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May 16, 2018 @ 13:47 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 Thurs. May 17   Worship Committee – 9:30 a.m. Sat.      May 19  Prayer Shawl Ministry – 3 p.m.     God ...

May 16, 2018 @ 08:07 On May 10, 2018, Local Union 2251 announced that they had a tentative agreement with the consenting creditors. A meeting was scheduled for May 22, 2018, at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. for the purpose of informing the members of the tentative agreement. The tentative agreement remains in place, however, it has become ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers this morning and early this afternoon. Clearing this afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm this morning. High 16. UV index 6 or high.   News Tidbits – Tonight is registration night for soccer, t-ball and softball at the MMCC from 6 – 7 p.m. Register your child for $25 per sport (Season is ...

May 15, 2018 @ 08:14   Students and staff of the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) celebrated Catholic Education Week with a variety of events over the past five days. One of the defining events of the week was the annual Walk for Justice. The focus for the 9th edition of the walk was water. Students in all schools ...

May 15, 2018 @ 08:11 (1)  CALL TO ORDER & NOTE MEMBERS PRESENT (2)  REVIEW OF ADDENDUM & APPROVAL OF AGENDA 2.1 Approval of Agenda (3)  ANNOUNCEMENTS / DEPUTATIONS 3.1  Presentation – Municipal Environmental Award to Mr. Jozin 3.2  Presentation – Algoma Power Inc. (4)  DECLARATION OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF (5)  APPROVAL OF MINUTES 5.1 Approval ...

May 15, 2018 @ 07:45 Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light this afternoon. High 13. UV index 7 or high.   News Tidbits – Don’t forget Summer hours for the MMCC begin this Friday, May 18th. Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre: 6 a.m. – 4 p.m. Pro-shop: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

May 14, 2018 @ 21:34   The Wawa Fire Department was kept busy on Mother’s Day responding to three calls for service. The first was in the early afternoon to a small gravel pit just south of Wawa. People have been dumping household garbage there and a mattress had caught fire. The firefighters quickly extinguished it. The second call was ...

May 14, 2018 @ 16:44 On May 14, 2018 shortly before 9:00 a.m., members of the Thunder Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a child abduction incident in the area of Copenhagen Road in Gorham Township east of Thunder Bay. Upon police arrival, officers learned that the suspect had fled the scene in a vehicle with the 8-year-old child. ...

May 14, 2018 @ 15:48 On Saturday May 12, 2018 at approximately 5:00 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment responded to a local Wawa address regarding a report of a dispute. At the scene investigation revealed that an altercation had taken place between a male and a female. As a result a 19 year ...

May 14, 2018 @ 14:09 Tentative agreements negotiated by the United Steelworkers (USW) at Sault Ste. Marie steelmaker Algoma offer optimism of a return to prosperity and normalcy for thousands of working families and a community that have endured 2½ years of upheaval and uncertainty. “The Steelworkers and our members in Sault Ste. Marie have stood in solidarity since 2015 ...

May 14, 2018 @ 11:47 Ontario AMBER Alert has been cancelled. The child has been found safe. May 14, 2018 @ 11:48 The Ontario Provincial Police have issued an Amber alert for Gabriel McCallum.   Gabriel is described and 8 years old, white male, 3 feet – 6 inches, 60 pounds, black hair, wearing faded grey jeans, long sleeve Canada ...

May 14, 2018 @ 11:34 On Sunday May 13, 2018 at approximately 2:00 am members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment responded to a local Dubreuilville, Ontario address regarding a report of a dispute. At the scene investigation revealed that an altercation had taken place between a male and a female and that damage to property ...

May 14, 2018 @ 11:32 On Sunday May 13, 2018 at approximately 12:30 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (White River) Detachment were conducting radar patrols on Highway 17 in Alanen Township, District of Algoma. At this time a north-bound vehicle was observed travelling at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was stopped for “Stunt driving – excessive speed, greater ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. High 18. UV index 7 or high. News Tidbits – Wawa will be the host for the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) Mid Term Meeting this week. Welcome to all! Andrea Horwath announces yesterday, Mothers’ Day that for the first time in Ontario history a political party—hers—has surpassed 50% women candidates.

May 12, 2018 @ 14:14 Passed peacefully at the Lady Dunn Health Centre on Friday, May 11, 2018, at the age of 92 years. Beloved wife and best friend of Kenneth Thompson. Dear mother of Leslie Rowe (late Malcolm), Greg Thompson (Grace) and Kevin Thompson. Grandmother of Tracy, Geoff (Chelsey), Karley (Mike), David (Whitney) and Jose (Taylor). Great-grandmother of Rylend, ...