PHONEY BANK INSPECTORS CREATING REAL VICTIMS ORILLIA, ON –The Ontario Provincial Police is receiving many reports of financial scams targeting seniors and other vulnerable people across the province. In this scam, individuals claiming to be investigators from one of Canada’s chartered banks [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON –Nipigon OPP, in cooperation with the Office of the Ontario Firemarshall, are currently investigating a house structure fire at #560 Highway 11&17, Dorion Township, which occurred on 01 September 2012 at approximately 6:40 AM. The Dorion Fire Department responded to the scene, [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON – August 23rd members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received numerous calls for service from residents of Geraldton advising that their motor vehicles had been broken into and items had been stolen from them. These thefts occurred in the late evening hours of [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – August 22, 2012 at 10:00 am the Township of Manitouwadge will be conduction a test on the emergency siren. This test is to familiarize the community with the sound of the siren that forms part of the Manitouwadge Emergency Plan. If / when you hear the siren on August 22, [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON– The evening of Tuesday, July 31st, Mercedes Hunter, Anna Marie Gillman, Melodie Mallais and fourth friend were on their way to the dock at Prospectors’ Park where they had planned to go swimming when they noticed a man struggling to stay above water and calling for [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Recently OntarioNewsNorth.com spoke with business owner Jim Moffat, Manitouwadge Economic Development Corporation Board Member and one of the 9 delegates who participated in a Southern Ontario tour, including among its stops the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station [Read more]
McGuinty Government Removes Restricted Fire Zone The Restricted Fire Zone order will be lifted in the Northeastern Ontario areas of Espanola, Sudbury, Manitoulin Island, North Bay and Temagami on August 3 at 6:00 p.m. The Restricted Fire Zone was declared on July 13, 2012 due to extreme fire hazard [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – NDP MPP Jagmeet Singh and MPP France Gélinas both agree that after 66 witnesses and 15 days of committee hearings into the Ornge scandal, a clear picture has emerged that the McGuinty Liberals had numerous warning signs about the troubled air ambulance service and chose [Read more]
ORILLIA, ON – This Civic Holiday Long Weekend Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers will be highly visible throughout the province, ensuring that road users and outdoor enthusiasts make it through a safe holiday weekend. With more great weather in the forecast, the OPP will be ready for the [Read more]
IMPROVING HIGHWAY 11 NEAR BEARDMORE Once completed, the project will link the newly-resurfaced stretch of Highway 11 from Nipigon all the way through Beardmore. A 49 km stretch of the highway was renewed, from Nipigon to OrientBay, last summer. Ontario is repaving nearly 30 kilometres of Highway [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – July 25, 2012 at approximately 3:39am Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified of an attempted break and enter to a store in Shuniah Township. At 3:59am Nipigon OPP officers observed a vehicle matching the description of the suspect vehicle traveling eastbound on [Read more]
McGuinty Government Promotes Fire Safety In Facilities Housing Seniors and Vulnerable Ontarians Ontario is taking steps to ensure residents of retirement and long-term care homes are safe during fire emergencies. The government is committed to ensuring that more retirement and long-term care homes [Read more]
RE: Drowning Deaths and Water Safety Dear Editor, This morning I sat down to face my computer screen to read incident notifications. It’s something I do everyday and it is not an easy task since many of the notifications detail someone’s death. Most often it is a fatal car crash or the [Read more]
21 MONTH OLD BABY DIES AS RESULT OF DROWNING SOUTH BAY, ON – Monday July 23, 2012 at 7:30pm a young couple along with their 6 children attended a family picnic to celebrate the couple’s anniversary. The picnic was located on the shore of South Bay in Assiginack Township south of [Read more]
Last week OntarioNewsNorth.com published this police report: ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING AT ANJIGAMI LAKE – Male Charged WAWA, ON– July 18, 2012 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment were advised that a male had accidentally shot himself at a camp on Anjigami Lake. [Read more]
