Trappers group says wolf hunting ban repeats mistakes of spring bear hunt scrapping! Proposal would extend ban on hunting and trapping wolves and coyotes outside of provincial parks A proposed ban on hunting and trapping wolves and coyotes is being…
There is a lot of tension: why efforts to monitor Ontario wolves face opposition
Ontario Eastern wolves Eastern wolves are elusive creatures that roam the forests of Quebec and Ontario. In 2016 the Government of Ontario changed the status of these wolves – known as Algonquin wolves in that province – from ‘special concern’…
Seven Toronto area men have pleaded guilty and were fined a total of $12,000 for fishing offences.
Kawall Rampat and Chintnarayan Beharry were each fined $3,000 for sport fishing by means other than angling and received a two-year fishing suspension. Ravi Seuram was fined $2,000 for illegally using a hook to pierce or hook a fish on…
Ontario’s sweeping Moose Project proposal leaves hunters reeling
After seeing unprecedented tag cuts in 2014, moose hunters face even more restrictions in 2015 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) is poised once again to limit moose hunting opportunities in the province of Ontario in a manner…
Two GTA Men Fined a Total of $2,000 for Over-limit of Sunfish
Two Greater Toronto area men have been fined a total of $2,000 and received a one-year fishing licence ban for keeping too many sunfish. Deodat Sugrim of Brampton and Mahadeo Sugrim of Etobicoke pleaded guilty to keeping too many sunfish…
Bear killings prompt push to bring back trapping and relocation program
The killing of a pair of juvenile bears on Hawthorne Ave. September 23 – after more than two weeks of efforts by several residents to get someone to relocate the animals – has led to a call for the Town…
MNR tracks threatened Eastern Whip-poor-will
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is asking people for help tracking the whereabouts of the threatened Eastern Whip-poor-will in northwestern Ontario. There’s a good chance you’ve never spotted a Whip-poor-will, but you may have heard its call. The…
Public’s right to portage at heart of Crown-land case
A township in the heart of Ontario cottage country has asked the province’s top court to overturn a government ban and recognize the public’s right to portage a historic canoe route at Bala Falls. The Ontario Court of Appeal heard…
UPDATE: Captured cougar will spend rest of its life in captivity
A cougar found napping under a deck in the Grafton area will likely spend the rest of its life in captivity. The cougar, now named ‘Charlie’, was spotted in several areas around Cranberry Lake Road from July 7 until it…
Ministry of Natural Resources is now the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
The head of a forestry sector advocate says she’s pleased a ministry has a new name. The Ministry of Natural Resources is now the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. The name change happened in the last cabinet shuffle following…