$4,500 Fine For Shooting Deer On Private Property April 15, 2011 Two Ontario residents have been fined a total of $4,500 for shooting a deer on posted private land. Tim Gould of Chelmsford and David Wheadon of Manitouwadge pleaded guilty to trespassing for the purpose of hunting and possessing [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]
Law enforcement joins the fight – Manitouwadge for Hockeyville Photos/article by Karina Hunter MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, January 28th, as part of Manitouwadge’s ongoing efforts to become Kraft Hockeyville 2011, the Copper Kings Atoms faced off against local law enforcement [Read more]
From the Editor: OntORA is once again looking to the media, hoping to advise the public of what they feel have been quiet and surreptious changes to Public Lands Act s.28 “by the McGuinty Liberals in an attempt to legally accomodate what we considered illegal and abusive uses of this [Read more]
December 22, 2010 Three Elliot Lake men who participated in the cover-up of an illegally shot bull moose have received fines totaling $4,500 and hunting licence suspensions. Jacques Monette pleaded guilty to unlawfully using another hunter’s licence and obstructing a conservation officer, and [Read more]
$1,000 Fine For Catching Too Many Brook Trout December 22, 2010 A Northern Ontario man has been fined a total of $1,000 for catching and keeping too many brook trout and providing misleading information to a conservation officer. Michel Begin of Marathon was fined $750 for unlawfully possessing [Read more]
Exploration Company Fined $3000 for Littering A mining exploration company has been fined $3000.00 after pleading guilty to littering on Crown land in the Timmins area. Geotech Ltd. of Aurora pleaded guilty to depositing material on Crown land contrary to the Public Lands Act. Court heard that on [Read more]
Southwest Region MNR Enforcement Blitz November 12th, 2010 Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers laid 204 charges and seized close to 30 illegally hunted animal carcasses during recent enforcement checks in southwestern Ontario. The targeted area covered all counties south and west [Read more]
OPP conclude death investigation KENORA, ON – Kenora detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police has concluded the investigation into the death of a man at the Tower Motor Hotel in Kenora. 30 year old Allan HENFREY of Kenora was found deceased in his room early in the morning on 10 [Read more]
FROM/DE: SUPERIOR EAST OPP DATE: October 29, 2010-10-29 HORNEPAYNE, ON – October 27, 2010 The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) reported that mischief had occurred to one of two large signs which had been erected recently 20 kms north of Hornepayne on [Read more]
Safety First During the Deer Hunt The Ministry of Natural Resources will be conducting heightened enforcement activity in the northeast region this fall as part of a safety-first campaign. In particular, during the regular gun season for deer from November 1 to 13, conservation officers will be [Read more]
HORNEPAYNE, ON – On October 27, 2010 The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) reported that mischief had occurred to one of two large signs which had been erected recently 20 kms north of Hornepayne on Highway 631. The signs had been erected to raise awareness to resource users that Caribou may [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Raymond Gascon recently returned to Northern Ontario, living with his family in Manitouwadge he owns/operates Northern Dive Adventures. Through his business and in meeting new people Gascon quickly realized there were other divers in the area who wanted to connect, [Read more]
West Fire Region October 15, 2010 Please note – the next update is scheduled for Friday, October 22 Two prescribed burns were ignited in the West Fire Region on October 15. Red Lake District ignited the Odin Lake Prescribed Burn. It is located about 48 kilometres north, northwest of Red Lake [Read more]
$2,500 Fine For Hunting Violations October 5, 2010 A St. George hunter was fined a total of $2,500 for unlawfully transferring a moose seal and obstructing a conservation officer. James Kruis pleaded guilty to unlawfully transferring a component of a licence and was fined $1,500. He also [Read more]
