Michael Polanyi is the co-founder of Seniors' Climate Witness, a cross-country caravan of seniors travelling in electric vehicles. The caravan started in Victoria, B.C., in early September, with stops ... Read More

The five people looking to head the provincial Liberals all say improving safety on northern Ontario's highways is a priority. The Ontario Liberal Party is currently choosing its new leader, and ... Read More

THUNDER BAY - A section of Highway 11 / 17 between Thunder Bay and Nipigon was shut down in both directions late Tuesday afternoon following a collision, Ontario 511 reported the incident shortly before ... Read More

SHUNIAH, Ont. - Three people face multiple firearm and proceeds-of-crime charges after Ontario Provincial Police officers stopped a vehicle on Highway 527 north of Thunder Bay. Police allege officers ... Read More

THUNDER BAY - Ontario Provincial Police continue to support wildfire evacuations and enforce highway closures across Northwestern Ontario, while improving air quality is allowing some City of Thunder ... Read More

THUNDER BAY - Ontario Provincial Police say a motorcyclist was injured in a collision with another vehicle on the Trans-Canada Highway just outside the city on Sunday afternoon. The incident occurred ... Read More

The province is planning to expand and re-route a portion of Highway 11 / 17, between the Harbour Expressway in Thunder Bay and Kakabeka in Oliver Paipoonge. Read More

Ontario Provincial Police have released the identity of a man who died after his minivan collided with a pick-up truck Wednesday outside Thunder Bay. James Gray, 72, was taken to hospital following ... Read More

THUNDER BAY - Wildfire Update - Ontario fire officials are reporting 17 active wildland fires across the Northwest Region, including several not under control near Fort Frances, Ignace and Thunder Bay ... Read More

Travellers Weather Report for Northern Ontario and Manitoba from Sault Ste. Marie to Winnipeg. Get the latest highway weather conditions, forecasts for Thunder Bay, Wawa, Geraldton, Dryden, Kenora and ... Read More

THUNDER BAY - Two young people have been taken into custody following a late-night search along Highway 61. OPP announced at 8 a.m. Thursday the matter had been resolved, about 12 hours after first ... Read More

The Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS) has arrested and charged two people following an investigation into multiple vehicle thefts as well as an hours-long police standoff. Here's what we know about ... Read More

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OLIVER PAIPOONGE - Ontario Provincial Police in Thunder Bay are investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision on Highway 11 / 17 that claimed the lives of two women Thursday night. OPP say officers and ... Read More

THUNDER BAY - A collision within the city has resulted in several impaired driving charges for a 28-year-old resident. The OPP were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision along Highway 11-17 near ... Read More

Impaired Driving Convictions Carry Severe Legal, Financial, and Personal Consequences THUNDER BAY - NEWS - A Thunder Bay man is facing a series of impaired driving-related charges after crashing into ... Read More

Provincial police weren't saying much on Monday about an early-morning crash near Thunder Bay that claimed the life of one person. Read More

THUNDER BAY - A collision Monday morning closed a section of Highway 11 / 17 on the western outskirts of Thunder Bay. Ontario 511 reported the closure between Highway 130 and Highway 61 at 8:09 a.m. Read More

THUNDER BAY - A collision Monday morning closed a section of Highway 11 / 17 on the western outskirts of Thunder Bay. Ontario 511 reported the closure between Highway 130 and Highway 61 at 8:09 a.m. Read More

Highway 17 is currently closed in both directions following a collision in Whitefish according to Ontario 511. All lanes are closed at the Sleepy Hollow Road junction. Further details will be added ... Read More

THUNDER BAY - A young resident of the city tragically perished late Saturday night in a collision on Highway 102. Ontario Provincial Police revealed Monday that a 17-year-old was pronounced deceased ... Read More

THUNDER BAY -- Police say they are investigating a fatal collision that left the driver of a pick-up truck dead. According to a release issued early on Sunday morning, police were called to the crash ... Read More

Night Crash Involving Pickup and Tractor Trailer THUNDER BAY - The Thunder Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision that occurred late Sunday night on ... Read More

