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. One individual is confirmed positive [Read more]
Accused located hiding in bushes and arrested for property offences LONGLAC, ON – On Sunday April 18, 2021, at approximately 10:20am, members of the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a break and enter in progress at a residence on Riverview [Read more]
Police Investigation Ongoing $50,000 Reward for Information Leading to Arrest or Conviction NIPIGON, ON – April 14, 2021, will mark one year since 26-year-old Alyssa TURNBULL was reported missing in Nipigon, Ontario. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), under the direction of the Criminal [Read more]
Though this release is from the Kenora OPP Detachment; information shared is applicable throughout the province including in our region. KENORA, ON – Members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police wish everyone a safe summer. Our roads are for the enjoyment and [Read more]
Lockdown should include vaccines for essential workers, paid sick days, support for local business and more QUEEN’S PARK, ON — Andrea Horwath, Leader of the Official Opposition New Democrats, issued the following statement in response to new lockdown orders from the Doug Ford government: [Read more]
Starting Thursday April 8, 2021, the Government of Ontario has announced a Provincewide Stay Home Order to control the spread of COVID-19, that applies to the entire Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) catchment area. Individuals are being asked to stay home, unless it is for essential [Read more]
MARATHON, ON -On Monday March 29, 2021 officers of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon Detachment received a report of possible inappropriate relations between a Youth and a 27 year old in Marathon, ON. An investigation was conducted and as a result, Alexander MORGAN, a 27 year old from [Read more]
Submitted by Jim Gordon, Ken Boshcoff, and Angele Brunelle, Gravely concerned about the future sustainability of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) was established as a solution to the doctor shortage in the North. It was set up as a stand-alone [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Marathon Town Council wants to see it’s residents protected, preparing a resolution to send a letter to the Medical Officer of Health for the Thunder Bay District Dr. Janet DeMille, Thunder Bay-Superior North MPP Michael Gravelle, Ontario Minister of Health Christine [Read more]
Alors que la fête de Pâque et la semaine de relâche approchent, les médecins-hygiénistes du Nord demandent à tous les résidents de la région de prévenir une autre augmentation du nombre de cas de COVID-19. Dans bien des parties du Nord de l’Ontario, les taux d’infection au virus de la [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – Members of the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 46 calls for service over the Weekend from Friday March 26 to Sunday March 28, 2021. Police responded to a variety of calls on the weekend and laid 18 charges under the Criminal Code and [Read more]
As we approach the Easter holiday and Spring Break, the northern Medical Officers of Health are asking all community members in northern Ontario to work together to prevent another surge in COVID-19. In many parts of northern Ontario, COVID-19 infection rates have been at some of the highest levels [Read more]
The murders of six Asian women in attacks that killed eight people in Georgia struck a deep nerve. Daoyou Feng, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Soon Chung Park, Xiaojie Tan and Yong Ae Yue fell victim to a violent, racist misogyny that has long targeted Asian women. Because these murders came in the [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON -On Sunday March 21, 2021 at approximately 3:19 pm, officers of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision involving a passenger car and Tractor Trailer unit on Highway 11-17, Shuniah Township, west of Superior Shores [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON — To mark the one year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath held a roundtable with people whose lives have been deeply impacted by the pandemic, and issued the following statement: “As we look back on the impact the [Read more]
