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On December 14, 2020 at approximately 11:34 a.m., members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), members from the OPP Technical Collision Investigation (TCI) Unit, St Joseph Fire Department and Algoma Paramedic Services responded to a two vehicle motor vehicle collision on Highway 548 south of Humbug Point Road and V Line Road in St. Joseph Township. Investigation determined ...

Presently, members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), members from the OPP Technical Collision Investigation (TCI) Unit and Algoma Paramedic Services responded to a two vehicle motor vehicle collision on Highway 548 south of Humbug Road and D Line Road in St. Joseph Township that occurred at 11:34 A.M. Highway 548 is closed in both directions at Hardwood Drive. The ...

(MISSISSAUGA FIRST NATION, ON)– On December 3, 2020 at approximately 1:45 p.m., a member from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on patrol duties on Highway 17 within the Territory of Mississauga First Nation. While stationary the officer observed a black older model pick-up truck approaching his location and recognized the driver and was aware ...

Whitefish River FN Driver Charged On December 6, 2020, at approximately 7:49 a.m. members from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint on Highway 6, south of Espanola. Police located the vehicle and determined that the driver had consumed alcohol. The driver was arrested and brought to the Espanola detachment for further testing. ...

The Ontario government is investing more than $5 million through the Ontario Together Fund to help three companies: O2 Canada (Kitchener), RONCO (Concord), and Swenco Ltd. (Kitchener-Waterloo) create jobs by designing and producing respirators and surgical masks for frontline and healthcare workers. Ontario is investing more than $1.8 million in Kitchener-based O2 Canada to design double-filtered, soft-sealed, and reusable respirators ...

The Ontario government is temporarily waiving multiple driver’s licence renewal requirements so that all Class G and M drivers can now safely renew their licences online at ServiceOntario.ca. To ensure continued access to critical services, these changes will also help people travelling outside Ontario for essential travel to renew their licences. “The unfortunate reality is that the COVID-19 pandemic has made ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario renonce temporairement aux multiples exigences de renouvellement des permis de conduire, afin que tous les conducteurs des catégories G et M puissent maintenant renouveler leur permis en ligne en toute sécurité sur ServiceOntario.ca. Afin d’assurer un accès continu aux services essentiels, ces changements aideront également les personnes qui se rendent à l’extérieur de l’Ontario pour des déplacements ...

On December 8, 2020 at approximately 3 p.m., members of the Nipissing West (Sudbury) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a body that had been located off of Tilton Lake Road, Eden Township. At this time, the identity of the deceased has not been confirmed. With the assistance of the Nipissing West OPP Crime Unit and the ...

On November 27, 2020, members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Superior North EMS responded to a residence in Nipigon, Ontario for a report of a suspected drug overdose.  A 36-year-old was transported to the hospital where they recovered. An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the overdose was initiated by the OPP Community Street ...

The Ontario government introduced the Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2020 that would, if passed, protect employers from an unexpected increase in Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) premiums, while maintaining an increase to the maximum earnings cap for worker benefits. The loss of jobs among lower wage workers, including those in the retail, hospitality and service sector, during ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a déposé la Loi de 2020 modifiant la Loi sur la sécurité professionnelle et l’assurance contre les accidents du travail qui, si elle est adoptée, protégera les employeurs contre toute hausse inattendue des primes de la Commission de la sécurité professionnelle et de l’assurance contre les accidents du travail (WSIB), tout en maintenant une augmentation du ...

The Ontario government wrapped up a successful session of the legislature today after delivering on a commitment to protect the health and safety of the people of the province during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the accomplishments this fall are initiatives to support families and communities, and the adoption of Ontario’s Action Plan: Protect, Support and Recover that will set the ...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women: “On December 6, 1989, 14 young women were murdered at the École Polytechnique de Montréal in a tragic and senseless act of violence. Their lives were unfairly and cruelly cut short, just because they were women. On this ...

Le premier ministre Justin Trudeau a fait aujourd’hui la déclaration suivante à l’occasion de la Journée nationale de commémoration et d’action contre la violence faite aux femmes : « Le 6 décembre 1989, 14 jeunes femmes ont été assassinées à l’École Polytechnique de Montréal dans un acte de violence tragique et insensé. Pour la seule raison qu’elles étaient des femmes, leurs ...

The Hon. Erin O’Toole, Leader of Canada’s Conservatives and the Official Opposition, issued the following statement on the sad anniversary of the massacre at the École polytechnique: “On December 6, 1989, a misogynist murderer, towering with horrible hate, broke the dreams of young women who had their whole lives ahead of them. “On that day, Canada was the victim of ...