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DRIVER CHARGED WITH IMPAIRED

DRIVER CHARGED WITH IMPAIRED

WAWA, ON – January 5, 2014 at 11:00 am officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment were directing traffic at a motor vehicle collision scene on Highway 17 in Laronde Township. A black Ford F-150 was observed driving in a dangerous manner and was stopped by [Read more]

Special Weather Statement Issued

Special Weather Statement Issued

Manitouwadge – Hornepayne – Wawa – Pukaskwa Park 4:24 PM EST Thursday 09 January 2014 Snow, rain and freezing rain for Northeastern Ontario Friday night into Saturday. A deepening low pressure system will track through Northeastern Ontario on Saturday reaching Southern James Bay [Read more]

WAWA DRIVER CHARGED

WAWA DRIVER CHARGED

WAWA, ON – December 22, 2013 just after 1:00 am the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment stopped a vehicle on Caverhill Street in Wawa. Based on the observations made by the investigating officer the driver was asked to provide a breath sample.  The driver refused [Read more]

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park : Northern Road Report Input

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park : Northern Road Report Input

For months New Democrats have been raising concerns and highlighting issues facing Personal Support Workers (PSW’s) in the province. After contract negotiations fell through almost two weeks ago the provinces PSW’s have been on strike.  The union representing the workers has indicated that [Read more]

HSCDSB Chair and Vice-Chair Acclaimed

HSCDSB Chair and Vice-Chair Acclaimed

Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Lindsay Liske was acclaimed Chair of the Board of Trustees for Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board and Leslie Cassidy-Amadio as Vice-Chair at the monthly Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday night. Liske, an Espanola resident, will be entering his second [Read more]

MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION RESULTS IN FATALITY ON HWY 519

MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION RESULTS IN FATALITY ON HWY 519

WAWA, ON – November 29, 2013 at 8:30 pm, the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wawa Detachment responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 519 in the Dambrossio Township. Upon arrival the driver was removed from the motor vehicle by the OPP.  Emergency Medical [Read more]

TRAFFIC STOP RESULTS IN LARGE DRUG SEIZURE

TRAFFIC STOP RESULTS IN LARGE DRUG SEIZURE

WAWA, ON – November 28, 2013 at 2:40 pm, the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wawa Detachment were conducting radar patrols on Highway 17 north of Wawa in the Lalibert Township.  Two white SUV’s were recorded traveling at a high rate of speed and were subsequently stopped. As [Read more]

Wawa EDC Congratulates Top 5 of Prodigy Argonaut Dreamers Contest

Wawa EDC Congratulates Top 5 of Prodigy Argonaut Dreamers Contest

WAWA, ON – Economic Development Wawa, in partnership with Prodigy Argonaut Gold and Michipicoten First Nation, is proud to announce winners of the Mine Your Own Business Wawa (MYOB) Prodigy Argonaut Dreamers Challenge. The Prodigy Argonaut Dreamers Challenge challenged area youth aged 15 to [Read more]

Fined $1,000 for Illegal Moose Hunting

Fined $1,000 for Illegal Moose Hunting

A Northeastern Ontario man has been fined $1,000 for illegal moose hunting. Cory Bernas of Sundridge pleaded guilty under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and was fined for hunting moose without a licence. October 7, 2013, Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers contacted a moose [Read more]

North East Region OPP Now On Twitter

North East Region OPP Now On Twitter

NORTH BAY, ON – North East Region Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is now Tweeting!  For those that would like to follow along, you can find us @OPP_NER for English Tweets and@PPO_Nordest for French Tweets. We will be covering all detachments and specialty units in our area; to the south West [Read more]

Helping Northern Ontario Prosper

Helping Northern Ontario Prosper

Ontario Government Working to Create a Stronger, More Diverse Northern Economy Premier Kathleen Wynne hosted a Northern Leaders’ Forum in Timmins yesterday to discuss ways to drive job creation and economic growth in Northern Ontario communities. The forum is brought together northern [Read more]

$8,000 Fine for Illegal Harvest of Crown Timber

$8,000 Fine for Illegal Harvest of Crown Timber

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]

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park

Like municipalities across the province, many Northern communities rely on property tax as a key source of revenue. In turn, this means they are reliant on the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) to assess reasonable tax values on local properties for the purposes of collecting [Read more]

Statement from Michael Gravelle, MNDM Re: ONTC

Statement from Michael Gravelle, MNDM Re: ONTC

On Monday, December 2, 2013 the Minister of Northern Development and Mines, Michael Gravelle issued the following statement: “I was pleased to meet today with my advisory committee on the ONTC. Together, we took the opportunity to further explore options as we move forward with the ONTC [Read more]

Freezing rain warning for Wawa – Pukaskwa Park – White River – Dubreuilville

Freezing rain warning for Wawa – Pukaskwa Park – White River – Dubreuilville

3:30 PM EST Wednesday 04 December 2013 Freezing rain tonight. A strengthening low pressure system over Iowa this afternoon will track northeast to reach Lake Superior tonight and James Bay Thursday evening. An area of snow and ice pellets ahead of the low is moving into Northeastern Ontario today [Read more]

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