Local & Area News

Wawa Welcomes Joe & Push for Change today! Weather – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40. High minus 9. Roads – From the Sault to Montreal River Highway 17 is bare and wet road with snow covered, partly snow packed sections. From Montreal River to Wawa is partly snow-packed. Wawa to Paint Lake ...

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 at the Church – 705-856-2926.  The Annual meeting of First United Church was held last Sunday Feb 12. The past year with the help of many people added a lot to ...

CONGRATS to Dave & Diedre Dupuis of Hawk Junction on winning the Valentines Day portion of the Michipicoten Volunteer Firefighters Association draw of $1000.00, thanks to everyone for your continued support. The last draws and the Grand Prize Draw will be at the Wawa Ice Fishing Derby on March 5th at 17:30. There are still tickets available, contact your favorite ...

Students enjoyed the action last Thursday when the MHS Vikings took to the basketball court and dominated the play over the Chapleau Raiders. With a final score of 53-39, the senior boys’ team is now in first place as they start the NWOSSA play downs this week. Good luck to our junior and senior boys’ teams as they are in ...

Are you expecting? The Best Start Hub is holding a ‘Community Baby Shower’ today from 1 to 8 p.m. at the Best Start Hub. You are invited to join them and check out the displays, play a shower game and enter to win prizes. While there enjoy a refreshment, and the opportunity to get information about parenting and becoming a ...

  It was so beautiful Saturday, the sun was bright and sunny. I think that this was the first sunny day in nearly a month – or at least it seems that way. Everyone was bright and cheery, reflecting the sun in their faces. Deciding to take the afternoon off and enjoy the weather, Marcus and I headed to our ...

  Last Wednesday, Don Charbonneau was joined by his daughter Dawn to present an evening of music at the Wawa Public Library. Together they played a selection of Don’s music from several of his albums. The evening’s focus was the Group of Seven and how they have played an integral part of the Algoma District and inspired many. Don is ...

Feb 14, 2017 at 07:11 Garry Thomas Stockton, Feb. 14th, 2011 Another Bittersweet Valentine’s Day – As I remember the passing of a brother, it’s six years already. I miss our midnight discussions about economics, Obama’s mistakes and what you might think about his successor Trump, and whatever our thoughts ping-ponged to; and most preciously, the look back into our ...

  In December 2016, students from both Wawa high schools, Michipicoten High School and École Saint-Joseph assisted the delegates from the Northern Credit Union – Wawa in the annual bake sale. The efforts for the bake sale were exceptional, and the monies raised were matched by the delegates and donate back to the schools. On January 13th, Wawa NCU Delegates ...

Happy Valentine’s Day! Weather – Periods of snow today, not much, about 5 cm. Wind becoming north 20 km/h gusting to 40 early this afternoon. Temperature steady near zero. Roads – From Sault Ste. Marie to Wawa, Highway 17 is bare and wet with partly snow covered sections. From Wawa to the Paint Lake Road the highway is bare and wet, and ...

Died peacefully at her home playing bingo on Friday, February 10, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Alex Petersons. Loving mother of Arnis Peterson. Proud Gramma of Nicholas, Kathryn and Alex. Zelma will be missed by her friends and family in Canada and Latvia. At Zelma’s request there will be no funeral service. Interment Greenwood Cemetery. Funeral arrangements entrusted to ...

Calvary Pentecostal Church is hosting this year’s World Day of Prayer 2017 with on the Philipines. This multi-denominational service will be Thursday March 3rd, at 6 p.m. After the service, a special treat will be the serving of Pineapple Upside Down Cake. Below is the recipe from World Day of Prayer 2017.

Weather – It should be mainly sunny today, with increasing cloudiness near noon. The snow is expected to be back this afternoon with a 40% chance of flurries. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 near noon. High zero. Roads – From the Sault to Montreal River Harbour, Highway 17 is partly snow packed with bare and wet road sections. ...

This year is an election year for Michipicoten First Nation. There are six (6) Councillor positions and one (1) position for Chief available. The Election will be held at the Community Centre on Saturday, the 11th day of March 2017. any voter may vote by mail in ballot. If you will not be available to vote in person on the ...

On February 3, 2017; the 2017 Ontario Sustainable Energy Association’s Powering Prosperity Awards were presented during the Powering Prosperity Gala and Ceremony. The awards honour the champions of Ontario’s sustainable energy sector. The award presentation ceremonies occurred after a speech by Hon. Glen Murray, Ontario’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, and keynote speaker Dr. Harry Lehmann, Head of Division I ...