The OPP is reminding everyone to exercise extreme caution when travelling on bodies of water that have ice on them. Warm weather and significant rainfall is approaching, remember no ice is safe ice.
Meanwhile from the North Bay OPP Detachment, Operation Thin Ice yields impressive results.
An initiative involving several partnering agencies was conducted which resulted in numerous motor vehicles, snowmobiles and off-road vehicles being checked for infractions, and several charges were laid.
On February 4, 2023, members of the North Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the OPP, Snowmobile All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and Vessel Enforcement (SAVE) unit, North Bay Police Service, and the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) participated in joint operation on Callander Bay of Lake Nipissing, and the surrounding area.
As a result of the operation, 13 charges were laid under several acts including the Criminal Code, Highway Traffic Act, Liquor Licence and Control Act, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and the Ontario Fishery Regulations.
In total, nine fish were seized, 87 motor vehicles were checked, along with eight off-road vehicles and snowmobiles.
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