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Fatal Collision Highway 17 West of Marathon

Fatal Collision Highway 17 West of Marathon

MARATHON, ON –On Tuesday July 28, 2015 approximately 06:45am, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment were advised of a motor vehicle collision involving two motor vehicles on Highway 17 approximately 40km West of Marathon ON.      An eastbound motor vehicle, a [Read more]

FONOM Board Travels to Community of Kapuskasing

FONOM Board Travels to Community of Kapuskasing

KAPUSKASING, ON – The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) travelled North to the President’s community of Kapuskasing on July 16, 2015 for the regular meeting of the Board of Directors. The Board discussed a number of key topics affecting the region including the sale of [Read more]

$500 Fine and $2,200 Costs for Failing to Extinguish Fire Near Wawa

$500 Fine and $2,200 Costs for Failing to Extinguish Fire Near Wawa

WAWA, ON – A Sault Ste. Marie man has been fined $500 for failing to extinguish a fire that spread to a nearby forest. Jeffrey Fleming pleaded guilty and was fined $500 for failing to extinguish a fire that spread to a nearby forest. He was also ordered to pay $2,200 to the Ministry of [Read more]

Hwy 17 West of Marathon Opened to One-Lane

Hwy 17 West of Marathon Opened to One-Lane

MARATHON, ON – Hwy 17 was completely closed earlier due to a serious motor vehicle collision half way between Marathon and Terrace Bay. OPP have since informed media that one lane is now open to let traffic through alternating back and forth between the east and west bound traffic. Please [Read more]

OPP Seeking Public Assistance In Solving A Theft

OPP Seeking Public Assistance In Solving A Theft

WAWA, ON – Tuesday July 21, 2015, at approximately 2:00 pm members of the Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a theft incident at a local Wawa business.   Police were advised that the theft had taken place earlier that day between the hours of 9:00 [Read more]

New Infrastructure Investments in Northern Ontario Parks Canada Sites

New Infrastructure Investments in Northern Ontario Parks Canada Sites

SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Bryan Hayes, Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced infrastructure investments totalling more than $16 million in Pukaskwa National [Read more]

Bruce Hyer Attending Greenstone Mineral Exploration Forum

Bruce Hyer Attending Greenstone Mineral Exploration Forum

Bruce Hyer, MP Thunder Bay Superior North and Green Party Deputy Leader will attend the Greenstone Mineral Exploration Forum 2015, July 14 in Geraldton and July 15 in Beardmore. “The mining potential in Greenstone is exciting. And it is encouraging to see Premier/Centerra Gold’s [Read more]

Kids and Cops Fishing Derby – White Lake Provincial Park This Weekend

Kids and Cops Fishing Derby – White Lake Provincial Park This Weekend

Kids and Cops Go Fishing During Family Fishing Week  MARATHON, ON – Children are getting their fishing gear ready for the annual Kids Fishing Derby, July 11. The event will begin at 10am and wrap up at 4pm at White Lake Provincial Park.  The event is free, however participants must pay [Read more]

R.I.D.E. Check Results In Impaired Charge For Chapleau Driver

R.I.D.E. Check Results In Impaired Charge For Chapleau Driver

CHAPLEAU, ON – Saturday July 4, 2015, officers from the Superior East Chapleau Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting R.I.D.E. checks at the intersection of Highway 101 and Highway 129 in the Chapleau Township.  At approximately 4:50 p.m., a white pickup truck [Read more]

Protecting Northern Ontario Agriculture Sector

Protecting Northern Ontario Agriculture Sector

Will we toss aside our agricultural producers the same way we did our manufacturing sector? The push is on to finalize negotiations on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal and the implications of a rushed deal could harm the growing agricultural sector in Northern Ontario.  While we [Read more]

New Members Appointed to North West LHIN Board of Directors

New Members Appointed to North West LHIN Board of Directors

The Public Appointments Secretariat of the Province of Ontario, through Order-in-Council, has appointed three new members to the North West Local Health Integration Network’s Board of Directors. Appointed on March 18, 2015, for a three-year term, is Darryl Allan, a member of the Northwest Angle [Read more]

MPP Michael Mantha : Winter Highway Safety & #VibrantSeniors

MPP Michael Mantha : Winter Highway Safety & #VibrantSeniors

Here in Northern Ontario we know what winter driving is.  Many in Northern Ontario must drive daily in dangerous conditions, to and from work, taking our children to school and sports practices, driving to medical appointments and so on. Yet-many of those making decisions on how our winter roads [Read more]

Canadian Students Win Top 2 Prizes At International Secondary School Science Fair

Canadian Students Win Top 2 Prizes At International Secondary School Science Fair

From the Editor:Thanks to one of ONN’s readers, scroll down to the comments below the article to learn about the Northwestern Ontario connection to this story! From: Society for Science and the Public The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), a program of Society for [Read more]

SSM Algoma Crimestoppers : Theft in Blind River

SSM Algoma Crimestoppers : Theft in Blind River

SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District Crime Stoppers and the Blind River Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are looking for the public’s assistance in solving a theft. Sometime between April 3 and April 7 2015 six Stihl model chainsaws were stolen from a [Read more]

Bluewave Energy – Delivering Much More than Fuel

Bluewave Energy – Delivering Much More than Fuel

THUNDER BAY, ON– Sitting down with Trevor Mikus, Branch Manager at Bluewave Energy in Thunder Bay, I ask ‘What’s so special about Bluewave?’ He answers unequivocally, “It’s the people and the leadership. When I brought forward the proposal to our senior leadership team to make a $10,000 [Read more]

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