Local & Area News

Weather – Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. 40 percent chance of flurries late this afternoon. Local blowing snow early this morning. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 60. High zero. Wind chill minus 10 this morning. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries and risk of freezing drizzle. ...

Feb 20, 2020 at 14:40 Today, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement in response to tomorrow’s strike action by the four teachers’ unions (OSSTF, ETFO, OECTA, AEFO): “Your child should be in class; they should not be the casualty of union-led escalation. The focus of union leaders ought to be on negotiating a deal that keeps students ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. Increasing cloudiness near noon then a few flurries. Local blowing snow late this afternoon. Local amount 2 cm. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 this afternoon. High minus 8. Wind chill minus 36 this morning and minus 16 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Flurries. Local blowing snow. ...

Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 11 13 FAHRER, Tom 1 11 14 LESCHISHIN, Mark 3 9 14 McCOY, Joe 4 6 14 MITRIKAS, Erik 4 6 14 RODY Ron 6 5 14 TERRIS, Travis – ESC 7 4 14 BUMSTEAD, Aaron 8 3 13 Next games are Monday, February 24th, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.   Ice 1 Ice ...

Born November 11th, 1927 – passed Feb 17, 2020 peacefully at the Lady Dunn. Predeceased by her parents and siblings, Father Jack, Mother Elma, Brother Lloyd, Sister Delia. Leaving behind her Son Michael (Nancy) of Hornepayne, his family, Glen (Leslie) and 3 great grand daughters Jillian, Abby and Nina all of Fort Mc Murray, Paul (Elisa) of Edmonton. Betty came ...

  For Valentine’s Day, JK and Kindergarten students in Ms. Samantha’s class at École Saint Nom de Jésus (Hornepayne) hosted a little party for their parents. During this celebration, parents were able to taste cookies that the children prepared in the morning, as well as to dip marshmallows in melted chocolate so that they could be decorated with candies. Yum, ...

  Pour le jour de la Saint-Valentin, les élèves de maternelle/jardin de Mme Samantha à l’école Saint Nom de Jésus (Hornepayne) ont préparé une petite fête pour leurs parents. Durant la fête, les parents ont pu déguster des biscuits que les enfants ont préparés le matin, ainsi que de tremper des guimauves dans du chocolat fondu pour pouvoir les décorer ...

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.    23    Annual Meeting – First  United  Church                   ALL Members & Adherents are encouraged to attend & discuss the Annual Report & offer your ...

New books on the 7- Day Shelf this week are: “Moral Compass” by Danielle Steel, “Treason” by Stuart Woods and “The River Murders” by James Patterson and James O. Born. Staff Picks for the month of February are: “Texas Ranger” by James Patterson, “Fractured” by Karin Slaughter, “Boy, Snow, Bird” by Helen Oyeyemi and this week’s feature is “The 100” by ...

  Constable Tremblay came to visit the Kindergarten students at Sir James Dunn recently to tell us all about his job as a police officer. Of course the main interest was the cool items on his belt that he uses for his job everyday. Constable Tremblay brought us pictures of everything that he carries with him like his radio, baton, ...

Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 13. Wind chill minus 28 this morning and minus 18 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Clear. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 27. Wind chill minus 21 this evening and minus 33 overnight. Risk of frostbite. News ...

Please be aware that the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre has experienced a partial failure of the condenser unit of the Arena and Curling’s Ice Plant. This is a critical piece of ice making equipment, and the replacement must take place on a short timeline, within the current ice season.   Staff have sourced a replacement unit and scheduled its installation ...

On April 3, 2019, there was a collision between a snowmobile and an Ontario Provincial Police cruiser on Highway 101 in Wawa. The snowmobile operator was transported to hospital where he was treated for multiple fractures of his left leg. While Director Joseph Martino has no doubt that the officer was driving dangerously in the moments before the collision, and ...

“Students belong in class. My objective has always been to reach deals with our education labour partners – deals that are fair to students, hard-working parents, and our valued teachers and education workers. I am pleased the mediator has called all parties back to the negotiating table, as we have always said, we stand ready to negotiate to reach a ...

Council will be holding two meetings tonight – a Corporate Planning Committee Meeting and a Council Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers. First is the Corporate Planning Meeting: Presentations from Mr. Dan Bruno regarding handicap parking; and the second from Kresin Engineering about THM Reduction Program. The committee will then receive reports and discuss:  Rotary Club of Wawa Radio ...