The KPMG Municipal Service Delivery Review was an item on the agenda for the Corporate Planning Meeting held on September 10th, 2013. Absent was Councillors Holly Morrison-Smith and Yvan Besner. Mayor Nowicki acted as chair, beginning the discussion that Councillor Holly Morrison-Smith had spoken [Read more]
The Michipicoten Rod & Gun Club Inc. will be opening its outdoor range to the public for sighting in rifles in preparation for the hunting season. All participants will shoot under the direction of a range officer. Each participant must provide his/her own eye and hearing protection. This [Read more]
WAWA, ON – September 8, 2013 the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised that a 25-year-old male from Sault Ste. Marie was lost on the Orphan Lake Trail in Lake Superior Provincial Park. The call was received shortly after 8:00 pm. The male had been hiking the trail [Read more]
WHITE RIVER, ON – On September 7, 2013 the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised of a male breaching his probation condition not to purchase/possess or consume alcohol. As a result of police investigation, 58-year-old Terry JACOBS, of Pic Mobert was arrested at 5:47 pm [Read more]
WAWA, ON – The Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating a break and enter to a camp located on Magpie River in Musquash Township. The owner advised that the break in occurred between Sunday August 25 and Friday August 30, 2013. The camp was entered by [Read more]
WAWA, ON – September 7, 2013 the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised of a male laying on the roadway at the intersection of Highway 17 and 101 just south of Wawa. OPP located the male sleeping on the fog line of the roadway just after 10:00 pm. Officers detected an [Read more]
WAWA, ON – The Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating the theft of a set of high performance tires and rims from Wawa’s Scrapyard. The OPP received the complaint on August 24 and it is believed the tires were stolen sometime between 4:00 pm on August 23 and [Read more]
WAWA, ON – The Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating the theft of a Detroit Red Wings jersey that occurred on August 11, 2013. The jersey was stolen from the Columbia Restaurant located on Broadway Ave in Wawa. The OPP received the complaint on August 16 [Read more]
TORONTO, ON /CNW/ – Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd (TSX: WDO) is pleased to announce encouraging early results from its recently started deep drilling program at its 100%-owned Eagle River Mine, located 50 km due west of Wawa, Ontario. Drilling is being conducted from a recently established [Read more]
Thanks to Brenda Grundt (Wawa-news) for this great follow-up. Read the original police report CLICK HERE WAWA, ON – July 4th, 2013, Colton Liddle was involved in a serious collision at a gas station in Manitouwadge, Ontario. This has changed his family, friends, and to a small degree it [Read more]
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) held local transportation exhibits last month (July) in Wawa, Schreiber and Hornepayne, Northwestern Ontario communities involved in the “Learn More” process. The mobile transportation exhibit originally made [Read more]
WAWA, ON – PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Special Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 40 Broadway Avenue, has been cancelled. Please contact the Corporate Services Department at 856-2244, extension 222, should you have any questions [Read more]
WAWA, ON – The sewage treatment lagoons are located west of the town site and consist of four treatment cells. The two cells closest to the bluff along Superior Avenue have piping installed in the bottom to provide air which assists in the treatment of sewage and also aides in odour [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Please note that the July 9, 2013, Regular Council Meeting Agenda has been amended (CLICK HERE for original agenda). The following items have been added the agenda: 9.2 Receive Report – Infrastructure Services IS-2013-08 Rock Crushing Tender (resolution) 9.3 Receive Report [Read more]
FROM THE EDITOR: Thanks to Jason Sack who isn’t actually from the OntarioNewsNorth.com area but found us on Facebook and shared this information (which includes details of how those readers from other communtiies can search to see if there are bank accounts from clubs or organizations [Read more]
