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    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 ...

Weather – Today will see flurries with risk of snow squalls. Local amount 10 cm. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h this morning. Temperature steady near minus 1. Wind chill near minus 9. Tonight – Periods of light snow. Risk of snow squalls early this evening. Local amount 2 cm. Wind north 20 km/h. Low minus 13. Wind chill minus 9 ...

Snow squall watch in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Agawa – Lake Superior Park Brief, intense snowfall is expected to develop. Under the snow squall, visibilities will be significantly reduced due to the heavy snow. Frontal Snow Squall watch in effect. Conditions are expected to become favourable for a brief but intense snow squall to ...

https://youtu.be/TgMbva-cf08   Last night, December 3rd, the 2018-21 Wawa Municipal Councillors took their oath of office.   Acting CAO Cathy Cyr brought the meeting to order, and took oaths from Councillors Bill Chiasson, Micheline “Mitch” Hatfield, Robert Reece, Pat Tait, and aclaimed Mayor Ron Rody.     Reverend Peter Chalykoff began by saying that this was an honour, the third ...

Welcome to the all-new Algoma Steel Inc.! As of November 30th, 2018, Algoma Steel Inc. purchased substantially all of the assets of Essar Steel Algoma Inc. Today we are stronger, more sustainable, and free from the protection of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). Algoma Steel is now privately owned by a solid group of investors who are committed to ...

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 4 5 LESCHISHIN, Mark 2 3 5 McCOY, Joe 2 3 5 TERRIS, Tom 2 3 5 DERESKI, Louis 5 2 5 ECOLE ST. JOSEPH 5 2 5 MITRIKAS, Eric 5 2 5 MOORE, Bruce 8 1 5 GAMES SCHEDULE – December 103, 2018     Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice ...

Weather – Today will be mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries late this morning and this afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 2. Wind chill minus 14 in the morning and minus 7 in the afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight, flurries are expected. Local amount 5 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 5. ...

A special ‘inaugural’ council meeting will be held tonight in council chambers at 6 p.m. Agenda (1) CALL TO ORDER & NOTE MEMBERS PRESENT 1.1 Cathy Cyr, Acting CAO/Deputy Clerk (2) DECLARATION OF ELECTED OFFICE AND OATH OR AFFIRMATION OF ALLEGIANCE 2.1 Council Elect – Bill Chiasson, Mitch Hatfield, Robert Reece, Pat Tait; Mayor Elect – Ron Rody 2.2  Blessing, ...

Weather – Today A mix of sun and cloud. 40 percent chance of flurries early this morning. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this morning. High minus 5. Wind chill minus 15 in the morning and minus 9 in the afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness before morning. Wind up ...

On November 29, 2018, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment responded to a traffic complaint regarding a possible impaired driver. Police located the vehicle and performed a traffic stop on Algoma Avenue in Wawa, Ontario. As a result of the investigation, the driver was issued a seven-day roadside driver’s licence suspension. This incident is a good ...

Winter keeps trying to happen and the ice has begun to form on smaller lakes. This weekend though, there were two potentially serious incidents.   On Saturday, December 1, 2018, at 9:56 a.m., members of the James Bay Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of someone in distress on the Moose River, near the shore ...

Today, Ontario’s Government for the People is taking its next step in opposing the federal government’s unconstitutional carbon tax, which threatens Ontario jobs and would make life less affordable for families each time they leave home. “Most of Canada’s progress towards meeting its greenhouse gas emission targets is due to action Ontario has taken without having to resort to a ...

On Friday November 23, 2018, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment responded to a traffic complaint regarding possible impaired driver. The driver was reported to be operating a snowmobile erratically within the town of Wawa. Officers located the snowmobile and driver at a local residence. As a result of this investigation, Colton VALLIERE (25) of Wawa, ...