Hefty Fine For Claiming To Be An Ontario Resident An Iowa man has been fined a total of $10,000 for illegally obtaining Ontario hunting and fishing licences and for illegal hunting. Steven Grupe of Bettendorf, Iowa, pleaded guilty to having a void Ontario Outdoors Card, making false statements on [Read more]
June 17, 2010 McGuinty Government Invests In Northern Highway Infrastructure The rehabilitation of Highways 125 and 105 will improve road safety for residents and industry in the Red Lake area. Drainage improvements and pavement resurfacing will be undertaken over 30 kilometres on the two highways; [Read more]
The Ojibways of the Pic River First Nations welcome you to join them in celebrating Aboriginal Day, this Saturday, June 19th. Family oriented events will be ongoing during the day, ending with a huge fireworks display in the evening at the Powwow grounds. This event is open and free to the [Read more]
Wait Time Reporting Most Comprehensive In Canada Ontario has achieved a major milestone in its efforts to reduce wait times. The latest data show provincial wait times for all surgical areas in the province are within target. The province has recently expanded its wait time reporting to include all [Read more]
Recently, White River’s Economic Development Officer James Bernardi, traveled South to Waterloo, Ontario for a 6 week program at the University of Waterloo. Though he was confident this would be a worthwhile trip, Bernardi did not anticipate the wealth of information he would gain nor the vast [Read more]
Pic River to Welcome Canadian Idol Judge for Motivational Presentation by Karina Hunter Next Friday, June 25th, Pic River is expecting a very special visitor. Farley Flex will be making a special presentation at the community’s Powwow Grounds and anticipation is growing. Farley Flex is best [Read more]
Métis Nation of Ontario signs relationship agreement with Great Lakes Power Transmission June 16/2010 • Toronto, ON — The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) and Great Lakes Power Transmission (GLPT), a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management, signed a relationship agreement last week [Read more]
$11,300 In Fines For Night Hunting Two Michigan men have been fined a total of $11,300 and are banned from hunting in Ontario for a number of hunting offences. Jamie Doucette of Gladstone, Michigan, was convicted of careless hunting, night hunting and having a loaded firearm in a vehicle. He was [Read more]
Cooperation Between Ontario And Québec Is Yielding Tangible Results Premiers Charest and McGuinty today held the third joint meeting of the Ontario and Québec cabinets in Quebec City. Quebec City – Ontario and Québec held the third joint meeting of their cabinets, chaired by Québec [Read more]
MISSING PERSON – HAS BEEN LOCATED (MARATHON, ON.) – The subject of the missing person investigation, Mr. MACPHERSON has been located safe and sound by family members. The Marathon OPP and would like to thank all that assisted. [Read more]
Charges Filed in $12,000.00 Mischief to School Windows MARATHON, ON – On April 27th 2010 Marathon OPP attended the Marathon High School to investigate a mischief. A significant amount of damage occurred to the skylight windows in the common area of the building. Estimates are over $12 [Read more]
East Fire Region **UPDATE** The Emergency Area Order that was previously in place surrounding Wawa 18 has been lifted as of 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 15. There are no longer any restrictions in place. One new fire was confirmed on June 14. Cochrane 27 was reported near Fort Severn at 0.3 hectares [Read more]
Marathon-Manitouwadge OPP Detachment MISSING PERSON – ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL POLICE (MARATHON, ON.) – On the 15th of June 2010 Marathon OPP located an abandoned motor vehicle on Highway 17 at the truck load check / snowplough turn around area near the Prairie River, west of [Read more]
Nipigon Red Rock Entrepreneur installs Solar Energy system with Hydro One in Northwestern Ontario NIPIGON, ON – Gary Lange of the Nipigon – Red Rock area turned on the first micro-FIT solar energy system in Northwestern Ontario connected with Hydro-One today. The system installation is [Read more]
Marathon Economic Development Corporation Releases New Economic Development Action Plan MARATHON – The Marathon Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) has undertaken a process to develop a new Strategic Action Plan for Marathon. This Plan has one keystone purpose in mind – enhance the [Read more]
