Ministry Of Natural Resources

• Men convicted after moose shot from motorboat in northern Ontario

  The government said the charges came from a two-year investigation that ran between 2020 and 2022, looking into illegal moose hunting in a remote area north of Pickle Lake, Ont.

  Crime

  Dec 30, 2024
  
• Federal gov’t contributes $331K for tree planting after 2021 Nk’Mip Creek wildfire

  The federal government says the money comes from the 2 Billion Trees program, which has a goal of nationally planting two billion trees over 10 years.

  Environment

  Apr 14, 2023
  
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• Animal rights groups call for probe into Belleville, Ont. coyote hunt contest

  Ontario animal rights activists have taken matters a step further in their quest to stop a long-standing coyote hunting contest that happens annually in Belleville.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2023
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• Kingston, Ont. man faces fine for careless use of firearm while hunting

  A Kingston man will have to pay $7,000 to the province after the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources fined him for careless use of his firearm.

  Canada

  Oct 21, 2022
• Ontario sees slow forest fire season a year after record setting fires

  The Ontario government says forest fires have dwindled dramatically this year compared with last year, when fires tore through a record amount of land in the province.

  Fire

  Aug 16, 2022
• Ministry wants residents to still be careful despite slow fire season in northwestern Ontario

  Chris Marchand, a fire information officer for the MNR, said the area burned to date is less than one per cent of what burned in 2021.

  Environment

  Jul 15, 2022
• Ongoing gas leak, explosive risk hindering work at site of Wheatley blast which injured 20

  'We ask everyone to stay away from there. Please don't go out gawking, et cetera. It is an unsafe area and it's unstable," the Chatham-Kent mayor said of the explosion site.

  Canada

  Aug 27, 2021
• Mass timber to be used in constructing unique two-storey hangar at Kelowna International Airport

  ‘Wood is being used more and more in building bigger and taller buildings, and we’re leading the world at it.’

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2021
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• Rain helped firefighters regain control over wildfire in northwestern Ontario: officials

  The Ministry of Natural Resources says nearly 50 millimetres of rain fell on the fire, which is three kilometres from Red Lake and designated as Red Lake 49, since Friday morning.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2020
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• Crown land in Burleigh Falls closed due to unsafe conditions: Ministry of Natural Resources

  The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says Crown land near the Burleigh Falls waterfalls is unsafe and will be closed to the public until further notice.

  Environment

  Jul 9, 2020