SIOUX LOOKOUT, ON – Kiiwetinoong NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa, said Minister Greg Rickford’s decision to close Kenora’s shelter without notice is wrong, and he needs to provide answers immediately as to when the city will have a shelter for people who need it now. “Minister Rickford should [Read more]
TORONTO, ON – (Marketwired) – Copper Lake Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CPL)(FRANKFURT:W0I) (“Copper Lake” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has entered into a mineral property option agreement to acquire up to 100% of four separate properties made up of [Read more]
* 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]
NORTH SPIRIT LAKE, ON – August 21, 2015, Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) in North Spirit Lake First Nation along with the NAPS Drug Enforcement Unit began an investigation under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act in relation to an assault investigation. Investigation led police to [Read more]
KENORA, ON – Beyond the Ballpark 2015 to bring Indigenous children and youth together in Kenora, Ontario to experience the power of play. From Saturday, August 8th to Sunday, August 9th, Jays Care Foundation, in partnership with Right To Play, the City of Kenora and the Kenora Chiefs Advisory [Read more]
Andrew Watson a plaidé coupable aux accusations de possession d’une arme à feu chargée dans un véhicule et de possession illégale d’un fusil de chasse puissant pendant la saison de chasse au gros gibier. Il a été condamné à des amendes de 1 000 $ et 500 $ respectivement. Son arme à [Read more]
Highway Construction Improves Roads, Bridges and Creates Jobs in Northwestern Ontario Ontario continues to expand and improve highways throughout Northern Ontario, creating and sustaining more than 5,500 construction jobs annually while making travel safer and more efficient for families, visitors [Read more]
There are now 257 personnel from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry on assignment in British Columbia (130) and the Northwest Territories (127) to assist in ongoing forest fire management efforts. Ontario has also provided equipment including 400 power pumps, 2,000 lengths of [Read more]
FATAL COLLISION ON SLATE FALLS ROAD SIOUX LOOKOUT, ON – At approximately 7:00pm CST on June 15, 2013 Sioux Lookout Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was notified of a single motor vehicle collision that had occurred on Slate Falls Road approximately 15 km south of Slate Falls First Nation and [Read more]
– UPDATE – OPP INVESTIGATING DEATH IN PIKANGIKUM – Three Male Youths Charged PIKANGIKUM, ON – The afternoon of March 27, 2012 a 17-year-old male from Pikangikum First Nation was reported missing to police. At approximately 11:45pm March 27, 2012 a body was located behind a [Read more]
Happy Hunting With hunting season under way members of your local OPP detachment are reminding hunters of a few issues. Wear Blaze orange – let’s be seen (it’s the law) Make sure someone is aware of where you are hunting Respect property – do not trespass, ensure you have owners [Read more]
Kenora Detachment OPP Sioux Narrows Sudden Death KENORA, ON – On the 13th of June the Sioux Narrows/Nestor Falls Ontario Provincial Police (PP) responded to a report of a subject who had jumped off of the bridge on Hwy 71 in Sioux Narrows. The missing male was identified s 22 year old [Read more]
