NIPIGON, ON – Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Closure: UPDATE Highway 17 East of Nipigon is OPEN to one-lane. Schreiber Fire and CP Police will be escorting traffic through the scene. Highway: Hwy#11/17 junction to Gravel River Location: [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – January 13, 2015 at approximately 12:00pm EST, officers of the Nipigon and Schreiber Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a train derailment approximately 45kms east of Nipigon. Subsequent investigation has determined at this time [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Closure: Highway 17 East of Nipigon from the Hwy#11/17 junction to Gravel River due to a Train Derailment. The estimated duration of Road Advisory is unknown at this time. Detour (if [Read more]
Thanks to Jolene Simms for tweeting this breathtaking photograph, of Lake Nipigon as it begins freezing over, to @ONTNewsNorth December 3rd, . Join the OntarioNewsNorth.com #NWOWeatherWatchers and tweet or facebook us your photos of beautiful, extreme or unusual Northwestern Ontario weather: [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – December 16th 2014 Crime Stoppers, the OPP and Macs convenience stores will be joining together for Operation HEAT. The OPP will be handing out hot beverage coupons to sober drivers (Coupons provided by TBay District Crime Stoppers). A RIDE program will be set up in front of [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]
MARATHON, ON – Schools throughout the Superior Greenstone District School Board have numerous activities and initiatives planned for November 17-21, 2014 to recognize Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week. The goal of these activities is to encourage and promote respect for everyone while [Read more]
Ontario Creating Jobs and Strengthening Local Economies Ontario is providing stable, annual funding, supporting improvements to critical infrastructure in Thunder Bay-Superior North, while creating jobs and strengthening the local economy. “This program will provide ongoing critical support to [Read more]
5:38 AM EST Thursday 13 November 2014 Special weather statement in effect for: Nipigon – Rossport Beardmore – Jellicoe – Macdiarmid Gull Bay – Black Sturgeon Lake Heavy flurries continuing off Lake Nipigon. North to northwest winds off Lake Nipigon continue to generate lake [Read more]
FROM THE EDITOR: OntarioNewsNorth.com is pleased to welcome our newest contributor, journalist/columnist Jennifer Niskanen from Nipigon. Niskanen has earned a reputation in Nipigon for writing interesting and well researched local news stories. We look forward to sharing Jennifer’s [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Voter turn-out in Nipigon was less than ideal with only 490 of the eligible 1,342 voters exorcising their democratic rights to cast their vote. Mayor Richard Harvey had already been acclaimed to office however, 4 councillors were to be chosen, from the 7 who put their name in [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON –Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment, with the assistance of the North West Region Crime Unit are investigating a domestic incident involving a 17-year-old victim. The incident occurred during the evening hours on October 23, 2014 at a residence in the [Read more]
UPDATE — 21:34pm THUNDER BAY, ON – Ontario Provincial Police have advised that Highway 11/17 at Pass Lake is now completely open. ____________________________ UPDATE 11/17 Passlake open to one lane — 16:49 THUNDER BAY, ON – Highway 11/17 was closed due to a tractor [Read more]
The next meeting of the Public Advisory Committee (PAC) to the Nipigon Bay Remedial Action Plan, or cleanup plan, will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 15 at the Lake Helen Community Resource Centre. The general public is welcome to attend and there is no charge. The meeting topics to [Read more]
