Local & Area News

  For a twelfth consecutive summer, business-minded youth had their place to shine.  The Youth Enterprise Camp was run in Wawa from July 9th to 13th 2018 at Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre. The camp introduces youth ages 9-13 to the values, attitudes, qualities and skills needed to be successful in today’s economy. High-energy games, activities and workshops challenge every participant ...

Jul 24, 2018 @ 08:02 Due to the extreme fire hazard and the large number of wildfires burning, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has expanded the Restricted Fire Zone in effect to include some areas of the Southern Region. The new zone includes areas north of the community of Rosseau, northwest to Caramat, over to the Quebec border ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. High 21. Humidex 25. UV index 8 or very high. Marine – Wind light becoming west 10 knots this afternoon then backing to southwest 10 Wednesday afternoon. Waves one half metre or less. Fog patches dissipating this morning. News Tidbits – It might be nice to sit by the lake tonight and listen to Zachary Lucky. He plays tonight at ...

Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of showers late this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light this morning. High 26. Humidex 29. UV index 8 or very high. Marine – Wind northeast 15 knots diminishing to northeast 10 early this morning then becoming light this afternoon. Wind becoming west 10 Tuesday ...

Wawa-news has been to many collisions but has to stand aside and out of the way to capture the scene of emergency services doing their job. There is no time to ask what is happening, the Golden Hour is way too short, and they are busy. The photographs document their efforts – but not the story. The Captain of Batchawana Fire ...

Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 7:50 PM (HENVEY INLET, ON) -On July 20, 2018 at approximately 11:00 a.m. After the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) recommended that the community of Key Harbour impose a mandatory evacuation of its residents (on the south side of the Key River); and recommended that the municipality of Killarney impose a mandatory evacuation ...

(83 Players) 1st FLIGHT: Bubba Gagne, Eric Levesque, Dimitri Levesque-7 under par 29!! 2nd FLIGHT: Craig Spooner, Bernie Erechook, Kim Belisle- 3 under par 33 3rdFLIGHT: Kevin Auger, Mark Szekely, Gilles Cyr- 1 under par 35 4th FLIGHT: Anders Dereski, Zach White, Alain Bouffard- 1 over par 37 5th FLIGHT: Chad Millette, Jules Anglehart, Dave Lahaye- 4 over par 40 ...

Jul 20, 2018 @ 14:11 On July 20, 2018, at 10:33 a.m., members from the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a sinkhole on Highway 17 near Obatanga Provincial Park in Dahl Township in between White River and Wawa. At 1:48 p.m. Highway 17 re-opened in both directions. Jul 20, 2018 @ 12:11 On July 20, 2018, at ...

OPP North Bay has confirmed that Hwy 17 is closed between Jct. 519/17 to White River. There is no word on how long it will be closed or why. Unofficial sources say that it is for a culvert that is collapsed. Wawa-news will update.

  It was a beautiful sunset from William Teddy Park. The most important thing though wasn’t the sunset, but that the clouds parted just enough to show the Moon and Venus. Mercury was obscured by the clouds.  

Weather – Mainly sunny. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 22. Humidex 25. UV index 8 or very high. Marine – Wind south 10 knots increasing to southeast 15 this afternoon then diminishing to southeast 10 Friday morning. Wind increasing to northeast 15 Friday afternoon. Waves less than one half metre building to one early this evening then subsiding to less ...

We all wonder where that fabled ‘pot of gold’ lies… Where will you find yours?

  Wesdome Gold Mine Inc. has increased its 3-year commitment to the Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation to $25,000. Very welcome news for the LDHC Foundation! Benoit Bealieu – Chief Engineer (fourth from left), Tania Case, Mine Accountant (third from right) and Marc Andre Pelletier – COO, Chief Operating Engineer (second from right) from Wesdome Gold Mines Inc. visited the ...

    Zachary Lucky is coming to Rock Island Tuesday, July 24th for Dinner and a Concert. Zachary is not a stranger to Rock Island. Wawa-news knows of at least three house concerts there, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Each time he was well enjoyed by the crowd. Zachary Lucky is unapologetically old-school country, armed with a husky, baritone voice – ...

Manitou Gold Inc. is pleased to provide an update on exploration and related activities for its Goudreau area properties. Manitou Gold’s current property portfolio along the Goudreau-Localsh Deformation Zone (“GLDZ”) includes the Goudreau Patents, which consist of 160 acres of surface and mining rights patented lands, and the 7,000+ acre Rockstar Property.  Both properties were recently acquired and are seeing ...