There are two new active fires in the Northeast Region by late afternoon. Sudbury 13 is not yet under control at 0.1 of a hectare, it is located approximately 20 km north of Wanapitei Lake. Parry Sound 11 is not yet under control at 0.3 of a hectare. It is located south of Fourteen Mile Island Road. The forest fire ...
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Northeast Forest Fire Update – July 16
There were no new fires in the Northeast Region by late afternoon today. At the time of this update, there were six active wildland fires in the region. Cochrane 10 measures 74 hectares and is being observed, approximately 100 km southeast of Moose Factory. Timmins 2 is under control at 4,645 hectares. North Bay 4 is being observed at 0.1 ...
Read More »Second de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver involved in accident in less than a week
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will deploy a team of investigators to Mistastin Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador, where a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver floatplane operated by Air Saguenay was involved in an accident. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence. The aircraft was reported missing to the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC) in Halifax at 11:30 ...
Read More »Schreiber OPP use Helicopter, Canine Unit and ERT to search for Driver of Stolen Vehicle
Jul 15, 2019 @ 11:40 – On July 14, 2019, at approximately 12:15 p.m., officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a request to locate a vehicle that was westbound on Highway 11/17 from Schreiber. Schreiber OPP had attempted to conduct a vehicle stop as the investigation revealed that the vehicle was stolen from ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Update – July 14
There were two new fire in the region at the time of this report. Sault Ste. Marie 2 is being held at 0.2 of a hectare and is located north of Batchawana River Provincial Park. Sudbury 11 is not under control at this time at 0.2 of a hectare. This fire is located east of Red Deer Lake. At the ...
Read More »Premier Doug Ford & New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs – Tackling Issues for both provinces
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs released the following joint statement: “We’re committed to tackling the issues that matter most to the people of Ontario and New Brunswick. We’re united by our shared priorities of getting rid of interprovincial trade barriers, creating jobs and prosperity, and making life more affordable for people. We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Update – July 11
There was one new fire in the Northeast Region by late afternoon today. North Bay 4 is being observed at 0.1 of a hectare. The fire is located on an island is Denedus Lake and will be monitored to allow for the natural ecological benefits of fire to occur. At the time of this update, there are two other wildland fires in ...
Read More »South Porcupine OPP charge driver with impaired after collision on Hwy 101
On July 9, 2019 at approximately 1:00 p.m., members of the South Porcupine Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 101 in Taylor Township, Ontario. The collision occurred between a pickup truck and a farm tractor. Three people were taken to hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries. Standard Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) was ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Update – July 9
There was one new fires in the Northeast Region by late afternoon today. Parry Sound 8 is not under control at 0.7 of a hectare. This fire is located south of the Round Lake Provincial Park. At the time of this update, there are two other wildland fires in the region. Cochrane 10 measures 74 hectares and is being observed, approximately 100 ...
Read More »NDP urges Ford to take action to stem Thunder Bay job losses
As workers and families reel from the news that Bombardier plans to issue hundreds of lay-off notices at its Thunder Bay plant, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell (Thunder Bay-Atikokan) are urging the province to get in gear and take action, rather than just letting the jobs go. “Our hearts are with the workers and families who ...
Read More »Doug Ford took advantage of the Wynne’s lack of transparency on cap and trade to drag Ontario backwards
NDP Energy and Climate Change critic Peter Tabuns released the following statement in response to a National Observer report that Doug Ford secretly cancelled 227 clean energy projects as a result of ripping up Ontario’s cap and trade deal: “By cancelling 227 clean energy projects Doug Ford has cancelled jobs, and signed off on even more emissions to feed the ...
Read More »West Parry Sound OPP Release name of Deceased in Collision
On July 4, 2019, at approximately 12:39 p.m., members from the West Parry Sound Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the West Parry Sound and Sudbury Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and the Britt Fire Department, responded to a collision involving a pickup truck and a fuel tanker truck on Highway 69 in the area of the French River. The ...
Read More »Lake Superior continues to hit record high water levels
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, announces that that based on preliminary data, new record high monthly mean water levels were set on Lake Superior, Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in June. The new record June levels are between three and four inches higher than the previous records for the month, which were set in ...
Read More »Lifejacket Use saves six lives on Moose River
On July 7, 2019, at approximately 4:40 p.m., members of the James Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a vessel in distress on the Moose River near Moosonee, Ontario. Upon arrival on scene, officers observed the vessel to be nearly completely submerged. Three adults and three children (aged 2-14 years) were observed in the water. All occupants ...
Read More »Northeast Forest Fire Update – July 8
There were two new fires in the Northeast Region by late afternoon today. Parry Sound 6 is not under control at 0.1 of a hectare and is located on an island in Doughnut Lake. Parry Sound 7 is now out at 0.3 of a hectare. At the time of this update, there are three other wildland fires in the region. ...
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