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Names released from White River crash that killed five

Names released from White River crash that killed five

OPP NEWS RELEASE ********************** Update to fatal collision (White River, Ontario) - Superior East OPP continues to investigate a fatal collision, which claimed the lives of five people at approximately 8 p.m. on the 16th of July 2006.
Green car hits white car on Highway 17 East

Green car hits white car on Highway 17 East

OPP NEWS RELEASE *********************** Motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 East Garden River First Nation - Yesterday at approximately 3:50 p.m.

More about the missing kayaker

This morning's edition of the Hamilton Spectator has an interesting profile of Herb Pohl, the Burlington, Ontario adventurer whose overturned kayak was discovered on Monday near the mouth of the Michipicoten River on Lake Superior.
Skinny guy in green shirt sought in morning robbery

Skinny guy in green shirt sought in morning robbery

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE ************************ Early this morning City Police responded to a call of a robbery at Mac's Mart at 312 Wellington Street East.
Carrie charged with stomping Humane Society staffer

Carrie charged with stomping Humane Society staffer

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE *********************** Yesterday afternoon 41-year-old Carrie Joy Jones of 84 Letcher Street attended at the Humane Society on Second Line East to pick up her stray dog. She was asked to pay a pound fee and refused.
Donald Jordan Jr. accused of setting fire to a fence

Donald Jordan Jr. accused of setting fire to a fence

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE ********************** On the 18th of July at approximately 9 p.m. the accused 20-year-old Donald Irvine Jordan Jr. of 28 Wellington street East Apt.
Tanker ablaze after lightning strike

Tanker ablaze after lightning strike

A tanker that is sending fireballs into the early-morning sky in Providence, Rhode Island is thought to have been struck by lightning. The vessel is said to be within a half-mile of a liquified natural gas storage tank on the shoreline.
Ontario to host world dragon boat championships

Ontario to host world dragon boat championships

NEWS RELEASE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF TOURISM *********************** McGuinty Government boosts international dragon boat races Funding supports marketing of world-class dragon boat championships TORONTO, July 18 - Toronto will host the International Dra
Tractor-trailer catches fire, closes Highway 11

Tractor-trailer catches fire, closes Highway 11

OPP NEWS RELEASE *********************** Highway 11 closed (North Bay, ON) – A tractor trailer unit carrying furniture has caught on fire.
Effect of storms on provincial parks

Effect of storms on provincial parks

NEWS RELEASE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES *************************** Provincial parks staff working to help campers Samuel de Champlain Park closed for public safety TORONTO — Staff at Ontario's provincial parks are working hard to assist c