Conservation officers with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry want to remind hunters that allowing game meat to spoil after an animal has been hunted is illegal and can result in significant fines and hunting licence suspensions. A Dryden…
Conservation officers with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry want to remind people to hunt safely. Trespassing to hunt and shooting from a vehicle can result in significant fines and hunting licence suspensions. Three men have been fined a…
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry conservation officers want to remind everyone that unsafe hunting practices like shooting on or across a road and having loaded firearms in vehicles, pose a serious threat to the public and other hunters.…
A man has been convicted after buying black bear gall bladders. On July 5, 2019 in the Ontario Court of Justice in Fort Frances, Justice of the Peace Jennifer Neill fined Byeong-ok Kim of Fort Frances $9,000 for unlawfully possessing…
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is seeking the public’s help in identifying the person or people responsible for killing and abandoning four cow moose and a bull moose near White River. The ministry reports that sometime between Sept.…
KAWARTHA LAKES-The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry seized 33 Moose, laid 107 charges and issued 232 warnings over a nine-day period in southeastern Ontario. The Ministry says from October 20 to October 28, 2018, conservation officers checked 3,973 hunters…
October 19, 2018 An Orillia man has been fined a total of $6,500 for offences under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. Jonathan Pearson was convicted at trial and fined $2,500 for discharging a firearm from a roadway and $4,000…
September 27, 2018- A New Liskeard man has been fined $1,000 for violating the Forest Fires Prevention Act. Steven Huppe pleaded guilty to driving on a closed road during a forest fire emergency. Court heard that on July 24, 2018, Huppe…
Most anglers stopped at a border check on Trans-Canada Highway 17 in Ontario, at the Manitoba border, were found to be complying with Ontario’s fishing regulations. Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry conservation officers, along with one of the regional…
Two Thunder Bay men have been fined a total of $1,500 for violations under the Public Lands Act. One of the individuals was convicted at trial and fined $1,000 for constructing a road or trail and a water crossing on…