Local & Area News

Dec 21, 2017 @ 09:22 The Northeastern Ontario Rail Network (NEORN) is delighted that the government has announced that bus service will be improved in Northern Ontario. However, reinstatement of passenger rail should also be a priority. An integrated transportation system means a truly multimodal strategy, where travel by road, rail, and air all have their role. What we have ...

Dec 21, 2017 @ 08:48 On Tuesday December 19, 2017, at approximately 11:15 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment with the assistance of the Algoma District Emergency Medical Service (EMS) and the Wawa Fire Department responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 approximately 45 Kilometres south of Wawa.   The driver ...

Dec 21, 2017 @ 08:31 On Tuesday December 19, 2017 at approximately 10:40 am members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment responded to a single motor vehicle collision near the intersection of Highway 17 and 101. At the scene police observed that the male driver’s ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by drugs. As ...

Dec 21, 2017 @ 08:06 Weather – Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. High minus 11. Tonight will bartly cloudy. Low minus 18. Roads 2017-12-21 – early morning report 101 Timmins to Highway 144 bare and dry road 2017-12-21 2:15 101 Highway 144 to Shawmere River bare and dry road with snow packed sections. 2017-12-21 2:15 101 Shawmere River ...

Dec 20, 2017 @ 08:58   The 2017 Festival of Lights was a bright and beautiful success amazing the organizers! In the community of Wawa over 344 homes were decorated, and 44 entered the competition. Businesses were not to be left out with the BIA showing off their new decorations down Mission Road and Broadway Avenue, and 6 businesses taking up ...

Published on: Dec 20, 2017 @ 08:40 – On Tuesday December 19, 2017 at approximately 11:15 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision located on Highway 17 approximately 45 kilometres south of Wawa in the Brimacombe Township District of Algoma. The lone male driver of the northbound vehicle ...

Dec 20, 2017 @ 08:28 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 & ...

Dec 20, 2017 @ 08:23   Another touchstone to Wawa’s past is now gone. The old Great Lakes Power Office has been torn down and removed. It is sad in a way to see this office gone, but others would love to see the substation itself removed and relocated to a different spot.   Many long-time residents of Wawa will ...

Dec 20, 2017 @ 08:18 So now it is about Christmas and our thoughts go to peace and love while some of our dads, sons, and daughters far away from home to keep the peace. Some of them are in quite dangerous places. So let us think about them as we celebrate the Holidays.  Those who are lucky enough to ...

Dec 20, 2017 @ 08:07 The Legion Ladies held their Annual Cookie Walk last Saturday. If you went you are probably well supplied for Christma. If not, you should keep this on your schedule for next year. It is an easy way to get some of the most delicious cookies in Wawa for your Christmas table. Not only that, you ...

Weather – Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries early this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. High minus 12. Tonight becoming cloudy this evening. 30 percent chance of flurries overnight. Low minus 16. A snow squall warning remains in effect from St. Joseph Island to Sault Ste. Marie today. Up to 10 centimetres are expected with northwest ...

Dec 19, 2017 @ 20:21   Just before 5 p.m. today, December 18, a vehicle struck the Mac’s convenience store on Mission Road. Fire, Algoma EMS and OPP responded to the call. There was no immediate information available as to what had happened or if there were any injuries involved.

Dec 19, 2017 @ 19:46 A snow squall warning remains in effect from St. Joseph Island to Lake Superior Provincial Park. Tonight, lake effect snow squalls will affect this area. Environment Canada explains, “The snow squalls may be intermittent with bursts of heavy snow separated by times of lighter snow. Local snowfall amounts of up to 15 cm or so ...

Dec 19, 2017 @ 10:48   Il a fait froid le 12 décembre : -31 pendant la journée. Les élèves de l’école Saint-Joseph se sont bien amusés à l’intérieur ! Ils ont dansé sur plusieurs chants de « Just Dance ».   Les élèves et les membres du personnel se sont bien réchauffés et ont profité de cette belle journée froide!  

Dec 19, 2017 @ 08:21     Cette année l’École Saint-Joseph de Wawa a choisi d’aider le « Wawa Christmas Hamper Fund » dans leur collecte de nourriture afin d’appuyer plusieurs familles dans notre communauté. Les élèves ont amassé assez de nourriture pour remplir une voiture ! La seule place qui restait était celle du conducteur ! Merci à tous les élèves et leurs ...