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2013-02-20 at 15:21
SAULT STE MARIE, Ont. -- The Northern Policy Institute has elected its first ever board chair and vice-chair. The Institute's Board of Directors held its inaugural meeting Wednesday in Sault Ste Marie. Martin Bayer, a partner with a law firm in Greater Sudbury, has been selected to serve as...
2012-09-04 at 14:57
ARMSTRONG, Ont. – The body of a man reported missing during a fly-in fishing trip has been found, police confirmed Tuesday afternoon.
Officers with the Armstrong detachment of the OPP were advised that a man who had been fishing with his grandson on Mojikit Lake, a remote fly-in only lake...
2012-07-24 at 13:48
Ontario's Environment Ministry is taking applications from the public for a $1.5 million fund to clean up the Great Lakes.
Community groups, service clubs and environmental activists are all eligible to apply for grants of up to $25,000 for local projects that benefit the environment in...
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2012-04-23 at 11:14
Police located nearly $30,000 in cash after stopping a speeding driver near Marathon who had outstanding warrants. An officers with the Marathon detachment of the OPP made the traffic stop on Highway 17 Sunday. During the traffic stop, the officer learned that the driver had outstanding warrants...
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2012-04-13 at 16:41
Police in Fort Frances continue to search for the suspect of an armed robbery in that community. Officers of the Fort Frances detachment of the OPP are investigating an armed robbery that took place Tuesday, April 10 at about 10:20 p.m. The suspect entered the Safeway Gas Bar on Scott Street with what...
2012-04-11 at 13:35
Police in Fort Frances are looking for a suspect involved in an armed robbery at a gas station in that community Tuesday. Officials with the Fort Frances detachment of the OPP say that at about 10:20 p.m. they received a report of a robbery in progress at the Safeway gas bar on Scott Street. An investigation...
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2012-03-28 at NOON
A routine traffic stop on the Trans-Canada highway has resulted in a drug bust. OPP officers from the Marathon detachment pulled over a vehicle Tuesday on Highway 17 in Pic Township. During the stop, the officer discovered about $150,000 worth of marijuana in the vehicle. The exact amount...
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2012-03-27 at 15:47
A single vehicle crash Tuesday morning near White River has claimed the life of a 50-year-old man.
Officials with the OPP say the incident took place around 9 a.m. on Highway 17, about two kilometres south of the community.
According to police, the driver of a northbound pick-up...
2012-03-27 at 14:46
While the number of babies born with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder appears to be decreasing, one FASD worker observes that more children are being born addicted to drugs.
“We see a lot of babies having withdrawals from whatever their mother was taking,” said Sandy Lake First...
2012-03-20 at 11:09
A truck and two snow mobiles plunged through the ice in the Lake of the Woods area Monday.
Officials with the Kenora detachment of the OPP say officers responded to reports of an SUV going through the ice in the area of Rat Portage First Nations around 5 p.m.
Police say responding officers...
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2012-03-19 at 15:44
Police in Nipigon have arrested a pickup truck tire thief.
Officials with the Nipigon detachment of the OPP say officers responded to a report of a stolen tire from a truck in the Nipigon Arena parking lot shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday.
Police say witnesses gave a description of the suspect’s...
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2012-03-19 at 14:03
Officials with the Greenstone detachment of the OPP are issuing a warning regarding ice conditions on area lakes and waterways.
An unusually warm March has led the OPP to encourage people to take extra care on lakes and rivers and ensure good ice conditions before venturing onto them.
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2012-03-19 at NOON
Terrace Bay mayor Mike King has put forth a motion asking that ambulance service be fully restored to the North Shore.
Schreiber and Terrace Bay paramedics split the duties, and Schreiber Mayor Don McArthur says that is presenting some problems.
“If you’re in Schreiber...
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2012-03-14 at 15:24
Three charged following ice fishing hut break in Police have charged three people with break and enter following an ice fishing hut break in near Marathon. Officials with the Marathon detachment of the OPP say they were notified about an ice fishing hut on Nagagami Lake being broken into on March...
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2012-03-02 at 13:14
A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a fire that severely damaged the Thomas Fiddler School in Sandy Lake.
The teen faces charges of arson and break and enter following the Feb. 19 blaze.
He cannot be named in accordance with the Youth Criminal Justice...
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