On January 19, 2017, conservation officers with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry responded to a report of gill nets set in the vicinity of the Montreal River in Lake Superior. Officers located and removed gill nets which contained hundreds of rotting walleye, whitefish, lake trout, [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – On March 8, 2017, a former homeless youth and current entrepreneur, Joe Roberts will be pushing a shopping cart, (a symbol of chronic homelessness) through Nipigon, Ontario. The Push for Change is a 9000 km, 517 day trek across Canada to raise awareness and funds for ending youth [Read more]
WAWA, ON – On Thursday January 5, 2017 at approximately 4:20 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Chapleau Detachment responded to a Break and Enter incident to a residence located on Golf Course Road in Chapleau Ontario. As a result of an extensive investigation [Read more]
Fined $5,000 for Over-limit of Fish A Louisiana man has been fined $5,000 for a fishing offence. Charles Ward of Monterey, Louisiana, pleaded guilty and was fined $5,000 for possessing an over-limit of fish. He also received a one-year fishing licence suspension. Court heard that on August 24, [Read more]
A Beardmore man has been fined a total of $1,100 for fishing and boating offences. Benjamin MacAdam pleaded guilty and was fined $500 for fishing without a licence, and $600 for operating a vessel without personal life-saving and vessel safety equipment on board. MacAdam is also prohibited from [Read more]
Changes to mining health and safety regulations SUDBURY, ON–As of January 1, 2017, amendments to Regulation 854 Mines and Mining Plants of the Occupational Health and Safety Act became law. The regulatory changes relate to risk assessments, water and traffic management programs, and recording [Read more]
Thunder Bay OPP Locate Stranded Family on Dorion Cut Off Road THUNDER BAY, ON – January 1, 2017, at approximately 6:40 pm officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call for police assistance. A family, (two adults and two children), were [Read more]
WAWA, ON – On Thursday January 5, 2017 at approximately 4:20 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Chapleau Detachment responded to a Break and Enter incident to a residence located on Golf Course Road in Chapleau Ontario. The incident took place between Wednesday [Read more]
As of Jan. 1, 2017, a new regulation comes into effect that will prohibit police from requesting identifying information arbitrarily, or based on a person’s race or presence in a high-crime neighbourhood during certain police-public interactions. The regulation reflects feedback from public [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –On December 30, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. members of the Marathon detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call of intoxicated subjects on the road, at Peninsula Road, Town of Marathon. The subjects were located by police operating a motor vehicle. The vehicle [Read more]
This year, Ontario made changes to enhance the spring black bear hunting pilot that began in 2014. Our government has extended the pilot to 2020 and expanded the hunt to all 88 Wildlife Management Units that have a fall season. In addition to these changes, Ontario will now allow non-residents to [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –The weekend of December 17 and 18, 2016 resulted in three drivers charged with impaired driving related offences by members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment, after traffic stops were conducted. On December 17, 2016 at approximately 1:00 a.m. officers [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –December 16, 2016 at approximately 8:15 a.m. there was a report of a structure fire in the Town of Marathon. Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment attended 1 Stevens Avenue, Marathon, where an abandoned apartment building, known as the Everest Bayview [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – On December 16, 2016 at approximately 8:15 a.m. the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment members received a call of a fire at 1 Stevens Avenue, Marathon, ON. Officers attended the location and observed that a large structure, the Everest Bayview Apartment [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –The annual Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Drivers Everywhere) campaign by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) continues until January 7, 2016. Members of the Marathon OPP Detachment have completed 78 RIDE programs since the initiative started on November 21, 2016, and two drivers [Read more]
