Three men have been fined a total of $7,000 for offences under the Migratory Birds Regulations. Zachary Break of Oro-Medonte and Mark Seehaver of Burlington pleaded guilty to depositing bait within 14 days of the open season for migratory birds, hunting over bait, hunting migratory birds without a [Read more]
Four southern Ontario men have been fined a total of $6,000 for illegal activities. Gregory Norris of Alliston, Neil Tucker of Tiny Township, Troy Wolf of Bracebridge and Eric Charron of Oakville, were each fined $1,500 for travelling on a closed road and unlawfully depositing material on public [Read more]
Jack G. Heimbecker of Paris pleaded guilty and was fined $900 for unlawfully attaching a seal to game wildlife killed by another person. He received a one-year hunting suspension.Two southern Ontario men have been fined a total of $2,700 and each given a one-year hunting suspension for party [Read more]
Patrick Sanders was found guilty in a trial in absentia and was fined $1,500 and $500 for exceeding the limit of 21 days allowed for camping on Crown land and for dumping garbage on Crown land respectively.An Atikokan man has been fined a total of $2,000 for Crown land offences under the Public [Read more]
A Pembroke man’s convictions and fines of $500 for illegally hunting in Algonquin Provincial Park have been upheld. Grant Tysick was convicted and fined $350 for unlawfully hunting in a provincial park and $150 for operating a motor vehicle in a provincial park without a park permit. Court heard [Read more]
Crime Stoppers and the Ontario Provincial Police are asking for your help in solving a Break and Enter that occurred between January 7th and January 11th 2016 in Longlac. A home on Court Street in Longlac was broken into sometime between January 7th and January 11th 2016. Culprits broke a [Read more]
A Blind River area woman has been fined $2,500 for unlawfully shooting two moose on a roadway. Stacey Armstrong, a resident of Mississauga First Nation, pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm on a roadway. In addition to the fine, the moose were forfeited to the Crown and have been donated to [Read more]
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is seeking the public’s help in identifying the individuals responsible for illegally shooting a deer on Manitoulin Island. Conservation officers received a tip on December 4, 2015, about a single gunshot on the Arda property off Pleasant Valley road [Read more]
Two Ontario men have pleaded guilty and been fined a total of $1,000 for illegal fishing. Brian Hermann of St. Charles and Donald Barnett of Lively were each fined $500 for using barbed hook fishing lures to fish. Court heard that on September 12, 2015, conservation officers on routine patrol [Read more]
Two Minnesota residents have pleaded guilty to using a closed road. Monty Lockman of Vadnais and Dennis Ollom of St. Paul were each fined $750 for travelling on a closed road, contrary to the Public Lands Act. Court heard that on June 12, 2015, conservation officers contacted Lockman and Ollom, [Read more]
Thunder Bay District Crime Stoppers and the Ontario Provincial Police are asking for your help in solving a mischief that occurred in the later part of September 2015 in the First Nation Territory of Long Lake 58. Sometime between September 14th and 27th unknown persons destroyed a statue that sat [Read more]
A tourist operator in the Hornepayne area has been fined $3,000 for failing to pay land use fees. Ontario Corporation Number 1138822 – Forde Lake Lodge Limited – was convicted for failing to pay in full prescribed annual land use fees, contrary to the Public Lands Act, and fined $3,000. Court [Read more]
A South Gillies Township man has been fined a total of $2,750 for hunting at night. Steven James Piilo pleaded guilty and was fined $1,500 for hunting at night, $750 for having a loaded firearm on an all-terrain vehicle and $500 for providing false information to a conservation officer. The court [Read more]
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reminds the public that it is an offence to deposit any material on public land. Dumping and other environmental abuses of Crown land can be controlled using enforcement provisions under the Public Lands Act. Ministry conservation officers can charge [Read more]
Two Northwestern Ontario residents have been fined $1,500 each for catching and keeping walleye out of season. Kristi Kasprick of Beardmore and Kenneth Labbe of Thunder Bay pleaded guilty to fishing for walleye during the closed season and were each fined $1,500. Court heard that on May 15, [Read more]
