WAWA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment is currently investigating a complaint of mischief received on July 08, 2014. During the week of July 01 to 07, 2014 unknown persons attended the local scrapyard located on Tremblay Road and smashed multiple car [Read more]
Crime Stoppers and the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) need your help to solve a robbery. Sunday, June 22nd at approximately 2:15 am OPP responded to a robbery at the intersection of Magpie Road and Boyer Street in Wawa, Ontario. A young teenage male was walking home alone when he [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Sunday June 22, 2014 at 2:15 am the Wawa Ontario Provincial Police Detachment were advised that a male had been the victim of a robbery at the intersection of Magpie Road and Boyer Street in Wawa. While walking home alone the victim was thrown to the ground by five unidentified [Read more]
STARTING TODAY AT NOON NORTH BAY, ON – The Ministry of Transportation wishes to advise that Highway 17 will be closed to traffic approximately 18 kilometres south of Wawa starting at noon today. The road closure is necessary to carry out an emergency culvert replacement. Work is expected to [Read more]
Spring is here! Spring is here! Spring is definitely here and I do so hope it is here to stay! That vaunted patience is just about all gone. Friday, June 6th, take care of yourself (or bring a loved one) for our Blood Pressure Clinic with Norma Kauk. We’re also expecting Renee Mellish, the [Read more]
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 4:00 pm The Ministry of Natural Resources – Wawa District is advising area residents that a Flood Warning remains in effect for the White River watershed. Flooding on the White River and White Lake is occurring. Residents along the White [Read more]
Police Agencies Working Together to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse WAWA, ON – When a physician prescribes medication for a patient, it is only intended for that person. But sometimes when prescriptions lie around unused or expired, they can end up in the hands of those they are not [Read more]
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]
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]
