OPP Reminding Snowmobilers to Ride Safely In the wake of five fatal motorized snow vehicle (MVC) collisions that have occurred in Ontario since the start of the season, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is warning snowmobilers to exercise caution at all times while out enjoying what should be a [Read more]
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]
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]
