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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police in northern Manitoba have two 15-year-olds behind bars after an armed hostage situation over the weekend. Manitoba First Nations Police Service (MFNPS) officers at Opaskwayak Cree Nation were called to a home in the community Saturday afternoon, where they said a …
Read More »Canada’s ‘super pigs’ threatening to invade northern U.S. states
An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion. In Canada, the wild pigs roaming Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba pose a new threat. They are often …
Read More »Northern Ontario First Nations call for help amid mental health crisis
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 27, 2023 10:59 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Several First Nations and health officials in northern Ontario are asking for help after declaring a state of emergency over mental health crises across their territories. Cat Lake First Nation Chief …
Read More »Teen charged with murder in northern Manitoba fatal shooting – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Moose Lake RCMP say a 15-year-old youth from a nearby First Nation has been charged in connection with a Saturday morning shooting in the northern Manitoba community. Officers arrived at a home in Moose Lake, Man. just before 3 a.m. Saturday and …
Read More »‘Extremely concerning’: Two northern Ontario safe consumption sites fear closure
SUDBURY, Ont. — Anxiety is mounting over the future of two supervised consumption sites in northern Ontario as funding for them is set to run out at the end of the year. The northern cities of Sudbury and Timmins — where opioid overdose rates are well above the provincial average …
Read More »‘Almost died a few times’: Northern Ontario city of Sudbury grapples with opioids
GREATER SUDBURY, Ont. — Crystal Plume sits in the shade of a tree near a busy intersection in downtown Sudbury and carefully injects fentanyl into a vein on the back of her hand before licking the speck of blood left behind. The 36-year-old who regularly panhandles in the northern Ontario …
Read More »Victims rushed to hospital after 2 a.m. stabbing near Northern Hotel, Winnipeg cops say – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg police say they’re investigating an early morning stabbing near a Main Street hotel. Officers were called to the area near the Northern Hotel around 2 a.m., where two victims were found and rushed to hospital in unstable condition. No arrests have …
Read More »Manitoba RCMP to return to northern community to search for man presumed dead – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba RCMP say they’re continuing to look into the disappearance of a Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation man two years after he first disappeared. The disappearance of 22-year-old Rico Linklater, who was last seen in October of 2021, is considered a homicide investigation by …
Read More »Members from several First Nations rally against northern Ontario mining plans
TORONTO — Members of several First Nations rallied outside the Ontario legislature Thursday to raise concerns about mining exploration they say is happening on their lands against their will. Indigenous leaders and community members said they weren’t consulted as mining prospectors staked claims on their territories. They also pushed back …
Read More »1 dead, 1 injured in northern Manitoba boat accident – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man is dead after he was thrown from a boat near Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in northern Manitoba Monday evening. Nelson House RCMP were called to the Notigi Boat Launch in the community, located about 90 kilometres west of Thompson, around 6 …
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