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]
McGuinty Government Supports Safer Communities by Upgrading Facilities Residents of the Kapuskasing area are benefitting from a new Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment, which officially opened today (July 26th, 2012). “We are committed to giving police the tools they need to keep Ontarians [Read more]
Wednesday, July 25th MARATHON, ON – It was a close game at Dyers’ Field tonight but in the end Pic River’s Jagerbombers edged out the first place Brokerlink by a tight score of 10-8. The Jagerbombers’ Rob Joy hit his 10th homerun of the season while Taylor Angers and Adam McCulloch [Read more]
Tuesday, July 24th MARATHON, ON – Mixed Slow-pitch action was intense at Dyers’ Field Tuesday July 24th as the Outlaws got a key 3 run Homerun from Ryan McKinnon in what turned out to be a close game against the Crossover Video Blue Jays. The Jays needed 4 runs in the 7th inning to force [Read more]
RE: Drowning Deaths and Water Safety Dear Editor, This morning I sat down to face my computer screen to read incident notifications. It’s something I do everyday and it is not an easy task since many of the notifications detail someone’s death. Most often it is a fatal car crash or the [Read more]
21 MONTH OLD BABY DIES AS RESULT OF DROWNING SOUTH BAY, ON – Monday July 23, 2012 at 7:30pm a young couple along with their 6 children attended a family picnic to celebrate the couple’s anniversary. The picnic was located on the shore of South Bay in Assiginack Township south of [Read more]
Four hunters have been fined a total of $5,560 for offences related to a moose that was illegally shot from an off-road vehicle. Andre Lemieux of Hornepayne pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm from a vehicle, transporting illegally killed wildlife, failing to wear a proper helmet, and operating [Read more]
Monday, July 23rd MARATHON, ON – At Dyers’ Field Monday evening, the Crossover Video Blue Jays used four Homeruns and some solid pitching from Jon Fisher to earn a 17-13 victory over Barrick. Ben Kowalczyk went deep for Barrick but it was not enough as Crossover snaps their 2 game losing streak [Read more]
Summertime is peak garage sale season. Are you thinking of selling that dusty old deer head, mounted fish or stuffed bird? Maybe you are considering putting a turtle or baby skunk up for sale on an Internet classified website. Better think twice. In most cases, members of the public need a licence [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Accreditation Canada has advised that Manitouwadge General Hospital is Accredited with Commendation under the Qmentum accreditation program. The QMENTUM program uses 8 dimensions of quality to measure overall performance of a hospital. There are 986 criteria to be met [Read more]
There were three new forest fires confirmed in the Northwest Region by early evening on July 21. Additional resources have been requested by Ontario to help support the firefighting effort. Such request go through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It had been a [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Township of Manitouwadge Fire Chief Owen Cranney was pleased to announce the instalment yesterday of a beautiful new Forest Fire Hazard Level sign above the fire department (attached to municipal office building) replacing the previous sign which, after 14 years, was due [Read more]
BREAK AND ENTER TO GARAGE AT WAWA RESIDENCE WAWA, ON – July 17, 2012 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment were advised of a break in to a garage on Queen St in Wawa. The building had been entered sometime overnight. Items that were taken included various bottles of [Read more]
Outdoor Burning Restricted In Parts of Northeastern Ontario A Restricted Fire Zone Order previously in place for Northeastern Ontario has been replaced with a smaller Restricted Fire Zone Order. This adjusted order encompasses the general areas of Espanola, Sudbury, Manitoulin Island, North Bay and [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]
