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Jun 19, 2018 @ 08:16     Dix élèves de l’école secondaire catholique Saint-Joseph (Wawa), accompagnés de Mme Carole Bouffard et M. James Stewart, se sont rendus au site historique du Fort William à Thunder Bay. Costumés comme des voyageurs arrivant au fort en 1815, les élèves se sont mis dans la peau des gens qui habitaient à l’époque de ...

Jun 19, 2018 @ 08:15     Ten students from École secondaire catholique Saint-Joseph (Wawa), along with teachers Ms. Carole Bouffard and Mr. James Stewart, made their way to the Fort William Historical Park in Thunder Bay. Dressed like voyageurs arriving to the fort in 1815, students were able to get a feel for what life was like during the ...

Jun 19, 2018 @ 08:07 Staff Sergeant Mike Maville, Detachment Commander for the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) advises that the construction work taking place in the public parking section of the detachment parking lot at 742 Great Northern Road has not been completed as anticipated.   Construction is scheduled to continue and is expected ...

Jun 19, 2018 @ 08:02   It is almost exactly one year ago that Members of the Superior East OPP Detachments and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service (SSMPS) held the Wawa Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Ontario in Wawa.   The Ontario Law Enforcement Torch Run® (LETR) is the largest public awareness vehicle and grass-roots fundraiser for Special ...

Jun 19, 2018 @ 07:52 Weather – Sunny. High 22. UV index 9 or very high. Marine – Wind northeast 10 knots becoming light early this morning then becoming northwest 10 Wednesday evening. Waves less than one half metre building to one half metre Wednesday evening. News Tidbits – Rock Island will be hosting a Dinner and a Concert this Saturday. MD Dunn ...

Jun 18, 2018 @ 15:21   Michipicoten First Nation, in partnership with the Anishinabek/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre (A/OFRC), will be conducting a Juvenile Coregonine Seining Assessment in Quota Zone 11, around Lizard Islands, Leach Island, and Gargantua Harbour, and Quota Zone 09 off of Michipicoten White Sands beach.   The project will begin the last week of June and continue ...

Jun 18, 2018 @ 15:12 Summer is almost upon us and so is the annual summer wine tasting hosted by the LDHC Foundation.  Board members and staff have been busy planning a great event featuring 5 wines from around the world and 2 Northern Ontario craft beers.  Of course, there will also be tasty morsels to complement each beverage.   ...

Jun 18, 2018 @ 13:41 CarePartners, a home care service provider to Ontario’s Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) and an Ontario-based community health care agency, has become the victim of a cyber-attack by sophisticated actors. The cyber-attack breached CarePartners’ computer system and as a result, patient and employee information held in that system, including personal health and financial information, has ...

(95 Players) 1st FLIGHT: Bill Carruthers, Scott Carruthers, Nick Alexopoulos-5 under par 31 2nd FLIGHT: Darren Miller, John Tait, Jules Anglehart- 2 under par 34 3rdFLIGHT: Peter Russ, Tim Lesarge, Wayne Rahn-even par 36 4th FLIGHT: Joe McCoy, Glen Williams, Gary Mercier-even par 36 5th FLIGHT: Noah Asselin, Brad Case, Cameron Moore-2 over par 38 6th FLIGHT: Jarret Ralph, Cain ...

Jun 18, 2018 @ 07:25 Weather – A few showers ending early this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. Fog patches dissipating early this morning. High 22. UV index 9 or very high.   Marine – Wind northwest 15 knots diminishing to northeast 10 this evening then becoming light near midnight. Wind light Tuesday. Waves one metre subsiding to less ...

Jun 17, 2018 @ 14:48 Fog advisory in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Near zero visibility in fog is expected or occurring. Local dense fog is expected to continue this afternoon and this evening. Visibility may be significantly and suddenly reduced to near zero. If travelling, be prepared for areas of near-zero visibility. Fog advisories are issued when near ...

Jun 17, 2018 @ 12:01 Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and early this evening. Some of these storms might become severe. The main threat is the ...

You may have seen in the news recently that a man has set out on a six-month journey to swim across the Pacific Ocean. He will be swimming through what is known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area of accumulated waste three times the size of France, to bring attention to the mass amounts of plastic waste polluting ...

Jun 15, 2018 @ 11:51 Have you seen this guitar? Owners say that this beautiful acoustic guitar was taken out of a vehicle in Wawa, on June 5, 2018. It is a Martin acoustic that holds very special meaning to the owner. You can see the strum wear patterns in the wood, they are pretty distinct. If anyone has any ...

The Garden Party has become somewhat of an “Event” in our Community and with this will be our 13th year and we are celebrating with those in the community who have, in the contributed to what we are today! The Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat declared the June 2018 Seniors month proclaiming,  “Now’s the time to start something new,” and highlights how ...