Active situation resolved in North Bay following heavy police presence Sunday

A visible local police presence is seen on Rose Avenue near Algonquin Avenue in North Bay, Ont., on September 14, 2025. (Brandi Lea/Facebook)

North Bay Police Service’s Emergency Response Team was seen involved in an active situation at an apartment building on Rose Avenue, located off Algonquin Avenue, on Sunday afternoon.

“The Emergency Response Team has cleared the Rose Avenue and Algonquin Avenue area, and residents are safely returning to their homes,” said Jennifer Cross, a corporate communications coordinator with the North Bay Police Service, in an email to CTV News shortly before 5:30 p.m.

Several area residents posted in the comments on NORTH BAY CRIME BEAT, a private Facebook group dedicated to preventing crime in the city, that officers were going door to door at the apartment complex.

The residents wrote that multiple members of the North Bay Police Service arrived on scene shortly after 12:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon and more have arrived since.

The comments on the page indicate the police presence was preceded by “a loud bang,” and police have removed some residents for building in the 500 block of Rose Avenue.

“City police with guns drawn near Rose Street and Algonquin,” wrote one resident.

“It’s a known building to police,” wrote another.

Cellphone video shared with CTV News captured portions of the incident as it began to unfold.

“There is no ongoing risk to public safety. No injuries have been reported,” police wrote in a social media post at 5:18 p.m.

The North Bay Police Service has not released any details on the reason for the police presence in the area or the nature of the incident that prompted the significant response.

“There is an active investigation in the area of Rose Avenue and Algonquin Avenue. We ask community members to avoid the area at this time,” the police service said on social media, just before 3 p.m., which was the first time police acknowledged the incident.

“Further updates will be shared as they become available.”

CTVNorthernOntario.ca will update this story as more information becomes available.