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Weather – Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries early this morning. High plus 2. UV index 1 or low. Tonight will remain mainly cloudy. Periods of snow beginning before morning. Risk of freezing drizzle before morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 3. Wind chill near minus 5. Roads: HWY 17 REDUCED TO ONE LANE IN THE AGAWA ...

Jan 4, 2019 @ 02:45 Ontario511 site is showing that one lane is open at Agawa Pictograph Road. Jan 3, 2019 @ 22:30 At 10:30 Ontario511 tweeted that the highway was closed. “Update: #Incident #AgawaBay #HWY17 WB at Agawa Rock Rd/Labelle Twp – all lanes are closed due to a vehicle fire. #ONHwys”. There has been nothing from the Ontario ...

Happy Birthday to Luc Berthiaume!   from your family.

It is not a secret that Wawa has a healthy population of coyotes. Any evening drive along Wawa Lake from Dr. Rose’s Beach to the Drill Rig will probably allow you to see at least one. Despite being beautiful, coyotes are omnivores – they eat small rodents as well as local vegetation (berries, fruits, nuts). They also eat small animals such ...

Weather – Cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries early this morning. Periods of snow beginning this morning. Amount 5 cm. Wind southwest 20 km/h. High minus 2. Wind chill minus 14 in the morning and minus 7 in the afternoon. Tonight will see snow in 2 – 4 cm accumulations. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Temperature ...

  A couple of SE OPP – Wawa officers were providing traffic control at this collision around 5 p.m. today. There were no apparent injuries, however there appears to be substantial damage to the car.    

Today… January 2nd… you left us so suddenly in 2014. We miss and think of you all  the time, we miss your humour your great cooking and early morning phone calls. Thinking of you today and always Janet. Sisters Margaret, Pat and Chris

After an extensive search, I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Tony Wyszkowski to replace me as President of WRC Timber. Known as a calm and thoughtful leader, Tony has extensive experience managing $200M businesses with 600+ employees across North America. Well-versed in industrial environments, it was Tony’s dedication to improving the bottom line and affecting positive culture ...

The New Year is upon us. A time for reflecting on the past, and planning for the future. A time when many feel compelled to set a resolution they will actually carry out this year. This year, set a resolution that is realistic, attainable, and will not fall by the wayside by mid-April. Set the resolution to eat more! Eat ...

Wawa Community Food Bank is indebted to many individuals, organisations and businesses in our remarkably generous town. Thank you for the donations we have been receiving from mid- November through to the end of December, 2018. All monetary contributions of any size are appreciated and each personal or non- perishable food item is valued. Feed The Need, our annual major ...

Weather – Flurries. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming south 20 km/h early this afternoon. High minus 7. Wind chill minus 23 in the morning and minus 14 in the afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight –  More flurries with a total amount of 2 cm. Wind south 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Low minus ...

Happy New Year!   Weather – Sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 16. Wind chill minus 34 in the morning and minus 20 in the afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Increasing cloudiness. 40 percent chance of flurries overnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 18 with temperature rising to minus 12 ...

Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. announces that there will be a delay in the filing of its audited annual financial statements for the year ended August 31, 2018 (“Financial Statements”), the related management’s discussion and analysis of those financial statements (“MD&A”) and related filings, which are due on December 31, 2018. As previously announced, the Company has changed auditors, and MNP LLP ...

  On December 16th, the Wawa Volunteer Firefighters joined by the Wawa Mustangs canvassed the streets of Wawa and the Mission to collect food items for the Wawa Christmas Hamper Fund. They walked all the streets of twon with a firetruck and sirens announcing their arrival. A great number of food items were collected as well as just over $920 ...

The purple lights have been going up for a couple of years in Wawa for the month of November. This year there were even more of them; and they have stayed up throughout the holiday season. There are more lights than are shown in the gallery above, some of them are really difficult to photograph. November is Woman Abuse Prevention ...