Release: 16 April 2011 Re: Hwy #17 CLOSED – Marathon – Wawa Thunder Bay, ON – Hwy # 17 between Marathon and WAWA is closed to both directions of traffic due to Road and Weather Conditions and Commercial Vehicle stuck on hills. The [Read more]
Release: 16 April 2011 Re: Hwy #17 – Nipigon – White River (Thunder Bay, On.) Hwy # 17 is OPEN to both directions of traffic. The OPP would like to remind all motorists to drive to road and weather conditions. The Ontario Provincial [Read more]
For several days, there has been no supply of potable water or running water in any form. With an on-reserve population of 2,400 community members are now forced to gather water from the nearby lake, which is unsafe to drink. Parents may have no choice but to expose their children to contaminated [Read more]
McGuinty Government Continues To Protect Ontario Families Ontario’s annual seatbelt campaign kicks off today to remind drivers and passengers to buckle up and make sure children are properly secured in the right child car seat. Wearing a seatbelt is the most effective way to reduce the risk [Read more]
OPP CHARGE MARATHON MAN WITH POSSESSION, ACCESSING, MAKING AVAILABLE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY MARATHON, ON – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Child Sexual Exploitation Section (Project “P”), Electronic Crime Section and Marathon Detachment have arrested and charged a Marathon man [Read more]
Ontario Fire Marshal Strongly Recommends Use of Flashlights, Battery-Operated Lanterns & Flameless Candles To prevent property loss and fire-related injuries, the Ontario Fire Marshal is strongly recommending that people use flashlights, battery-operated lanterns or flameless candles for [Read more]
Listen to Hughes Listen_to_hear_CarolHughes_H2Oa Listen_to_hear_CarolHughes_H2Ob OTTAWA, ON –Access to drinking water shouldn’t be a privilege for Canadians according to Carol Hughes. The MP for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing rose in Question Period to grill the government on the snail’s [Read more]
The combined tragedies that hit Japan last week are horrible enough to begin with. The sheer destruction of the earthquake and its tsunami swept away lives, communities and changed Japan in mere moments. The events that unfolded in the aftermath, at two separate nuclear facilities, have the [Read more]
March 14, 2011 In December 2008, following the release of Justice Stephen Goudge’s Report on The Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario, I announced a review of pediatric cases that resulted in criminal convictions based on evidence of abusive head trauma or “shaken baby [Read more]
FROM/DE: Nipigon Detachment DATE: March 14, 2011 IMPAIRED DRIVER LOCATED AND ARRESTED NIPIGON, ON. –During the weekend of March 11 to March 14, 2011 Nipigon / Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 23 calls for [Read more]
FROM/DE: Highway Safety Division DATE: March 11, 2011 The Seasons May Change but the Responsibility for Safe Driving Doesn’t ORILLIA, ON –The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are reminding motorists that with spring [Read more]
March 11, 2011 McGuinty Government Committed To Getting Answers Dr. Leonard Ritter has been named the chair of the Independent Fact-Finding Panel on Herbicide 2,4,5-T to look into its past use in Ontario in the 1950s, 60s and 70s and possibly the 80s. Dr. Ritter is the executive director of the [Read more]
March 11, 2011 McGuinty Government Improving Family Justice For Victims Of Abuse A new support program will soon be available across Ontario to help victims of domestic violence through the difficult process of separation or divorce. The new Family Court Support Worker program will provide [Read more]
March 10, 2011 McGuinty Government Introduces Legislation To Amend Sex Offender Registry Ontario is proposing changes to its sex offender registry that would, if passed, align the provincial registry with recent changes to the federal registry. These changes would maintain the efficient sharing of [Read more]
March 9, 2011 OTTAWA, ON – Canadians do not accept child pornography and Parliament needs to make sure that message is heard by the CRTC and internet service providers. That is the message Carol Hughes brought to the House of Commons toady. Tabling a petition from the residents of Elliot Lake, [Read more]
