MANITOUWADGE, ON – Wednesday August 17, 2011 Ontario Provincial Police officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling on Highway 17 East of Marathon. During the traffic stop it was discovered that some of the occupants were wanted for previous illegal activity in the province of Quebec. [Read more]
AIRPLANE COLLISION MARATHON, ON – Thursday August 18, 2011 at 12:25pm the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded call for a small airplane that crashed at the Marathon Airport on Highway 17 just West of Marathon. A small airplane that was attempting to take off from the airport ran [Read more]
Every week Tyler Davis, Owner Crossover Video & Games in Marathon, writes the Crossover Insider for OntarioNewsNorth.com. Published Tuesdays, The Crossover Insider is your source for the week’s movie & video game releases, store news, details of Davis’ collaborations with other [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –In the early morning hours of August 14, 2011 Marathon Ontario Provincial Police were conducting patrol in the Penn Lake area when a suspicious vehicle was observed. When the police attempted to stop the vehicle it evaded police and sped off. The vehicle was located in a laneway not [Read more]
HERON BAY, ON – Parks Canada staff and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Conservation Officers have located and destroyed a female bear approximately two kilometres from the site of the August 5, 2011 incident during which a park visitor was injured by a lone adult black bear in the park’s [Read more]
Joint Review Panel Established for the Proposed Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine Project in Ontario OTTAWA, August 9, 2011– Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent and Ontario’s Minister of the Environment John Wilkinson announced today the establishment of a three-member [Read more]
Every week Tyler Davis, Owner Crossover Video & Games in Marathon, writes the Crossover Insider for OntarioNewsNorth.com. Published Tuesdays, The Crossover Insider is your source for the week’s movie & video game releases, store news, details of Davis’ collaborations with other [Read more]
DATE: August 8, 2011 MARATHON, ON – Friday August 5, 2011 Ontario Provincial Police officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling on Highway 17 in the Marathon area. During the traffic stop a quantity of marijuana was discovered with an estimated street value of $4000.00. Liam JONES a [Read more]
HERON BAY, ON – To ensure the safety of park visitors, the entire backcountry of Pukaskwa National Park has been closed following an incident in which a visitor was injured by a lone adult black bear. All registered park visitors have been evacuated and park staff continue to patrol the [Read more]
Main Street St.Lazare Manitoba. I’m back! On Monday evening, I returned home from an awesome vacation in Manitoba. My home base for the bulk of the trip was the small village of St.Lazare, a predominantly French speaking village of about 265. This is where my Mom grew up and where my Grandma, [Read more]
FROM: Marathon OPP Detachment DATE: July 30, 2011 MALE CHARGED WITH IMPAIRED OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE MARATHON ON – Friday July 29, 2011, at 1:53am, Ontario Provincial Police officers while on [Read more]
For Immediate Release MARATHON, ON – Transportation logistics are currently being finalized to the 230 evacuees in Marathon to Thunder Bay and Sioux Lookout. “This move will help the evacuees get closer to Sandy Lake when they eventually get the go-ahead to move back home,” states Mayor [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The Town of Marathon continues to manage the logistics of hosting 230 evacuees in the community. Emergency Management Control Group meetings continue on a twice daily basis to ensure all necessary activities are coordinated and information exchanged. “The Town of Marathon [Read more]
Marathon Accepting Forest Fire Evacuees MARATHON, ON – The Town of Marathon has accepted 200 Stage 2 evacuees. The evacuees will be lodged at the Marathon Arena. Town and Fire Department Staff are on site coordinating logistics. “Our Emergency Management Control Group continues to [Read more]
Every week Tyler Davis, Owner Crossover Video & Games in Marathon, writes the Crossover Insider. Published Tuesdays (There will be no Insider next week as Tyler is on holiday) on www.OntarioNewsNorth.com The Crossover Insider is your source for the week’s movie & video game releases, [Read more]
