Tag Archives: Northern Ontario

As Ontario’s forest fire season drags on, a sense of mutiny is brewing on the front lines. Crews of firefighters, who have long warned of understaffing and inexperience, are burning out. Some are quitting. Others plan not to return and a few remaining veterans are on the brink of retirement. …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Premier Doug Ford says a controversial push to mine a mineral-rich area of northern Ontario is being carefully watched around the world. The Ford government is facing a legal challenge from some local First Nations communities who say they have not been …

The lawyer representing a number of First Nations communities opposed to the Ford government’s plans for the Ring of Fire is cautioning that the province’s long-term electric vehicle battery manufacturing strategy might be a “fool’s errand.” Premier Doug Ford agreed to enter into a pact with the federal government to …

Four museums in the Temiskaming Shores and Cobalt area have been unsuccessful this year in obtaining funding through the Canada Summer Student Jobs program. The Bunker Military Museum, the Cobalt Mining Museum, the Haileybury Heritage Museum and the Little Claybelt Homesteaders Museum all have to find other ways to fund students …

The Greater Sudbury Police Service says officers were called to the Overtime Sports Bar in the city’s north end at around 10:30 p.m. News Source link

Ontario Provincial Police said officers and Sudbury paramedics responded to the scene on a trail north of Sudbury shortly after 2 p.m. on Friday.  News Source link

Environment Canada is warning rain, freezing rain, high winds and even snow are possible across southern Ontario on Thursday night. The weather agency issued a series of special weather statement on Tuesday evening. One advisory, issued for Toronto, warned of potentially heavy rain — up to 25 millimetres on Thursday evening. It …

Toronto and much of southern Ontario is being warned to prepare for more wintery weather. Environment Canada issued several winter weather travel advisories on Saturday, affecting the vast majority of southern Ontario. “I know we had a big burst of snow already this week in Toronto and the GTA but …

Police in northern Ontario say they received a call for help from a man driving a stolen vehicle. Ontario Provincial Police said officers with the Nipigon detachment, near Thunder Bay, were called to a local gas station by a commercial driver. The driver, police said, asked for help with a …