Local & Area News

  The Wawa Fire Department was called to a blaze at the Wawa Municipal Landfill Site just after 4 p.m. yesterday. The fire looked to be quite large, and firefighters worked for several hours on the fire.

La Société d’aide au développement des collectivités de Supérieur  Est, en collaboration avec les communautés avoisinantes, y compris la Première Nation de Michipicoten, la Première Nation de Pic Mobert, la Première Nation de Brunswick House, la Première Nation  de Chapleau Cree, la Première Nation Chapleau Ojibwe, la Première Nation  de Missanabie Cree, Manitouwadge, White River, Hornepayne, Wawa, Dubreuilville, Chapleau, d’autres ...

The Superior East Community Futures Development Corporation in association with neighbouring communities, including Michipicoten First Nation, Pic Mobert First Nation, Brunswick House First Nation, Chapleau Cree First Nation, Chapleau Ojibwe First Nation, Missanabie Cree First Nation, Manitouwadge, White River, Hornepayne, Wawa, Dubreuilville, Chapleau, and other government and economic development partners are conducting a telephone business survey. This business survey will ...

NEW BOOKS –on the Seven Day Shelf this week are; “The Dakota Winters” by Tom Barbash, “The First Lady” by James Patterson & Brendan Dubois, “Circe” by Madeline Miller and “Good Riddance” by Elinor Lipman.   STAFF PICKS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY ARE; “The Late Show” by Michael Connelly, “Day Into Night” by Dave Hugelschaffer, “The Impossible Dead” by ...

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. A Special Thank-you is extended to everyone who helped to make the recent Thrift Shop another success in spite of extreme winter weather.   The shoppers who braved ...

Weather – Periods of snow ending near noon then cloudy. Local blowing snow early this morning. Amount 2 cm. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light late this afternoon. High minus 11. Wind chill minus 23 in the morning and minus 16 in the afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Mainly cloudy. Wind up to 15 ...

  Andy Stevens has a puzzle and is hoping that a curling fan in Wawa may be able to answer his questions, and fill in some missing data. He explains that the Legion has on display a trophy know as the “Branch 429 President’s Trophy Annual Bonspiel”.   He borrowed the trophy and copied down the names of the winning teams over ...

The Municipality of Wawa is holding a Corporate Planning Committee Meeting tonight Tuesday, February 12, 2019 in Council Chambers at 6:00 p.m. (1) CALL TO ORDER & NOTE MEMBERS PRESENT (2) REVIEW OF ADDENDUM & APPROVAL OF AGENDA 2.1 Appoint Clerk-Pro Tempore  2.1 Approval of Agenda (8) IN-CAMERA SESSION 8.1 Moving onto “In-Camera Session” 8.2 Personnel Issue: (1 item): Staffing – labour ...

Weather – Increasing cloudiness. Periods of snow and local blowing snow beginning this afternoon. Amount 2 cm. Wind becoming northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High minus 10. Wind chill minus 25 in the morning and minus 18 in the afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Snow and local blowing snow. Amount 5 ...

The Ontario Maple Syrup Producers’ Association (OMSPA) is celebrating another successful year hosting the provincial event, Maple Weekend, and making plans to enhance the event in the coming years. In 2019, the date for Maple Weekend has been set for the first weekend in April – April 6 and 7 – and there will be more participating sugarbushes to visit ...

Thank you to all who were present at the service to honor Jean-François’s memory. Merci infiniment à toutes les personnes présentes aux funérailles de notre fils Jean-François. We would like to thank all the people who have touched us with your love, kind words and support during the past year and a half. Merci à toutes les personnes qui nous ...

Men’s High Single – Dave Casavant ( 318 ) Women’s High Single – Mary Ellen Douchamie ( 283 ) Men’s High Triple – Dave Casavant ( 717 ) Women’s High Triple – Mary Ellen Douchamie ( 695 ) Team High Single ( Hdcp’d ) – Wilderness Helicopters Strike Force – ( 1412 ) Team High Triple ( Hdcp’d ) – ...

Weather – Clearing early this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 10. Wind chill minus 28 in the morning and minus 15 in the afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – A few clouds. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h before morning. Low minus 18. Wind chill minus 19 in the evening and minus 28 ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 9 11 LESCHISHIN, Mark 2 7 11 BUCKELL, Chris 3 6 10 McCOY, Joe 3 6 10 SPENCER, Diane 5 5 11 KLOCKARS, Anna-Lise 6 4 10 HOFFMANN, Jim 6 4 11 BOYD, Katherine 8 3 10 HALL, Dave 8 3 10 Schedule for Thursday – February 14, 2019 Ice 1 Ice 2 ...

  The Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation wishes to express a heartfelt thank you to the Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Command Branches and Ladies Auxiliaries’ Charitable Foundation for their donation of $5,000. These funds will be used to support the Digital Radiography Upgrade for the x-ray department.   This donation adds to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 429’s long history ...