Local & Area News

9 a.m. Provost vs Browns 10 a.m. Ladies Ladies 11 a.m. Buckell Morden 12 p.m. Dom Jean Carruthers 1 p.m. RenTech Provost 2 p.m. Ladies Ladies 3 p.m. Buckell Dom Jean 4 p.m. Carruthers Morden Remember that the Beer Gardens will be open at the MMCC. Come support the Wawa Minor Hockey Association.  

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 5 5 LESCHISHIN, Mark 2 4 5 McCOY, Joe 3 3 4 BUCKELL, Chris 4 2 4 HALL, Dave 4 2 4 KLOCKARS, Anna-Lise 4 2 4 SPENCER, Diane 7 1 4 BOYD, Katherine 7 1 5 HOFFMANN, Jim 9 0 5 Schedule for Thursday – December 13, 2018 Ice 1 Ice 2 ...

5:02 AM EST Friday 07 December 2018 Snow squall watch in effect for: Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Snow squalls are expected to develop. Under the snow squall bands, visibilities will be significantly reduced due to the heavy snow, and snow will quickly accumulate. Snow squalls are possible this afternoon into Saturday morning. Lake effect snow is ...

Weather – Today will see increasing cloudiness. A few flurries beginning this morning. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 11. Wind chill minus 35 in the morning and minus 14 in the afternoon. Risk of frostbite. A few flurries ending this evening then mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind up ...

  Only over the past few days has the ice begun forming on Wawa Lake. This photograph was taken at 3:50 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. Soggy around the edges and patchy towards the depths of the lake – it really did look pretty; the fresh snow on the ice and the dark snow squally skies. Not an hour later I got ...

Algoma Manitoulin NDP MPP Michael Mantha said that the short operating hours of Service Ontario and Drive Test locations throughout the north are making it difficult for families and businesses to get the services that they need.   “The Service Ontario location in the town of Wawa, Ontario, is only open four hours a day, four days a week,” said ...

Each year, bird lovers welcome winter by joining a Christmas Bird Count. It’s a great way to explore nature while helping our feathered friends and is a part of many families’ holiday traditions. The Christmas Bird Count began in 1900, and today it is North America’s longest-running wildlife census. The one-day bird census is conducted by volunteers of all ages ...

Weather – Today will be cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. Wind up to 15 km/h. Temperature falling to minus 14 this afternoon. Wind chill minus 17 in the morning and minus 23 in the afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight, a few clouds are expected. Wind up to ...

Dec 5, 2018 @ 23:14 Poor visibility and road conditions have been reported from Montreal River Harbour to the Agawa Hill. Earlier this evening (10:30) a number of transports were stuck on the Agawa Hill. Currently, very poor visibility has been reported in the Montreal River Harbour/Alona Bay area. This snow squall warning ended at 12:21 a.m. 11:12 PM EST ...

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 A special THANK YOU to everyone who helped in so many ways at the Bazaar & Luncheon held last Saturday. Sun.  Dec. 09    2nd Sunday ...

New Books – New books on the Seven Day Shelf this week are: “Racing to the Finish-My Story” by Dale Earnhardt Jr.; “Dark Sacred Night” by Michael Connelly and “Kingdom of the Blind” by Louise Penny!  Come on in and browse through all of the great books on the Seven Day Shelf!   Staff Picks for the Month of December are ...

At the December 4th Inaugural Meeting, Algoma District School Board (ADSB) introduced and welcomed four new Trustees for the December 1, 2018, to November 30, 2022 term.   Greg Bowman is the new ADSB Trustee representing Ward 3. Greg is a Senior Electrical Planner working at Central Trades at Algoma Steel. For over 15 years, he has been a committed member of ...

    For thousands of years, the night sky has been a place of entertainment and guidance. It was also the foundation of myths and superstitions. Bright comets were deemed to be messengers of impending doom such as drought, disease, famine, war, etc. Located in the outer reaches of our solar system, comets are mountains of rock and ice that ...

Weather advisory in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Winter weather travel advisory in effect for this morning and early afternoon. Flurries and local snow squalls are expected this morning and early afternoon. Visibility may suddenly be reduced to near zero for brief periods of time in bursts of heavy snow. Local accumulations of up to ...

Team Standings: Tied for first place is Friends and Black Thunder with 21 points Bowler of the week:  Nash Lewis with 179 pins over average. TEAM LEADERS:  High Series: Mafia 3821 High Single: Incredi-bowls 1338 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS: Men’s Series Flat: Jake Casavant 733 Men’s Single Flat: Marcel Lewis 290 Ladies Series Flat: Rachelle Godin 543 Ladies Single Flat: Lisa Miller ...