CONGRATULATIONS DALLAS!! NIPIGON/RED ROCK, ON – During his 25 years of teaching Dallas has coached everything from Cross Country Running to Badminton. Many of his athletes went on to compete at the Ontario Federation School Athletics Associations (OFSAA) level. In addition to his vast [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON. –During the early morning hours of September 9, 2012 Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call of a break and enter in progress at Polly Lake Road, off of Hwy 11, North of Lake Helen. At approximately 2:35 a.m. an alert citizen observed suspicious activity at a [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON –Nipigon OPP, in cooperation with the Office of the Ontario Firemarshall, are currently investigating a house structure fire at #560 Highway 11&17, Dorion Township, which occurred on 01 September 2012 at approximately 6:40 AM. The Dorion Fire Department responded to the scene, [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Monday August 20, 2012 officers with the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised that a dark grey Dodge Caravan bearing an unknown marker was travelling westbound on Highway #17 from the White River area. Officers were advised that the vehicle was involved in a [Read more]
August 3rd to 6th, 2012 Nipigon’s Blueberry Festival NIPIGON, ON – Join organizers of the 11th Annual Blueberry Blast this coming weekend, August 3rd through 6th, for a fun filled weekend celebrating the annual tradition of blueberry picking, family entertainment and a plethora of [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – July 25, 2012 at approximately 3:39am Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified of an attempted break and enter to a store in Shuniah Township. At 3:59am Nipigon OPP officers observed a vehicle matching the description of the suspect vehicle traveling eastbound on [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – 24 July 2012, in the early afternoon hours a traffic stop was completed by a member of the Nipigon Detachment Ontario Provincial Police on Highway 17 near Nipigon. The traffic stop resulted in the seizure of approximately 3,000 (three thousand) grams of cocaine. Two males from [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON –Public health inspectors sample district beaches from the middle of July to the end of August. High levels of E. coli (bacteria) in recreation water can cause health related problems in swimmers and therefore if bacterial tests indicate that levels are unsafe for swimming [Read more]
Please Note the next update will be provided Tuesday July 3, 2012. There will be no Information Officer working Monday July 2, 2012. More scattered lightning through the Red Lake, Kenora, Fort Frances, Dryden and Thunder Bay Districts was recorded in the last 24hrs. Lightening is currently being [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – June 23, 2012 at approximately 8:10 a.m. Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call of an overdue boater on Lake Nipigon. Officers of the Nipigon OPP with the assistance of the North West Region Emergency Response Team (ERT), OPP air services, and Civil Air [Read more]
At the Superior-Greenstone District School Board’s regular meeting, May 22, 2012, the Nipigon Red Rock District High School 7-12 Advisory Committee representatives; Dorion Public School Parent Council’s Kitty Dumonski, and George O’Neil (Nipigon) Public School Parent [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – June 4, 2012 at 1:05 p.m. an officer of the North West Region Highway Safety Division of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a vessel check at the South Bay Launch of Lake Nipigon. The officer checked 2 vessels and found that the operators had been drinking. The two [Read more]
OPP INVESTIGATE MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION NIPIGON, ON – Saturday June 2, 2012 at 6:00 am, Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call of a single vehicle collision on Hwy 17, Township of Wiggins, west of Pays Plat First Nation. The driver of an east bound car left the [Read more]
North of Superior Counselling Programs (NOSP) would like to congratulate four area volunteers who recently were recognized by the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration for continuous years of commitment and dedicated service to the Agency. Iris Smith and Gloria Marier from Dorion received [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Nipigon’s men and women in blue will be helping kids cast a line this spring during the 4th Annual Kids Fish Derby, Saturday, May 12th 1-5pm Nipigon Marina Dock The event, which is free for children and youth of all ages, will run from 1 pm to 5 pm at the Nipigon [Read more]
