Northwestern Ontario

The smell of burning tobacco and the sounds of banging drums hung in the air in Toronto’s downtown core as thousands of supporters of the Grassy Narrows First Nation marched to Queen’s Park on Wednesday.

It didn’t take long for police to catch up with three men from southern Ontario following a theft at a Sault Ste. Marie business Sept 19.

A 92-year-old victim was discovered following an early morning fire at a seniors residence in northwestern Ontario on Tuesday.

Northern MPPs responded to the province’s announcement Monday on new training requirements for commercial truck drivers, saying the changes don’t go far enough.

Border service agents in northern Ontario seized several guns last month from Americans trying to bring them into the country illegally, along with 17 prohibited weapons and 11 ammunition cartridges.

The province has announced new curriculum and eligibility requirements for commercial truck drivers in Ontario to strengthen driver training with the goal of making them the safest in North America.

A Thunder Bay man has been fined $4,500 and suspended from fishing in Ontario for five years after being convicted of illegal fishing practices.

North West Region OPP say a Quebec driver is facing stunt, dangerous and distracted driving charges after being stopped for travelling 55 km/h over the limit on Highway 17 while watching his phone.

The Ontario government is providing $11 million for the construction of Generation Mining’s $410 million copper and palladium processing complex in Marathon.

The Anishinabek Police Service has charged two people with drug trafficking after a traffic stop in Pic Mobert First Nation. Officers seized pills and $2,800 in cash.

Two Thunder Bay men face drug trafficking and weapons charges following a police investigation that led to the seizure of suspected fentanyl, cocaine, a knife and more than $4,000 in cash.

A 37-year-old from Kenora, Ont., faces drug and weapon charges after OPP seized suspected fentanyl, opioid pills and an imitation pistol during a drug trafficking investigation.

Public health officials in northwestern Ontario have issued drug alerts after more than 60 drug poisonings were reported in Kenora over two days and a new nitazene opioid was detected in the region's unregulated supply.

Police in Thunder Bay have seized drugs worth an estimated $94,000, along with a cache of guns and ammunition and about $10,000 in cash.

Thunder Bay Police conducted a back to school and aggressive driving campaign spanning six days from Sept. 6 to 11 police said in a news release Tuesday.