto insurers to provide discounts during the pandemic as accidents and driving plunged. Now the quarterly update on auto insurance rates is overdue and ...

Probably one of the most missed events in Wawa are the summertime Rock Island House Concerts. Tomorrow night, they will resume – but as an outdoor event. Ian Tamblyn will play outside beginning about 7 p.m. Organizers say, “Just show up with a hankering for great unplugged music, a mask (just in case) and your social distance.” There is no ...

So our sign has been repainted and back on the wall now a bit more paint, our new flag pole and things will look better. Thank you to Jim Aquino for repainting the sign. We are open for business again. And if everyone goes by the rules things will be back to normal maybe soon. Our Comrade Nicholas had a ...

NDP Official Opposition House Leader Gilles Bisson (Timmins) has issued the following statement:   “Doug Ford has abruptly shut down the Ontario legislature for the summer after ramming through legislation that will do nothing to help Ontarians dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 health and economic crisis people across the province are still dealing with. Andrea Horwath and the NDP wanted ...

Weather -A few showers ending this afternoon then mainly cloudy. High 21. Humidex 25. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Low 12. Marine Forecast – Wind northeast 10 knots backing to northwest 10 early this evening then veering to north 10 near midnight. Wind becoming light near noon Thursday. Waves one half metre or less. Showers ending ...

We want to advise everyone that there will be an upgrade to our phone system.  The scheduled date for this is Thursday, July 23 between 9 am and 12:30 pm.  During this timeframe, there will be some intermittent disruption to the inbound and outbound phone calls. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your patience while ...