Northern Ontario

Operation FULL PLATE is a one-day food drive aimed at supporting local food banks and helping address food insecurity in communities across Ontario. Food insecurity continues to affect individuals and families in communities throughout Ontario. Operation FULL PLATE provides an opportunity for OPP Auxiliary members and the public to work together in support of local food banks and the people ...

The Ontario Phragmites Action (OPA) program is pleased to announce that they will be supporting 120 invasive Phragmites monitoring and management projects in 2026-27 through the Invasive Phragmites Control Fund (IPCF). This funding is made possible thanks to an investment from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and coordinated by the Invasive Species Centre and Nature Conservancy of Canada. The total ...

Partout au pays, les organisations artistiques et culturelles renforcent les collectivités et offrent à la population canadienne des occasions de tisser des liens grâce à des histoires et des expériences communes. Alors que le monde évolue rapidement, le gouvernement du Canada concentre ses efforts sur ce qu’il peut contrôler, soit les investissements dans les personnes et les organisations qui favorisent ...

Across the country, arts and cultural organizations strengthen communities and create opportunities for Canadians to connect through shared stories and experiences. As the world changes rapidly, the Government of Canada is focused on what it can control: investing in the people and organizations that foster connection, celebrate our diversity and bring Canadians together. Today, Viviane Lapointe, Member of Parliament for ...

Twinning most highways in Northern Ontario would cost too much and require northerners to wait too long for better, safer roads. That is the finding of Northern Policy Institute’s latest publication, Twin Carefully; Why 2+1 is the Best Fit For Most Northern Ontario Highways. In 2026, we see a consensus among our leaders – municipal, provincial, federal and First Nations ...

One person is deceased following a single-vehicle collision on Highway 17 in Sudbury. On Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at approximately 9:15 p.m., members of the Nipissing West (Sudbury) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a collision involving a passenger vehicle and a moose on Highway 17, west of the Highway 144 junction. The 20-year-old driver from Sudbury ...

Today, Chief David Mushquash of Pays Plat First Nation, the Honourable Rebecca Alty, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, the Honourable Mandy Gull-Masty, Minister of Indigenous Services, and the Honourable Greg Rickford, Ontario’s Minister of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation, announced a 4,203-acre increase – to Pays Plat First Nation’s land base through the Additions to Reserve process. The addition ...

On September 14, 2026, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment charged a driver for stunt driving. At approximately 7:00 pm, an officer was conducting LIDAR patrol on Highway 11-17 in the Township of Red Rock, ON. The officer observed a white car traveling at a high rate of speed. The Lidar confirmed the vehicle speed to be ...

On September 18, 2026 members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment charged a driver for stunt driving. At approximately 3:00 p.m, an officer was conducting Lidar patrol on Highway 11&17 in the Township of Red Rock, ON. The officer observed a grey car traveling westbound at an excessive rate of speed. The Lidar confirmed the vehicle speed to ...

On September 16, 2026, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment responded to an cell phone crash notification resulting in one person being arrested and criminally charged with impaired operation. At approximately 10:00 p.m., members were dispatched to an crash notification at the Nipigon Marina in the Town of Nipigon. Officers observed a cell phone on the ground ...

An announcement on Friday that the federal government has taken the next step to short-circuit the review of a contentious nuclear waste project is receiving pushback from critics and Indigenous leaders who are demanding a comprehensive and independent review before any federal approvals can be granted. Notice was posted in the Canada Gazette that the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (NWMO’s) ...

The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) and the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) are calling on the Ontario and federal governments to establish a jointly funded, phased plan to upgrade Highways 11 and 17 to four lanes. In a joint letter to Premier Doug Ford, the organizations noted that both the Premier and Prime Minister Mark Carney have recognized ...

The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) congratulates Ontario’s new and returning ministers and associate ministers following yesterday’s cabinet changes announced by Premier Doug Ford. FONOM welcomes Sam Oosterhoff as Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness; David Piccini as Minister of Infrastructure; Trevor Jones as Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development; Kinga Surma as President of the Treasury ...

Members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged one individual with impaired operation following a motor vehicle collision. On August 29, 2026, just before 10:00 p.m., members of the Nipigon OPP Detachment responded to a two vehicle collision on South Bay Road near Lake Nipigon ON, reported that one driver appeared to be ...

On September 3, 2026, at approximately 1:30pm, an officer with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment was conducting Lidar enforcement on Highway 11-17 in the Township of Red Rock. The officer observed a westbound motor vehicle traveling at a excessive rate of speed. The Lidar confirmed the vehicle speed to be 159km/hr in the posted 90km/hr zone. As a ...