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On March 12, 2023, at approximately 4:30 p.m. officers with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a RIDE check on Railway Street in the Township of Nipigon. Officers stopped a motor vehicle for a traffic violation and the female driver was showing signs of impairment. Upon further investigation, Cynthia MOORE (45), of Constance Lake, was arrested and charged under ...

An adult and two youths have been arrested in relation to a break and enter in the Town of Blind River. On February 20, 2023, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a Break and Enter (B&E) that occurred at a residence on Indiana Avenue in the Town of Blind River ...

Members of the Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged two Marathon residents in relation to a break and enter at a local business. On February 20, 2023, at approximately 12:36 p.m., members of the Marathon OPP received a report of a break and enter at a local business that occurred on February 19, 2023. ...

A traffic stop for a suspended driver leads to operation while impaired charges. On March 11, 2023, members of the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting traffic enforcement using the Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) system in the Town of Espanola. At approximately 5:55 p.m., the ALPR system alerted police to a black SUV as being ...

The Ontario government has approved the Terms of Reference designed and submitted by Webequie First Nation and Marten Falls First Nation for an all-season, multi-use road connecting to the proposed Ring of Fire mining development area. The Northern Road Link will connect the two First Nations communities, and the critical mineral deposits in the Ring of Fire to the Ontario ...

  On March 1, 2023, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS) arrested eight individuals for their involvement in the apparent fraudulent manufacturing and distribution of artwork purported to be that of Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau. Morrisseau – also known as Copper Thunderbird – was a prolific Indigenous artist from the Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First ...

The Ontario Autism Coalition (OAC) will visit Queen’s Park on March 6th, 2023 to engage with politicians and policymakers who are responsible for the delayed Ontario Autism Program. The visit will include a news conference in the media studio at 10:00 AM with members of the OAC and MPP Monique Taylor. The purpose of the OAC’s visit to Queen’s Park ...

Le 2 mars 2023 Vancouver (Colombie-Britannique) Les peuples autochtones se heurtent à des difficultés uniques lorsqu’ils tentent d’obtenir les soins de santé qu’ils méritent, notamment le manque de médecins de famille et d’infirmières praticiennes dans les communautés rurales et éloignées. Le gouvernement du Canada travaille avec des partenaires inuits, métis et des Premières Nations dans tout le pays pour remédier ...

March 2, 2023 Vancouver, British Columbia Indigenous Peoples face unique challenges when it comes to receiving the health care they deserve including, for example, a lack of family doctors and nurse practitioners in rural and remote communities. The Government of Canada is working with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis partners across the country to address gaps and systemic inequities in ...

On February 26, 2023, shortly after 4:00 p.m., members of the from the East Algoma detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a break and enter at a local landfill site on East Line Road in Plummer Additional Township. The complainants had video footage of the break and enter. A cube van was stopped briefly by the complainants ...

On February 26, 2023, shortly after 1:00 p.m., members of the from the East Algoma detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of a driver all over the road on Highway 17 within the community of Serpent River First Nation. A short time later police located the westbound car near Highway 17 and Highway 538 ...

Canada and the Métis Nation of Ontario announced that the parties have signed a Métis Government Recognition and Self Government Implementation Agreement (the “Agreement”).  This Agreement builds on a self-government agreement previously signed in 2019 and formal negotiations between the parties that began in 2017.   Upon signing this Agreement, Canada officially recognizes that the Métis Nation of Ontario is ...

February 24, 2023 Toronto, Ontario One year ago today, Putin launched a brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In the face of the immense human suffering, appalling human rights violations, and cruelty inflicted upon the people of an independent and sovereign nation, Ukraine still stands strong. The Ukrainian people have bravely stood up to the Russian regime, in defence of their ...

Le 24 février 2023 Toronto (Ontario) Il y a un an aujourd’hui, le président Poutine a lancé une invasion brutale et à grande échelle contre l’Ukraine. Face à d’immenses souffrances humaines, à d’effroyables violations des droits de la personne et à la cruauté infligée au peuple d’une nation indépendante et souveraine, l’Ukraine reste forte. Le peuple ukrainien a courageusement tenu ...

Today, Dr. Merrilee Fullerton, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, Michael Kerzner, Solicitor General, and Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation, released the following statement on Human Trafficking Awareness Day: “In Ontario, sex trafficking is the most reported type of human trafficking. It is a vicious crime that creates lasting emotional, physical, spiritual and mental trauma for survivors – and ...