Northern Ontario

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 ...

The Thunder Bay & District Humane Society (TBDHS) and the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society are pleased to announce a new chapter in their longstanding partnership. TBDHS will be joining forces with the Ontario SPCA to enhance support for animals and the people who care for them across the Thunder Bay District and Northern Ontario.    This merger builds on ...

On Sunday May 11, 2025, at around 11:50 p.m., members of the Thunder Bay OPP, Collision Reconstructionist with the North West Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (T.I.M.E.), Kaministiquia Fire, and Superior North Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a collision on Highway 102 in Kaministiquia. The collision involved one tractor trailer unit (TTU) and one pickup truck. The driver ...

Two novice drivers were charged with stunt driving over the Easter weekend, after police observed them driving at excessively high speeds. On April 20, 2025, at approximately 12:15 a.m., an officer with the Sault Ste. Marie detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting general patrol on Highway 17 in Goulais River, when they observed a motor vehicle travelling ...

On May 3, 2025, at approximately 5:15 p.m., the reporter witnessed a male drop a pistol from a bag in his pocket while inside a convenience store on Hillside Drive South. The male then departed the store on foot and a description was provided to police. Within minutes, police arrived in the area, located the male, and conducted a high-risk ...

On May 2, 2025, at approximately 7:30 p.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a weapons call on Tokyo Crescent in Elliot Lake. The complainant reported that a male in the residence was threatening people in the house with a sawed-off shotgun because of a dispute over stolen drugs. Police arrived immediately and ensured public safety ...