West Nipissing Ouest – Sturgeon Falls, Verner, St Charles, Field and Area News

Welcome! Bonjour! Aaniin! The 2019 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo (IPM) is well on its way to being a completely bilingual event … or just about. This year’s IPM is being held in the Municipality of West Nipissing, a Northern Ontario community where anglophones and francophones rub shoulders on …

(WEST NIPISSING, ON) – On August 9, 2019, at approximately 4:50 a.m., members of the West Nipissing Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a vehicle in the ditch on Leblanc Road in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. Officers attended the scene and located the uninjured driver and …

PUBLIC NOTICE – August 7, 2019 A special meeting of the Council was held on August 6, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the matter of discolouration in the Municipal Water System in Verner. During the meeting, Council and staff discussed the situation carefully and options were raised to provide …

OPP COMMUNITY STREET CRIME UNIT SEIZE SUSPECTED FENTANYL – (WEST NIPISSING, ON) – On July 25, 2019, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) North East Region (NER) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) with the assistance of officers from Nipissing West Detachment, conducted a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) investigation …

(WEST NIPISSING, ON) – On July 18, 2019 at approximately 11:10 p.m., officers from the West Nipissing Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a complaint of suspicious persons in the vicinity of the Minnehaha Bay Marina in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. Upon arrival, officers found the restaurant had been …

(WEST NIPISSING, ON) – On July 13, 2019, at approximately 3:45 p.m., while investigating an incident on John Street in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, members from the West Nipissing Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested Taylor BLAIS, age 30, from Sturgeon Falls, Ontario as a result of an outstanding …

At the next council meeting Council will be discussing a rate change request from Le Taxi.  Le Taxi is requesting a higher “drop rate” and an increase into the allowed age of their vehicles.      

 Accused Arrested (NIPISSING FIRST NATION, ON) – On July 10, 2019, at approximately 1:00 p.m., members of the North Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the North Bay OPP Crime Unit, an OPP Critical Incident Commander (CIC), the OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), an OPP Crisis Negotiator, the …

(WEST NIPISSING, ON) – On June 24, 2019, the Nipissing West detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the North East Region (NER) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) executed a warrant at a residence in the Municipality of West Nipissing, Ontario. Officers seized a quantity of drugs suspected to be …

This Canada Day long weekend, members of the Nipissing West Detachment and the Sudbury Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) Team of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) had a very busy long weekend. Officers were out on full force on the highways, waterways and trails, targeting aggressive drivers. There was …

MP Serré recognizes 22 volunteers in Nickel Belt for their outstanding contributions in the community. NICKEL BELT-GREATER SUDBURY – Volunteers in Nickel Belt shape their communities in a positive way. In recognition of their contributions and their dedicated work, Nickel Belt MP Marc Serré hosted the third annual Community Volunteer …

NICKEL BELT-GREATER SUDBURY – Today in Sturgeon Falls, Marc Serré, Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Rural Economic Development, on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and the Minister responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation …

As of noon on June 6, 2019, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will provide policing services to the Municipality of West Nipissing and surrounding area from the Nipissing West OPP Community Policing Office (CPO) located at 216 John Street, Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. The West Nipissing Police will no longer be …

Three West Nipissing residents face drug charges after a bust Tuesday, On May 28, police executed a warrant at a residence in that town. Officers seized a number of drugs suspected to be methamphetamine and amphetamine as well as approximately $6,500 cash. The street value for the drugs seized is approximately …

The former commander of the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police detachment has been named the detachment commander of the new Nipissing West OPP detachment. Insp. Michael Maville has commanded the Sault Ste. Marie detachment since May, 2016. The OPP is taking over policing of West Nipissing at noon June …