NIPIGON OPP CHARGE DRIVER FOR POSSESSION NIPIGON, ON –During the weekend of September 30 to October 2, 2011 Nipigon and Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP): Responded to 45 calls for service Issued 29 Provincial Offence Notices. Saturday October 1 at approximately 12:10 a.m. Nipigon OPP [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Our Lady of Lourdes students had a very important lesson today as they learned and reviewed precautions and procedures related to School Bus Safety. Junior and Senior Kindergarten students were the first to follow their teacher to the front entrance of the [Read more]
Originating Service: Ontario Provincial Police-Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Drug Enforcement Unit September 23, 2011 members of the Drug Enforcement Unit assisted by members from the Schreiber detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act [Read more]
CHAPLEAU, ON – September 25th, 2011 the Superior East OPP in Chapleau stopped a motor vehicle for speeding on Highway 129 in Daoust Township. The driver, Raphael PAQUETTE age 64 of Hamilton,Ontario was subsequently arrested and charged with the following; Impaired Operation of a Motor Vehicle [Read more]
IMPAIRED DRIVER CHARGED NIPIGON, ON –During the weekend of September 23 to September 25, 2011 Nipigon and Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to: 32 calls for service Issued 37 Provincial Offence Notices Officers investigated 2 motor vehicle collisions September 23 at [Read more]
As jobless rate climbs and inflation soars, the government is worried about unreported crime. Gas prices are up 23% from August of last year. I know that most people will be concerned about that. It is a large part of what is driving inflation in this country and reverses the trend that saw rates [Read more]
17 September 2011- 0415hrs (4:15am) North West Region Road Advisory Cancellation Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Advisory: Location: Hwy #11 30 kms south of Beardmore ( Re-opened to one lane) OntarioNewsNorth.com will continue to publish [Read more]
September 16th, 2011 – 2200hrs (10pm) Northwest Region Road Advisory Highway 11 Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial police advise of the following Road Advisory: LOCATION: Highway #11, 30km South of Beardmore DESCRIPTION: Highway is closed due to Motor Vehicle Collision fatality [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Yesterday,was a busy day for the Manitouwadge Fire Department; OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor, Karina Hunter spoke with Fire Chief Owen Cranney about all that had transpired . Monday, September 12th the Fire Department and Ontario Provincial Police attended a small brush [Read more]
THREE CHARGED IN RELATION TO BREAK AND ENTER IN MANITOUWADGE MANITOUWADGE, ON – August 11, 2011 a break and enter was reported to the Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). During the investigation it was revealed that a quantity of money and other items were stolen from a [Read more]
Prescribed fire planned near Tip Top Mountain HERON BAY, ON – Parks Canada plans to conduct a 1200-hectare prescribed fire near Tip Top Mountain in Pukaskwa National Park between September 10 and 30, weather permitting. The Tip Top prescribed fire covers 1,200 hectares in a spruce-birch forest, [Read more]
OPP LABOUR DAY LONG WEEKEND WRAP-UP AURORA, ON – With the 2011 Labour Day Weekend behind them, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have tallied up their numbers and are ready to release statistics relating to this last long weekend of summer. OPP officers were seen in high numbers [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Monday September 5th, 2011 the Superior East OPP in Wawa were called to a residence onRegina Crescent in regards to an assault that had occurred there. As a result of the investigation fifty-nine year old Regis KENNY of Wawa was arrested and charged with the following; Assault with a [Read more]
Provincial Resources The firefighting effort in Ontario continues to be supported by Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick and Saskatchewan as well as from the U.S. state of Minnesota, for a total complement of 80 personnel. Equipment is also being provided by Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba [Read more]
PROVINCIAL OVERVIEW – Five new fires were reported on Friday, September 2. No control issues were experienced with these starts. In 2011 to date, 1,097 fires have burned a total of 628,977 hectares in the province. Approximately three-quarters of current active fires are located in the Far [Read more]
