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 ...
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SSM Police Arrest Eric Mearow for Second Degree Murder while in Custody
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 ...
Read More »Sudbury OPP – Assistance requested in Fail to Remain Collision
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 ...
Read More »Retention is the New Reality: Population Growth in Northern Ontario
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 ...
Read More »Drug alert: confirmed presence of two new substances in Ontario
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 ...
Read More »Assistance Asked for in Ginoogaming FN “Shelter in Place’ Incident
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 ...
Read More »PM Carney on the release of hostages under the ceasefire agreement in Gaza
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 ...
Read More »PM Carney sur la libération des otages dans le cadre de l’accord de cessez-le-feu à Gaza
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 ...
Read More »OPP – Charges Laid after Deer Lake Fatal Fire
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 ...
Read More »SSM Police Services – Charges Laid after Sexual Assaults at ATRC
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 ...
Read More »Strike Action Update: Shift to Rotating Strikes
Thursday October 9 2025 2023-2027/342 No. 151 Today, we are announcing that starting Saturday, October 11 at 6 AM local time, CUPW will move from a nation-wide strike action to rotating strikes. Locals that will be rotating out will be informed closer to the time when they will take action. While this will start mail and parcels moving, while continuing ...
Read More »CUPW President Meeting with Minister Lightbound: Report Back
Thursday, October 9, 2025 2023-2027/341 No. 150 Members of CUPW’s National Executive Board and Negotiating Committees met with the Minister responsible for Canada Post, Joël Lightbound, and his staff on the evening of October 8, 2025, for just over an hour. The Union spoke to Minister Lightbound about a number of issues regarding his recent announcement and its impact on ...
Read More »The Ontario SPCA prepares to welcome over 40 animals from Northern Ontario
Ontario SPCA and Humane Society animal centres across the province will be welcoming over 40 dogs and cats from Northern Ontario over the next week to help them find loving homes. A total of 14 dogs from the Thunder Bay & District Humane Society and Constance Lake First Nation have arrived at Ontario SPCA animal centres in Orillia, Durham, ...
Read More »Ignace OPP – Charges Laid in Collision between two Commercial vehicles
Members of the Ignace Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged one driver following a motor vehicle collision involving two tractor trailer units on Highway 17 in Dewant Township. On Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at approximately 9:40 p.m., police were dispatched to the scene following reports of a collision. The investigation revealed the two tractor trailer units were ...
Read More »Nipigon OPP – Driver Charged with Impaired
Members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged one individual with impaired operation. On October 2, 2025, at approximately 6:00 p.m. members of the Nipigon OPP were dispatched to a traffic complaint in the Township of Nipigon. Officers located the suspect vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. Through investigation it was determined that the driver ...
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