HERON BAY, ON – Pukaskwa National Park of Canada continues to monitor 3 lightning fires and the Cascade Lake prescribed fire site. The Cascade Lake prescribed fire operation was completed on September 10th using a helicopter equipped with an aerial ignition device. The total area burned was [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The 30th annual Northwestern Ontario Regional Conference will be held on Thursday, September 27th & Friday, September 28th at the Victoria Inn in Thunder Bay. The event will bring together municipal leaders, business representatives and economic development practitioners [Read more]
From the Editor of OntarioNewsNorth.com: Every week Tyler Davis, Owner Crossover Video & Games in Marathon, writes the Crossover Insider for OntarioNewsNorth.com. Published Tuesdays, The Crossover Insider is your source for the week’s movie & video game releases, store news, details of [Read more]
OPP AND WAWA POLICE SERVICES BOARD SELECT NEW DETACHMENT COMMANDER SUPERIOR EAST – WAWA, ON – On July 27, 2012, Wawa Police Services Board and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) North East Region Command Staff convened as a selection committee to choose a detachment commander for Superior [Read more]
Gas prices went through the roof in the last ten days. In the north we need no lessons about the fickle nature of gas pricing and the havoc it plays on household budgets. This might be a little easier to take if we were burning Canadian fuel that had been domestically refined as part of [Read more]
CHAPLEAU YOUTH CHARGED FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESION OF FIREARM CHAPLEAU, ON –On Friday September 21, 2012 officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Chapleau Detachment conducted a traffic stop for speeding on Highway 129 in Chapleau Township. During the stop OPP officers [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The CNIB Eye Van is a welcome site to residents when it visits Manitouwadge annually to provide specialized eye screening and care services. As it rolls 6,000 km across Northern Ontario it visits more than 30 remote communities. Staffed by a rotating team of visiting [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Thursday September 20, 2012 at 5:30 pm officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment were advised of a possible impaired and suspended driver in the town of Wawa. The vehicle, a black 2001 Hyundai Tiberon was located onMission Road in Wawa and OPP [Read more]
The majority of Canadian firearm owners have long guns, which they use for hunting, sport and wildlife control. About three-quarters have a rifle, and two-thirds a shotgun, according to the RCMP. Almost always, they keep these firearms at home when not in use. “Most gun-related deaths and [Read more]
Original post below; scroll down to view. WHITE RIVER, ON –The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East White River Officers were conducting radar patrol on Highway 17 south of White River. A black 2003 Lexus GS 430 bearing Alberta marker BGM 4833 was recorded travelling in excess of 80 [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – On the final day for residential school survivors to apply for compensation, Carol Hughes is worried that mounting cuts to First Nations organizational bodies will only hamper the ability to focus at the local level and deliver appropriate health services. “The Conservatives like [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – At the September 12th Regular Council Meeting Golf Clubhouse Acting Manager Margaret Hartling presented a report to council which included details of the Clubhouse’s current over budget situation (i.e. in debt) and recommendations on how to avoid the Clubhouse going further [Read more]
From the Editor of OntarioNewsNorth.com: Every week Tyler Davis, Owner Crossover Video & Games in Marathon, writes the Crossover Insider for OntarioNewsNorth.com. Published Tuesdays, The Crossover Insider is your source for the week’s movie & video game releases, store news, details of [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON – September 6th 2012 at 11:46pm members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on a motor vehicle on Main St. in the town of Geraldton. As a result of the stop and further investigation the driver of the vehicle, 42 year old Victor MARSZOWSKI [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – Stable funding for health care should be a priority for the federal government so we can properly serve Canada’s growing and aging population says Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Despite that reality, the omnibus budget set out a formula that will lower the [Read more]
