OPP arrest driver for impaired driving
One person from Birch Island has been arrested and charged following a call for service in Sagamok First Nation.
Shortly after 5 am on February 24, the Manitoulin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint on Ironwood Street in Sagamok First Nation.
Police located the vehicle of the traffic complaint on Sagamok Road and conducted a traffic stop. Upon speaking with the driver, police determined the driver had consumed alcohol. The driver was subsequently arrested and transported back to the OPP detachment for further testing.
As a result of the investigation, 19-year-old Cole Recollet from Birch Island has been charged with operation while impaired-alcohol and drugs, operation while impaired, blood alcohol concentration (80 plus), driving motor vehicle with open container of liquor and novice driver-blood alcohol count above zero.
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Espanola on April 15.
The driver was issued a 90-day administrative driver’s licence suspension and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
OPP arrest person for impaired driving and domestic related charges
One person has been arrested and charged for multiple offences in Espanola.
On February 23, shortly after 3 pm the Manitoulin detachment of the OPP received a report of a possible impaired driver on Station Road in Espanola.
Police located the vehicle on Lee Valley Road and determined the driver had consumed alcoholic beverages. After further investigation, a domestic violence investigation also ensued, and the driver was arrested.
A 28-year-old person from Espanola was charged with failure to comply with release order-other than to attend court, mischief under $5,000, operation while impaired alcohol and drugs and operation while impaired blood alcohol concentration (80 plus).
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Espanola at a later date.
The driver was issued a 90-day administrative driver’s licence suspension and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
The identity of the accused will not be released to protect the identity of the victim.
Ice anglers are reminded that ice fishing season is quickly coming to an end
The Ontario Conservation Officers Association (OCOA) would like to remind anglers to think ahead and prepare to remove their fish huts from Ontario’s frozen waterbodies.
“While some lakes in the province are just starting to form safe ice, anglers need to remember that ice huts must be removed from the ice by the prescribed deadlines,” said OCOA president Derek Hebner. “After the ice hut removal dates, anglers may fish without an ice hut or use a portable fish hut that is made of cloth or synthetic fabric that is seven square metres in size or less.”
Ice huts removal dates include March 1 in fisheries management zones (FMZ) 17 and 20, March 15 in FMZ 14 (Lake Wolsey on Manitoulin), 16, 18, 19 and below the Lake Temiskaming dam in FMZ 12, and March 31 in FMZ 9, 10 (South Bay on Manitoulin), 11, 15 and above the Lake Temiskaming dam in FMZ 12.
“Anyone who has an ice hut out on the lake should monitor the weather conditions closely,” said Mr. Hebner. “The ice hut removal deadlines are set in legislation, but they do not take into account the different ice conditions each year. Many lakes in the province will be ice free before the hut removal deadlines and any huts that fall through the ice are a danger to anyone who has to remove them or to boaters in the summer if the huts are not removed prior to ice out.”
Anyone with information about a natural resources or public safety related offence is encouraged to call the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry violation reporting line at 1-877-847-7667, contact their local conservation officer directly, or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
