A Mattawa man has been fined $8,000 for the commission of two offences related to the illegal harvest of Crown timber in Papineau Township. Doug Bangs pleaded guilty to harvesting trees without the authority of a licence, an offence under Ontario’s Crown Forest Sustainability Act. A guilty plea [Read more]
A tourist operator in the Hornepayne area has been fined for failing to comply with conditions of a land use permit. Forde Lake Lodge Limited was ordered to pay $2,930.11 in outstanding fees and a $500 fine when it failed to pay its annual land use permit fees. The court heard that between July 4, [Read more]
A Timmins mining company has been fined $60,000 for contraventions of the Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act. The Ministry of Natural Resources laid the charges against Liberty Mines, now known as Northern Sun Mining, after mining officials reported a minor breech in their tailings dam in 2010. The [Read more]
HEARST, ON – Shortly after 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, officers of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Hearst Detachment responded to a fatal collision involving a Chrysler 300 passenger vehicle and a pickup truck on Highway 11, approximately 90 kilometers west of Hearst. Responding [Read more]
Members to Chart the Way Forward on Improvements to the Justice System Ontario has appointed 11 individuals to a committee that will help enhance First Nation representation on juries. Led by co-chairs Alvin Fiddler, Deputy Grand Chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Irwin Glasberg, Assistant Deputy [Read more]
HEARST, ON – A Hearst man has been fined for dredging the shore lands of Pivabiska Lake. Leandre Lachance pleaded guilty and was fined $2,000 for contravening the Public Lands Act. Court heard that during the summer of 2012, Lachance, after purchasing a cottage lot on Pivabiska Lake, cleared [Read more]
Three Chelmsford men have been fined a total of $6,000 for fishing quota violations. Joel Rouleau, Ryan Lalonde and Guy Brosseau were each fined $2,000 for unlawfully possessing an over-limit of walleye. Court heard that on June 22, 2013, a conservation officer inspected the three men on the Rush [Read more]
HEARST, ON – Two Hearst men have been fined a total of $1,500 for operating an illegal commercial baitfish operation. Remi-Serge Gosselin and Roger Neron were found guilty of operating an illegal commercial baitfish operation and fined $750 each. Court heard that on August 21, 2013, a [Read more]
HEARST, ON –The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have made another arrest in connection with the death of 23 year old Myles SHAGANASH of Constance Lake First Nation. The ongoing police investigation initiated on June 15, 2013, has resulted in a second [Read more]
Jeffrey Taylor of Constance Lake First Nation was fined $800 for shooting a moose on private lands after permission to hunt on the property was denied by the landowner. Court heard that on or about November 5, 2012, Taylor obtained permission from the Templeton Township landowner to use a private [Read more]
A tourist operator in the White River area was fined for failing to comply with conditions of a Land Use Permit. 612372 Ontario Limited, operating as White River Air, was fined $2,500 when it failed to pay its annual land use permit fees. The company was also ordered to pay up to $118,500 in [Read more]
Brunswick House First Nation man has been fined $1,500 for illegal hunting northwest of Chapleau, Ontario. Jonathan Tangie was convicted for unlawfully discharging his firearm in a travelled roadway while hunting moose in the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. His hunting rifle was seized and will be [Read more]
A Brunswick House First Nation man has been fined $1,000 for illegal hunting northwest of Chapleau. Daniel Jacques pleaded guilty to unlawfully discharging his firearm in a travelled roadway. His hunting rifle was seized at the time of the incident and will be returned once his fine is paid. [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – A Thunder Bay man has been fined $1,150 for catching and keeping too many fish. Jacob Prenger pleaded guilty to catching and retaining an over limit of yellow perch in Fisheries Management Zone 9. The court heard that on February 24, 2013, a Ministry of Natural Resources [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Tracey Lynn Shearer has been charged following a police investigation reported to have begun two years ago when she was admitted to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre under what the police have referred to as “unusual circumstances.” Shearer, 34 yrs of [Read more]
