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  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.

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  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.

• Province releases some details on election to replace mayor and council in northern Ont. town

  While there’s no election date in place yet, the province is detailing how a new mayor and council will be put in place in Black River-Matheson.

• Cochrane man charged with impaired, dangerous driving after hitting hydro pole

  A 24-year-old Cochrane, Ont., man is charged with impaired and dangerous driving, failing to remain at the scene of an accident and having an open container of liquor in the car following a crash last Friday.

• Northern community reacts after mayor and council booted by the province

  Black River-Matheson no longer has a sitting town council, after it failed to meet for more than 60 days due to lack of attendance.

• Province boosts northern travel grant, eases restrictions, increases payouts

  The Ontario government is spending $45 million in the next three years to improve access and funding for the northern travel grant.

• Province boots mayor and council in small northern Ont. town out of office

  An ongoing municipal strike, court battles and revolt by half of council has prompted the province to oust the mayor and council in Black River-Matheson.

• Plenty of smiles at Tim Hortons across Canada

  The Smile Cookie campaign kicked off at Tim Hortons locations across northeastern Ontario on Monday.

• Freezing rain warning for parts of northern Ontario

  Parts of northeastern Ontario are under a freezing rain warning Monday morning as wet conditions continue across the region.

• Northern OPP detachment lays 3 impaired driving charges in 13 hours

  Impaired drivers recently kept a northern Ontario Provincial Police detachment busy this weekend. The Temiskaming detachment charged three people with impaired driving in only 13 hours.

• Timmins teen charged with stunt driving on Hwy 11

  A G2 driver from Timmins was travelling 145km/h on Highway 11 in Matheson, Ont.