Tag: Walpole
‘Suspicious’ Walpole blaze sends as many as three to hospital
A Walpole Island fire that sent as many as three people, including a firefighter, to hospital Wednesday night is being treated as suspicious, provincial police and fire officials say. Article…
Walpole Island partners on $180M battery storage facility near Tilbury
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Walpole Island First Nation is teaming with renewable energy giant Boralex to build a new battery storage facility in Lakeshore expected to create up…
Walpole filmmaker shares residential school survivors stories
Breadcrumb Trail Links Entertainment Local Entertainment News Local News Walpole Island First Nation filmmaker Derek Sands knew the stories of some school residential survivors long before he got to share…
Walpole elects new chief, council
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Walpole Island First Nation members have elected a new chief. Published Sep 22, 2024 • Last updated 16 hours ago • 2 minute read…
Walpole resident charged in weapons probe: police
A Walpole Island resident faces multiple charges after a weapons investigation, provincial police say. Article content On Aug. 29, Lambton OPP, Walpole Island First Nation police and OPP West Region…
Walpole Island filmmaker bringing two projects to TIFF
A filmmaker from Walpole Island First Nation is returning to the Toronto International Film Festival this year for the premiere of two of her projects. Article content Eva Thomas, based…
Walpole man adds 18 new guns, drugs charges to already long list
A Walpole Island man already facing a long list of drugs and weapons charges was arrested Thursday on a raft of new charges. Article content Richard Hinojosa, who was arrested…
Pedestrian killed in fail-to-remain crash on Walpole Island: OPP
One person is dead following a fail-to-remain motor vehicle collision at Walpole Island First Nation, with police appealing to the public for assistance. Article content Early Sunday, at approximately 2:56…
Chatham-area man given five-year sentence for role in Walpole Island killing
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News A list of eight suspects swept up in a probe into the death of a Windsor man, on Walpole Island in 2021, is down…
‘You should be terribly ashamed’: Walpole man gets 9 years for drug trafficking
While sentencing Randy Nahdee to nine years in prison for drug trafficking, a Sarnia judge pointed out his Walpole Island First Nation community has struggled mightily against the fentanyl epidemic.…