Charges have been laid following a fatal motor vehicle collision that occurred earlier this year near Upsala, west of Thunder Bay. On January 24, 2024, shortly after 11:00 p.m., the Thunder Bay ... Read More

Deadly opioids have brought grief to Thunder Bay and Fort Frances, where a sentencing case illustrates how far authorities will go to punish traffickers ... Read More

THUNDER BAY - A tractor-trailer driver from Alberta faces multiple charges after allegedly being caught speeding while using a hand-held communication device. The incident happened on Highway 11 / 17 in ... Read More

Addressing the Weak Link in National Infrastructure THUNDER BAY - EDITORIAL - Canada's vast and diverse geography necessitates a robust and efficient transportation network to connect its provinces ... Read More

A small plane reportedly made an emergency landing on a highway in northern Ontario on Friday. SNnewswatch.com reported, citing Ontario 511, that Hwy. 11 in Nipigon, near Thunder Bay, was closed in ... Read More

Do you drive the road from Cochrane to Timmins or Batchawana Bay and Wawa or where all the carnage takes place with the transports that are driven by people who are clearly not trained to do so? Have ... Read More

THUNDER BAY - Five people have been charged with numerous offences and hundreds of grams of cocaine and methamphetamine were seized following an investigation into drug trafficking throughout the ... Read More

The snowplow driver sustained minor injuries while three occupants of the passenger vehicle were brought to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre for treatment of injuries that were not ... Read More

THUNDER BAY -- A minivan was seriously damaged in a collision with a snow plow on Thursday morning. Police were called to the intersection of Highway 61 and Chippewa Road before 9 a.m. There is no ... Read More

Four people charged after OPP seize 1.7 kilograms of suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of $170,000 ... Read More

OPP says officers seized 1.7 kilograms of suspected cocaine with estimated street value of $170,000 following search warrants in northern Ontario ... Read More

Two others hospitalized after multi-vehicle crash involving commercial trucks THUNDER BAY, ON - On September 18, 2024, around 1:19 p.m., Thunder Bay, Shabaqua, Armstrong, and Nipigon Ontario ... Read More

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 3 ... Strathcona Avenue is linked to the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 11 / 17) by Spruce River Road just East of the property. Internal roads for the ... Read More

THUNDER BAY - A group of Thunder Bay residents who drove to Manitoba for a pickleball tournament found the highlight of the trip not in Winnipeg but in a marsh alongside Highway 17. During their trip ... Read More

DELTA-1 is Delta's flagship project, where the company is building on a large gold inventory 50 kilometres west of Thunder Bay, Ontario, at surface and adjacent to the Trans-Canada highway ... grading ... Read More

THUNDER BAY - On Friday shortly after 5:30 p.m., officers with the Ontario Provincial Police Service responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 11 / 17 near the Harbour Expressway that caused one ... Read More

The driver of a bus that struck and killed a 10-year-old cyclist in May in Thunder Bay, Ont., has been charged with careless driving causing death Riker McKelvey was hit at the corner of Red River ... Read More

THUNDER BAY - Truck drivers have identified unsafe passing, a lack of rest areas, and poor training as key issues impacting safety on Highways 11 and 17 in Northern ... in Northern Ontario - even more ... Read More

On December 16, 2023, at 10:30 a.m., the Thunder Bay and Ignace Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachments, along with other emergency services, swiftly responded to a report of a significant ... Read More

SHUNIAH -- Thunder Bay and Nipigon OPP have closed Highway 11-17 near Superior Shores Road following a collision between a tractor trailer and a passenger vehicle. The incident occurred just after ... Read More

SHUNIAH -- Thunder Bay and Nipigon OPP have closed Highway 11-17 near Superior Shores Road following a collision between a tractor trailer and a passenger vehicle. The incident occurred just after ... Read More

OPP have identified the victim of a fatal highway accident west of Thunder Bay. She was from Kenora - 60 year old ... The accident happened on Highway 11-17, west of the Highway 102 junction. Read More