North Bay News - Ontario, Canada

Victim identified in Wikwemikong homicide investigation

OPP News Release ******************** WIKWEMIKONG – Wikwemikong Tribal Police along with members of the Manitoulin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are continuing their investigation into the death of a Wikwemikong resident.

Jul 19, 2011 1:54 PM Read more >

Council continues fight to have Go Transit decision reversed

North Bay City councillors passed two motions during Monday night's Regular Council meeting regarding the Go Transit Refurbishment Program.

Jul 19, 2011 1:39 PM Read more >

In no way typical of northern Ontario hospitality

Story and photo provided. Paddler Glen Smith from Lucky Lake, Saskatchewan, has been paddling across Canada a few weeks at a time since 1993 but had never run into an experience like he had on Lake Nipissing this past weekend.

Jul 19, 2011 10:33 AM Read more >

Ferguson Street flooding sends council up a creek

City Staff received a stern lecture from frustrated and angry citizens during the Public Meeting portion of Monday night's City Council meeting.

Jul 19, 2011 9:53 AM Read more >

McGuinty Government combating human trafficking

Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services News Release ******************** Ontario is investing in projects to rescue victims of human trafficking, and to improve police capacity to investigate and charge criminals involved in human tra

Jul 18, 2011 5:39 PM Read more >

Hudak would make sex offenders to wear GPS tracking devices

Ontario PC Party News Release ******************** Today, Ontario PC candidate Vic Fedeli, Nipissing, announced Ontario families and children would be kept safe by requiring registered sex offenders to wear GPS tracking devices.

Jul 18, 2011 3:10 PM Read more >

Amelia Rising is seeking volunteers

Amelia Rising Sexual Assault Centre of Nipissing News Release ******************** Amelia Rising Sexual Assault Centre of Nipissing is seeking volunteers to provide assistance to victims of sexual assault on their 24 hour crisis line and within the t

Jul 18, 2011 2:58 PM Read more >

Two area men fined for hunting a cow moose without a valid tag

MNR News Release ********************* A Sturgeon Falls man and a North Bay man have been fined a total of $5,000 for illegally hunting a cow moose without a validation tag and providing false information to a Ministry of Natural Resources conservati

Jul 18, 2011 2:19 PM Read more >

OPP assisting Wikwemikong Tribal Police in homicide investigation

OPP News Release ******************** WIKWEMIKONG, ON – On July 17, 2011 (Sunday) at approximately 1:30 PM. Wikwemikong Tribal Police received a 9-1-1 call of a male without vital signs near a residence on Kaboni Road on the Wikwemikong Reserve.

Jul 18, 2011 2:04 PM Read more >

Stolen car recovered

North Bay Police Service News Release ******************** At 5:30PM on the 17th July, a vehicle check of a white 2011 Honda with 3 occupants revealed it had been stolen overnight from the Temiskaming Shores area.

Jul 18, 2011 9:48 AM Read more >