Province Committing $15 Million Annually to Connect Municipal Roads to Highways As part of the largest infrastructure investment in Ontario’s history, the province is committing $15 million annually to a new Connecting Links program, which will help municipalities pay the construction and [Read more]
Monday, December 1, 2014 02:00hrs Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Opening: Location: Highway 17 between Terrace Bay and Marathon Re-Opened: 01 Dec 2014 @ 0200 hrs. Please do not call O.P.P. Provincial Communication Centres for road advisory [Read more]
NORTHSHORE/GREENSTONE, ON – Spring weather continues to make travelling difficult in the area as Highway 17 was closed earlier today due to thawing snow and ice. Highway 17 was closed to traffic at Terrace Bay to westbound traffic, and eastbound at Rainbow Falls because of water over the [Read more]
Travel Advisory THUNDER BAY, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to advise that current environmental conditions are resulting in near white-out conditions inThunder Bay and areas east. Sections of highways # 11 and #11/17 have been closed over the last six hours and conditions [Read more]
ORILLIA, ON – On July 1, 2011, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be acquiring the services of Ontario Impound Facility Operators (IFC) to provide towing services under a new Vehicle Impoundment Program (VIP) authority. The OPP will be tendering these services out through a Request for [Read more]
**From the editor of OntarioNewsNorth.com – though these are not from our region I felt they were a good reminder of the dangers presented by winter road conditions. Heavy snowfall has caused RED LAKE, ON – The icy road conditions have sent two people to hospital with minor injuries and [Read more]
