Local & Area News

Feb 14, 2018 @ 09:05 Team Standings: Black Thunder 1st place with 41 points Men’s High Average: Marcel Lewis 183 Ladies’ High Average: Rachelle Godin 161 Bowler of the week: Moriah Sigouin with 103 pins over average. TEAM LEADERS:  High Series: Friends 3900 High Single: Black Thunder 1391 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS: Men’s Series Flat: Marcel Lewis 715 Men’s Single Flat: Wayne ...

Feb 14, 2018 @ 09:02 This morning the winning ticket was drawn for the second winning ticket in the 2017/18 Wawa Volunteer Firefighters Annual Cash Draw. Andee Thibodeau of Dubreuilville was the winner, and is sure to be celebrating in style this Valentine’s Day. Her ticket will be returned to the drum, and will be eligible with all the other ...

Feb 14, 2018 @ 08:30 At last night’s council meeting, Mayor Ron Rody reminded residents of the upcoming Senior’s Luncheon. Participants are being asked to pay $2 to attend, with those monies being donated to the Wawa Royal Canadian Legion Lift Campaign. Mayor Rody also encouraged everyone to come out and enjoy the 2018 Wawa Winter Carnival. Council accepted the ...

Feb 14, 2018 @ 08:09 The congregation welcomes everyone to Worship at First United Church. Services are held on Sunday at 11 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 ...

Weather Today Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries this morning. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. High minus 1. Tonight Cloudy. Snow beginning after midnight. Amount 2 cm. Low minus 6.   Roads 2018-02-14 – early morning report 101 Timmins to Highway 144 bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections. 2018-02-14 2:29 101 Highway 144 ...

Feb 13, 2018 @ 17:10 Michipicoten Island Caribou have made headlines recently on Minnesota Public Radio, Sault online, CBC’s “As it Happens” and the New York Times, among others. Predation by wolves, who were able to reach the island due to ice cover on Lake Superior in 2014, resulted in relocation of the Michipicoten Island Caribou to the Slate Islands. The ...

Feb 13, 2018 @ 14:58 Tourism Ireland today announced details of some of the famous attractions and sites around the world which will go green to mark St Patrick’s Day this year, continuing the organization’s first-half promotional drive to grow overseas tourism in 2018. The annual initiative, which sees a host of major landmarks around the world turn green for ...

Feb 13, 2018 @ 10:03 Collection of data on academic outcomes among Indigenous students is a necessary step towards bridging the education gap between Indigenous and non-indigenous students, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Measuring Student Outcomes: The Case for Identifying Indigenous Students in Canada’s PISA Sample,” authors John Richards and Parisa Mahboubi encourage provinces ...

Feb 13, 2018 @ 08:31 Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 10 12 LESCHISHIN, Mark 2 9 12 McCOY, Joe 3 7 12 HOFFMANN, Jim 4 6 13 ECOLE ST. JOSEPH 5 5 13 MOORE, Bruce 5 5 13 YOUNG, Paul 5 5 13 DERESKI, Louis 8 3 12 GAMES SCHEDULE – February 21, 2018 WEDNESDAY Ice 1 Ice ...

There is a regular council meeting tonight in Council Chambers at 6 p.m. The following items may be of interest the residents of Wawa.   Consent Agenda 6.2 Approval of Minutes (resolution) (a) Special Council Meeting – Tuesday, January 9, 2018 (b) Regular Council Meeting – Tuesday, January 9, 2018 6.3 Receive Committee / Board Minutes (a) Heritage Committee Meeting ...

Feb 13, 2018 @ 07:57 Weather Today Becoming cloudy this morning with a few flurries. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High minus 7. Tonight Flurries. Local amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. Temperature steady near minus 7.   Roads 2018-02-13 – early morning ...

Feb 12, 2018 @ 15:52 A new report on the sale of Hydro One by the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO), Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath issued the following statement:   “Today’s report by the FAO is a damning indictment of the privatization schemes rammed through by successive Conservative and Liberal governments. The sale of Hydro One will cost ...

SSM Mayor Christian Provenzano issued the following statement on the documentary “Steel Town Down”: I have received a number of Facebook messages, emails and telephone calls since last night’s airing on W5 of the Vice Media production “Steel Town Down”.  Some have been concerned with how the documentary portrayed our community, some with what the City is/is not doing to ...

Ross Romano, MPP for Sault Ste. Marie issued the following statement:   “I believe I speak for us all when I say how frustrating it was to see the way in which our City was depicted in the recent airing of the W5 television special, Steel Town Down. While I believe there is in fact an opioid crisis in our ...

Feb 12, 2018 @ 08:18 Like many Northerners, I’m definitely a 4-season person. That is to say, I love something about each of our seasons. In fact, this is one of the best things about Algoma-Manitoulin. Winter, spring, summer, and fall, with our hills, forests, lakes and rivers there is a plethora of things to do for outdoor enthusiasts. And for ...