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Posted 13 June 2023

Mendicino ‘not satisfied with state of negotiations’

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he is now getting involved in discussions between the government and three Indigenous police services in Northern Ontario, as he is not satisfied with the state of negotiations. “I believe that a number of their concerns in fact have merit, which is...

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Posted 13 June 2023

Mendicino ‘not satisfied with state of negotiations’

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he is now getting involved in discussions between the government and three Indigenous police services in Northern Ontario, as he is not satisfied with the state of negotiations. “I believe that a number of their concerns in fact have merit, which is...

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Posted 13 June 2023

Man in wheelchair assaulted; 17 year old arrested

An argument Monday evening escalated to physical violence at a north side home. The incident took place just after 11:00 p.m. during an argument between four people in the home, when a 17 year old assaulted an adult male in a wheelchair. Following the assault the youth pulled out a knife and...

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Posted 13 June 2023

Man in wheelchair assaulted; 17 year old arrested

An argument Monday evening escalated to physical violence at a north side home. The incident took place just after 11:00 p.m. during an argument between four people in the home, when a 17 year old assaulted an adult male in a wheelchair. Following the assault the youth pulled out a knife and...

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Posted 13 June 2023

New inquest date set

The inquest for a 25 year old man who died in hospital almost a decade ago will finally take place next month. On February 16th 2014, Emmanuel Oruitemeka died at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, four days after collapsing while in custody of the Thunder Bay Police Service. Five...

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Posted 13 June 2023

New inquest date set

The inquest for a 25 year old man who died in hospital almost a decade ago will finally take place next month. On February 16th 2014, Emmanuel Oruitemeka died at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, four days after collapsing while in custody of the Thunder Bay Police Service. Five...

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Posted 13 June 2023

Heavy smoke to cover NWO today; air quality a concern

Smoke from northwestern Ontario’s forest fires is expected to cover the region today. A tool that tracks the movement of smoke throughout Canada shows the region will be entirely covered by smoke by 12 p.m., with heavy, dark plumes of smoke expected to hit the Dryden and Kenora areas by 8 p.m....

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Posted 13 June 2023

Heavy smoke to cover NWO today; air quality a concern

Smoke from northwestern Ontario’s forest fires is expected to cover the region today. A tool that tracks the movement of smoke throughout Canada shows the region will be entirely covered by smoke by 12 p.m., with heavy, dark plumes of smoke expected to hit the Dryden and Kenora areas by 8 p.m....

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Posted 12 June 2023

Waasigan open houses return

Open houses are taking place once again in Northwestern Ontario as part of Hydro One’s Waasigan Transmission Line. On Tuesday residents in Dryden are invited out to the Royal Canadian Legion between 5 and 8 p.m. to meet with representatives from the utility on the project. The line consists of a...

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Posted 12 June 2023

3 Indigenous police services on brink of closure

By the end of this month 30 thousand residents on 45 First Nations in Ontario will be without police services, and leadership with those services are hitting the alarm bells. At a media conference in Ottawa Monday Treaty Three Police Chief Kai Liu explained how dire the the situation is for his...

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