STATE OF EMERGENCY IN WAWA Final Evacuation of Michipicoten First Nation WAWA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police Superior East Wawa Detachment and the Municipality of Wawa advise that the State of Emergency continues for the Municipality. Michipicoten First Nation has entered into a Phase 2 [Read more]
Yesterday, Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, released the following statement on the ongoing emergency situation in Wawa and the surrounding area: “Our thoughts continue to be with the residents of Wawa, the Michipicoten First Nation, and the [Read more]
STATE OF EMERGENCY IN WAWA WAWA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police Superior East Wawa Detachment advise that Highway 17 at Wawa continues to be closed both north bound and south bound. The highway has been closed as a result of high levels of water has caused the road to erode away. [Read more]
Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers laid almost 160 charges and seized illegally harvested animals, including 29 moose, during an enforcement blitz in the northeast. The targeted area extended from the Hudson Bay and James Bay coasts in the north, to the French and Mattawa rivers in [Read more]
Three tourist businesses in the Wawa area pleaded guilty to offences related to the selling and harvesting of baitfish. Mar Mac Lodge and Camp 88 were fined $800 each for unlawfully taking baitfish and $300 each for selling baitfish without a commercial bait licence. White River Air was fined [Read more]
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NIPIGON, ON –During the month of September, the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have responded to numerous complaints of black bears in the residential area of the Town of Red Rock. Police are requesting that residents take necessary steps to avoid attracting the bears to the local [Read more]
The hard work of many people was recognized on Friday in Terrace Bay with a Grand Celebration of the $250 million investment by the Aditya Birla Group and creation of AV Terrace Bay Inc. at the local pulp mill. Many politicians from throughout the region were on hand and over 300 people were in [Read more]
From July 16th to 20th, 2012, Horwood Lake Lodge hosted the annual Kids and Wardens Fishing Adventure. This marks the sixth straight year the Ontario Conservation Officers Association (OCOA) has worked with the lodge to provide a trip of a lifetime to members of a Boys and Girls Club from a large [Read more]
Summertime is peak garage sale season. Are you thinking of selling that dusty old deer head, mounted fish or stuffed bird? Maybe you are considering putting a turtle or baby skunk up for sale on an Internet classified website. Better think twice. In most cases, members of the public need a licence [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Township of Manitouwadge Fire Chief Owen Cranney was pleased to announce the instalment yesterday of a beautiful new Forest Fire Hazard Level sign above the fire department (attached to municipal office building) replacing the previous sign which, after 14 years, was due [Read more]
McGuinty Government Implements Restricted Fire Zone A Restricted Fire Zone Order has been declared for Northeasterm Ontario in an area north of the French and Mattawa rivers, east to the Quebec border, and then to the western boundary of the Northeast Region. The order is in place to reduce the [Read more]
A construction company in Cochrane has been convicted for discharging sediment into Lillabelle Lake, north of Cochrane. M.J. Labelle Co. Limited pleaded guilty and was fined a total of $5,000 for constructing a dam without authorization and allowing sedimentation to discharge into a lake contrary [Read more]
McGuinty Government Is Helping To Preserve More Than 275 Direct Jobs The Terrace Bay Mill in Northwestern Ontario is returning to operation, supporting more than 1,900 jobs across the province. Aditya Birla Group has agreed to purchase the assets of the idled mill, subject to court approval, [Read more]
Three new fires have been confirmed thus far today. Timmins 33, a 0.1 hectare fire is currently listed as Not Under Control. Sudbury 62, also a 0.1 hectare fire is listed as Not Under Control. Bancroft 14 is currently Under Control at 0.3 hectares in size. Suppression efforts lead to fires Bancroft [Read more]
