Northern Ontario

Jan 4, 2018 @ 14:34 Dr. David Cameron, Regional Supervising Coroner for North Region, Sudbury Office, today announced that an inquest will be held into the death of Paul Marcel Rochette (aka Perreault) who died on April 6, 2014, while working at the Copper Cliff Smelter Complex. An inquest is mandatory under the Coroners Act. The inquest will examine the ...

Jan 4, 2018 @ 14:11 Members of the North Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision on January 4, 2018, at approximately 7:12 a.m. The collision occurred on Highway 17, west of Dube Road in the Municipality of East Ferris, Ontario. A westbound passenger car and an eastbound passenger car collided head-on. A passenger ...

Jan 4, 2018 @ 11:23 On January 4, 2017 at 12:42 a.m., the South Porcupine Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a serious motor vehicle collision involving two vehicles on Highway 144, approximately four kilometres south of Highway 101.   It has been confirmed that one male has died as a result of the collision.   The ...

Jan 4, 2018 @ 09:02 The North Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 west of Dube Road in East Ferris Township, Ontario. (Editor’s Note: A previous media release has stated that there is a fatal collision.) Highway 17 is currently closed between Highway 94 and Highway 531. ...

Jan 4, 2018 @ 08:27 Writers across the region who may be the next literary star of Northwestern Ontario, or maybe trying writing for the first time, or simply have a story inside dying to be told, are once again being given the opportunity to shine during the annual Northwestern Ontario Writer’s Workshop writing contest.   The annual writing contest ...

Jan 4, 2018 @ 08:02 (Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 11:04 PM) Members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision on January 3, 2018 at approximately 11:50 a.m. The collision occurred on Highway 11, north of Hwy 562, in Hilliard Township, just south of Earlton, Ontario. A northbound tractor trailer collided with a ...

Jan 1, 2018 @ 10:04 On Sunday December 31, 2017 at approximately 1:00pm, officers from the Nipigon and Thunder Bay Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), OPP Traffic Collision Investigators (TCI) and the OPP Highway Safety Division (HSD) as well as Shuniah Fire Department, and Superior North Emergency Medical Service (EMS) responded to a three vehicle collision on Highway ...

Dec 28, 2017 @ 20:43 The two vessels beset by ice in the St. Marys River were freed Thursday afternoon. The Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay freed the motor vessel Walter J. McCarthy from the ice in the upbound Middle Neebish Channel of the St. Marys River at approximately 2:00 p.m. The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Samuel Risley freed the motor vessel motor vessel Edgar ...

Dec 21, 2017 @ 08:40 Building a more patient-centred healthcare system is easier when people come together one pledge at a time to make positive health system changes. This year, more than 130 Northerners took part in Change Day Ontario and made pledges to help build a stronger system of care as individual health care workers, health teams, and members ...

Dec 17, 2017 @ 14:33 U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie has commenced Operation Taconite in response to expanded ice growth in the commercial ports of western Lake Superior and the lower St. Marys River. Before ice impedes commercial navigation, icebreakers were assigned to each region. The, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alder was assigned to manage the ice breaking ...

Dec 14, 2017 @ 08:13 On the evening of Tuesday, December 12, 2017, officers of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received information regarding a male that may be possibly carrying a loaded firearm in the Marathon area. After further investigation and patrol of the area, the male was located and arrested under the interest of public safety as well ...

Dec 11, 2017 @ 10:22 On Monday, December 11, 2017, at approximately 4:40 am, the Manitoulin and Espanola Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with the assistance of the Sudbury-Manitoulin District Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Baldwin Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 17 east of Mckerrow in Baldwin Township. Preliminary information is that an ...

Dec 6, 2017 @ 19:23 La Société de gestion des déchets nucléaires (SGDN) concentrera ses efforts sur un nombre plus restreint de secteurs pour la sélection d’un site pour un dépôt géologique en profondeur de combustible nucléaire irradié. Le secteur autour de Blind River et d’Elliot Lake, en Ontario, ne sera plus considéré comme un hôte potentiel pour le projet. ...

Dec 6, 2017 @ 19:20 The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) will focus efforts on fewer areas in the site selection process for a deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel. The area around Blind River and Elliot Lake, Ontario will no longer be considered to host the project. Studies are continuing in the vicinity of five other communities, including ...

Dec 5, 2017 @ 09:06 At 9 a.m. OPP reopened Highway 17. Dec 4, 2017 @ 18:04 Members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police have closed Highway 17 from the Manitoba Border to Vermilion Bay and Highway 71 between Kenora and Fort Frances due to deteriorating road conditions. Travel is not recommended on other highways in the area. ...