Tag: Cann River 3890
Police says truck forced car off highway
East Gippsland police are trying to contact the driver of a car forced off the road by a semi-trailer east of Cann River yesterday.[MORE]
Snow falls in East Gippsland
Thunderstorms have dropped rain, hail and snow across Gippsland, in south-east Victoria, overnight and this morning.[MORE]
Logs shortage closes sawmill
A Cann River sawmill has closed indefinitely due to a lack of logs.[MORE]
Timber contractors return to work
The Victorian Forests Harvesting and Cartage Council says East Gippsland timber contractors are returning to work in good faith today.[MORE]
Timber mill operator fears strikes to cost jobs
An East Gippsland timber mill operator says if timber strikes continue, dozens of sawmill workers will lose their jobs.[MORE]
Man accused of abalone poaching remanded in custody
A New South Wales far south coast man, extradited from Western Australia at the weekend for poaching abalone in Gippsland, has been remanded in custody.[MORE]
Controlled burns to send smoke haze across Gippsland
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is warning people with medical conditions could be affected by smokey conditions across Gippsland.[MORE]
Man to front court after cannabis raid
A man is due to appear in Bairnsdale Magistrates Court on Wednesday after a joint operation between Victorian and New South Wales police resulted in the seizure of more than 300 cannabis plants.[MORE]
Cann River area fire contained
Fire crews have contained a 150 hectare blaze burning in the Cann River district near the Wingan River in south-east Victoria.[MORE]
Weather helps crews battle to contain Vic blazes
Firefighters hope to take advantage of favourable conditions to contain 12 blazes burning in Victoria.[MORE]
DSE volunteer dies in East Gippsland
A Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) volunteer died near Cann River, in East Gippsland in south-east Victoria, yesterday afternoon.[MORE]
Truckie dies in Combienbar crash
A 58-year-old Orbost man died when his truck rolled at Combienbar, north of Cann River, yesterday afternoon.[MORE]
Horse transported illegally
The Victorian Department of Primary Industries has confirmed at least one horse has been transported across the New South Wales-Victorian border in the last week.[MORE]
Reports horse float moved illegally
Police are investigating reports that a horse float crossed the New South Wales Victorian border in East Gippsland last night.[MORE]
Pair to face court accused of car, fuel theft
Two men are due to appear in Bairnsdale court, in south-east Victoria, after they were arrested near Cann River last night.[MORE]
Truckie dies in crash near Cann River
A male truck driver has died in a crash north of Cann River in far east Gippsland.[MORE]
Bracks under pressure to stop rising timber royalties
Victorian Premier Steve Bracks will be asked in Parliament this week to stop the royalties increasing on native timber.[MORE]
Rising timber royalties tipped to hurt E Gippsland
Cann River timber mill owner Bob Humphries is threatening to sell his mill rather than pay increased prices for native timber.[MORE]
Cann River residents get ambulance assurances
Rural Ambulance Victoria (RAV) is reassuring residents of Cann River in East Gippsland there are no plans to shut down its ambulance service.[MORE]
