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  Cold weather sees an increase in battery service calls: CAA

  The Canadian Automobile Association says that the recent cold snap saw a substantial increase in calls for service in northern Ontario.

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  First responders stress safety as more venture onto the ice

  Following recent tragedies in northern Ontario, provincial police and other first responders are reminding the public to be cautious around bodies of water.

• Motorist facing impaired driving charges after vehicle stalled on Hwy. 11: OPP

  The driver of a vehicle that stalled on the side of Highway 11 is facing a number of charges.

• Impaired drivers in northeastern Ontario keep police busy during the first weekend of 2025

  A series of impaired driving incidents in northern Ontario last weekend kept Ontario Provincial Police busy.

• Toxic drugs circulating in northern Ontario

  Canada’s largest First Nations police service, the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) issued a community safety alert as extremely toxic drugs are likely circulating in one of the Far North communities it serves.

• Northern Ont. friends prepare for 450-km ski and snowshoe trek

  Jean-Philippe Marineau and Patrice Beauparlant, lifelong friends who grew up in Hearst, Ont., are training for a 450-km trek from Fort Albany to Hearst, Ont.

• Northern Ont. man fined $1,001 for dumping a bag of garbage

  A Cochrane, Ont., man was fined $1,001 for dumping a single bag of garbage on public land.

• Report confirms spike in the number of homeless people in Ontario

  The Association of Municipalities of Ontario has released what it calls a groundbreaking study on the state of homelessness in the province.

• Alta. man charged and released twice in one night for violence at northern Ont. hotel

  Last weekend, an Alberta man was arrested and released for intimate partner violence at a northern Ontario hotel just hours after being charged and released for assaulting a teen with a weapon at the same location.

• Research offering more insight into how to reduce the risk of dementia

  January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and in the Cochrane and Temiskaming districts alone, there are more than 2,400 people living with dementia.

• Northern Ont. First Nation imposes COVID-era restrictions

  Fort Albany First Nation has closed schools and banned social gatherings to combat a recent outbreak of illness.

• Northern Ontario airport expanding security screening

  The Timmins airport will begin expanding security screening this month for flights in northern Ontario and western Quebec, at the request of Mushkegowuk Council.

• DIY Community Health makes progress on new mutual aid centre

  DIY Community Health is hopeful its new mutual aid centre near downtown Timmins will open at the end of January.

• Snowmobiler found dead after going through the ice on northern Ont. lake

  Provincial police say an 82-year-old has died after going through the ice on Lake Temagmi on Monday.