WestNipissingOuest.com http://westnipissingouest.com Sturgeon Falls and area news, info and events Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 True story brings mock message to life http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/true-story-brings-mock-message-to-life/ http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/true-story-brings-mock-message-to-life/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:16 +0000 TJ Quesnel http://westnipissingouest.com/?p=4621 Screams of terror, cries of pain and the wail of sirens knifed the air at the Complex on May 16 as ­West Nipissing’s Peer Power Committee staged a mock car crash for area students. The annual drinking and driving awareness event took the young people through a always too common scenario of teens drinking before ...

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]]> http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/true-story-brings-mock-message-to-life/feed/ 0 WN Police Report May 10-16th http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/wn-police-report-may-10-16th/ http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/wn-police-report-may-10-16th/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 19:51:51 +0000 TJ Quesnel http://westnipissingouest.com/?p=4619 During the week of May 10-16, 2013, the West Nipissing Police Service logged 177 calls for service. Among those were 35 (thirty-five) 9-1-1 calls, 32 (thirty-two) Police Assistance calls, 18 (eighteen) Police Information calls, 3 (three) Impaired calls, 3 (three) thefts, 1 (one) Theft and 1 (one) Drug Offence call. On April 29, 2013 a ...

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]]> http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/wn-police-report-may-10-16th/feed/ 0 Community Breakfast http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/community-breakfast-5/ http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/community-breakfast-5/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 15:04:40 +0000 Admin http://westnipissingouest.com/?p=4617 Our Lady of Sorrows Church Sunday May 26. 9:00 am 1:00 pm. Adults $6.00 Children under 12 $2.00. Bacon and eggs, sausages, home fries, baked beans, pancakes, toast, tea, coffee and juice. Everyone welcome. By: Steve Commanda

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]]> http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/community-breakfast-5/feed/ 0 3.1-magnitude earthquake rattles West Nipissing http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/3-1-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-west-nipissing/ http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/3-1-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-west-nipissing/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000 TJ Quesnel http://westnipissingouest.com/?p=4614 A 3.1-magnitude earthquake was reported in western Quebec Monday morning, just across the river from Hawkesbury, Ont. Earthquakes Canada reported the quake at about 9:32 a.m. ET about 11 kilometres north of Brownsburg-Chatham, Que. That is about a 90-minute drive from Ottawa, near the Quebec-Ontario border and close to the halfway point between Montreal and ...

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]]> http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/3-1-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-west-nipissing/feed/ 0 Retired Officer Honoured http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/retired-officer-honoured/ http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/retired-officer-honoured/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 03:50:53 +0000 TJ Quesnel http://westnipissingouest.com/?p=4611 Retired Sergeant Norm Gingras was recognized by his colleagues and the community yesterday in appreciation of his 26 years of dedication to the people of West Nipissing. He began his policing career as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in May 1979 as a Special Constable. He was posted to a surveillance unit ...

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]]> http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/retired-officer-honoured/feed/ 0 Assortments of Drugs Seized http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/assortments-of-drugs-seized/ http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/assortments-of-drugs-seized/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 19:48:10 +0000 TJ Quesnel http://westnipissingouest.com/?p=4609 More than a quarter of a kilogram of cocaine along with hundreds of oxycodone pills and a variety of other drugs were seized on Tuesday May 14th 2013 by West Nipissing Police. A traffic stop in West Nipissing resulted in the arrest of 51 year old Leonard Ratelle of Quesnel Road in Sturgeon Falls. A ...

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]]> http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/assortments-of-drugs-seized/feed/ 1 Officers Recieve Chiefs Commendations http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/officers-recieve-chiefs-commendations/ http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/officers-recieve-chiefs-commendations/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 19:10:56 +0000 TJ Quesnel http://westnipissingouest.com/?p=4604 Four officers of the West Nipissing Police Service received Chief’s Commendations yesterday as a result of their response to an incident last summer. On August 24th 2012, Sergeant Nathalie Rifou, Constable Al Renaud, Constable Charles Goulard and Constable Trystan Gagne came in for a night shift at 7:00 p.m. Shortly after reporting for duty, they ...

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]]> http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/officers-recieve-chiefs-commendations/feed/ 0 Stunt driving charges laid http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/stunt-driving-charges-laid/ http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/stunt-driving-charges-laid/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 13:07:46 +0000 TJ Quesnel http://westnipissingouest.com/?p=4600 Members of the North Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted aircraft speed enforcement on Saturday May 11, 2013 on Highway # 17 in Beaucage Township (Sturgeon Stretch). The airplane, flying at 2500 feet above the highway worked in conjunction with two intercept highway units to conduct speed enforcement. A trained officer observes ...

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]]> http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/05/stunt-driving-charges-laid/feed/ 0 WN Police Pursuit! http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/04/wn-police-pursuit/ http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/04/wn-police-pursuit/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:41:53 +0000 TJ Quesnel http://westnipissingouest.com/?p=4592 On April 28, 2013, the West Nipissing Police Service was involved in a police pursuit. Traffic complaints were received at the police station of an erratic driver in a green SUV. Officers soon located the vehicle on Front St in Sturgeon Falls. The driver refused to stop for police and continued at high rates of ...

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]]> http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/04/wn-police-pursuit/feed/ 0 Police seek McDonald’s thief http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/04/police-seek-mcdonalds-thief/ http://westnipissingouest.com/2013/04/police-seek-mcdonalds-thief/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:37:09 +0000 TJ Quesnel http://westnipissingouest.com/?p=4586 The West Nipissing Police Service is actively investigating a theft which occurred at the McDonald’s restaurant in Sturgeon Falls on March 19. It was reported by an employee that the donation box which was located on the front counter had been stolen. Officers attended and viewed the surveillance tape which shows a male at the ...

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