Local & Area News

Mar 24, 2017 @ 23:02 10:12 PM EDT Friday 24 March 2017 Special weather statement in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Freezing rain expected Sunday. Periods of freezing rain are expected to develop Sunday morning and persist for much of the day Sunday. Temperatures will slowly rise through the day ...

Mar 24, 2017 @ 07:50 L’école St-Joseph de Dubreuilville a dévoilé tout récemment son nouveau logo/mascotte lors du Carnaval scolaire. Une activité de levée de fonds (Drive for Your School), organisée par Northern Lights Ford, a permis à l’école de faire l’achat de nouveaux chandails de hockey ainsi que de nouveaux uniformes de sports/activités socioculturelles. Les élèves de l’école, maintenant ...

Mar 24, 2017 @ 07:34 Everyone is invited to the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre to watch a hockey showcase beginning tonight at 6:30 p.m.   Friday: 6:30 p.m. – Opening Ceremony 7:00 p.m. – Sault Catalyst Fitness vs Wawa Mustangs 8:30 p.m. – Sault Sports Gold vs Sault Prime Cuts   Saturday 9:30 a.m. – Sault Prime Cuts vs Sault Catalyst ...

Mar 23, 2017 @ 15:08 Stations Of The Cross And Mass – Fridays at 7:00 p.m. Palm Sunday of The Lord’s Passion – April 8th at 7:00 p.m., April 9th at 9:00 a.m. Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord’s supper, April 13th at 8:00 p.m. Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord, April 14th at 3:00 p.m. (collection for ...

This year, over 250 Algoma District School Board (ADSB) educators will be working with Jo Boaler, taking her groundbreaking course, “How To Learn Math for Teachers and Parents”. Jo Boaler is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Stanford University, and the co-founder of youcubed, a newly designed website created to give teachers and parents the resources and ideas they need ...

Mar 23, 2017 @ 07:23 There are still miracles to be found. Cyclone’s story is one of them. On March 1st, Wally was traveling with his two dogs Hurricane (Cane) and Cyclone (Cyc). At Fenton/Treeby the wind grabbed hold of the cap on his truck and spun the truck on the icy roads, the truck hit the rock cut and ...

Exactly what happened to the pilot of N230TX on March 15th, 2017 will probably never be revealed. Diane Brown of the University of Michigan, Division of Public Safety and Security had a few more pieces of information. The pilot, aged 27, of Ann Arbor, was a PhD candidate in the School of Information. (Wawa-news has removed the name to respect the family’s ...

Mar 23, 2017 @ 08:31 Simon Bouffard, Éric Bélanger-Racette, Abiquel Jones et Kassandra Kenny, des élèves de la 11e année de l’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa), ont vécu tout récemment un voyage de trois jours mémorable à Ottawa. Mme Lytwenko et les élèves ont quitté Wawa le 21 février vers Ottawa par avion. Une fois arrivés, ils ont pu découvrir la ville ...

Mar 23, 2017 @ 08:54 On Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at approximately 2:14 am members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment responded to a local White River address regarding the well-being of the occupants. Investigation led police to enter the premise to continue their investigation. Once inside officers observed evidence of what appeared to be controlled ...

Mar 23, 2017 @ 06:45 Weather – Cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries this afternoon. Wind becoming south 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this morning. High minus 1. Roads – All roads are bare and dry. Local – Don’t forget tonight is Performance Dance 2017 at the Michipicoten High School.

Cyclone’s daddy has been notified. Can’t say too much right now other than Cyc’s daddy is so excited and on his way to pick him up. We are heading now to the Sault, Cyclone has an appointment to be checked out by a vet.   My thanks to all who helped look over the past three weeks, and especially to ...

The Reception office at the MMCC will be temporarily closed on Wednesday, March 22 from 1:15pm – 2:30pm. All other aspects of the building remain unchanged.

Mar 22, 2017 @ 08:21 The Congregation welcomes everyone to worship at First United Church. Services  are held on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. If anyone has a question or concern, please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church – 705-856-2926. The Easter Cross of Lights will again be placed above the front door of our Church.   Thank you to Maria ...

Weather – Sunny with a high of -5 today. Roads – All roads are bare and dry. Local – Today is World Water Day. Although we are blessed with abundant fresh water, there are many in this world who are not as fortunate. We all should conserve water where possible, and one way is with a rain barrel. Don’t forget ...

Mar 21, 2017 @ 08:15 On Tuesday March 21, 2017 at approximately 6:45 am members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East White River Detachment responded to an animal complaint at a White River address. On scene the officers observed the large black German Shepherd dog attack a person then run away. The animal which was believed to be ...