Southwest Region MNR Enforcement Blitz November 12th, 2010 Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers laid 204 charges and seized close to 30 illegally hunted animal carcasses during recent enforcement checks in southwestern Ontario. The targeted area covered all counties south and west [Read more]
OPP conclude death investigation KENORA, ON – Kenora detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police has concluded the investigation into the death of a man at the Tower Motor Hotel in Kenora. 30 year old Allan HENFREY of Kenora was found deceased in his room early in the morning on 10 [Read more]
McGuinty Government And First Nations Reach Important Milestone Cat Lake and Slate Falls First Nations and Ontario have released a draft community based land use plan that identifies areas for protection and sustainable development in the Far North. The Cat Lake-Slate Falls Land Use Draft Plan [Read more]
The 2010 forest fire season ended on October 31 and provincially, the fire statistics show 929 fires and 14, 823 hectares burned. Provincially the final cost was approximately $99.7 million compared to approx $92 million last year as the result of 60 percent more fires occurring in 2010. During the [Read more]
The 2010 forest fire season ended on October 31 and provincially, the fire statistics show 929 fires and 14, 823 hectares burned. Provincially the final cost was approximately $99.7 million compared to approx $92 million last year as the result of 60 percent more fires occurring in 2010. During the [Read more]
By Brenda Grunt, Wawa-News.com You never know what Lake Superior will do. Last week there were waves galore crashing up on Government Dock Beach. Yesterday, it was rather calm. Visible on the beach were remnants of the storm, shreds of wood and slabs of concrete either reappearing from beneath the [Read more]
McGuinty Meets with Chairman Li Ka-shing and CEO Eric Huang Leaders from Hong Kong’s business community met Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and ministers Sandra Pupatello and Michael Chan to discuss investment opportunities in Ontario. Premier McGuinty spoke at a reception hosted by the [Read more]
Remember to check the Northshore Calendar (link above or click to visit) for details of everything happening in your community in coming weeks & months! National Diabetes Month continues… Type diabetes into the search bar here on OntarioNewsNorth.com for our newest regular column [Read more]
West Fire Region November 03, 2010 Now that the forest fire season has officially ended (April 1 – October 31) a fire permit is not required for daytime burning of woody debris or grass if you live in an area governed by the Forest Fires Prevention Act of Ontario. Although day burning [Read more]
Community Power Awards nominees announcedThe Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA) has announced the Community Power Award nominees for 2010 and Pic River’s Director of Energy, Byron LeClair is among those nominated for the pretisious award. The Community Power Award is presented [Read more]
McGuinty Meets Jiangsu Governor And Signs Five-Year Cooperation Agreement Premier Dalton McGuinty travelled to Nanjing to join leaders from Jiangsu in a celebration of the 25-year relationship between the two provinces. Premier McGuinty co-hosted a lunch with Governor of Jiangsu, Luo Zhijun, to [Read more]
November 2, 2010 An Aylmer man has been fined $1,200 and banned from sport fishing for two years for unlawfully selling fish. Kenneth Earhart was convicted of unlawfully selling angler caught yellow perch, fined $1,200 and prohibited from sport fishing for 2 years. The court heard that on [Read more]
Ontario Outdoors Recreational Alliance (OntORA) 35 Amber St., Sault Ste Marie, On. P6A6N6 Notice Of Meeting OntORA will be holding the 3rd annual General Membership meeting with several topics of interest to be discussed. Please make a sincere effort to attend and bring a friend [Read more]
West Fire Region October 29, 2010 Please Note, the 2010 Fire Season Synopsis will be published later next week. Only one new fire has been reported since October 18 in the West Fire Region. Thunder Bay FireRangers put out a fire October 29 in the Kakabeka Falls area. This fire was small at [Read more]
From Batchewana First Nation October 28, 2010 After working with the Ontario Government toward a mutual agreement within the Harmonized Sales Tax framework, Batchewana First Nation Chief and Council thought they were breaking ground toward a new relationship with the Provincial Government. [Read more]
