Northern Ontario

On October 11, 2024, members of the Nipigon Detachment responded to a report of an individual in distress, in the water at the Nipigon Marina. Officers attended the scene and were unable to locate the individual. Search efforts continued with the assistance of the OPP’s Emergency Response Team and the Underwater Search and Recovery Team. On October 12, 2024, an ...

A driver was charged criminally following a head-on collision between a pick-up truck and a passenger car that occurred on Highway 11 west of Kashabowie. On October 10, 2024, at approximately 7:30 pm, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers from Atikokan and Shabaqua responded to a two-vehicle head-on collision that occurred on Highway 11 near Huronian Lake. One vehicle passenger was ...

The twelve First Nations and supporters will rally in Thunder Bay’s Waverley Park (by Red River Road and Algoma Street) on October 2nd at 12 Noon against nuclear waste storage and transport in the North. Chief, Council and grassroots members of the First Nation communities will speak about their deep concerns about the multi-millennial risk that highly radioactive waste poses ...

Oct 1, 2024 at 07:00 On September 26th, 2024, at approximately 10:14 a.m., members of the Ignace, Dryden, Shabaqua & Thunder Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachments along with the Fire & Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a report of a fatal collision involving one commercial motor vehicle (CMV) & one pedestrian along Highway 17, approximately 5 kilometers west ...

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has invoked its mandate in relation to an incident last night in Moonbeam. On September 20, 2024, at approximately 8:30 p.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call for service on Elaine Street in Smooth Rock Falls. During the course of the investigation, there was an interaction between a responding officer ...

Chief Alex ‘Sonny’ Batisse of the Matachewan First Nation, Will Bouma, Parliamentary Assistant to the Ontario Minister of Indigenous Affairs on behalf of the Honourable Greg Rickford and the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Canada’s Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations, announced the settlement of a treaty land entitlement (TLE) claim under Treaty #9, also known as the James Bay Treaty, signed in 1906. ...

Le chef Alex « Sonny » Batisse de la Première Nation de Matachewan, Will Bouma, adjoint parlementaire du ministre des Affaires autochtones de l’Ontario, au nom de l’honorable Greg Rickford, et l’honorable Gary Anandasangaree, ministre des Relations Couronne-Autochtones du Canada, ont annoncé le règlement d’une revendication de droits fonciers issus des traités (DFIT) en vertu du traité no 9, également ...

One individual has been arrested and charged following a search warrant execution at a residence in Terrace Bay. On January 26, 2024, members of the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a search warrant at a residence on Timbergrove Road in the Township of Terrace Bay. As a result, Derek JACQUES, 32-years-old, of Terrace Bay, has been ...

On January 25, 2024, shortly after 7:00 p.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a family dispute on Togo Street in the Town of Blind River. Police attended a short time later and arrested an intoxicated individual. While being lodged at the Blind River detachment the accused became aggressive towards police and an altercation ...

MPP Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), Deputy Leader of the Ontario NDP, issued the following statement on the loss of Eabametoong First Nation’s only school in a devastating fire: “Today a fire took place at the John C. Yesno Education Centre in Eabametoong First Nation that resulted in the total loss of the community’s only school. We are grateful that no individuals ...

Members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment are investigating a collision on Highway 11 near Reflection Lake in the Greenstone area. On January 21, 2024, at approximately 8:45 p.m., members of the Nipigon and Greenstone OPP Detachments, along with Fire and Superior North Emergency Medical Services (EMS), responded to a single commercial motor vehicle collision near Reflection Lake ...

The Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has identified two people who died as a result of a shooting in Wikwemikong Unceded Territory. On June 18, 2023, shortly after 11:00 p.m., members of the Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service, Manitoulin OPP and United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin Anishnaabe Police, responded to a shooting in Wikwemikong Unceded Territory. Three ...

A 67-year-old individual from Tarzwell is facing multiple charges including impaired operation resulting from a motor vehicle collision (MVC).   On June 17, 2023, at approximately 6:00 p.m., members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a single vehicle MVC on Highway 11, approximately 10 Kilometres north of Nipigon.   As a result of the ...

On June 13, 2023, shortly after 12:00 p.m., members from the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Markstay-Warren Fire Department and the Manitoulin-Sudbury Paramedic Services responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 17, Markstay-Warren. The driver of the vehicle, a 74-year-old-person, from Sudbury, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The highway was closed in both ...

Groups that travelled to Queen’s Park last week for the reading of their petition asking the Provincial government to adopt a Proximity Principle requiring that high-level radioactive waste be managed close to where it is generated may wait until mid-October to hear to back from the Provincial government. The government has 24 sitting days to respond to petitions presented in ...