A southern Ontario resident has been fined $1,800 for illegally shooting a bull moose.
Frank Casciaro of Woodbridge pleaded guilty and was fined $1,800 for hunting bull moose without a licence.
Court heard that last Oct. 14, a conservation officer responded to a TIPS line call that a hunter had shot a bull moose instead of a cow moose.
A Hudson man has been fined $2,000 for a hunting offence under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act.
Ronald Elliot pleaded guilty and was fined $2,000 for unlawfully discharging a firearm from a vehicle.
He also received a four-year hunting suspension.
No new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon and only one new fire was confirmed on Saturday.
Dryden Fire #8, located near Seseganaga Lake, was listed as “being held” at 0.8 hectares in size at last report.
However, eight fires were confirmed in the region by the end of the day on Friday.
Two new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon.
Red Lake Fire #31, located near Borel Lake, was listed as “not under control” at 3.8 hectares in size.
Kenora Fire #47, located south of Esther Lake, also was listed as “not under control” at 0.1 ha.
A Manitoba man has been fined $1,200 for violations under the Ontario Fishery Regulations.
Leslie Colmer pleaded guilty and was fined $1,200 for fishing for walleye during the closed season.
Court heard that on Aug. 19, conservation officers conducted a fisheries inspection of Colmer while he was angling on Shoal Lake and determined he had caught and released walleye that day.
Two new fires confirmed in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon.
Red Lake Fire #28, located near Pikangikum First Nation, was listed as “not under control” at 0.1 hectares.
Thunder Bay Fire #18, near Sparks Lake, also was listed as “not under control” at 1.0 ha.
The Northwest Region saw 10 new forest fires by yesterday afternoon.
Lightning strikes in the vicinity of Umfreville Lake, located in Kenora District near the Manitoba border, were responsible for nine of the new fires.
A Quebec resident has been fined $2,000 for possessing an illegally-killed moose.
Mario Rodrigue of L'Islet was convicted at trial for possessing an illegally-killed bull moose under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act.
He also received a two-year suspension from hunting big game in Ontario.
A Winnipeg area man has been fined a total of $3,000 for violations under the Public Lands Act while two others were given suspended sentences.
Garth Steek pleaded guilty and was fined $1,500 for erecting a structure without a permit, as well as $1,500 for disobeying a stop work order.
He also was issued a court order to remove the structure from the property.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has declared a Restricted Fire Zone in the districts of Fort Frances, Kenora, Dryden, and the southern portion of the Red Lake, Thunder Bay, and Sioux Lookout districts, and along the north shore of Lake Superior in Nipigon District.
