Local & Area News

Team Rank Wins GP LESCHISHIN, Mark 1 2 2 TERRIS, Tom 1 2 2 DERESKI, Louis 3 1 2 HOFFMANN, Jim 3 1 2 MOORE, Bruce 3 1 2 YOUNG, Paul 3 1 2 ECOLE ST. JOSEPH 7 0 2 GAMES SCHEDULE –  November 20, 2017 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 Hoffmann Young Terris St. Joseph McCoy ...

Nov 14, 2017 @ 07:57 Weather Today – Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers late this morning and this afternoon. Wind becoming south 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High plus 4. Tonight – Cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers this evening. Periods of rain beginning near midnight. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light late ...

Blowy and snowy, the parade made its way down Broadway Avenue, Mission and Magpie Road to the Cenotaph. All the while they were piped by Scott McGillvary and escorted by officers from the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police Detachment.   There at Centoaph, wreaths were laid for Canada, the Province of Ontario, Silver Cross Mother, Municipality of Wawa, Legion Branch ...

Nov 13, 2017 @ 07:58 Weather Today – Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Risk of freezing drizzle this morning. High zero. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Risk of freezing drizzle overnight. Low minus 5. Marine  Strong wind warning in effect.Wind northwest 10 knots becoming light this morning then increasing to south 15 ...

On the morning of November 13, look to the eastern horizon around 6 a.m. local time or an hour before sunrise and you will witness what seems to be an odd sighting in the sky. Like a pair of “spooky eyes” or even a “UFO”, they are simply the two brightest planets of our solar system passing each other so ...

Nov 12, 2017 @ 07:56 Weather Today – Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. High plus 1. Tonight – Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 7. Marine Wind northwest 10 knots becoming light early this morning then becoming northwest 10 near noon. Wind backing to west 10 near midnight then veering to north 10 ...

Nov 11, 2017 @ 06:46 Weather Today – Periods of snow and local blowing snow. Risk of snow squalls over eastern sections. Amount 2 cm except locally 10 cm over eastern sections. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light early this afternoon. High plus 1. Tonight – Periods of snow. Risk of snow squalls over eastern sections this ...

Nov 10, 2017 @ 12:45 MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. announces that it has completed its Trenching and Sonic Drilling Programs that were designed to assess the extend of the Oxide Sands trend at its Holdsworth Gold Project. Quentin Yarie, President and Chief Executive Officer of MacDonald Mines stated, “Our Trenching Program has demonstrated the extensive length of the Oxide Sands ...

Nov 10, 2017 @ 12:30 The world’s elite curlers are returning to “The Soo” for the second time in two years as the Boost National – the third event of the 2017-18 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season – rolls into town November 14-19. Sportsnet’s live coverage of the Boost National kicks off Thursday, Nov. 16 at Noon p.m. ET ...

Nov 10, 2017 @ 12:21 Algoma District School Board’s Nancy Rancourt (FSL System Administrator) and Aurélia Pécheux, (Monitrice de langues et du CECR) provided Trustees information about a new French Second Language (FSL) resource that Algoma District School Board (ADSB) is helping to develop to support FSL educators in Ontario. The Ministry of Education, in partnership with ADSB, the Kawartha ...

Nov 10, 2017 @ 12:17 The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is proud to be continuing its partnership with Mac’s Convenience/Circle K Stores across Ontario again this year for Operation Heat 2017.   OPP Officers will be handing out positive tickets to youth who are spotted committing random acts of kindness or exhibiting “positive” behavior. These positive tickets are actually coupons valid ...

Nov 10, 2017 @ 12:08 The ladies of St. Paul’s are busy making apple pies again.  They are made and delivered fresh so you can cook them right away or freeze them for later use.   At $11 the price is the same as last year! If you have bought them before you know how good they are; so get your order ...

On Thursday, November 9, 2017, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Detachments were made aware of several different types of frauds/scams in the Wawa area. As a result of recent complaints, police would like to remind the public that you have to do your homework prior to giving any personal information or money to anyone. Below are some ...

The Wawa Women’s Hockey Association’s annual hockey tournament has a new name.  In honour of Lori Johnson’s dedication to the promotion of our local community and recreation, we renamed the tournament the “Annual Lori Johnson Memorial Hockey Tournament”.  Lori enjoyed the game and the friendships made during her years as a player but continued to promote and devote her time ...

Nov 10, 2017 @ 08:51 Yesterday evening just about sunset, a transport tractor towing a float drove through the Upper Mission. Unfortunately, it caught and snapped the hydro line between two houses on Queen Street. One house didn’t lose power, despite the mast being severely bent. The other residence did lose power, and quick action by Algoma Power got them ...