A tourist camp, its operator and two were fined a total of $1,800 for illegally hunting moose. Redwood Enterprises pleaded guilty to unlawfully hunting moose without a valid licence and to issuing a moose validation tag to a person who was not a registered guest. Redwood Enterprises was fined $450 [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Friday, November 7, 2014, officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), conservation officers from Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), Ministry of Transportation [Read more]
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry conservation officers remind campers of the 21-day camping limit on Crown land. Canadian residents may camp for free on Crown land for up to 21 days in a calendar year at any one site, except where posted otherwise. The camper and the camping unit must [Read more]
Four moose hunters have been fined a total of $4,500 for moose hunting violations. James Stoneman of St. Joseph Island pleaded guilty to failing to properly attach a game seal to a moose, unlawfully transporting wildlife and unlawfully making a false statement to a conservation officer. He was [Read more]
Five Ontario men were fined a total of $16,400 and received hunting license suspensions for an illegal moose hunt and an attempted cover up in 2011. Jan Kuczek of Schomberg pleaded guilty to illegally party-hunting moose, failing to immediately attach a game seal, possessing wildlife illegally [Read more]
Two Timmins residents have been fined a total of $3,500 for an illegal deer hunt. Roger Gagnon and Robert Pearce pleaded guilty and were fined $2,000 and $1,500 respectively for discharging a firearm from a roadway.The men are also banned from hunting in Ontario for a year. The court heard that on [Read more]
A Mattawa man has been fined $8,000 for the commission of two offences related to the illegal harvest of Crown timber in Papineau Township. Doug Bangs pleaded guilty to harvesting trees without the authority of a licence, an offence under Ontario’s Crown Forest Sustainability Act. A guilty plea [Read more]
HEARST, ON – A Hearst man has been fined for dredging the shore lands of Pivabiska Lake. Leandre Lachance pleaded guilty and was fined $2,000 for contravening the Public Lands Act. Court heard that during the summer of 2012, Lachance, after purchasing a cottage lot on Pivabiska Lake, cleared [Read more]
Jeffrey Taylor of Constance Lake First Nation was fined $800 for shooting a moose on private lands after permission to hunt on the property was denied by the landowner. Court heard that on or about November 5, 2012, Taylor obtained permission from the Templeton Township landowner to use a private [Read more]
Brunswick House First Nation man has been fined $1,500 for illegal hunting northwest of Chapleau, Ontario. Jonathan Tangie was convicted for unlawfully discharging his firearm in a travelled roadway while hunting moose in the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. His hunting rifle was seized and will be [Read more]
Deer Hunt Enforcement Blitz Leads To Charges & 2 Deers Seized Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers issued a number of warnings and charges while conducting a five-day enforcement blitz during the deer hunt in Northeastern Ontario. The blitz took place from November 5 to 9 in [Read more]
Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers laid almost 160 charges and seized illegally harvested animals, including 29 moose, during an enforcement blitz in the northeast. The targeted area extended from the Hudson Bay and James Bay coasts in the north, to the French and Mattawa rivers in [Read more]
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GREENSTONE, ON – On June 22, 2011 the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a complaint relating to death threats and a break & enter in the area of Toronto Lake, a remote area north of the community of Jellicoe. A male not known to the victims had broken [Read more]
HERON BAY, ON – Pukaskwa’s backcountry has been reopened following a seven-day closure. The closure was in place as a result of an incident in which a lone black bear injured a visitor at Simon’s Harbour in the park on August 5, 2011. Parks Canada staff and Ontario Ministry of Natural [Read more]
