Ontario Creating Jobs, Strengthening Northern Economy Ontario is helping to build a stronger, more diverse northern economy while creating jobs in the Algoma-Manitoulin area. With $4.3 million in support from the province’s Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation(NOHFC), seven projects [Read more]
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]
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]
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, 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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, 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]
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]
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]
