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Chapleau Pentecostal Church is encouraging everyone to help support children in Haiti.
A week after hosting its annual Community Yard Sale and Barbecue - raising $2740 in support of the Haiti Mission - the church is holding a community car wash to bolster that support, hoping to surpass $3000 raised.
The car wash will run from 8 am to 1 pm tomorrow.
Golfers will be hitting the greens in support of Wawa's hospital this weekend.
Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation fundraising coordinator Angela Calaiezzi says tomorrow's first ever "Nine and Dine Golf Tournament" is a fairly simple event.
Calaiezzi notes there are some prizes on the line, including a draw for a barbecue valued at $500.
Wawa residents are being challenged to get active over the next week, as Participaction's annual "Community Better Challenge" nears an end.
Municipal Recreation Coordinator Stacey White explains the initiative - which has been running all month - is meant to encourage physical activity.
White notes Wawa came in fourth in Ontario and 24th in Canada last year - it's currently in fifth for Ontario, though that puts it below Canada's top 20.
To participate in the challenge, sign up and track physical activity with the Participaction app or website - for help, simply contact the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre.
More information about Challenge-related activities is available on the Wawa Recreation Facebook and Instagram pages.
Chapleau's delaying the museum season as it looks for students to work at the site.
While the Township normally opens the facility from May to September, it says recruitment efforts "have been without success", delaying the reopening, and prompting a message from Mayor Michael Levesque.
The Township says hopes are to have the museum and tourist information centre open "on a more more limited basis" with the Chapleau High School reunion approaching.
Dubreuilville has its first candidate in the fall municipal election - a longtime school board trustee seeking re-election.
Roger Lemoyne has filed his nomination to represent Dubreuilville and Hornepayne on the local French Language Separate School Board - Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon - a role he's held for more than two decades.
For the moment, he remains an unofficial candidate, as candidate certification is set to happen after the nomination deadline of August 19th, with the official candidate list to be released August 22nd.
Wawa's Legion is thanking supporters for a successful golf tournament.
Saying there was "great support" for the return of the tournament - after it was cancelled the previous two years, due to the pandemic - Larry Harvey of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 429 also highlights some key sponsors, noting it wouldn't have been possible without them.
Harvey also thanks businesses that donated.
Funds raised from the tournament helped cover costs for the Legion Hall's recent "facelift", which is set to be complete soon.
Another COVID-19 death's been confirmed in the region.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts is reporting its 152nd COVID-related death - the 133rd in Greater Sudbury - it last reported a death on Friday.
The health unit also reported 23 new cases since Monday - nineteen in Greater Sudbury, two in the Sudbury District, and two in the Manitoulin District - leaving it with 71 known "active" cases - four in the northern Sudbury District (which includes Chapleau, Cartier, Foleyet, Gogama, and neighbouring First Nations) - with seventeen cases in hospital, one in an ICU.
Wawa Municipal Council will meet next week after technical issues caused the cancellation of last night's back-to-back meetings.
While Council was set to hold Corporate Planning Committee and regular Council meetings last night - with items including the presentation of the 2021 consolidated and trust fund financial statements, as well as discussion about a water and waste water master plan and OPP satellite office cancellation - the meeting was cancelled because of problems with Shaw internet service, which was fixed later that night.
The Municipality now says the meetings have been rescheduled to next Tuesday, June 28th.
A special COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held in Chapleau this week.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts says it's holding an "appointment only" clinic at its Chapleau office today, with another dedicated to youth booster doses to be held tomorrow.
In North Algoma, call to book an appointment: in Wawa, call the local Algoma Public Health office; in Dubreuilville, the Dubreuilville Medical Centre; in White River, the Northern Neighbours Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic.
A major meeting's coming up for Wawa's hospital.
The Lady Dunn Health Centre board of directors is set to hold its annual general meeting tonight - like its monthly meetings, it will be held via videoconference.
Ahead of the meeting, the board had also put out a call for prospective directors.
Wawa's women's shelter is being plagued with phone problems.
CHADWIC Home says the shelter's phone lines are currently down, urging anyone looking for information and referral support to text 705-806-5445 - or to call 911 in an emergency.
The Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation's reminding time's running out for golfers looking to hit the greens in support of the Wawa hospital.
Angela Calaiezzi - fundraising coordinator for the Foundation - notes there are some prizes for the Foundation's first ever "Nine and Dine Golf Tournament".
