Local & Area News

Aug 25, 2017 @ 07:55 Weather – It is a chilly 4C out there this morning. Just glad it doesn’t feel like the -2 in Timmins with the windchill 🙁 Today is expected to be sunny. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 20. UV index 6 or high. Marine – Wind light becoming southeast 10 knots Saturday evening. Waves less than one ...

Aug 24, 2017 @ 22:24 Issued at 10:21 PM EDT Thursday 24 August 2017 Frost advisory in effect for: Sioux Lookout – Savant Lake Armstrong – Auden – Wabakimi Park Nakina – Aroland – Pagwa Manitouwadge – Hornepayne White River – Dubreuilville Kapuskasing – Hearst Timmins – Cochrane Chapleau – Gogama Frost may damage some crops in frost-prone areas. Clear ...

The Congregation welcomes everyone to worship at First United Church. Services are held on Sundays at 11 a.m. If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church 705 – 856 – 2926. We have enjoyed sharing Morning Worship with  the Congregation of St. Paul’s during the months of July & August. Only one more ...

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. is pleased to update drilling progress in the 300W area of its wholly-owned Eagle River Mine, Wawa, Ontario. Since the up-plunge potential of the 300W area was initially recognized (Press Release dated Sept 15, 2016), drilling has continued to confirm potential (Press Release dated April 27, 2017).  We have now traced the zone 300 metres up-plunge ...

Weather – Clearing early this morning. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h this afternoon. High 18. UV index 6 or high. Marine – Wind northwest 10 knots becoming light near midnight. Wind light Friday. Waves less than one half metre. News Tidbits – A 3,000 hectare forest fire is forcing the evacuation of Poplar River First Nation Tuesday after the fire ...

  Aug 23, 2017 @ 20:41 Confirmed blue-green algae bloom in Diamond Lake Lab results from a water sample submitted to the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change confirmed the presence of a blue-green algae bloom in Diamond Lake, located in Johnson Township, north of Desbarats Ontario. Aug 23, 2017 @ 10:04 Algoma Public Health is advising residents and ...

  The Wawa Community Food Bank once again wishes to acknowledge the many expressions of support we have received over the summer months. First of all, we recognise the many individuals who have provided gift cards, food or clothing items. Thank you to Lorna Chiupka, Emma Desgagne, Gordon Draper, Regis Kenny, Dave and Carol Robertson and the many anonymous donors ...

  The green project would like to thank all those who stopped in at the open house held at Wawa’s Thrift Barn!     We were so excited to share our project and give some love back to the community by giving out cotton candy, timbits, toilet tank banks and yard bags! With  over 80 people stopping to say hello, ...

  The Great Trail is a trail that goes from one end of Canada to the other, and we are lucky that here in Wawa, Ontario, we have a section of the trail that passes through us. There are land and water trails, and our section is a beautiful water trail that goes from Naturally Superior Adventures (NSA) to Buck’s ...

Chers résidents du Nord, Il y a maintenant un peu plus d’un mois que je suis devenue directrice générale intérimaire du RLISS du Nord-Est. Bien que je travaille au RLISS depuis cinq à titre de directrice principale et plus récemment, de vice-présidente du rendement et de la responsabilisation, le rôle de directrice générale m’a apporté plusieurs occasions d’apprendre de première ...

Dear Northerners, A little more than a month has passed since I stepped into the role of Interim CEO at the North East LHIN. While I’ve been at the LHIN for five years as a Senior Director and more recently Vice President of Performance and Accountability, the role of CEO has provided me with many opportunities to learn first-hand how ...

Members of the McDougall Energy team along with Esso Reseller Business Advisor Martyn Iles, were on hand August 22nd to make a $2,000 donation to Sault College to aid in scholarships for actively-enrolled students. As part of the Esso Community Investment Program, McDougall Energy has designated these funds towards furthering educational opportunities for students in and around the Algoma district ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h late this morning. High 12. UV index 4 or moderate. Marine – Strong wind warning in effect.Wind northwest 25 knots diminishing to northwest 15 near noon and to northwest 10 this evening. Wind northwest 10 Thursday. –

Yes, August is coming to a end and soon it will be September and everyone will be back and on the job. …And August 20th, has once again brought back memories from 75 years ago were our Canadian veterans took part in the Raid on Dieppe with a loss of 900 lives and more wounded and taken POW. And we will ...

  The Salmon Derby had reasonably good weather, with anglers only getting a little wet Friday, and a foggy Saturday evening. The fog lifted late Sunday morning to reveal a beautiful afternoon of fishing. There was a little concern at the end as one angler was very late in coming off the lake on Sunday. It turned out that he ...