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Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24, 2024 6:00 p.m. Nativity of the Lord, Wednesday, December 25, 2024 No Mass Boxing Day, Thursday, December 26, 2024 No Mass Friday, December 27, 2024 No Mass Saturday, December 28, 2024 7:00 p.m. Sunday, December 29, 2024 9:00 a.m Monday, December 30, 2024 No Mass Tuesday, December 31, 2024 6:00 p.m. New Year’s Day, Wednesday, ...

ALL ARE WELCOME! For further information contact Beverly Boyd at (705) 852-1221   Sunday, December 8           2nd Sunday of Advent Service of Morning Prayer                                   10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 10 Service of Quiet and Comfort                       7:00 p.m. For many of us the joy of Christmas has been replaced with a sense of loss, of sorrow, or confusion.  The Service of Quiet ...

Star Child – A Prayer Poem Star Child, your presence reminds us of the beauty of deep winter skies, soft snowflakes, strings of little lights. Star Child, we thank you for the beauty in our days: the moments when we catch our breath to wonder, to marvel at the everyday miracle of life. Star Child, remind us again (because we ...

Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Today – Mainly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Temperature falling to -16 this morning then rising. Wind chill -20 this morning and -9 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Cloudy. 30% chance of flurries overnight. Fog patches developing overnight. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h after midnight. Temperature steady near -5. Wind ...

Team Rank Wins GP TERRIS, Tom 1 6 7 FAHRER, Tom 2 4 7 HALE, Ron 2 4 7 McCOY, Joe 2 4 7 BUMSTEAD, Aaron 5 3 7 TERRIS, Spencer 5 3 7 LESCHISHIN, Mark 7 2 7 MITRIKAS, Eric 7 2 7 Game Schedule for January 6th, 2024: Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 HALE S. ...

Orla Mining Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has filed a management information circular and related materials for its special meeting of shareholders of the Company to be held on January 21, 2025 in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Musselwhite Mine from Newmont Corporation announced on November 18, 2024 (the “Transaction”). Along with the Meeting Materials, the ...

I was passing through a community in the north recently. I stopped by a constituent’s home to help her sort out some issues she was experiencing. When I arrived, I noticed that her kids were playing an old card game of French origin called Mille Bornes. You win a hand by being the first team to go 1000 miles – ...

Récemment, en passant par une communauté du Nord, je me suis arrêté chez une résidente de ma circonscription pour l’aider à régler certains problèmes. En arrivant, j’ai remarqué que ses enfants jouaient à un vieux jeu de cartes français appelé Mille Bornes. On gagne une manche en étant la première équipe à parcourir 1000 kilomètres. L’équipe qui atteint 5000 kilomètres ...

The Minister of Indigenous Services, Patty Hajdu, issued the following statement on December 20th, 2024: “Since 2016, nearly $8.8 billion has been announced for Jordan’s Principle to meet health, social, and education needs of First Nations children, taking into account their distinct circumstances, needs and experiences. More than 8.2 million products, services and supports have been approved under Jordan’s Principle ...

La ministre des Services aux Autochtones, Patty Hajdu, a fait la déclaration suivante le 20 décembre 2024 : «  Depuis 2016, près de 8,8 milliards de dollars ont été annoncés pour le principe de Jordan afin de répondre aux besoins en matière de santé, de services sociaux et d’éducation des enfants des Premières Nations, compte tenu de leur situation, de leurs ...

The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind the motoring public to practice safe winter driving habits. Snow and freezing temperatures will create hazardous driving conditions. Motorists are reminded to completely clear the snow off their vehicles and to ensure visibility in all directions before heading out onto the roadway. A buildup of snow on your vehicle ...

Weather: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park Today – Periods of snow ending early this afternoon then cloudy with 40% chance of flurries. Risk of freezing drizzle. Local amount 2 cm over eastern sections. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light early this morning. Wind becoming northeast 20 gusting to 40 early this afternoon. High plus 1. Wind chill -12 this afternoon. Tonight ...

Dec 21, 2024 at 17:28 We are experiencing staffing pressures in our Registered Nurse and Physician groups. The Emergency Department (ED) will remain open; however, we ask that you visit the ED only if you have an emergency. Under the health human resources pressures we are caring for more inpatients than we usually do as well as leaning on our ...

On December 18th, École Saint Joseph students went Christmas caroling. Usually the students collected cash donations and non-perishable food items for the Wawa Community Food Bank.  This year, the staff and students voted to donate the cash to the Hagen family. They raised $1,150 in just under two hours.

Northern Credit Union has announced a $10,000 donation made in honour of the many individuals and organizations who stepped forward to support its team in last week’s tragic event in Wawa. The donation was made to the Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation and will support the hospital’s ongoing commitment to providing essential care and services to Wawa and the surrounding ...