Local & Area News

Dec 15, 2017 @ 08:19   Ontario511 has tweeted: HWY17 WB at Batchawana, lane and WB Shoulder are blocked due to a collision.

Dec 15, 2017 @ 06:0   OPP Communications for the Northeast Region has tweeted: COLLISION: #Hwy17 110km W of #SaultSteMarie – 2 Tractor trailers partially blocking highway. There are no other details available at this time.

Schedule of Events! Thursday, December 14th  Wawa Motor Inn (2 – 4 p.m.) – FREE Hot Chocolate & Tea   Saturday, December 16 Downtown Door Crashers 7 – 8 p.m. Bus Tours (Leave from MMCC) 8 p.m. Hot Chocolate at the MMCC with Mayor Rody 8:30 p.m. Lighting of the Christmas Tree at the MMCC   Festival of Lights Route

Dec 14, 2017 @ 10:36   LCBO is delighted to announce the winning bag design for the annual Think of Me bag campaign, which raises awareness of the dangers of impaired driving. Beating out tens of thousands of submissions, the powerful design from Wawa eighth-grader Jazmyn Maki will be printed on 60,000 bags and distributed at LCBO stores across the ...

Dec 14, 2017 @ 10:29   The Kindergarten students at Sir James Dunn have been very interested in police officers lately so their teacher Mrs. Bernath invited the OPP to visit their classroom.  The focus of the visit was to let the little ones know that while officers do arrest people and put them in jail, that is not the ...

Dec 14, 2017 @ 10:24 It has been a long standing tradition for Sir James Dunn School staff and students to honor the veterans during a Remembrance Day service held in the gymnasium.  This past November 10th, the ceremony was started off by a very moving presentation by Mr. Poldmaa, the principal.  He spoke to the audience about his family’s ...

Dec 14, 2017 @ 09:13 On Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at approximately 8:40 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (White River) Detachment responded to a White River address regarding a report of a dispute between a man and a woman. At the scene, the investigation revealed that a physical altercation had taken place. As a result, ...

Dec 14, 2017 @ 08:56   Throughout the winter, there is the opportunity for people to go walking in the halls of MHS. Once a month, you can have your blood pressure checked, and your blood sugar checked.  

Dec 14, 2017 @ 07:58 Weather – Mainly sunny. Increasing cloudiness this afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 14. Wind chill minus 32 this morning. Tonight – cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 near midnight. Low minus 20. Wind chill minus 30. Roads 2017-12-14 – early morning report 101 ...

Dec 13, 2017 @ 08:38 The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Detachments will be participating in Operation Safe Trucking, a province-wide OPP initiative from December 11 – 15, 2017. The focus of the initiative will be enforcing the rules of the road and moving violations for commercial motor vehicles (CMV). The OPP, along with our partners, will be focusing on violations ...

Dec 13, 2017 @ 08:37   The staff of the Superior Children’s Centre donated $475.00 towards the Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation’s “Wish Upon A Star” Campaign. The staff has been donating annually through their Jean Day Fund and have now contributed $4,796.00 to the Foundation. Thank you Superior Children’s Centre! There is still time to donate to the to ...

Dec 13, 2017 @ 08:23   The Legion Ladies Cookie Walk is very popular – sells out very fast… are you ready? There will be a huge assortment of homemade cookies available for the price of $6 a dozen – but you are limited to 5 dozen per person. You simply walk through the tables and choose your favourite cookies. ...

Dec 13, 2017 @ 08:17   With the temperature hovering around -22C, it is no surprise that Wawa Lake is beginning to freeze over. Despite the snow Tuesday, the ice continued to stretch out towards the center of the lake. I was sure this morning that it would be completely frozen. To my surprise though, there is that patch in ...

Dec 13, 2017 @ 08:12   The Wawa BIA has invested in new lights to decorate Mission Road and Broadway Avenue. For half the year flying geese have decorated the power poles that line the road. Now it is the time for the holiday lights to shine!

Dec 13, 2017 @ 08:05 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 & ...