Local & Area News

Ontario players check your tickets! The $60 million LOTTO MAX jackpot winning ticket from the Friday, December 21, 2018 draw was sold in Guelph. Last night’s draw produced some nice wins across the province: Eight MAXMILLIONS tickets, worth $1,000,000 each, were sold in Georgetown, Hamilton, London (2), Ottawa, Toronto (2) and Woodbridge. Six MAXMILLIONS tickets, worth $250,000 each, were sold ...

The 20th annual Shadows of the Mind Film Festival is set to run Feb. 23 to March 3, 2019 in Sault Ste. Marie and an extra special gala is planned to kick off the occasion. Shadows of the Mind Film Festival is pleased to announce the film Giant Little Ones, has been confirmed for the 20th anniversary gala screening. The coming-of-age film ...

Weather – Today, a mix of sun and cloud. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 9. Wind chill minus 23 in the morning and minus 13 in the afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 15. Wind chill minus 13 in the evening and minus 21 overnight. Roads – ...

  On the 29th of September 1996, at approximately 2:00 a.m. 15-year-old, Melanie Ethier left a friend’s residence in the Town of New Liskeard, to walk home less than a kilometre away. Melanie has not been seen or heard from since. The investigation remains active and is ongoing. The status of the investigation will remain open until the OPP determine the whereabouts ...

On Sunday, December 9, 2018, the Municipality of Wawa became the victim of a sophisticated cyber-attack in which the Town’s network was illegally accessed and infected with ransomware. The malware was able to encrypt a number of Town systems rendering them unusable. Although the Municipality’s IT staff worked quickly to disable the network, a number of the Municipal systems were ...

On December 18, 2018 at approximately 11:40 p.m., members of the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a pickup truck driving erratically on Elgin Street in White River Township, Ontario. Police stopped the pickup truck on Spruce Street and spoke to the female driver. The odour of alcohol could be detected emanating from her breath. As a result of the investigation, ...

On December 18, 2018, members of the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), with the assistance of the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) executed a search warrant at a residence on Churchill Avenue in Wawa, Ontario. Previously, on November 29, 2018, Superior East OPP responded to a theft related call at a home on Tamarack Avenue in Wawa, Ontario. Numerous items ...

Le jeudi 13 décembre dernier, des élèves de la classe de 7e et 8e année de l’École Saint-Joseph (Wawa), accompagnés de Mme Isabella Impératori et Mme Suzanne Trudel, ont fait du porte-à-porte pour chanter de belles chansons de Noël! Cet événement est toujours très attendu dans la communauté Wawa! Cette guignolée est parmi de nombreux prélèvements de fonds que font ...

On the evening of Thursday, December 13, grade 7 and 8 students of École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) accompanied by Ms. Isabella and Ms Suzanne went from door to door in the community singing Christmas carols. This is always a highly anticipated event in Wawa. This activity was aimed at raising funds for the students’ end of year trip to Toronto as ...

Weather – Periods of light snow ending near noon then cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40. Temperature steady near minus 8. Wind chill near minus 17. Tonight, a chance of flurries. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low minus 12. Wind chill near minus 20. With the temperatures dropping, watch for ...

On Wednesday December 19, 2018, members of the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with the assistance of the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), executed a search warrant at a residence on Regina Crescent in Wawa, Ontario. As a result of the search, police seized approximately 40 tablets of suspected fentanyl and a ...

  L’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) a accueilli, encore cette année, un élève du programme d’échange Rotary. Eric Schulz de l’Allemagne est à l’école Saint-Joseph depuis septembre et y sera jusqu’en juin 2019 afin de faire une pleine année scolaire. Ainsi, il a tout récemment eu l’occasion de participer à une activité typique du nord de l’Ontario : la raquette. Il était ...

  École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) welcomed again this year an exchange student through the Rotary Exchange Program. Eric Schulz from Germany has been at École Saint-Joseph since September and will be staying until June to complete his academic year. In order to ensure Eric gets a true northern-Ontario experience, students and staff took him out snowshoeing, a sport he was ...

With Part 2 of Bill C-46 has come into effect (December 18, 2018), the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will begin to exercise new authority for investigating impaired drivers on Ontario roads. Police officers will now be able to demand a roadside breath sample from any lawfully stopped driver to determine whether a person has alcohol in their body without first ...

Savoir où se rendre pour obtenir des soins est important, surtout durant le temps des Fêtes, où il y a à la fois une plus grande demande en soins de santé et plus de bureaux fermés en raison des congés. Le personnel du Service de soins à domicile et en milieu communautaire du Réseau local d’intégration des services de santé ...