Convicted: D & G Logging Ltd., 168 Government Road, Kapuskasing, Ontario, a small logging company near Manitouwadge, Ontario Location of Worksite: Near Long Pond Road in the Big Pic Forest north of Wawa and Lake Superior. Description of Offence: A worker was killed when the boom of a [Read more]
ORILLIA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is concerned by the number of drivers who ignore Ontario’s Move Over Law and place police, other emergency personnel and tow truck drivers at risk on the roadside. The OPP laid 1,891 charges last year against drivers [Read more]
NORTHWEST REGION HEADQUARTERS, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are issuing a public safety warning in relation to the suspects in a British Columbia homicide of a young couple along with another death. The last confirmed sighting of the suspects, Kam McLEOD and Bryer SCHMEGELSKY, [Read more]
WAWA, ON – On July 11, 2019 at around 9:00 a.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Wawa Volunteer Fire Department and Algoma Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were called to the scene of a plane crash in the Town of Hawk Junction, Ontario. [Read more]
Transport Canada Attending WAWA, ON – On July 11, 2019 at around 9:00 a.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Wawa Volunteer Fire Department and Algoma Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were called to the scene of a plane crash in the Town of [Read more]
TSB deploys a team of investigators following an accident near Hawk Junction, Ontario RICHMOND HILL, ON – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators following an accident involving a deHavilland Beaver DHC-2 floatplane, near Hawk Junction, Ontario. The [Read more]
Police Continue to Receive Complaints for AMBER Alerts ORILLIA, ON – The Ontario AMBER Alert program continues to be an instrumental tool in assisting both the public and police with locating an abducted child who may be in danger. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind the [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently assisting the Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS) with a missing person investigation. Police are requesting the assistance of the public in the search for Edward “Eddie” [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Fire Chief Owen Cranney began Monday’s Canada Day BBQ and celebrations by sharing details of the May 21st, 2019 apartment fire on Station Road where the quick actions of 2 local men likely saved lives. The chief recounted, for those in attendance, how Mark [Read more]
K+S Windsor Salt’s Ojibway Mine Tops in Ontario Mine Rescue Competition Mine rescue volunteers from K+S Windsor Salt Ojibway Mine celebrated the 70th annual Ontario Mine Rescue Provincial Competition, and the 90th anniversary of Ontario Mine Rescue by donning champions’ gold hard hats in Red [Read more]
Dear Editor, On June 6, 1944, I arrived by boat on Juno Beach in Normandy, France, with the Canadian Scottish Regiment. My role was in the mortar platoon. On June 17, I was based in a barn, anticipating an attack that never came. I went into a nearby shed to disarm the grenades when one [Read more]
Dr. David Cameron, Regional Supervising Coroner for Inquests, announced today that an inquest will be held into the deaths of Henry Meekis and Harold McDonald. Mr. Meekis, 58, died on December 23, 2012, and Mr. McDonald, 52, died on January 6, 2013, in separate incidents when their grooming [Read more]
MARATHON, Ontario – In October 2018, Superior-Greenstone District School Board introduced their new Multi-Year Strategic Plan. Their 2018-2023 Strategic Plan is built around four interrelated and interconnecting strategic themes: learning, well-being, relationships and stewardship. Currently the [Read more]
Competition period opens for this year’s Sarah Beth Therien Memorial Scholarship. Are you a young person striving to make the world a safer place? Then why not apply for the Sarah Beth Therien Memorial Scholarship, a one-time award of $2,000 recognizing safety leaders among Canada’s [Read more]
HEARST, ON – On January 25, 2019, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be closing Highway 11 at Highway 631, for public safety, while a trailer containing dangerous goods is being removed from the scene of a collision. The Highway is being closed from [Read more]
