October 26, 2010 “LOCAL FIRST NATIONS PUT THE MNR ON NOTICE, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY” Garden River and Batchewana First Nations are joining forces to battle the continued harassment of their citizens by the Ontario Government.Most recently, The Ministry of Natural Resources, and their [Read more]
True North Hardwood Plywood Inc. pleaded guilty and was fined $1,000 for depositing material on Crown land. Court heard that between March 1 and 25, 2010, approximately 80 truckloads of wood were placed in a gravel pit in Tomlinson Township by a contractor working on behalf of True North. True [Read more]
Hefty Fine For Trespassing To Hunt A Sudbury man has been fined $1,500 and had his firearm confiscated for hunting deer on private property. Kresimir Peter Severinac pleaded guilty to trespassing while hunting white-tailed deer on Manitoulin Island. The firearm seized during the investigation will [Read more]
White Nose Syndrome Detected In Ontario Bats McGuinty Government Continues To Monitor Hibernation Sites The first case of bats with white nose syndrome in Ontario has been confirmed in the Bancroft–Minden area. There is no known human health risk associated with this syndrome; however the [Read more]
Manitouwadge issues brought forward at OGRA Conference by Karina Hunter Manitouwadge Council Members Donna Jaunzarins, George Bodak and Mayor John MacEachern, attended the Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA) conference held in Toronto last month. Manitouwadge’s presence there was important [Read more]
MNR Employees brave the cold for local Food Bank by Karina Hunter In spite of below zero temperatures yesterday, staff and their families, from the Manitouwadge detachment of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), accompanied by ministry mascot Smokey the Bear, set up a tent [Read more]
Is it just a little bull? by Karina Hunter There is only one month of Moose Hunting Season remaining in Ontario (ends December 15th) and Wawa District Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) officials report that there have been just ten moose shot erroneously in the Wawa district this [Read more]
For all the details on this construction project, visit http://www.karinahunter.com/?p=5300 I went out to the Black River bridge yesterday afternoon (august 26) to see how things were progressing and wether it was possible to cross if necessary. The photos below give a look at where the work is at, [Read more]
Black River Forest slowdown provides opportunities for extended bridge repairs by Karina Hunter Slowdown in the forestry sector in Manitouwadge is not all bad news as Buchanan Woodlands Inc takes this opportunity to supervise a bridge repair project on behalf of Great West Timber Ltd next week. [Read more]
