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Weather – Mainly sunny. High 23. UV index 8 or very high.  

    Wawa-news has created this slide show portraying the transformation of Dick Vanderklift’s Wawa Goose into the 2017 Wawa Goose as recreated by Research Casting International. Photos were taken from the Wawa Webcam at the Tourist Information Centre. There has been a goose upon the monument since 1960, when Al Turcott commissioned Franz Koci to build the first Wawa ...

  Thanks once again to the Wawa Fire Department, and volunteer firefighters who give up their time to plan, organize, setup and set off the annual Canada Day Fireworks. This show was even more special to Wawa as we celebrated the unveiling of Wawa Goose III. Wawa-news would like to thank the individuals who dedicated their time to make this ...

Weather – Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 18. News tidbits – Today the Wawa Goose III has it’s official unveiling, with ceremonies to be held at the Wawa Goose Monument. Wawa-news.com is planning to broadcast the ceremony live for those who cannot attend!   The window below will become live just before ...

Jun 30, 2017 @ 18:02 The official unveiling of the Wawa Goose III will take place tomorrow, July 1st at the Wawa Goose Monument. The official ceremony is scheduled to begin at 12 Noon. Wawa-news.com is planning to broadcast the ceremony live!   The window below will become live just before noon.   Media Streaming

Jun 30, 2017 @ 16:55 69 Players 1st FLIGHT: Gilbert Bouchard, Carl Chabot, Dave Castonguay-4 under par 32 2nd FLIGHT: Steve Jozin, Peter Russ, Tim Lesarge-2 under par 34 3rd FLIGHT: Andre Bedard, Mark Szekely, Kevin Auger-2 under par 34 4th FLIGHT: Mike Mantha, Luc Belanger, Francois Belanger-3 under par 33 5th FLIGHT: Bart Wood, Larry Wood, Ron Henson-1 over ...

Jun 30, 2017 @ 12:44 On June 29, 2017, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Algoma Detachment, the East Algoma Crime Unit, and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service Technological Crime Unit, arrested and charged a Thessalon man following a child pornography investigation.   A search warrant executed at the man’s residence led to the seizure of numerous ...

Jun 29, 2017 @ 08:15 Red Pine Exploration Inc. has received updated results from hole HS-15-31, which was drilled in the Hornblende Shear Zone, at its Wawa Gold Project, during the Fall of 2015. The Hornblende Shear Zone is a parallel shear zone to the Surluga Deposit (inferred resource of 1,088,000 ounces @ 1.71 g/t gold1) of similar strike and ...

Jun 29, 2017 @ 07:55 Weather – Showers ending this afternoon then cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating early this morning. High 17.   News tidbits – The creator of Paddington Bear, Michael Bond has died at the age of 91. A Bear called Paddington, was first pubished in 1958, with the ...

Jun 28, 2017 @ 20:55 Michael Mantha, NDP Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Critic and Algoma – Manitoulin MPP issued the following statement regarding recently-announced funding for the cleanup of mercury contamination in the English-Wabigoon River: “After forty years and of living with the toxic legacy of the mercury dump into the English-Wabigoon River, New Democrats truly hope that the Grassy ...

  On Saturday, June 24, 2017, the Royal Canadian Legion provided a warm setting for the Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation’s 7th annual Summer Wine Tasting. This sold out event was a great success! The annual Summer Wine Tasting has grown significantly since its inception, becoming highly promoted and a recognized social and charitable event “not to be missed”. All ...

Jun 28, 2017 @ 08:02 Wawa was without a Goose for a little over a day. By yesterday afternoon (July 27, 2017) the new Goose as created by Research Casting had been installed. The process to install the new Goose was much longer than the removal. After preparing the base, the body sans wings and neck was placed. The left ...

Weather – Mainly sunny. Increasing cloudiness this afternoon. Wind becoming south 20 km/h late this afternoon. High 20. UV index 8 or very high.

Everett Brandon Binda, at just 22 weeks, was born in the early hours on June 19, 2017, on his dad’s birthday, in Toronto, Ontario. Everett was born to first-time parents Brandon Binda and Jamie Kirk. Too tiny and not quite ready for this world, Everett lived a full life not measured in time but by love. On the same day ...

  Jun 27, 2017 @ 14:54 We are all saddened to see the second goose go. It was with mixed feelings that I watched via webcam the removal of the Goose from the monument yesterday afternoon. Sad to see something that was a part of my childhood slowly deteriorate over the many years. I remember every time we went to visit ...