Local & Area News

May 5, 2017 @ 08:05 Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. has announced the financial results for the first quarter of 2017. All figures are stated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted. Mr. Duncan Middlemiss, President and CEO, commented, “We enjoyed a strong start to the year producing 15,162 ounces in the quarter. This firmly puts us within our stated production guidance of ...

May 5, 2017 @ 07:47 Weather – Clearing this morning. High 13. Roads – bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections. Titbits – Today is the first day of the By-Hands Festival – great opportunity to find an unique gift for Mother’s Day. I was just reminded to wear red or display a red dress today. Honour our murdered ...

May 4, 2017 @ 09:57     Every year residents of Wawa are advised that watermain and hydrant flushing is happening. So, just what does that mean? It was explained that watermain flushing helps to maintain water quality. Every hydrant in the town is opened, and run through a diffuser until the water runs clear. By flushing, or forcing water through ...

May 4, 2017 @ 09:04 Pinewood Drive is or better was clean as of April 29, 2017. It was sheer “Women Power” that made the difference. Five of us started where the health walking team had concluded their cleanup on Earth Day at Tim Hortons. From there to the Goose and beyond to the OPP — the worst part always, ...

May 4, 2017 @ 08:54   A temporary moratorium that prevented utility companies from disconnecting Ontario electricity customers during the cold winter months was lifted on May 1. But the end of the ban, issued by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) in February, doesn’t mean consumers whose electricity service accounts are in arrears will automatically have their power turned off ...

May 4, 2017 @ 08:43 MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd.  announces that it has contracted Golder Associates Ltd.  to recommend minimum sample spacing requirements to support the eventual completion of a NI43-101 Inferred Resource estimate of the Oxide Sands at the Wawa-Holdsworth Project. Quentin Yarie, MacDonald’s President and CEO commented: “We’ve identified the Oxide Sands at our Wawa-Holdsworth Project as a near-term ...

May 4, 2017 @ 08:05     The flags have been at half-mast at the Municipal Offices and the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre. They have been lowered to pay respect to Jim McHardy and Ron Derasp. Ron was known to many motorists and youth. He was the Municipal Crossing Guard at the intersection of Magpie and Mission Road. Jim McHardy ...

May 4, 2017 @ 07:27     There is often heard the saying that we have four seasons, “Almost winter, winter, still winter, and construction!” Well, we are hopefully out of ‘still winter’ and certainly in ‘construction’ season now.     There have been minor traffic delays at the Coldwater Hill south of Wawa on Highway 17. This is the hill ...

May 4, 2017 @ 07:10 Weather – Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 7 with temperatures falling to plus 1 this afternoon. Roads – Highways are all bare and dry. Tidbits – North Algoma Counselling Celebrates ‘Mental Health Week’ with Open House today in the Lady Dunn Health Centre Lobby between 11 and ...

May 4, 2017 @ 06:25   Pour une quatrième année consécutive, l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) a organisé le tournoi d’échecs Franco-Nord-Ouest, qui a eu lieu le 27 avril  au centre municipal de Wawa. Pas moins de 131 élèves francophones de la 3e à la 12eannée des écoles suivantes y ont participé : Sacré-Cœur (Chapleau), l’Orée des Bois (Dubreuilville), St-Joseph (Dubreuilville), Écho-des-Rapides (Sault-Ste-Marie), Escalade ...

May 4, 2017 @ 06:24   Some 130 young chess masters met in Wawa on April 27 for the 4th Franco-Nord-Ouest Chess Tournament. The competition, hosted by Wawa’s École Saint-Joseph, attracted 131 grades 3 to 12 francophone students from the following Northwestern Ontario French Catholic and Public schools: École Saint-Joseph and École l’Escalade (Wawa), École St-Joseph and É.s. l’Orée des bois ...

May 3, 2017 @ 16:19 On May 3rd, 2017 officers with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service will partner with law enforcement and other associated agencies to resume the search and recovery efforts in regards to missing person John Szczepanik. John Szczepanik, age 45, was last seen in the evening hours of March 5th, 2017 riding his snow machine on ...

May 3, 2017 @ 13:51 The Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) is proud to announce the election of two new student trustees for the 2017-2018 school year.   For the Algoma and Manitoulin Districts, Emily Fox, a grade 11 student at École secondaire catholique Jeunesse-Nord (Blind River), will succeed Megan Spooner. As for the Sudbury District, Simon Paquette, a grade 11 student ...

May 3, 2017 @ 11:02   More help is on the way this spring for more lower-income Ontarians to help manage the cost of their electricity bills. Beginning May 1, eligible consumers will see their monthly rate assistance through the Ontario Electricity Support Program (OESP) increased by 50 per cent. The assistance boost translates to an additional $180 to $300 ...

May 3, 2017 @ 08:57 Red Pine Exploration Inc. has completed holes SD-17-73 to SD-17-79, that were drilled immediately south of the Surluga Deposit in the Minto Mine area as part of the new 10,000m spring drilling program. The Company anticipates receiving the initial assay results in the coming weeks. Preliminary highlights include (see Figure 1): SD-17-73 to SD-17-79: Visible gold observed ...