Northern Ontario

December 29th, 2025 Due to today’s declared Snow Day, the Township of Black River-Matheson has opened a Warming Station to support residents requiring temporary relief from the cold. Location: Vern Miller Arena 1 Arena Avenue, Matheson The Warming Station is available to provide a safe, warm indoor space for residents during extreme winter conditions and will remain open as long ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with assistance from members of the Nipigon and Schreiber OPP Detachments, has charged one individual following an ongoing drug trafficking investigation. On Tuesday, December 23, 2025, officers from the CSCU, executed a search warrant at a residence in Schreiber. The search resulted in the seizure of suspected cocaine, Canadian currency, ...

The Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a driver with multiple offences following a single motor vehicle collision. On Saturday, December 20, 2025, at approximately 6:30 p.m., members of the Marathon and Manitouwadge OPP responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 17. Officers discovered the driver was suspended and there was a strong cannabis ...

The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (R.O.P.E.) Squad would like to advise the public that a Federal Offender who went unlawfully at large on October 9th, 2025, has been apprehended in Timmins, ON. Eric Richard Joseph Cardinal was located and arrested by the Timmins Police Service. CARDINAL is serving a 3-year, 3-month sentence for; Robbery Armed Robbery Assault Cause Bodily Harm ...

The Kapuskasing Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision involving a commercial motor vehicle and a passenger vehicle. On Sunday, December 21, 2025, at approximately 12:30 a.m., officers responded to a two-vehicle collision involving a tractor trailer and a pickup truck, on Highway 11, between Chauvette Road and Hyundai Road in Opasatika Township. ...

December 18, 2025 Safer Roads Are Not Optional Northerners are tired of unsafe road conditions, prolonged closures, and preventable collisions. Public safety is not optional — it is a basic obligation of government. MPP Guy Bourgouin has introduced multiple legislative proposals to improve road safety in Northern Ontario. These are practical, necessary measures that would save lives. Ford’s Conservatives have ...

Robinson Huron Waawiindamaagewin (RHW) has concluded a highly successful, landmark two-day forum that brought together Indigenous scholars, First Nation leadership, Elders, legal experts, and community members to engage in rigorous academic and community-driven dialogue on the historical, political and legal foundations of Métis claims in Ontario. Titled The (Un)Making of Métis Claims in Ontario, the forum took place December 13–14, ...

In partnership with the Canerector Foundation, through their $500,000 investment, Confederation College has launched the Canerector Foundation Scholars Program, an initiative that will support 200 students entering skilled trades programs over the next five years. The funding will provide financial awards to 20 students annually enrolled in eligible two-year skilled trades programs, including a dedicated stream of five scholarships per ...

73 organizations representing a broad segment of Canadian society have sent a joint letter to the federal government urging more oversight of the nuclear industry and of nuclear waste projects. In the letter, the groups urged the Prime Minister and the Ministers of Environment and Climate Change and of Energy and Natural Resources to exercise oversight of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s ...

The Nipissing West Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is requesting assistance from the public in connection with an ongoing criminal investigation. The incident occurred during the early morning hours of Friday, December 12, 2025, on the four-lane section of Highway 17 near the intersection with Municipal Road 55 (Walden area). Investigators are seeking dash camera footage or any information from motorists ...

As winter conditions set in, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is urging extreme caution near bodies of water. Even when lakes or rivers appear frozen, remember, no ice is safe ice. Early-season ice is often dangerously thin and unpredictable. While some people enjoy snowmobiling or motorized recreational vehicles on frozen lakes and waterways, current ice conditions greatly increase the risk ...

Just months after opening, the Ontario SPCA Sudbury Regional Veterinary Clinic is improving access to veterinary care by providing essential services that support animals, families, and communities across Northern Ontario. Since opening its doors in July, the clinic has performed 565 spay/neuter surgeries, preventing an estimated 31,720 potentially unwanted offspring. The team has also performed 228 wellness examinations and administered ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Anti-Rackets Branch (ARB) has charged one individual following an extensive investigation into suspected irregularities in archaeological reports.   In February 2024, members of the OPP ARB initiated an investigation after receiving information of suspected fraud related to archeological surveys submitted to the Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism. As a result of the investigation, on Monday, ...

Officers from the Manitouwadge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged a local resident following a drug trafficking investigation. On Wednesday, December 3, 2025, members of the Thunder Bay OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) executed a search warrant at a residence in Manitouwadge. CSCU was assisted by the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) and ...

A person was charged for impaired after being stopped for speeding on Highway 17 near Government Road. On December 7, 2025, at approximately 7:30 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a west bound blue pickup truck on Highway 17 travelling at a high rate of speed. The driver emanated a strong odour of alcoholic beverage and displayed signs ...