Local & Area News

Weather – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of rain showers or flurries. Temperature steady near plus 3. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of rain showers or flurries this evening. Flurries beginning late this evening except showers near Lake Superior. Snowfall amount 2 cm inland. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus ...

Adam Carricato, the Gr 7/8 Teacher at St. Joseph French Immersion C. S. submitted an article detailing how his class exercised their civic duty in voting. This was also part of the nation-wide Student Vote. Adam has sent the results of the Student Vote for the riding of Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing. These results include results from all 37 participating schools across the riding. All ...

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. The United Church Women of First United Church wish to thank the entire community for their support of the recent Thrift Shop. All remaining items have been sent ...

New books on the 7- Day Shelf this week are; “Vendetta In Death” by J.D. Robb, “Nothing Ventured” by Jeffrey Archer and “The Turn of the Key” by Ruth Ware. Come on in and check it out!! The staff picks for the month of October are: “A Willing Murder” by Jude Deveraux, “Sister, Sister” by Sue Fortin,  “Dry Bones” by ...

Weather – Showers. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High 7. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of rain showers or flurries. Low zero. News Tidbits – There is a special council meeting today at 12 noon. On the agenda is the Appointment of Interim Integrity Commissioner, and two ...

A new Community Innovation and Co-working Space is in the planning stages for Wawa and the EDC wants your input. The space is named the Wawa CoLAB and serves to support local community orgs, change makers, emerging social enterprise, and existing and emerging local entrepreneurs.  The Wawa CoLAB is for people of all ages and abilities who live in Wawa ...

  On October 21st the William Rose Memorial Golf Tournament committee donated $500 to the Foundation in support of the Long Term Care Unit at the Lady Dunn Health Centre. Donations can be designated to specific units within our hospital such as the Long Term Care Unit, Cancer Care and Palliative Care. They can also be given as “general donation” ...

  Friday, October 18, 2019 was an exciting day for the Grade 4-8 students at St. Joseph French Immersion Catholic School. After four weeks of preparation through the Student Vote Canada 2019 Program, students finally got to cast their vote for the member they would like to represent Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing in Ottawa. St. Joseph French Immersion students along with 1.1 million ...

Weather – Showers. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 10. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Showers. Low plus 5. News Tidbits – Hydro One has been coping with power outages overnight. White River is still without power. It is expected to be repaired by 12 noon. The local school bus was also cancelled. Carol Hughes is returning ...

Please be advised that St. Basil school in White River (Huron Superior Catholic District School Board) is closed to staff and students today due to a power outage in that community. The local White River bus (#9) to that school is also cancelled.

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers late this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming east 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High 12. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – Rain. Amount 20 to 30 mm. Wind east 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light after midnight. Low 8. News Tidbits – Today is ...

  The Wawa Public Library hosted an afternoon of music with Isabella Imperatori and Doris Zagar. It is always a treat when Isabella performs, but the addition of Doris, the duo performance kept the audience wanting to hear more. Doris has been taking lessons from Isabella, and her voice is delightful to hear, and blends with Isabella. Not only was the ...

  The repairs to the roof of the Municipal Offices at 40 Broadway are nearly complete. It was a nice afternoon yesterday to be outside working, but that may change Monday as wet, miserable weather is expected to move in.

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers this morning. High 13. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – A few clouds. Fog patches developing near midnight. Low plus 2. News Tidbits – It all depends on the weather and it doesn’t really look favorable with a wet and stormy weather coming from the southwest this week. Tuesday morning ...

  Last Friday the Kindergarten class at Sir James Dunn Public School celebrated the new friendships that they have created with their fellow classmates by making a Friendship Fruit Salad.  Each little friend brought in a piece or two of fruit to share with the class and on Friday morning all of the fruit was chopped up by our friends ...