* UPDATE * NAPS Crime Unit Executes Canada-Wide Warrant SIOUX LOOKOUT, ON – On January 21, 2016, the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service North West Region Crime Unit laid additional charges of sexual assault and sexual interference against Casey MACDONALD of Calgary, Alberta. MACDONALD will next [Read more]
SIOUX LOOKOUT, ON – October 9, 2015, the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service North West Region Crime Unit was assisted by the Calgary Police Service Integrated Fugitive Apprehension Unit in the execution of a Canada Wide warrant resulting in the arrest of an adult male. Police attended a location [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – On Monday, October 6, 2014, Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service members will be present in Sandy Lake First Nation for the introduction of the newly funded program, NAPS Community Mobilization Youth Officer. The Community Mobilization Youth Officer position is a 2014-2015 funded [Read more]
WAWA, ON – The repatriation of our guests from Sandy lake First nation has begun. “The first of five flights from Wawa back to Sandy lake First nation left at approximately 10:30 this morning” stated Mayor Linda Nowicki. The Mayor went to explain that “again the organization of thee [Read more]
Wawa’s Volunteers are the Best WAWA, ON – “Wawa’s volunteers are the best”; that was the quote from Mayor Linda Nowicki as she helped volunteers from the Wawa and Area Victims Services and others make beds out at the Superior Court Motel for the evacuees from Sandy Lake first nation. [Read more]
WAWA, ON,f – Originally scheduled to be flown in from the central hub in Thunder Bay Ontario evacuees from Sandy Lake First Nation arrived in Wawa at approximately 4:00 am this morning by bus. Mayor Linda Nowicki stated that “the fog in Wawa last evening was too thick for air flights and so [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Wednesday, July 20th OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor/Publisher Karina Hunter had the opportunity to speak with Mayor Linda Nowicki, via Skype, regarding the evacuees welcomed into her comunity. Mayor Nowicki was clearly very pleased to have the opportunity to welcome the Sandy Lake [Read more]
July 19, 2011 3:29 PM UPDATE #14 – IMMINENT FIRE THREAT FORCES THE COMPLETE EVACUATION OF KEEWAYWIN FIRST NATION The Council of Keewaywin First Nation has decided that a complete evacuation of the community is now necessary due to the imminent threat posed by a nearby forest fire. This [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The Town of Marathon has issued a local Declaration of Emergency and is in the process of preparing to accept up to 200 evacuated residents due to the forest fire situation in the Northwest. Official word has not yet been received from Emergency Management Ontario on when [Read more]
*This is the most recent update received as of July 9, 2011 July 7, 2011 – 8pm NEW FIRES Three were three new fires reported in the Northwest Region by the evening of July 7 and seven fires were declared out. More new fires were being reported as the evening progressed. Red Lake Fire 72 [Read more]
Thunder Bay, ON – The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service has received funding to provide summer employment for students within the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation communities that NAPS serves. The Youth In Policing Initiative (YIPI) will provide a safe and positive summer employment opportunity for young [Read more]
November 29, 2010 McGuinty Government And Right To Play Launch Hockey Program This winter, Aboriginal children and youth in Moose Cree and Sandy Lake First Nations will be hitting the ice to receive hockey lessons and compete in hockey games. Promoting Life-skills for Aboriginal Youth (PLAY) is a [Read more]
