Wawa Municipal Council's holding off on deciding whether to extend another ice season.
In their Committee of the Whole meeting this week, Council was apprised of a request from the Wawa Men's Curling Club to extend the curling ice season so that the club's 75th annual bonspiel can be held the first weekend of April, with Municipal CAO/Clerk Maury O'Neill recommending this be referred back to staff for a report, noting a similar request to extend arena ice season for hockey.
While Councillor Jim Hoffmann was out of chambers - having declared a conflict, as he's president of the club - Councillors Mitch Hatfield and Joe Opato spoke in favour of the request, while Councillor Cathy Cannon stated she'd wait for the report, with Mayor Melanie Pilon agreeing, emphasizing the curlers should be treated like the hockey groups.
O'Neill did acknowledge that the curling club wants to confirm a date quickly, and suggested the report should be ready for one of the two meetings scheduled for next month.
A similar decision was made for a request from the Canadian Mental Health Association, which is looking at leasing municipally-owned property for Iris Place, whose current lease is ending at the end of November.