WAWA, ON – Flood conditions in Wawa continue to worsen. While the rain stopped 36 hours ago, the runoff continues to cause severe problems while the Municipality of Wawa assesses the true extent of the damage. The Michipicoten First Nation is still stranded from the municipal road system [Read more]
STATE OF EMERGENCY IN WAWA WAWA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police Superior East Wawa Detachment advise that Highway 17 at Wawa continues to be closed both north bound and south bound. The highway has been closed as a result of high levels of water has caused the road to erode away. [Read more]
ELLIOT LAKE, ON – The state of emergency declared by the Municipality of Wawa and surrounding area is a shocking illustration of how we are often at the mercy of nature, says Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, MP, Carol Hughes. “This is a dramatic development that will require a strong [Read more]
WAWA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police Superior East Wawa Detachment advise that Highway 17 at Wawa continues to be closed both north bound and south bound. The highway has been closed as a result of high levels of water has caused the road to erode away. Currently the Municipality of Wawa [Read more]
Today, Premier Dalton McGuinty released the following statement on the declaration of a state of emergency by the Municipality of Wawa: “Following a night of heavy rain, the Municipality of Wawa has declared a state of emergency as a result of severe flooding. Our government has been in [Read more]
Statement from Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha on State of Emergency in Wawa ELLIOT LAKE, ON – Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha made the following statement today after the Municipality of Wawa and surrounding areas in north-western Ontario declared a state of emergency due [Read more]
WAWA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police Superior East Wawa Detachment advise that Highway 17 at Wawa continues to be closed both north bound and south bound. The highway has been closed as a result of high levels of water has caused the road to erode away. Currently the Municipality of Wawa [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – The Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s 2012 AMO Conference kicked-off in the nation’s capital today. More than 1,600 conference delegates from across Ontario are participating in close to 50 plenary sessions and workshops over the three-day event. The broad scope [Read more]
Article courtesy WAWA Economic Development Corp. WAWA, ON – Tuesday, June 26, 2012, Molson Coors Canada and the Economic Development Corporation of Wawa held a reception with members of the Rotary Club of Wawa and the Municipality. The event celebrated the hard work of the Wawa community and [Read more]
The 2012 field season should be an exciting one for the Anishinabek/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre (A/OFRC) and its Lake Sturgeon research initiative in Northeastern Lake Superior! In the White River, the A/OFRC will continue to undertake a Lake Sturgeon radio telemetry project in partnership [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Township of Manitouwadge Town Council will have their first regular council meeting in a month tonight, after November 9th’s meeting had been cancelled. Tonight’s meeting will, as always, be broadcast live on OntarioNewsNorth.com’s home page at 7pm. [Read more]
Wawa’s Volunteers are the Best WAWA, ON – “Wawa’s volunteers are the best”; that was the quote from Mayor Linda Nowicki as she helped volunteers from the Wawa and Area Victims Services and others make beds out at the Superior Court Motel for the evacuees from Sandy Lake first nation. [Read more]
CENTRAL REGISTRATION NUMBER FOR SANDY LAKE EVACUEES WAWA, ON – the Canadian Red Cross has now set up a Central Registration & Inquiry Bureau (CRIB) for all evacuees from Northern Ontario including the Sandy Lake visitors currently residing in Wawa. Now friends and relatives can contact any [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Township of Manitouwadge issued a press release this afternoon announcing that Mayor John MacEachern has declared a State of Emergency in the community as we prepare to host approximately 150 evacuees from Northwestern Ontario communities affected by forest fires. [Read more]
