Northwestern Ontario

Police are searching for a Toronto-area man who fled police after he was stopped driving a stolen vehicle in northwestern Ontario.

A 30-year-old tractor-trailer driver from Winnipeg has been charged with stunt driving in the northwestern Ontario community of Terrace Bay, one of two drivers charged with the offence this week.

An OPP officer charged two tractor-trailer drivers with alcohol-related offences on the same road in just two days last week.

A judge in Thunder Bay has given a trucker involved in a fatal 2021 collision an absolute discharge, allowing the man to avoid deportation that would result from a criminal conviction.

Ontario Provincial Police in Kenora is reminding the public that deals that appear too good to be true almost always are. A local resident recently paid for what they “believed to be a genuine iPhone from an unknown individual in a parking lot.”

As the weather warms, hungry bears are coming out of the wilderness and into residential areas, leading to more sightings and encounters with humans, Ontario Provincial Police say.

Police in Thunder Bay are urging students and their families to take safety into account before taking part in the ‘Senior Assassin’ game being played by graduating high school students.

OPP seek public help after a male suspect exited a vehicle, grabbed a student by the hand and tried to pull her toward it in northwestern Ontario.

The northeastern and northwestern municipal associations, along with the Ontario Trucking Association, are advocating for a phased approach to improvements along highways 11 and 17.

Police in Sioux Lookout have seized drugs believed to be worth $175,000 following an investigation into drug trafficking linked to people from Toronto.

An investigation that began last month in Thunder Bay ended May 5 with a police raid and the seizure of a large amount of illicit drugs and cash.

A 27-year-old man from Thunder Bay has been charged with several offences related to child sexual abuse and exploitation material.

Four young people from First Nations in northern Ontario recently took the Government of Canada to task on the international state at the United Nations.

A Thunder Bay man will have to spend at least 17 years in jail for the second-degree murder of his stepmother, Darlene Giba, in June 2023.

The Thunder Bay Police Service is investigating a sudden death following a collision involving a train and a pedestrian last week in the city.