Calaiezzi notes teams of four - men, women, or a mix - can sign up for the tournament at the Michipicoten Golf Club Pro Shop by the end of today.
The Nine and Golf Tournament will be held this Saturday, June 25th.
The local French Catholic school board's looking to introduce new students to their schools.
Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon is holding its annual Welcome to Kindergarten events, with one happening at Dubreuilville's Ecole Saint-Joseph at 1:30 pm this afternoon, and another at Chapleau's Ecole Sacre-Coeur at 10:30 am tomorrow.
Wawa's Ecole Saint-Joseph held one last week.
They're meant to promote a smooth transition to Kindergarten - including several activities for children and parents - with parents to also receive important information about speech development, social and daycare services, the gentle beginnings schedule, and school transportation.
Wawa Municipal Council will hear about the Municipality's finances tonight.
The 2021 consolidated and trust fund financial statements will be presented by auditor KPMG in tonight's Corporate Planning Committee meeting - after a time in-camera to hear the audit results - with the meeting also including discussion about a water and waste water master plan and OPP satellite office cancellation.
The latter two items will come back as resolutions in tonight's regular Council meeting, which also includes resolutions to accept the resignation of a member of the Marina Committee and to reschedule the August Council meeting.
The meetings will be held back-to-back, starting at 6:30 pm tonight, in Council Chambers - they'll also be livestreamed through the Municipality's YouTube channel.
A new forest fire's been reported in the Chapleau region.
Ontario's Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry says three new "wildland fires" were reported as of Saturday evening, including "Chapleau 8", which was a tenth of a hectare in size, located next to Foleyet Timber Road, 200 metres south of Cornice Lake and 200 metres northwest of Elongate Lake.
The other fires were reported in the Timmins and Sudbury regions, but were also reported out by the time of the update, leaving "Chapleau 8" as the only fire still considered active.
Wawa's Legion showed off some recent work with a celebration over the weekend.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 429 President Mary Ann Pearson explains the Legion's made a few changes in recent years.
Pearson notes funding for the work has come from a few sources.
The event also saw a further boost for the Legion - Michelle Wheatley presented a cheque on behalf of the Wawa Ice Fishing Derby.
Pearson welcomes the support.
In addition to the ribbon cutting by Alma Meyers, remarks were read off by local figures who'd made contributions to the project, with other supporters recognized.
A major meeting's coming up for Wawa's hospital.
The Lady Dunn Health Centre board of directors is set to hold its annual general meeting Wednesday, June 22nd - like its monthly meetings, it will be held via videoconference.
With the meeting approaching, it's accepting applications for director, asking those interested submit an application form by noon on Tuesday, June 21st.
That's the same day those wishing to attend the AGM are asked to RSVP - to get details to attend - by calling 705-856-2335, extension 3210.
Another COVID-19 death's been confirmed in the region.
In its latest update, late Friday, Public Health Sudbury and Districts reported its 151st COVID-related death - the 12th in the broader Sudbury District - it last reported a death May 27th.
The health unit also reported 30 new cases - 25 in Greater Sudbury, three in the Sudbury District, and two in the Manitoulin District - though the number of known "active" cases is down to 81 - three in the northern Sudbury District (which includes Chapleau, Cartier, Foleyet, Gogama, and neighbouring First Nations) - with fifteen cases in hospital.
Careless driving charges have been laid over a fatal ambulance-snowplow collision near the Dubreuilville turnoff last winter.
Superior East Ontario Provincial Police say investigation into the February 20th collision on Highway 17 - just south of the intersection with Highway 519 - led to the arrest of a 45-year-old Wawa paramedic on a count of careless driving causing death and another of careless driving causing bodily harm.
68-year-old Connie Halverson - a passenger in the ambulance - was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, while one paramedic sustained "life-threatening injuries" and another "non-life-threatening injuries" - the plow driver was not injured.
More COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the region.
Algoma Public Health's added nine since Tuesday - seven in the Sault Ste. Marie area, two in Central and East Algoma - leaving the health unit with 45 "high risk active" cases, eleven in hospital.
There is one "active" outbreak, at Sault Area Hospital's 2A unit, declared Monday.
Meanwhile, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit's added 28 cases since Wednesday - 23 in the Thunder Bay area, four in unspecified First Nation communities, another in an unspecified district community - though the number of known "active" cases is down to 98, with 28 in hospital, four in ICUs.
The Porcupine Health Unit's added seven cases since Wednesday, but no longer breaks that down by region or reports "active" case counts - it does show seven in hospital, two in ICUs.
