Timmins

OPP in the North East Region laid 520 charges over the Civic long weekend, with 477 related to speeding.

Agnico Eagle has donated $100,000 to renovate the medical clinic at Bingham Memorial Hospital. Officials say the project will improve healthcare access and support physician recruitment in Black River-Matheson.

An arbitrator has upheld the decision to fire a heavy equipment operator at Porcupine Gold Mine in Timmins after he refused drug and alcohol testing following a serious safety incident in January.

Two people are dead after a commercial motor vehicle and a moving truck collided on Highway 11 south of Cochrane on Sunday.

Ontario Provincial Police say two people who failed to return home from a camping trip last weekend in northern Ontario have been found dead.

Police in Timmins have charged two people with first-degree murder in a shooting that left one man dead and another critically injured. A separate homicide from the previous day remains under investigation, with the suspect still at large.

OPP charged two pickup truck drivers with stunt driving on the same day in the same area of Highway 17 east of Mattawa – one at 146 km/h, another at 160 km/h in a 90 zone.

Timmins police are investigating a second fatal shooting in two days after three men were shot shortly after midnight on Aug. 1, leaving one dead and one in critical condition. A separate July 31 murder remains unsolved.

Two people face drug trafficking charges after OPP seized $10,600 in suspected fentanyl and cocaine from a Kapuskasing home on July 29. Officers also recovered $3,000 in cash and drug trafficking paraphernalia.

Natural Resources Minister Mike Harris says the wildfire situation in northern Ontario is moving in a reassuring direction as more than 80 fires have been extinguished in the past two weeks.

The federal government confirmed Friday that it has approved plans for the Crawford Nickel Project, a project estimated to add up to $70 billion to Canada’s GDP.

Ontario Provincial Police remind motorists to stay alert, drive sober, buckle up and move over for emergency vehicles this Civic Day long weekend after last year's long weekend claimed nine lives in the province.

Police in Timmins are searching for a suspect after an overnight shooting left one man dead. Officers say they believe victim and suspect were known to each other and the attack was targeted. The suspect remains at large.

OPP's Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad is asking the public for help locating a federal offender wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for breaching his statutory release. Perron is 5'1", 121 lbs and is known to frequent Timmins, Kingston, Ottawa and the Greater Toronto Area.

Five new wildland fires were confirmed as of Thursday evening, according to Ontario Forest Fires, bringing the total in the northeast to 45 active fires, nine of which are out of control.