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Wingham (2001 census population 2885) is a community located in the Canadian province of Ontario at a Latitude of 43°53' North and a Longitude of 81°18' West. 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (de facto) Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 106 24...
Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi, , gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. ...
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Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ (lambda),[1][2] describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ...
A compass rose with west highlighted This article refers to the cardinal direction; for other uses see West (disambiguation). ...
Wingham is located at the intersection of the old Highways 4 & 86. Responsibility for these highways was downloaded by the province in 1998, so they are now county roads. Most of Wingham is located between County Road 86 to the south and the Maitland River to the north. The Maitland River is a river in southwestern Ontario which empties into Lake Huron near the town of Goderich, Ontario. ...
Wingham is incorporated in the Township of North Huron, along with the Village of Blyth and the Township of East Wawanosh, and is located in Huron County. The Township of North Huron is a municipality in Huron County, Ontario. ...
Blyth is a town in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. ...
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Business and Industry
Factories - Wescast Industries, three manufacturing facilities for this auto-part producer.
- BI-AX International produces plastic film for use in food packaging and industry.
- Royal Homes is a manufacturer of pre-fabricated homes.
Grocery Stores and Pharmacies - Foodland, employs many students
- Valu-Mart, a larger grocery store
- PharmaPlus, the older of the two pharmacies, also the larger store.
- James Brown PharmaSave, opened in 2006 to compete with the former monopoly of PharmaPlus
There are also many other small businesses throughout the community, many clothing stores and restaurants, and a downtown business sector with various stores. FoodLand is the name of at least two American supermarket [[chain]s. ...
Katz Group of Companies operates over 1,700 pharmacies in Canada and the United States. ...
Radio and Television Wingham has three radio stations CKNX 920, CKNX-FM 101.7, and CIBU 94.5 THE BULL!, all owned by Blackburn Radio. There is also television station CKNX channel 8, owned by CHUM Limited, it rebroadcasts the master signal of CFPL-TV from CHUM headquarters in Toronto, with the exception of local advertising. CKNX is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 920 AM in Wingham, Ontario. ...
CKNX is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 101. ...
CIBU-FM is known as 94. ...
Blackburn Radio Inc. ...
CKNX (formerly known as The New NX) is a television station owned by CHUM Limited which serves mid-western Ontario. ...
CHUM can refer to a number of different Canadian entities: For the Canadian broadcasting group, see CHUM Limited For the Toronto AM station operated by CHUM Limited, see CHUM (AM) For the Toronto FM station operated by CHUM Limited, see CHUM-FM Centre hospitalier universitaire de Montréal is a...
CFPL, A-Channel London (formerly The New PL) is a television station owned by CHUM Limited which serves the London and Sarnia regions of Ontario, Canada. ...
Education - F. E. Madill Secondary School is located in Wingham. Approximately 1000 students attend; most bussed in from the surrounding area. The school only has a 2% dropout rate, the best in all of Huron County.
- Wingham Public School is located in the heart of Wingham on John Street.
- Sacred Heart School, a Catholic school located in the town's east end.
- Turnberry Central Public School is located just outside of Wingham in Morris-Turnberry Township.
Sacred Heart School may refer to one of these schools (even in cases where it is not the official name), as well as many others: Sacred Heart School in Anniston, Alabama Sacred Heart School in Saratoga, California, United States Sacred Heart School of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada Sacred Heart...
Transportation Wingham is located to the north of County Road 86 which connects to Kitchener-Waterloo to the east. The main thoroughfare is County Road 4, called Josephine Street within Wingham, which connects to London, Ontario to the south. Kitchener-Waterloo (K-W) is an unofficial but ubiquitous name for the area in Ontario, Canada consisting of the twin cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, approximately 100 kilometres west of Toronto. ...
Nickname: The Forest City Location of London in relation to Middlesex County and the Province of Ontario Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County Middlesex County Settled 1826 as a village Incorporated 1855 as a city - City Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best - Governing Body London City Council - MPs Sue Barnes (LPC...
Richard W. LeVan Airport is a general aviation airport to the southeast of Wingham with fuel services and private hangars. Wingham Airport, (IATA: N/A, ICAO: CPR7), is located 1 nautical mile (1. ...
Attractions The North Huron Museum provides an overview of the history of the Township of North Huron beginning in the Paleolithic era and continuing into modern times. The Township of North Huron is a municipality in Huron County, Ontario. ...
Famous people Alice Ann Munro, née Laidlaw (born 10 July 1931) is an award-winning Canadian short story writer who is widely considered an important writer in that form. ...
See also Communities of the Province of Ontario, Canada note: this is a list of communities, and are not necessarily organized municipalities. ...
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