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]
FORT FRANCES, ON – Resolute FP Canada Inc., operator of a paper mill, pleaded guilty and has been fined $150,000 after a worker was burned following an explosion of wood dust. The paper mill, located at Mowatt Avenue and Sinclair Street in Fort Frances, was idled in 2014 but its bio mass [Read more]
Manitoulin Seniors welcome additional and reinstatement of Drive Test services: Mantha GORE BAY, ON – Many Manitoulin Seniors grew concerned when learning that a program which assists them with their drive and vision tests was removed from Gore Bay prompting them to reach out to local MPP [Read more]
A Blind River area woman has been fined $2,500 for unlawfully shooting two moose on a roadway. Stacey Armstrong, a resident of Mississauga First Nation, pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm on a roadway. In addition to the fine, the moose were forfeited to the Crown and have been donated to [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Lac Des Iles Mines Ltd. has been fined a total of $365,000 after separate incidents in 2014 in which one worker was injured and another killed due to the movement of mined material. On July 10, 2014, one miner was operating a scoop tram (underground loader, similar to a [Read more]
WAWA, ON – The Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is advising motorist of the new legislative amendments to the Highway Traffic Act sections 140 and 176 which have become into force January 1, 2016. The Act will require drivers to stop and yield the entire roadway to pedestrians and [Read more]
Province sets Mandate and Timeframe for Independent Commission Ontario has finalized the details of the independent commission to assist families who may have been affected by the Motherisk laboratory’s flawed testing methodology. The independent commission was established in response to the [Read more]
By now we have grown accustomed to the compelling arguments in favour of re-investing in Canada’s crumbling infrastructure, but what are we to make of the damage to the bridge over the Nipigon River which is new and not even fully constructed? In case you missed the story, the bridge failed [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Earlier today, January 18, 2016 at approximately 12:39 pm, Officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 11/17 and John Street. Thunder Bay Fire Department and Superior [Read more]
TORONTO, ON – The Ontario NDP has launched a Safe Northern Roads Petition (click image below to view petition on NDP site), calling on the government ensure that northern roads and infrastructure are safe for drivers. Following the failure of the Nipigon River Bridge which severed the [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Ontario Provincial Police Thunder Bay advise Highway 11, 25 Kms North of junction, has been re-opened in both directions, after the removal of the tractor trailer. (CLICK HERE for original release). Please use caution when driving, reduce speeds as required by [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) advise that Highway 11, 25 km north of 11/17 junction , has been closed due to a tractor trailer unit engulfed in flames. Estimated duration of road advisory is unknown at this time The O.P.P. will distribute [Read more]
From Northern Development Critic Michael Mantha, and NDP Transportation Critic Wayne Gates “The failure of Nipigon River Bridge shows the Liberal government’s mismanagement of Northern Ontario’s roads and highways. The $106 million Nipigon River Bridge has been open for less than two [Read more]
HORNEPAYNE, ON – On Saturday January 9, 2016 at approximately 6:05 pm members of the Hornepayne Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a robbery incident to a local Hornepayne Ontario business. Police were advised that the suspect had left the premise with an [Read more]
