Posts Tagged ‘Wawa local news’

Wawa Council Rehires Chris Wray As CAO

Wednesday, 23 April 2014 Last night’s Special Council meeting began at 7 p.m. with all members of Council present. Councillor Rody approved the Agenda as amended. The item removed was regarding the Building Inspector’s assisting Hawk Junction agreement. There needed to be a little more [Read more]

DRIVER CHARGED WITH IMPAIRED WAWA

DRIVER CHARGED WITH IMPAIRED WAWA

WAWA, ON –  April 13, 2014 at 12:30 am officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment were conducting RIDE checks at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway Avenue in the town of Wawa. A Dodge Ram pickup truck approached the check and investigation by [Read more]

Wawa Goose Droppings : Seniors Club News

Wawa Goose Droppings : Seniors Club News

Spring is here! Spring is here!  Spring is definitely here! I am pretty sure its arrival did not coincide with the Spring Tea and Bake Sale on March 21 when you did get out to enjoy cake and refreshments or add to your goody cabinet with something fabulous from the bake table.  But patience is [Read more]

Wawa students to discover the richness of the Métis and First Nations cultures

Wawa students to discover the richness of the Métis and First Nations cultures

  WAWA, ON – As part of the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario’s (CSCNO) Aboriginal Education Program, students from Wawa’s École Saint-Joseph will welcome Mrs. Janique Labelle to their school on Friday, April 11. This Métis and Anishinaabe visitor will lead a drumming [Read more]

Portable Ice Hut Stolen Off Wawa Lake

Portable Ice Hut Stolen Off Wawa Lake

WAWA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wawa Detachment is currently investigating a theft of a FRABILL portable ice hut from Wawa Lake sometime between March 29 and 30, 2014.  The hut was located approximately 100 metres from shore off of Highway 101, approximately four kilometers [Read more]

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park

The Liberal Gas plant scandal just won’t go away despite the Liberals best efforts.  On Thursday another bombshell announcement came just before question period ended.  News that the Ontario police are pursuing a criminal charge against former Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Chief of Staff was made [Read more]

Wawa’s “Blue Ice Phenomenon”

Wawa’s “Blue Ice Phenomenon”

Have you seen the Old Woman Ice Caves? By  Johanna Rowe Unless you have escaped Ontario for a winter of palm trees and golfing, you are painfully aware that we are currently experiencing one of the coldest and harshest winters we Northerners have seen in a very long time.  The mercury in our [Read more]

News from the Park : Hydro Costs, Unemployment, Small Business and Tax Credits

News from the Park :  Hydro Costs, Unemployment, Small Business and Tax Credits

  This week in Queen’s Park the NDP announced their plan to create jobs for families in Ontario through a targeted tax credit that rewards job creators for new hires. This tax credit will help small businesses that are creating jobs here Algoma-Manitoulin and northern Ontario not the ones [Read more]

NDP MPP Michael Mantha welcomes reopening vacant mill in Wawa

NDP MPP Michael Mantha welcomes reopening vacant mill in Wawa

WAWA, ON – Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha met with Rentech officials during his constituency week to discuss the progress of their project as well as future jobs it will bring to the community and surrounding areas. The mill, which will be converted to an industrial wood pellet [Read more]

MPP Michael Mantha : NWO Constituency Clinics, Notes from the Park, Taxes and Winter Road Conditions

MPP Michael Mantha : NWO Constituency Clinics, Notes from the Park, Taxes and Winter Road Conditions

This week marked another constituency week where I had the opportunity to tour the riding and offer clinics.  I visited several communities in the northwestern part of the riding and heard many of your concerns.  Unfortunately things are not improving for many families.  Affordability continues [Read more]

North East CCAC Board of Directors seeks a new member

North East CCAC Board of Directors seeks a new member

​Your Community Care Access Centre connects you with the care you need, at home and in your community. We provide access to home, community and school health services, facilitate placement into long-term care homes, and provide information and referral to a broad range of community-based health [Read more]

Wawa’s École secondaire Saint-Joseph Senior Girls Claim NSSSAA

Wawa’s École secondaire Saint-Joseph Senior Girls Claim NSSSAA

WAWA, ON – The month of February has been a very special one for the Wawa’s École Saint-Joseph Chevaliers senior girls’ volleyball team. After competing in the Franco-Ontarian Volleyball Championship in Whitby where they finished in the top eight, the Chevaliers returned to Wawa on [Read more]

Goose Droppings : Luncheon Fun, Olympics, Challenges of Winter & Dropping-In

Goose Droppings : Luncheon Fun, Olympics, Challenges of Winter & Dropping-In

My father always looked for a January thaw.  He seldom ever got it in the Ottawa Valley.  Being further north maybe a February thaw is more appropriate and probably just as elusive, especially in a winter like this one. And last Friday, February 14, 2014 wasn’t quite there although many of you [Read more]

Winter storm watch for Wawa – Pukaskwa Park – White River – Dubreuilville

Winter storm watch for Wawa – Pukaskwa Park – White River – Dubreuilville

3:31 PM EST Wednesday 19 February 2014 Potential for 25 to 30 cm of snow starting Thursday night into Friday. An Alberta clipper and Texas low will be tracking towards the Great Lakes where they will merge and rapidly intensify into a major winter storm. This storm is expected to reach Lake [Read more]

Wawa Goose Seniors Club January Goose Droppings

Wawa Goose Seniors Club January Goose Droppings

It’s frozen!  The lake, the streets, the car, my fingers and my brain….all so hardened that nothing works well!  The tires on the car have been so often square that they decided that the tire monitor would scream at me and stay there until….who knows? The Drop In is still a nice warm place [Read more]

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