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Friday, October 17 2025 2023-2027/348 No. 155 Yesterday, members of CUPW’s National Executive Board and Negotiating Committees continued their discussions with representatives from Minister Lightbound’s office about the future of the public post office and what it will take to get ratifiable collective agreements. We explained the importance of job security protections in our collective agreements as well as the ...

The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) and the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) are expressing their sincere appreciation to the Government of Canada, Premier Doug Ford, and the Province of Ontario for their coordinated efforts to keep the Kapuskasing Paper facility operating. This joint support provides much-needed stability to families, workers, and businesses across Northeastern Ontario. The decision ensures ...

Oct 17, 2025 at 22:00 Unifor is calling for immediate action from all levels of government following today’s announcement that Interfor is shutting down its Ear Falls, Ont., sawmill indefinitely. “We’re well beyond warning signs in the forestry sector and are now seeing widespread job loss in response to the economic warfare waged by the United States,” said Unifor National ...

Oct 17, 2025 at 21:09 Interfor Corporation  announced today (October 17, 2025) revised operating plans for the fourth quarter of 2025. Due to persistently weak market conditions and ongoing economic uncertainty, Interfor will further temporarily reduce lumber production across its operations in British Columbia, Ontario, the US Pacific Northwest and the US South. These curtailments are expected to reduce lumber ...

NDP Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Forestry MPP Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) and NDP Shadow Minister for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade MPP Catherine Fife (Waterloo) released the following statement after the Trump administration levied an additional 10% duty on Canadian softwood, raising total tariffs to 45% – the highest level since the dispute began and higher than ...

Four people died in separate collisions on Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-patrolled roads during the Thanksgiving long weekend, as the OPP joined Canadian policing partners for Operation Impact. The OPP’s commitment to keeping roads safe was reflected in the more than 8,800 traffic charges they laid across the province throughout the weekend. Officers worked around the clock, targeting road behaviours that ...

On October 14, 2025, detectives with Investigation Services charged 40-year-old Eric Mearow with second degree murder. Around 10:40 a.m. on October 8, 2025, 911 Communicators received a report of the sudden death of a 25-year-old person in custody at the Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre (ATRC). An investigation revealed the accused started a verbal altercation with the victim before punching ...

Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the owner/driver of a white Ram 1500, involved in a fail to remain collision. On Friday October 10, 2025, at approximately 3:30 p.m., the Nipissing West (Sudbury) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a three-vehicle collision on Highway 17, near Second Avenue (Coniston), Sudbury The driver of the white ...

Since February 2020, leaders and decision-makers across Northern Ontario have come together annually to discuss how to make the region more welcoming to newcomers. Recurring themes of attraction, settlement, reconciliation, and anti-racism have shaped an ongoing conversation about how to ensure long-term population growth and prosperity across the north. Magnetic North 2025 will be hosted in-person at Science North in ...

Toronto’s Drug Checking Service has identified two new substances circulating in the Ontario drug supply: N-Propionitrile chlorphine (also known as cychlorphine) and Deschlorodemethyldiazepam. N-Propionitrile chlorphine (also known as cychlorphine) is an opioid that is as strong as or stronger than fentanyl and is not approved for pharmaceutical use. Deschlorodemethyldiazepam is a benzodiazepine that is not approved for pharmaceutical use. The ...

Oct 13, 2025 at 09:30 Police are seeking the public’s assistance in connection with a fatal shooting that prompted a shelter-in-place advisory in Ginoogaming First Nation.   On Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at approximately 2:15 a.m., members of the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Anishinabek Police Service (APS) responded to reports of shots fired in ...

October 13, 2025 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt “The release of hostages is a moment of profound relief. After over two years of suffering, today families are finally reunited. For the Jewish people, this is a moment that holds two truths at once – a grief for what cannot be restored, and a fragile light of what might still be repaired. As ...

Le 13 octobre 2025 Charm el-Cheikh (Égypte) « La libération des otages est un moment de profond soulagement. Après plus de deux ans de souffrances, des familles sont enfin réunies aujourd’hui. Pour les personnes juives, ce moment incarne à la fois deux vérités : le deuil de ce qui est perdu à jamais et un fragile espoir de réparation. À ...

An individual has been charged in connection to a fatal fire that occurred in Deer Lake. On Sunday, October 29, 2023, the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service responded to a residential fire in Deer Lake First Nation. Three people were located deceased and two others were transported to the hospital with injuries. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Office of ...

On October 9, 2025, detectives with Investigation Services charged 40-year-old Derek Morgan with sexual assault and forcible confinement. On July 9, 2025, Sault Police received reports of an employee at the Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre (ATRC) having sexually assaulted inmates at the facility. An investigation revealed the accused, while employed by the ATRC, had sexually assaulted two victims on ...