A Timmins man has been fined for a hunting violation.
Ricky Leclair pleaded guilty and was fined $3,500 for carelessly discharging his firearm down a roadway.
In addition, he is suspended from hunting for three years and successfully must complete the Ontario Hunter Education Course before being eligible to apply for another hunting licence.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry laid 15 charges and issued 10 warnings during a June 1 enforcement blitz at the Pigeon River border crossing southwest of Thunder Bay.
Conservation officers and the canine unit contacted 472 people from various U.S. states.
Three new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by late yesterday afternoon.
Fort Frances Fire #13 was discovered late in the day Sunday and actioned by a FireRanger crew yesterday morning.
The fire, located on a small island on Pickerel Lake in Quetico Provincial Park, was listed as “not under control” at last report.
Four new forest fires were reported in the Northwest Region as of yesterday.
Fort Frances Fire #12 was confirmed yesterday afternoon about six km east of Irene Lake.
Covering 0.1 of a hectare, it was not yet under control at last report.
The Northwest Region logged a single fire incident by yesterday afternoon.
Fort Frances Fire #11 resulted from a downed tree on a power line near Highway 71 north of Little Pine Lake.
The 0.1-hectare blaze since has been declared “out.”
No new fires were reported in the Northwest Region by late yesterday.
As well, the number of active fires in the region has been reduced to two.
Red Lake Fire #30, a 3,739-hectare blaze that crossed the Manitoba boundary into Ontario on May 22, was listed as “under control” at last report.
Two new fires were confirmed by yesterday afternoon in the Northwest Region.
Fort Frances Fire #9 was listed as “out" at 0.1 hectares at last report but Fort Frances Fire #10, located near Eva Lake, was "not under control” at 0.1 ha.
Red Lake Fire #30 has grown to 3,739 ha is size but now is listed as “being held.”
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.
