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September 7, 2025 Today, the Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, issued the following statement: “On Firefighters’ National Memorial Day, let us take time to commemorate the firefighters who courageously serve our country. These brave individuals have committed to protect our communities from fire and other emergencies, and ...

The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is encouraged by recent comments from Prime Minister Mark Carneyand Premier Doug Ford signaling that reforms to Canada’s bail system may be on the horizon. “Our members and police services have long raised concerns about the revolving-door justice system that allows repeat offenders back into our communities,” said FONOM President Danny Whalen. “While ...

Le 6 septembre 2025 Ottawa (Ontario) « C’est avec une grande tristesse que j’ai appris le décès, hier soir, de l’honorable Ken Dryden, légende du hockey canadien, membre du Temple de la renommée, homme au service de l’État et source d’inspiration. Ken a remporté six fois la Coupe Stanley, cinq fois le Trophée Vézina, et a été un ministre du ...

September 6, 2025 Ottawa, Ontario “I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of the Honourable Ken Dryden last night, a Canadian hockey legend and Hall of Famer, public servant, and inspiration. Ken was a six-time Stanley Cup champion, five-time Vezina Trophy winner, Minister of Social Development, and dedicated parliamentarian. He was the reason I became a goalie, although ...

September 5, 2025 Toronto, Ontario The global trade landscape is rapidly changing, as the United States fundamentally transforms all of its trading relationships. The effect is profound – displacing workers, disrupting supply chains, forcing companies to rethink where they source their materials and products, and causing uncertainty that is curbing investment. Canada has the best deal of any U.S. trading ...

Threats made to township employee and council members. On Friday, August 29, 2025, at approximately 10:30 a.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a complaint involving threats made via text message to the township’s building official and council members. The message originated from an individual on Copper Bay Road in Plummer Additional Township. The ...

September 4, 2025 Toronto, Ontario This week, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, convened Canada’s Cabinet ministers and secretaries of State in Toronto for the fall Cabinet Planning Forum, where they focused on key missions and priorities for the next six months. The Forum took place at a critical moment, as the U.S. fundamentally transforms its trade relationships – displacing workers, disrupting ...

Le 4 septembre 2025 Toronto (Ontario) Cette semaine, le premier ministre Mark Carney a convoqué les membres du Conseil des ministres et les secrétaires d’État à Toronto pour la tenue du Forum de planification du Cabinet automnal, où ils se sont penchés sur les grandes missions et priorités des six prochains mois. Le Forum s’est tenu à un moment déterminant, au ...

The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is advising the community of an increase in “smash-and-grabs”, as well as thefts from unlocked vehicles, over the past few weeks Sault Police have received multiple reports of individuals breaking vehicles’ windows and stealing items from inside—including five incidents outside of businesses on Great Northern Road on the evening of September 3, 2025. Similar ...

A fourth individual has been arrested, extradited to Canada and charged in connection with a fatal residential fire investigation in Huron Shores. On Monday, February 6, 2023, at approximately 9:00 a.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Mississauga First Nation Police Service and the Huron Shores Fire Department responded to a suspicious fire involving ...

September 1, 2025 Ottawa, Ontario “On Labour Day, we honour the strength and resilience of Canadian workers, and we celebrate the women and men building Canada’s future. Canada’s unions have long stood on the principle that what we wish for ourselves, we wish for all, demanding fairness and dignity for workers. The foundations of shared prosperity and a fairer economy ...

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles and Windsor West MPP Lisa Gretzky are calling for action following reports about the Diageo plant closure in Amherstburg, resulting in 160 jobs being shipped off to the U.S. “Doug Ford’s wait-and-see approach is costing us good jobs across the province,” said Stiles. “Losing 160 jobs to the U.S., while Windsor sees the highest unemployment ...

With Ontario residents and visitors taking to highways and roads for the last long weekend of the summer, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is counting on all road users to help ensure everyone makes it to and from their destinations safely. Despite OPP officers working 24/7 across the province to keep roads safe this year, drivers (and passengers) have contributed ...

Members of the Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a fatal collision that occurred on Highway 17 in Dryden.   On Thursday, August 28, 2025, at approximately 10:15 a.m. officers responded to a single vehicle collision involving two female occupants. Emergency Medical Services transported both individuals to hospital. The driver was pronounced deceased while the passenger sustained ...

Around 4:45 p.m. on August 27, 2025, Sault Police, EMS, and the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) responded to a report of two people having been injured by a bear in the area of Peoples Road near Fifth Line East.     Preliminary information suggests the victims may have inadvertently come between a bear and its cubs. Both victims sustained ...