Local & Area News

Sep 15, 2018 @ 14:45 The Special Weather Statement for Wawa, Pukaskwa Park, White River and Dubreuilvill was ended at 1:07 p.m. Sep 15, 2018 @ 09:54 8:10 AM EDT Saturday 15 September 2018 Special weather statement in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Local 40 to 50 mm of rain possible today. An area of ...

Weather – Showers with thunderstorms ending near noon then mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Local amount 30 to 40 mm. High 19. UV index 5 or moderate. Marine Weather – Wind variable 10 knots becoming east 10 this morning then backing to northeast 10 early this evening. Wind veering to southeast 10 overnight then ...

  Last year the Municipality installed fencing and a gate to help keep snowmobiles out of the cemetery during the winter – and damaging the monuments there. The fencing and gate looked beautiful, but the name “St. Margaret Mary” was impossible to read being that everything was black. The photo to the right shows the gate. The letters have now ...

  GMS Camps & Catering Limited Partnership held the grand opening of its facilities here in Marathon on Wednesday, September 13th. GMS Camps is a partnership between two area First Nations, Pic Mobert First Nation and Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, and along with Sudbury-based Morris Group, to help meet the demand for local accommodations for itinerant workers in the area. “We’re excited ...

The Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation will be at the Blueberry Fall Fair this coming weekend promoting its Dream Vacation Lottery.  Tickets are $10 each or 3 for $20.   While you are there, be sure to enter the draw to win this handmade table runner handcrafted by Heidi Trudeau and Lorraine Pihelgas. The winner will be announced at the ...

    Alex Patterson, Director of Community Services & Tourism has contacted Council and local media. He began, “Unfortunately I have some bad news regarding the upcoming start of the season. We will have to delay our start date.”   He explains in his email that there has been a mechanical failure in one of the two dehumicificaiton units. “This failure ...

Sep 13, 2018 @ 08:08   Do you want to know more about how quality is improving at the Lady Dunn Health Centre?   As part of a continuing commitment to engaging with patients and the community regarding quality improvement, the Lady Dunn Health Centre has now installed three Quality Journey Boards, which are located in Acute Care, Long Term ...

Sep 13, 2018 @ 07:46 Weather – Mainly sunny. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h this morning. High 21. Humidex 25. UV index 6 or high. Marine Weather – Strong wind warning in effect. Wind south 15 knots increasing to south 20 this afternoon then diminishing to south 15 overnight. Wind diminishing to southeast 10 Friday evening. Waves one-half ...

  The Wawa Family Health Team is extremely pleased to announce that two new physicians will be joining our team on October 1st, 2018 and would like to extend a warm welcome to Drs. Jamileh Shaffaf and Sean Robinson.   Sean and Jamileh both hail from the south. Sean was raised in Amherstburg and Jamileh grew up in Bowmanville, but ...

Sep 12, 2018 @ 08:05   Monday night some of Wawa’s night owls were treated to a beautiful display of Northern Lights. They were visible from any location along the eastern shore of Wawa Lake, bu the best viewing was at William Teddy Park. My first stop was at Watson’s Air Base. The viewing was good, but it looked as ...

Sep 12, 2018 @ 07:55 Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 20. Humidex 25. UV index 6 or high. Marine Weather – Strong wind warning in effect.Wind south 20 knots diminishing to south 15 this morning and to southeast 10 early this evening. Wind increasing to south 15 overnight then backing to ...

Sep 12, 2018 @ 05:16 Wawa will have a chance to meet the candidates in Wawa’s 2018 Municipal Election which is hosted by the Wawa BIA. This year’s candidates are: Pat Tait Cathy Cannon James Brown Mitch Hatfield Sandra Weitzel Robert Reece Bill Chiasson Wawa residents will meet them at the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre at 7 p.m. on October ...

  Midnight Vesta is a Canadiana band based out of Toronto. Since the release of their debut EP, ‘The Sleight of Hand’, which garnered national airplay on college radio, the band have been working the 401 and expanding an audience with their live performances. Their 2017 release, ‘Seconds’, sees them progress from a banjo-driven folk band to a guitar-laden quartet ...

Sep 11, 2018 @ 14:33 On September 11, 2018, shortly after 9:00 a.m., members from the East Algoma Blind River Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), a member from the OPP Technical Collision Investigation (TCI) team, OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), Blind River Fire Department and the Mississauga First Nation Fire Department responded to a collision near the junction of Highway 17 ...

  Did you know… Most Canadians have never taken the time to get to know Indigenous People or visit their communities. Beginning tonight, APTN will be showing First Contact, narrated by host and social justice activist George Stroumboulopoulos, First Contact is a journey that will turn the six participants’ lives upside down. First Contact takes six average Canadians, all with strong ...