Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Barrie Police Service, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and community-based agencies have released more details of a labour human trafficking investigation with connections to central and eastern Ontario. Since 2018, police began investigating information that suggested Mexican-born workers were being trafficked and/or defrauded by a cleaning company based in Barrie. They had been brought to ...

Weather – Increasing cloudiness. Periods of snow and local blowing snow beginning this afternoon. Amount 2 cm. Wind becoming northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High minus 10. Wind chill minus 25 in the morning and minus 18 in the afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 1 or low. Tonight – Snow and local blowing snow. Amount 5 ...

The Ontario Maple Syrup Producers’ Association (OMSPA) is celebrating another successful year hosting the provincial event, Maple Weekend, and making plans to enhance the event in the coming years. In 2019, the date for Maple Weekend has been set for the first weekend in April – April 6 and 7 – and there will be more participating sugarbushes to visit ...

Thank you to all who were present at the service to honor Jean-François’s memory. Merci infiniment à toutes les personnes présentes aux funérailles de notre fils Jean-François. We would like to thank all the people who have touched us with your love, kind words and support during the past year and a half. Merci à toutes les personnes qui nous ...

On February 8, 2019 shortly after 11:00 p.m., members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Nipissing District Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Marten River Fire Department, responded to a call for a collision on Highway 11, just north of Tonomo Lake in Temagami, Ontario. Further investigation revealed that one tractor trailer had been travelling ...

The Ontario government is providing drivers in the province with more options by allowing newer models of studded tires to be sold in Northern Ontario. Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Transportation Kinga Surma and Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli, were at Kal Tire in North Bay today to announce that Ontario is changing a regulation that prevented some new models ...

On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at approximately 06:00pm, members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision (MVC), involving a tractor trailer unit (TTU) on Highway 17, approximately 40km west of Marathon near the Prairie River Bridge. A westbound TTU caught the north shoulder of the road on a curve. The ...

Men’s High Single – Dave Casavant ( 318 ) Women’s High Single – Mary Ellen Douchamie ( 283 ) Men’s High Triple – Dave Casavant ( 717 ) Women’s High Triple – Mary Ellen Douchamie ( 695 ) Team High Single ( Hdcp’d ) – Wilderness Helicopters Strike Force – ( 1412 ) Team High Triple ( Hdcp’d ) – ...

Weather – Clearing early this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 10. Wind chill minus 28 in the morning and minus 15 in the afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 2 or low. Tonight – A few clouds. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h before morning. Low minus 18. Wind chill minus 19 in the evening and minus 28 ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 9 11 LESCHISHIN, Mark 2 7 11 BUCKELL, Chris 3 6 10 McCOY, Joe 3 6 10 SPENCER, Diane 5 5 11 KLOCKARS, Anna-Lise 6 4 10 HOFFMANN, Jim 6 4 11 BOYD, Katherine 8 3 10 HALL, Dave 8 3 10 Schedule for Thursday – February 14, 2019 Ice 1 Ice 2 ...

  The Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation wishes to express a heartfelt thank you to the Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Command Branches and Ladies Auxiliaries’ Charitable Foundation for their donation of $5,000. These funds will be used to support the Digital Radiography Upgrade for the x-ray department.   This donation adds to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 429’s long history ...

In a quick email at 4:27 to media, a special meeting of council was announced for 7 p.m. in Council Chambers. All members of Council were present, and after approving the agenda, no declarations – council moved into an in-camera meeting. Mayor Rody informed the gallery that they would move into the back room in order to let the gallery ...

Sault Ste Marie Area – including Batchawana, Goulais River & areas Due to the sudden white out and weather issues and in the interest of safety, all school bus transportation is cancelled today in the Sault Ste. Marie areas for all Boards. Central Algoma Area – including Echo Bay, Bruce Mines, Desbarats, St. Joe Island,Thessalon & areas Due to the sudden white ...

There are no weather alerts this morning, and all buses are running. Highway 17 has been reopened. Weather – Periods of light snow. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this afternoon. High minus 16. Wind chill minus 30 in the morning and minus 24 in the afternoon. Risk of frostbite. Tonight Periods of light snow ending late ...