CHAPLEAU EXPRESS
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Vol. 27, Issue 49, August 10, 2023
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Newmont Porcupine Assists with Public Works Fleet
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hrough the continued relationship building and communication between Mayor Bignucolo and Council and Newmont Porcupine, the Township of Chapleau graciously accepted a donation of a 2017 Dodge Ram from Newmont Porcupine. This donation will assist the Public Works department in replenishing its fleet as one truck is retiring. Pictured below Left to Right: Donna Byce, Newmont Porcupine; Mayor Ryan Bignucolo; Tim Holmes, Sub foreperson Township of Chapleau; Gerry Stinson, Newmont Porcupine; Judith Meyntz, CAO Township of Chapleau; Tim Archambeault-St. Denis, Alex Nicol and Robert Jean, Public Works Department, Township of Chapleau
Newmont Porcupine contribue à la municipalité
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râce au développement continu de liens et à la communication entre le maire Bignucolo, les membres du Conseil et Newmont Porcupine, le Canton de Chapleau a gracieusement accepté un camion Dodge Ram 2017 offert par la société minière. Ce don servira à compléter le parc de camions du service des Travaux publics alors qu'un camion doit être mis à la retraite. Dans la photo ci-dessous on aperçoit, de gauche à droite : Donna Byce, Newmont Porcupine; Ryan Bignucolo, maire de Chapleau; Tim Holmes, sous-contremaître, Canton de Chapleau; Gerry Stinson, Newmont Porcupine; Judith Meyntz, directrice municipale, Canton de Chapleau; Tim Archambeault-St. Denis, Alex Nicol et Robert Jean, service des Travaux publics, Canton de Chapleau.
$66K fentanyl, crack, crystal meth seized in 2 northern Ont. drug busts
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ntario Provincial Police in the north have made two sizable drug busts this week seizing $66K in fentanyl, crystal meth and crack cocaine and arresting five people. At 5 a.m. Aug. 1, officers with the South Porcupine detachment Long Term responded to a traffic Forecast hazard on Highway 101 Thursday near Star Lake. High 18 A 46-year-old Low 11 Chapleau man is facing Friday charges as a result and High 21 remains in custody. Low 13 He is charged with Saturday High 16 Low 11
Sunday High 20 Low 11 Monday High 19 Low 11 Tuesday High 22 Low 13
drug trafficking, driving while suspended, operating a vehicle without insurance and while prohibited, using a plate not authorized for the vehicle, failing to notify on change of name and possession of property obtained by crime. The second incident happened Aug. 3 around 2:42 a.m. when officers raided a home on McKelvie Avenue in Kirkland Lake. Approximately $37,000 in narcotics, including crack, was seized along with a handgun, cell phones and more than $4,500 in cash. As a result, two men in their 20s from southern Ontario and two 56-year-old women –
one from Timmins and the other from Kirkland Lake – were charged and remain in custody. T h e y a r e a l l c h a rg e d w i t h d r u g trafficking, possession and unauthorized possession of a loaded, prohibited or restricted firearm and possession of property obtained by crime. None of the allegations has been proven
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