THUNDER BAY, ON – On March 4, 2021 at approximately 1:43 p.m. officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a stolen Tree Farm skidder from the area of Allan/Earl Road in Marks Township. The skidder was last seen in the summer of 2020 [Read more]
The Ontario government is using a regional approach with the COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open. This framework ensures that public health measures are targeted, incremental and responsive to help limit the spread of COVID-19, while keeping schools [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is actively rolling-out the COVID-19 vaccination program in the TBDHU area. This has been in partnership with the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) and many other health care, Indigenous and community partners [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Today, the Government of Ontario announced that the Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) will be moving into the “Grey – Lockdown” zone of the provincial COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open. Additional public health measures will [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is actively investigating an outbreak of COVID-19 associated with Musselwhite Mine located 480 kilometers north of Thunder Bay. This is being done in close collaboration with mine management and Newmont Corporation. Two [Read more]
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MARATHON, ON – On Saturday February 13, 2021 approximately 07:21pm, officers of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision (MVC), involving a pickup truck and tractor trailer unit (TTU) on Highway 17, approximately 30km west of [Read more]
MARATHON, ON– February 6, 2021 at approximately 11:30pm, officers of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received a call regarding a sighting of a wolf in the Penn Lake area in Marathon. The wolf has been seen several times in the area of Holy Saviour School/Ecole Val [Read more]
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) region will remain in a temporary shutdown, until February 16, 2021. The extension of the shutdown in our area means TBDHU will continue to experience time-limited public health and workplace safety measures to control the [Read more]
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – Scroll down to review Weather Alerts from Environment Canada for all communities. Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm. [Read more]
Rochelle Bush, the resident historian of a church built by Harriet Tubman and other freedom seekers, says it’s important to preserve the church for history as it helped play a role in ending American slavery. Salem Chapel British Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Catharines, Ont., received a [Read more]
NORTHERN ONTARIO – Environment Canada is warning of severe weather across much of our region today; scroll down for details of the alerts or warnings in communities throughout Northwestern and Northeastern Superior Region (including Manitouwadge, Greenstone and other communities inland). [Read more]
________________________ Important Information for High-Risk Close Contacts of COVID-19 8 Important Things to Know as a Close Contact of a COVID-19 case: Expect a call from TBDHU 0:31 Being a high-risk close contact does not mean that you have COVID-19 0:42 High-risk close contacts are [Read more]
One Individual Arrested and Charged MANITOUWADGE, ON – On January 30, 2021, the Manitouwadge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a complaint of a disturbance at a residence on Flicker Street in the Township of Manitouwadge. Police attended the scene and located a [Read more]
