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

NICKEL BELT-GREATER SUDBURY– MP Serré shares that Blue Sky Net is currently accepting Requests for Proposals (RFP) to establish successful vendors to collaborate in an effort to enhance services and broadband infrastructure in Northern Ontario including in Nickel Belt- Greater Sudbury. The RFP will help smaller and local broadband and …

UPDATE  – Victor Wesley has been found and is safely back with his family. The 11-year-old was reported missing at 7:30 pm Tuesday. North Bay police are looking for Victor Wesley. The 11-year-old was last seen on Trout Lake Road near Laurentian, police posted on Twitter at 7:30 pm Tuesday. …

On January 11, 2020, members from the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Third Street in Sturgeon Falls. Investigation revealed the driver had a suspended licence and was wanted on several outstanding warrants. Further investigation revealed the plates attached to the vehicle …

On January 9, 2020, members from the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received information that an individual had pointed a firearm at someone and threatened to kill that person while at a residence in Sturgeon Falls. On January 13, 2020, the Nipissing West OPP Crime Unit, …

On January 3, 2020 at 9:15 p.m., members from the North East Region (NER) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with the assistance of the OPP Canine (K9) Unit, executed a search warrant at a residence in Cache Bay, Ontario. Officers seized a quantity of …

Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof says the Ford government plan to restore passenger rail service for Northern Ontario is starting to take the form of an unfulfilled election promise. However, Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli disagrees. Fedeli says the Tories still have two-and-a-half years to deliver on their promise and he believes …

(STURGEON FALLS, ON) – On December 31, 2019, at 4:15 p.m., members of the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol when they observed a vehicle failing to stop for a red light at the intersection of Nipissing Street and Front Street in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. …

On December 6, 2019, members of the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a break, enter and theft at the Bell Canada tower and digital site located on Highway 64 North, between Sturgeon Falls and Field, in West Nipissing, Ontario. Investigation revealed a …

  The Nipissing West (Warren) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is seeking the public’s assistance with a theft investigation. On December 6, 2019 at approximately 1:10 p.m., officers received a report of a theft of gas from the St. Charles Food Market & Gas Station on Main Street …

(STURGEON FALLS, ON) – On November 29, 2019 at 1:55 a.m., while on patrol, members of the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed two suspicious vehicles parked in a residential area in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. Upon activating their emergency lights to investigate further, the pick-up truck …

(STURGEON FALLS, ON) – On October 17, 2019 agents from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) contacted the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) reporting they had intercepted a package, containing a sound suppressor for a firearm, destined for a resident on Quesnel Road in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. On November 5, 2019, …

(STURGEON FALLS, ON) – On November 7, 2019 at 3:55 p.m., members of the West Nipissing Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of an assault which occurred earlier, at 3:15 p.m., on Nipissing Street in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. Investigation revealed the 15-year-old male victim had made …

The West Nipissing Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is seeking the public’s assistance with a break, enter and theft investigation. Sometime between September 30, 2019 and October 21, 2019, unknown person(s) broke into a seasonal residence and a shed located on Old Aubin Road in Lavigne, Ontario. The …

Dear editor, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone who offered their support towards my successful re-election campaign. It is such an honour to have been given the opportunity to serve the residents of Nickel Belt-Greater Sudbury for a second term as MP-elect. I have always and …

Darryl Leroux says several candidates identifying as Indigenous base their claims on a long-ago ancestor A Halifax academic is questioning the claims of Indigenous identity by several federal election candidates. Darryl Leroux, an associate professor of social justice and communities studies at Saint Mary’s University, says at least four federal …