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Mar 21, 2018 @ 12:09 Manitou Gold Inc. announces that it has entered into a binding purchase agreement with Argo Gold Inc. to purchase the property known as the “Rockstar” Property, comprised of 16 unpatented mining claims located in Jacobson and Riggs Townships, Ontario. The “Rockstar” Property encompasses an area of 2816 hectares (7,040 acres) and lies within the Goudreau-Localsh ...

Mar 21, 2018 @ 12:01   March is Red Cross Month and the Canadian Red Cross is celebrating March for Meals. The Meals on Wheels program in North Algoma has been serving smiles one meal at a time for eighteen years.  As part of March for Meals, Champions Week is when participating organizations invite local VIPs from their community to ...

Mar 21, 2018 @ 08:07 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 CHURCH OFFICE HOURS – Thurs. 1 -3 p.m. Roberta requests that an appointment be made. Please call 705-856-2926 ...

Mar 21, 2018 @ 07:56 Weather Today Increasing cloudiness this morning. High minus 3. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight Mainly cloudy. Low minus 16. Roads All roads are bare and dry, except for Hwy 651 which is bare and dry, and partly snow packed. News Tidbits – Tonight is the Alamos Open House and Ray MacGregor book signing at ...

Mar 20, 2018 @ 09:01 On Tuesday March 20, 2018 at approximately 12:55 am members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment attempted to stop a motor vehicle on Broadway Ave. Wawa, Ontario only to have the driver flee the scene. The motor vehicle was observed by police near a local business area. Police were able to ...

Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 13 17 LESCHISHIN, Mark 2 11 16 HOFFMANN, Jim 3 10 17 McCOY, Joe 3 10 17 ECOLE ST. JOSEPH 4 7 17 MOORE, Bruce 6 6 17 YOUNG, Paul 6 6 17 DERESKI, Louis 8 4 16 GAMES SCHEDULE – March 26,  2018  PLAYOFF QUARTER FINAL GAMES Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice ...

Mar 20, 2018 @ 07:57 Weather Today Sunny. High minus 4. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight A few clouds. Low minus 19.   Roads: All highways are bare and dry with the exception of the following: 631 White River to Highway 11 bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections. 2018-03-20 3:23   651 Highway 101 to ...

Mar 19, 2018 @ 10:12 The Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services, has announced funding to support the participation of Supercom Industries Limited Partnership (Supercom) in the Province of Ontario’s East-West Transmission Line Project. Supercom is wholly owned by Fort William, Pays Plat, Michipicoten, Pic Mobert, Ojibways of the Pic River and Red Rock First Nations. The construction of ...

Mar 19, 2018 @ 10:00 This year, Algoma Public Health turns 50. To celebrate this milestone, we have partnered with Healthy Kids Community Challenge Sault Ste. Marie to bring you ‘Get Active Algoma’. ‘Get Active Algoma’ is all about people getting together, spending a good time with family/friends and going out in the community away from screen time. Screen time is ...

Mar 19, 2018 @ 09:54 On Saturday March 17, 2018, at approximately 8:05 p.m., officers from the Superior East (Hornepayne) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on a motorized snow vehicle in the town of Hornepayne, Ontario. After speaking with the male driver, officers detected an odour of alcohol on his breath. As a result ...

Mar 19, 2018 @ 08:24   Members of the Wawa Fire Department were very excited when Rotarian Gib Sabourin presented them with $5,050. The fire department bought a portable water pressure tester for the fire hoses. This and other essential pieces of equipment will be on display at the Wawa Fire Department’s Open House later this spring.

Mar 19, 2018 @ 07:56 Weather Today Mainly sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 6. Wind chill minus 25 this morning. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight Clear. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 21. Wind chill minus 28.   Roads are bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections.   News tidbits – Colton ...

Weather Today Mainly sunny. Increasing cloudiness this morning then 40 percent chance of flurries late this afternoon. High minus 4. UV index 3 or moderate. Tonight Cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries this evening and after midnight. Low minus 16. News Tidbits – Don’t forget the Wawa Municipal Landfill Site is closed today. Get out and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day ...

Mar 16, 2018 @ 20:21     The Wawa Fire Department has been hard at work today extinguishing a fire that began late this morning at the Municipal Landfill Site. Firefighters have been soaking the household waste section of the landfill that had caught fire today. The Fire Department is using the portable reservoir and refilling it from the hydrants ...

Mar 16, 2018 @ 12:42   The Municipality of Wawa has temporarily closed the Municipal Landfill Site while the Wawa Fire Department extinguishes a blaze.   Wawa-news will update when more information is available.