GREENSTONE, ON – September 16, 2013 at 12:25 am members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Greenstone Detachment were on patrol near the Long Lake # 58 General Store. Police observed five persons breaking into a Tractor Trailer Unit (TTU). Police approached the suspects and they fled on [Read more]
First Nation Recipients Receive Noront Resources Mikawaa Scholarship August 26, a luncheon was held in Rumours Dining Room at Confederation College to present three students with the Noront Resources Mikawaa Scholarship. Marlene Shewaybick from Webequie First Nation, Holly Mendowegan from [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON – On September 5, 2013 between the hours of 1:00 am and 7:00 am a shed and a vehicle located at a residence on Summerset Lane was broken into. Ontario Provincial Police Greenstone Detachment is seeking the assistance of the public in locating the stolen items. The items taken were; [Read more]
NAKINA, ON – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Greenstone Detachment is looking for assistance from the public. Sometime between December 2012 and August 22, 2013 a trailer was stolen from the Nakina Forest Products Fuel Depot at Highway 643. The trailer is a white 2007 tandem axle bush bungalow. [Read more]
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LONGLAC, ON – As a result of an investigation by officers of the Greenstone Community Drug Action Team (CDAT), one male remains in custody facing several drug charges and one female has been released from custody on a Promise to Appear. On August 30, 2013, a search warrant was executed at a [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON – Audrey WRIGHT who was previously reported missing in Geraldton has been located in Thunder Bay safe and sound. The OPP would like to thank the media for their assistance. ______ORIGINAL RELEASE BELOW_____ GERALDTON, ON – September 2, 2013, Audrey WRIGHT of Thunder Bay, age [Read more]
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – A petition demanding action from government representatives (partial image above), in regards to maintenance of the Industrial Road connecting Manitouwage to the Municipality of Greenstone, providing access from Manitouwadge to Hillsport (and vice-versa), and [Read more]
Chief Celia Echum – 4th Straight 2yr Term GINOOGAMING FN, ON – Elections for the Chief and Council of Ginoogaming First Nation were held on Wednesday the 21st day of August 2013. Celia Echum was re-elected for her 4th straight 2-year term by defeating challenger Joanne Towegishig by a [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – Over the past several days, Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has been reminding residents to take their personal property out of their vehicles and lock them even when they are parked in their own driveways. Over the course of the past five days, Greenstone OPP has had [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – The Municipality of Greenstone has accepted a bid to purchase its only designated heritage building, the Ukrainian Church/Museum. Located at 523 First Street East, Geraldton Ward, the building dates back to about 1950, and has not functioned as a Roman Catholic Church for [Read more]
FROM EDITOR: I was very please to receive this Industrial Road update from Edgar Lavoie from Greenstone as I had been wondering, how long would it take for Industrial Road to be no longer ‘driv-able’ from Manitouwadge to Greenstone [Read more]
1450 Nakina Drive • P.O. Box 398 • Thunder Bay • Ontario • P7C 4W1 August 1, 2013 As part of our commitment to facilitate a review of our current location (Eva Lake) for Float Plane training, we had indicated that a formal Request for Proposal would be issued to interested parties. For [Read more]
A BIG Thank You to reader Mitch Ouellet for submitting the Longlac Summerfest Schedule, watch for him at Summerfest as he will be taking photos for OntarioNewsNorth.com! CLICK HERE for the printable schedule (PDF) Thursday July 18 Slo-Pitch starts at Jeff Gauthier and Ron Beaulieu [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON –The Post Mortem examination of Erik LEGARDE was completed on March 26, 2013 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center. At this point in time the Ontario Provincial Police do not suspect foul play in the death of Erik LEGARDE. _________________________________ RELATED [Read more]
