Local & Area News

May 15, 2018 @ 07:45 Weather – A mix of sun and cloud. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light this afternoon. High 13. UV index 7 or high.   News Tidbits – Don’t forget Summer hours for the MMCC begin this Friday, May 18th. Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre: 6 a.m. – 4 p.m. Pro-shop: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

May 14, 2018 @ 21:34   The Wawa Fire Department was kept busy on Mother’s Day responding to three calls for service. The first was in the early afternoon to a small gravel pit just south of Wawa. People have been dumping household garbage there and a mattress had caught fire. The firefighters quickly extinguished it. The second call was ...

May 14, 2018 @ 16:44 On May 14, 2018 shortly before 9:00 a.m., members of the Thunder Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a child abduction incident in the area of Copenhagen Road in Gorham Township east of Thunder Bay. Upon police arrival, officers learned that the suspect had fled the scene in a vehicle with the 8-year-old child. ...

May 14, 2018 @ 15:48 On Saturday May 12, 2018 at approximately 5:00 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment responded to a local Wawa address regarding a report of a dispute. At the scene investigation revealed that an altercation had taken place between a male and a female. As a result a 19 year ...

May 14, 2018 @ 14:09 Tentative agreements negotiated by the United Steelworkers (USW) at Sault Ste. Marie steelmaker Algoma offer optimism of a return to prosperity and normalcy for thousands of working families and a community that have endured 2½ years of upheaval and uncertainty. “The Steelworkers and our members in Sault Ste. Marie have stood in solidarity since 2015 ...

May 14, 2018 @ 11:47 Ontario AMBER Alert has been cancelled. The child has been found safe. May 14, 2018 @ 11:48 The Ontario Provincial Police have issued an Amber alert for Gabriel McCallum.   Gabriel is described and 8 years old, white male, 3 feet – 6 inches, 60 pounds, black hair, wearing faded grey jeans, long sleeve Canada ...

May 14, 2018 @ 11:34 On Sunday May 13, 2018 at approximately 2:00 am members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment responded to a local Dubreuilville, Ontario address regarding a report of a dispute. At the scene investigation revealed that an altercation had taken place between a male and a female and that damage to property ...

May 14, 2018 @ 11:32 On Sunday May 13, 2018 at approximately 12:30 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (White River) Detachment were conducting radar patrols on Highway 17 in Alanen Township, District of Algoma. At this time a north-bound vehicle was observed travelling at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was stopped for “Stunt driving – excessive speed, greater ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. High 18. UV index 7 or high. News Tidbits – Wawa will be the host for the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) Mid Term Meeting this week. Welcome to all! Andrea Horwath announces yesterday, Mothers’ Day that for the first time in Ontario history a political party—hers—has surpassed 50% women candidates.

Décédé paisiblement avec sa famille à ses côtés le samedi 12 mai 2018 à l’âge de 90 ans. Époux bien-aimé de feue Jeannine (née Michaud) Noël et de feue Jeannine Rousseau. Père bien-aimé de Raymond Noël (Doris), feu Jean-Yves Noël, Jeannot Noël, feu Denis Noël (Carol), feue Lucienne Delguidice (Pierre), feu Jacques Noël, feue Martine Bonnieul (Jean-Guy), Lise Noël (Gordon ...

May 12, 2018 @ 14:14 Passed peacefully at the Lady Dunn Health Centre on Friday, May 11, 2018, at the age of 92 years. Beloved wife and best friend of Kenneth Thompson. Dear mother of Leslie Rowe (late Malcolm), Greg Thompson (Grace) and Kevin Thompson. Grandmother of Tracy, Geoff (Chelsey), Karley (Mike), David (Whitney) and Jose (Taylor). Great-grandmother of Rylend, ...

May 11, 2018 @ 21:12 The Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is advising the public that highway 17 will be closed from Wawa, Ontario to Batchawana due to a culvert failure, causing both lanes of travel to be closed. The OPP are requesting that the public remain away from this area. This will allow crews to work ...

May 11, 2018 @ 10:22 During the month of April 2018 the Superior East Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 637 calls for service (CFS) which included some of the following: 21 motor vehicle collisions, 8 violence related CFS, 14 property related CFS, and 7 drug related incident. Officers continue to patrol our communities and the highways ...

May 11, 2018 @ 10:15 On Thursday May 10, 2018 at approximately 8:45 a.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment along with the assistance of members of the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) attended a residence in the Community of Dubreuilville, Ontario and executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) warrant. s a result ...

May 10, 2018 @ 09:51   A few months ago Mrs. Bernath’s Kindergarten class at Sir James Dunn created a list of some of the possible dramatic play center themes that they would enjoy.  Once the list was completed they quickly got to work creating a Post Office.  In order to understand the roles of Post Office staff they toured ...