Northwestern Ontario

Officials, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Marten Falls First Nation Chief Bruce Achneepineskum, were on hand Monday as construction began on an 184-kilometre road into the Ring of Fire mineral deposit in northwestern Ontario.

One person is in hospital and a suspect is being sought following a weekend shooting in Constance Lake First Nation.

Relatives of slain Thunder Bay woman Barbara Kentner seek answers after her convicted killer, Brayden Bushby, was granted full parole, saying the Parole Board failed to meet with them before its decision.

Two Southern Ontario men have been fined more than $4,000 for illegally fishing walleye on the Black Sturgeon River, which is closed year-round for conservation. One man also received a lifetime fishing ban after fleeing conservation officers.

Two men from Thunder Bay died Friday afternoon in a single-vehicle collision involving a full-size SUV. A third person was sent to hospital.

A single-vehicle collision claimed the life of a 79-year-old driver Thursday on Highway 631, about 10 kilometres south of Hornepayne.

Police in Thunder Bay arrested a 34-year-old man on Aug. 20 following reports of a disturbance. He was later charged with attempting to disarm an officer and other offences.

In an investigation that began in February, the Thunder Bay Police Service’s Cyber Crime Unit responded to a report of an individual possessing and attempting to access child sexual abuse and exploitation material online.

A 19-year-old woman was killed early Tuesday afternoon when the passenger vehicle she was driving collided with a tractor-trailer on Highway 11-17.

A Hornepayne woman won $175,000 on a Big Spin ticket her son gave her for Mother's Day. She says she plans to share the prize with her children and visit Italy.

Thunder Bay Police Service Chief Darcy Fleury says he is concerned over the number of recent assaults against members of his force.

A 36-year-old from Wawa was killed last weekend in a single-vehicle collision in an isolated area north of Wawa.

A 31-year-old driver from Selkirk, Man., has been charged with stunt driving after police in northwestern Ontario stopped a speeding vehicle with an unrestrained child inside.

A 22-year-old man from Thunder Bay has been charged after the Ontario Provincial Police stopped a vehicle that was travelling 217 km/h in a 90 km/h zone.

Police in Thunder Bay have charged two people with manslaughter after a woman injured in an assault last week died two days later.