The 7 public health units in Northern Ontario will be working together on climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation reports over the next 2 years with funding support from Health Canada. Climate change is a threat to human health around the world. The changing environment resulting [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – East bound, outside, lane of Highway 17 near Terrace Bay has been re-opened following a collision described by police as being approx 8 km west of Prairie River. Unconfirmed sources report that the collision involved 2 vehicles; a transport and a car. Ontario Provincial [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – NDP Deputy Leader, John Vanthof, issued the following statement following news that the Ford Conservatives are cutting funding for the Ontario Library Service-North by 50 per cent: “After cutting education, health care and the public services Northern families depend on, [Read more]
Dr. David Cameron, Regional Supervising Coroner for Inquests, announced today that an inquest will be held into the deaths of Henry Meekis and Harold McDonald. Mr. Meekis, 58, died on December 23, 2012, and Mr. McDonald, 52, died on January 6, 2013, in separate incidents when their grooming [Read more]
Doug Ford is making deep cuts to the programs and services that matter most to Ontario families. The Ford government inherited one of the top economies in the world. An economy that led the G7 in jobs and growth for 5 years, with the lowest unemployment rate in decades. Instead, he has [Read more]
Thunder Bay, ON –The Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop is pleased to present two events with international award-winning author Karen Connelly. The author of 12 books of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction, including The Lizard Cage, Connelly will be reading from her [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – On February 17, 2019 at approximately 12:01 p.m., officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a male and female who were stranded on Moose Lake. Due to the deteriorating ice conditions, a rescue by MSV was not [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Lakehead University’s Dr. Kathryn Sinden is receiving $100,534 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for a study that will assist firefighters who experience post-traumatic stress injury while on the job in Thunder Bay. Dr. Sinden, assistant professor in [Read more]
HEARST, ON – On January 25, 2019, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be closing Highway 11 at Highway 631, for public safety, while a trailer containing dangerous goods is being removed from the scene of a collision. The Highway is being closed from [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON — Sol Mamakwa, Ontario NDP critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, released the following statement: “Too many First Nations know the heartbreak felt by Brody Meekis’ family, who lost their beloved boy to a strep infection — an entirely preventable [Read more]
-UPDATE #1- OPP INVESTIGATE SUSPICIOUS DEATH THUNDER BAY, ON – The Thunder Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating a death where foul play is suspected. On January 13, 2019, police received information that a body was located on the shoulder of Highway 527 just north [Read more]
Do you want to gain experience and make a difference in Northern Ontario? For the sixth year in a row, Northern Policy Institute is looking for students to join our team this summer. Experience North, Northern Policy Institute’s summer placement program, builds capacity through experience as [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Responding to an incident caught on video that occurred on Saturday, December 1st that appeared to show a female Uniform Patrol Officer of the Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS) striking a student of the Matawa Education and Care Centre while restrained in a Superior North [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON – On Saturday, December 1, 2018, officers from the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in conjunction with the Superior North Emergency Medical Service hosted their annual “Stuff-a-Cruiser” event in Geraldton and Longlac, Ontario. The [Read more]
NORTHERN ONTARIO – The CP Holiday Train is visiting Canadian communities for it’s 20th year and crossing our region, stopping in communities between Chapleau through to Thunder Bay on December 1st and 2nd (see schedules below). Each event is free, with CP encouraging attendees to open [Read more]
