Local & Area News

  One of the most important things a parent can do is to instill a love of reading in their children. Stories with a rich vocabulary can stimulate the imagination and understanding of our world. This was something that Dolly Parton understood when she began the Imagination Library. She writes: “Hi everybody. This is Dolly. “Before he passed away, my ...

  Les équipes de l’école élémentaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont fait belle figure lors de la compétition régionale de courses de bateaux en carton à Marathon le 5 novembre dernier. L’équipe composée de Marguerite Bouffard, Sébastien Chevrier, Devin Forbes et Quinn Laing a remporté la médaille d’or. Cette formation s’est distinguée en raison de sa capacité de construire un bateau en ...

  Both École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) teams stood tall at the Regional Cardboard Boat Race competition in Marathon on November 5th. One of the teams, made up Marguerite Bouffard, Sébastien Chevrier, Devin Forbes, and Quinn Laing, placed first based on their ability to build a quick and sturdy cardboard boat. Their vessel navigated 25 metres in 28.5 seconds and carried a ...

The snow squall watch issued early yesterday morning continues today.   Environment Canada explains that snow squalls are expected to persist today and tonight from St. Joseph Island to Montreal River Harbour. “Intense lake effect snow bands are expected to continue today and tonight. Areas under the most intense portion of this band could receive snowfall amounts of 10 to 15 ...

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 2 2 McCOY, Joe 1 2 2 DERESKI, Louis 2 1 2 ECOLE ST. JOSEPH 2 1 2 MITRIKAS, Eric 2 1 2 TERRIS, Tom 2 1 2 LESCHISHIN, Mark 3 0 2 MOORE, Bruce 3 0 2 GAMES SCHEDULE –  November 19, 2018 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 Moore ...

Weather: Today – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h early this afternoon. High minus 8. Wind chill near minus 19. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Low minus 16. Wind chill minus 16 in the ...

  Just north of Harmony Beach, it looks like a transport rolled over and landed in the bush. A loyal Wawa-news reader sent this photograph and noted that winds are gusting strongly in that area. Police have already left the scene, and recovery crews are working to remove the transport. This may cause some minor mail deliveries as this transport was ...

Long-time residents may not know that Wawa’s Adult Learning Centre, formally known as the North Algoma Literacy Centre, has been in operation for over 29 years. Funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities, we also partner with the Regional Employment Help Centre, and Algoma District School Board. We work with our community to promote and provide life-long learning ...

  On November 8th, Ecole St. Joseph and Michipicoten High School hosted the NSSSAA Girls Basketball and Boys Volleyball league finals. All volleyball games were held at Ecole St. Joseph, while the basketball games were played at Michipicoten High School. Participants for both sports consisted of the top two teams in each of the Eastern and Western divisions of NSSSAA. ...

  Safe Communities and Algoma Power Inc. in partnership with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Sault Ste Marie Police Service (SSMPS), Anishinabek Police Service, and Batchewana Police Service, searched throughout the summer for kids “playing safe” in the Algoma District. Through this program, youth were encouraged to develop positive safety habits by wearing the proper protective equipment while enjoying outdoor activities such as riding ...

This week it’s all about honour. Without doubt, hosting constituency clinics in various communities about one week per month effectively helps me to stay abreast with what’s on the minds of the People of Algoma-Manitoulin. Those clinics allow me to meet one-on-one with constituents who wish to discuss matters of concern to them. In addition, Canadians celebrated Remembrance Dayand since ...

Here is another article which provides further strong support to much previous evidence that control of lifestyle factors is highly effective in the prevention of recurrent heart attack in those with previously diagnosed heart disease. It also implies that these same factors would be highly effective in preventing heart disease in the first place as has been indicated in other ...

Community members have been very supportive of Wawa Community Food Bank through this month of November. Naturally Superior Adventures concluded their annual Clean Out The Freezer dinner and graciously accepted donations for our local food bank.  In addition to a very generous monetary contribution, we also received many boxes of canned goods collected from dinners and musical entertainment over the ...

At 5:16 AM this morning, Environment Canada issued a Snow squall watch for: Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Environment Canada says that snow squalls are expected to develop tonight and continue into Tuesday,  “Intense lake effect snow bands are expected to develop tonight and continue on Tuesday. Areas under the most ...

Weather Today – Periods of snow. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High minus 3. Wind chill near minus 13. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 15. Wind chill minus 12 in the evening and minus 21 ...