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  Toronto-area trio charged with drug trafficking in northern Ont.

  Three people from southern Ontario were nabbed on Highway 144 over the weekend, leading to a haul of illegal drugs and a handgun.

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  Off-duty officer helps free young moose stuck in northern Ont. fence

  An off-duty provincial police officer came to the rescue of a young moose that got entangled in a fence in northern Ontario last Wednesday.

• Troubled Black River-Matheson Township, striking workers reach tentative deal

  Striking Black River-Matheson workers who have been off the job for more than 200 days have reached a tentative agreement with the town.

• Highway 101 in Timmins reopened after single-vehicle crash

  Highway 101 East in Timmins is closed in both directions due to a single-vehicle crash.

• Ontario to increase fines for employment standards violations

  Ontario is set to clamp down on bad employers with big fines.

• Police lay second-degree murder charge in northwestern Ont.

  Ontario Provincial Police, in partnership with the Treaty Three Police Service, have charged a suspect with second degree murder following a homicide in a remote Indigenous northwestern Ontario community.

• New street name added in Timmins to honour Indigenous mother’s memory

  May 5 is National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people.

• Northern Ont. suspect charged with corrupting children, drug trafficking, weapons offences

  A 35-year-old from Hearst, Ont., has been charged with child luring and several other offences after police received a complaint from the public.

• Northern Ont. bridge dedicated to fallen officer

  In a touching tribute Thursday, friends, family and fellow police officers gathered in Elk Lake, Ont., to honor the legacy of provincial Const. Vaughn B. McKay, who lost his life while responding to a collision on Highway 17 in July 1973.

• Inquest to be held this month into the death of man killed by police in northern Ont.

  A formal inquest will be held into the death of John-Paul George, who was shot and killed in 2020 in New Liskeard.

• Almost $17K in fines for illegal hunting, fishing in northern Ont.

  Three men from southern Ontario and a man from Texas have been fined a total of $16,700 for illegal hunting and fishing in September 2021.

• Chi-Cheemaun kicks off 50th season on the Georgian Bay

  The Chi-Cheemaun ferry arrived at Manitoulin Island on Friday morning to kick off its 50th season on the Georgian Bay.

• Fears in northern Ont. as cuts to homeless funding would affect front-line workers

  Social services agencies across the north are sounding the alarm after funding cuts on homelessness programs were recently published.

• Northern homelessness services facing deep cutbacks on federal funding

  Social services in the north are bracing for deep funding cuts to homelessness services and Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus is calling on the federal government to explain why it is scaling back at a time when the north is facing a social disaster.