There is no denying the trajectory of women’s rights in western society has been that of a steady rise in fortune. The suffrage movement is often seen as a starting point and it has been 99 years since the right to vote was granted to women across Canada – Manitoba preceded that by two [Read more]
SCROLL DOWN For Warnings For Other Areas WARNINGS 1:29 AM EST Friday 12 February 2016 Extreme Cold Warning in effect for: Armstrong – Auden – Wabakimi Park Beardmore – Jellicoe – Macdiarmid Gull Bay – Black Sturgeon Lake Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat [Read more]
On 2-1-1 Day, residents are encouraged to make the right call THUNDER BAY, ON – February 11 is 2-1-1 Day across North America. To mark this day, United Way of Thunder Bay, Lakehead Social Planning Council, and 211 Ontario helpline is asking residents to make the right call (#MakeTheRightCall) [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –On February 11, 2016 Members of the Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigated a Tax Fraud report that has become a common complaint in the Town of Marathon. The fraud is that a telephone call or email is received from a fraudster identifying that they [Read more]
FONOM and NOMA Team Up With Grain Farmers to Launch Growing Ontario: A New Voice for Northern and Rural Ontario KAPUSKASING, ON – Municipal leaders along with the agriculture and forestry sector have banded together to launch a bold new strategy called Growing Ontario to celebrate the innovation [Read more]
Jack G. Heimbecker of Paris pleaded guilty and was fined $900 for unlawfully attaching a seal to game wildlife killed by another person. He received a one-year hunting suspension.Two southern Ontario men have been fined a total of $2,700 and each given a one-year hunting suspension for party [Read more]
Patrick Sanders was found guilty in a trial in absentia and was fined $1,500 and $500 for exceeding the limit of 21 days allowed for camping on Crown land and for dumping garbage on Crown land respectively.An Atikokan man has been fined a total of $2,000 for Crown land offences under the Public [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Dan Levesque has been appointed as the Interim Chair of the Board of Directors of the North West LHIN effective January 27, 2016. His appointment comes following the departure of Joy Warkentin who completed her term with the North West LHIN Board of Directors on January 26, [Read more]
WAWA, ON – On Tuesday February 9, 2016 members of the Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an unwanted person call at a local Wawa address. At the scene officers noted that the unwanted female party had been consuming alcohol and was displaying signs [Read more]
Bond is back! Perhaps one of the better known movie franchises of all time, 007 has been going strong since 1962 when Sean Connery played the now iconic character – James Bond. A total of eight actors have played the role currently being held by Daniel Craig. We were first introduced to Craig [Read more]
WAWA, ON – On Thursday February 4, 2016 members of the Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting radar patrols on Highway 17 in the Township of Vasiloff when they observed a motor vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed. The driver was stopped for a [Read more]
WHITE RIVER, ON – On Friday February 5, 2016 members of the Superior East White River Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an incident at a local business in White River regarding an assault complaint. As a result of this investigation police arrested and charged Ian [Read more]
Special weather statement in effect for: Nipigon – Rossport Schreiber – Marathon Pukaskwa Park – Wawa Snow has reached the Lakehead area near Thunder Bay and will continue to spread quickly east to remaining regions tonight as a strong Alberta Clipper approaches from the west. A [Read more]
NOSP – Nipigon Site “Walk-In Clinic” NIPIGON, ON – Shannon Cormier, Executive Director of North of Superior Counselling Programs (NOSP), is pleased to announce the launch of a “Walk-in Counselling Clinic” in the Nipigon Service Area, starting Wednesday February 10, 2016. [Read more]
A Pembroke man’s convictions and fines of $500 for illegally hunting in Algonquin Provincial Park have been upheld. Grant Tysick was convicted and fined $350 for unlawfully hunting in a provincial park and $150 for operating a motor vehicle in a provincial park without a park permit. Court heard [Read more]
