Billed as “A place for everyone!”, (Une place pour tout le monde!), Francophones and Anglophones gathered together in Thunder Bay last May 26th, to celebrate the history and heritage of the francophone community in Northwestern Ontario. Spearheading the “Franco-Festival” was the Association [Read more]
LONGLAC, ON – May 8, 2013, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Greenstone Detachment received a call from a concerned parent about possible drug use by her child. Police investigation revealed that two different adults had exchanged both marijuana and cash with the youth for prescription [Read more]
The following letter was submitted to OntarioNewsNorth.com by Marlene Turner – a concerned long-time Manitouwadge Resident – it was provided to her by one of the authors, Bruce Luby (also a concerned resident). PLEASE NOTE: we were not able to reach the original authors to advise them [Read more]
CLEVELAND, U.S.A. /CNW/ – Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) (Paris: CLF) announced today that its affiliate, Cliffs Chromite Ontario Inc., is temporarily suspending the environmental assessment activities for its Chromite Project in Ontario, Canada. The Company indicated that [Read more]
LONGLAC, ON – The Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a robbery that took place in the Longlac on May 27, 2013. At approximately 1:00am, the Provincial Communication Centre in Thunder Bay received a 911 call from a person advising that he had just [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Greenstone Detachment is looking for the public’s assistance with an investigation into a house fire. On May 25, 2013 at approximately 3:30am, officers at the Greenstone OPP Detachment were on patrol in Geraldton when they came upon a [Read more]
3:36 PM EDT Saturday 25 May 2013 Frost warning issued for: Marathon – Schreiber, Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Nipigon – Rossport Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat Near or below freezing temperatures [Read more]
Province-wide effort to reduce risks associated with leftover medications GREENSTONE, ON – Earlier this month, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Greenstone unveiled details of an important province-wide public safety initiative to encourage Ontario residents to dispose of old and unused [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding motorists to take extra precautions to ensure safety while travelling on roadways within the North West Region. Environment Canada has issued a winter storm warning for the central area of the region including: Schreiber, [Read more]
Manitouwadge – Hornepayne – Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat – Nakina – Aroland – Pagwa9:17 AM EDT Friday 19 April 2013 Winter storm warning Heavy snow and blowing snow.A large low pressure system originating from Texas is tracking towards Lake Superior [Read more]
LONGLAC, ON – April 9, 2013 at 6:45 am, the Ontario Provincial Police Greenstone Detachment received an alarm call at the Longlac Valu-Mart. Officers arrived at the scene to find that the suspects had walked around the building trying each door and also threw a rock breaking one of the glass [Read more]
ORILLIA, ONTARIO – The Ontario Provincial Police is preparing for OPP Bound 2013. An Initiative to Recruit Women. OPP Bound 2013 is a 3½ day recruitment camp The camp will serve as a vehicle to provide qualified women with an opportunity to explore a career with the Ontario Provincial [Read more]
WHITE RIVER, ON – November 24, 2012 at 4:00 pm the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) White River Detachment officers were advised that there was a disturbance on a Greyhound Bus that was traveling North bound on Highway 17 towards White River. The bus driver indicated that a male passenger had [Read more]
LAKERS and KNIGHTS duke it out. GERALDTON, ON – After defeating the powerful Geraldton High School Knights earlier this month, the Nipigon Red Rock District High School Lakers could not repeat the result when they faced off at the net in the West Division battle on Tuesday, October 16th at [Read more]
IMPROVING HIGHWAY 11 NEAR BEARDMORE Once completed, the project will link the newly-resurfaced stretch of Highway 11 from Nipigon all the way through Beardmore. A 49 km stretch of the highway was renewed, from Nipigon to OrientBay, last summer. Ontario is repaving nearly 30 kilometres of Highway [Read more]
