Northern Ontario

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a serious collision on Highway 17, east of Pays Plat First Nation, that has left one person deceased. On Friday, July 4, 2025, at approximately 12:15 a.m., members of the Schreiber Detachment of the OPP were called to a vehicle collision on Highway 17, just east of Pays Plat First Nation. The collision ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a serious collision on Highway 516 in Sioux Lookout that has left 25 people with minor to possible life-altering injuries. On Sunday, June 29, 2025, at approximately 6:45 p.m., members of the Sioux Lookout Detachment of the OPP were called to a bus rollover on Highway 516 near Stain Lake. The single-vehicle collision ...

The Town of Marathon and Biigtigong Nishnaabeg First Nation are pleased to announce a $1,000,000 financial contribution from the Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corporation (NFMC) toward the ongoing development of the Peninsula Harbour Port. This significant funding will support foundational work as both communities continue their joint efforts to re-establish the harbour as a modern, functional asset for Northwestern Ontario. The ...

Jun 29, 2025 at 09:00 On June 26th, 2025, members of the Armstrong, Thunder Bay & Shabaqua Detachments, including the Emergency Response Team (ERT) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) & Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) began searching for a missing female on Highway 527, approximately 80 kilometers north of Highway 11-17. As of June 28th, 2025, police have located ...

On June 19th, 2025, at approximately 9:39 a.m., a complaint was received that a vehicle had not stopped for a flagger at a construction zone on Highway 17 west of Marathon, ON At approximately 11:30 am at Highway 11-17 in the investigation, the driver’s licence has been suspended for 30-days and their vehicle impounded for 14-days. A 78-year-old, from Brampton, ...

The Ontario government recognizes the current turbulent landscape resulting from U.S. tariffs and related U.S. trade policies, and the significant uncertainty for Northern Ontario’s workers and businesses. To protect Northern Ontario’s economy today and into the future, the government is refocusing the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to prioritize investments that protect northern industries and jobs, mitigate the impacts ...

A not-for-profit organization that tracks a nuclear waste burial project proposed for northwestern Ontario has released the results of a recent survey gauging public attitudes towards the Nuclear Waste Management Organization and its project. We the Nuclear Free North’s survey results  show an overwhelmingly negative response to the NWMO’s project and communications. An invitation to complete the survey was distributed ...

Police have determined the cause of death in an ongoing investigation in Pikangikum First Nation and are requesting the public’s assistance. On Sunday, June 1, 2025, shortly after 10:00 p.m., members of the Red Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Pikangikum Peacekeepers and emergency medical services responded to an individual in medical distress on Big House Road. Tina ...

The Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged one person following a snowmobile collision on Sprucewood Drive, back in February 2025. On February 5th, 2025, shortly before 10:00 p.m., officers received a report from Red Rock Emergency Medical Services (EMS) of a snowmobile collision near Sprucewood Road, Lyon Township. Officers attended then followed ambulance to the Nipigon ...

Jun 4, 2025 at 07:57 Members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged one individual with impaired operation following two separate traffic complaints. On the 21st day of May 2025, just before 6:30 p.m., members of the Nipigon OPP Detachment responded to reports of a suspected impaired driver on Highway 11&17, east bound ...

May 30th, 2025 Ontario NDP Deputy Leader and Shadow Minister for Indigenous and Treaty Relations Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) is urging the Ontario government to expedite support for the Deer Lake and Webequie evacuees, wildland firefighters and all communities impacted by the ongoing wildfires in far northern Ontario. Earlier today, Deer Lake First Nation’s Chief and Council declared an official State ...

Members from the Thunder Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment are investigating a break-in of a storage trailer, located 3-4 kilometers off Highway 527 on Escape Lake Road, within the Unorganized Territory of Thunder Bay. On May 12th, 2025, police were advised of a storage trailer that had been broken into on May 10th, 2025. Entry was gained & numerous ...

131 civil society and Indigenous groups representing many thousands of members across Canada reminded Prime Minister Mark Carney that climate action requires renewable – not nuclear – energy. In an open letter to Prime Minister Carney (below), representatives from the civil society and Indigenous groups wrote that building more nuclear reactors is not a cost-effective, clean or smart climate option. ...

May 17, 2025 at 08:30 A joint CMV training initiative hosted by the OPP resulted in numerous enforcement actions and one impaired driving charge during roadside inspections in the North Bay area. The four-day training, held at the end of April, brought together members of the OPP and the North Bay Police Service for two days of in-class instruction followed ...

Due to the extreme forest fire hazard conditions and to reduce the number of human-caused fires, the Ministry of Natural Resources will be declaring a Restricted Fire Zone effective Friday, May 16 at 12:01 am local time for a portion of the Northwest Region (Zones 2, 3, 6, 7, 8). The area impacted will be from the Southwest corner of ...