WAWA, ON – March 18th, 2012 the Ontario Provincial Police Superior East Wawa Detachment were advised by a local complainant of a possible telephone scam. The complainant reported that multiple calls were made to their home advising they had won a lottery inLas Vegas,Nevada. The caller had [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – March 7, 2012 the Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified that an ice fishing hut on Nagagami Lake was broken into and ice fishing equipment was stolen. After investigating the incident and getting information from the victim and witnesses, Manitouwadge OPP [Read more]
OPP REMIND DRIVERS TO STAY SAFE With the recent spring like conditions our highways are clear and dry allowing for safe traveling. Often with these dry conditions drivers concentrate less on good driving habits and more on getting to their destination. Members of the OPP Highway Safety Division [Read more]
Nipigon Renews Business Development Program NIPIGON, ON – The Township of Nipigon is embarking in a new direction with their 2012 Business Development Program. The Economic Development Committee has identified three areas where we need to focus to encourage active business development in [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – The Township of Nipigon is working to create a new Brand Identity that will better communicate the Nipigon experience to potential residents, visitors, businesses and investors. To be successful, this project needs input and ideas from the people who know Nipigon better than [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – Elections Canada will now have the teeth it needs to conduct the kind of investigation needed for the electoral fraud allegations that have seized parliament, says Carol Hughes. Charges of misconduct are centered on the riding of Guelph, where Liberal supporters received fraudulent [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – Timiskaming-Cochrane New Democrat MPP John Vanthof will table a motion in the Ontario Legislature today calling for the creation of a new legislative committee that would be made up of Northern MPPs. “For too long, the Ontario Legislature hasn’t responded to the issues [Read more]
You may have heard: the retirement security of Canadians is under threat. At the World Economic Forum in January, Stephen Harper called the future of Canada’s Old Age Security (OAS) program into question. OAS provides supplementary income to 98% of Canadians over the age of 65. The government has [Read more]
McGuinty Government Ensures Sustainable Development, Protects Old Growth Forest Ontario is protecting the environment and giving clarity to developers by ensuring the Wolf Lake Old Growth Forest in the Timiskaming District remains a protected area. Retaining Wolf Lake’s Forest Reserve status [Read more]
The phone rings, you answer to the sound of a ship’s horn and (if you’re like most people) you hang up just as the recording gets to, “This is your captain calling…..”. You have been robocalled. Just as counterfeit money shouldn’t focus on paper, election fraud and voter suppression [Read more]
TBSO Concert at Lakehead THUNDER BAY, ON – Come and enjoy an eclectic and innovative mix of music on Wednesday, March 14th at Lakehead University. The Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra (TBSO) will be presenting a noon hour concert entitled iPod Genres. TBSO Conductor-in-Residence Daniel [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Yesterday (March 8th, 2012) members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Unit executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act warrant at a residence on Steele Avenue in the Town of Red Rock. After investigation and a search of the [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Yesterday, March 8th, the halls and classrooms at Manitouwadge Public School were abuzz with football players, hockey players, and representatives of all kinds of sports as students wholeheartedly participated in this week’ Theme Day.. Two of our young leaders – [Read more]
Foul Play Not Suspected WAWA, ON – Foul play is not suspected in the sudden death of a Wawa woman whose body was found in her residence on February 20, 2012. Ontario Provincial Police responded to the report a deceased woman in an apartment on Ontario Street just after 3:00 pm. An autopsy took [Read more]
DRIVER CHARGED WITH STUNT DRIVING AND VEHICLE IMPOUNDED FOR 7 DAYS MARATHON ON – Friday March 2, 2012, at 6:30 pm, a Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was conducting radar enforcement on Highway 17 near the Black River bridge approximately 15 kms east of Marathon, Ontario. The [Read more]
