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OPP News Release (THUNDER BAY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is pleased to announce that Superintendent Darrell Smiley has been named as the North West Regional Commander. His official start date was August 3, 2015.

THUNDER BAY -- When it comes to police discipline and suspensions, changes are needed the city's top cop says. Thunder Bay Police Service chief J.P.

OPP News Release (KENORA, ON) – On July 28, 2015 at approximately 9:30pm, officers with the Kenora Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to investigate an assault in progress at an apartment building on First Street South in Kenora.

THUNDER BAY -- neighbourhood near Hammarskjold High School had to be evacuated Wednesday afternoon, due to a gas line break. The mishap occurred behind a home near the corner of Sequoia Drive and Sequoia Crescent.

THUNDER BAY -- A pair of pedestrian bridges are going up and over as part of Golf Links Road's continued reconstruction. Part of the $3.

Thunder Bay's Port Authority is projecting another big year, as the port's numbers for July have been released. The numbers show the port moved nearly 800,000 metric tonnes of grain, and nearly a million tonnes of cargo overall.

THUNDER BAY -- People in Northwestern Ontario were spared in one of the deadliest August long weekends in recent memory for the province. The OPP say a total of 16 people died over the weekend on roads and in the water across Ontario.

OPP News Release (KENORA, ON) Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a break and enter on Sunday August 2, 2015 just before 11:00 p.m at a business on Ottawa St, Keewatin. When police attended, the suspect fled on foot.

OPP News Release (KENORA, ON) Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) of the Kenora detachment received several reports of break and enters between August 2, 2015 and August 3, 2015. On Sunday August 2, 2015 at approximately 2:00 p.

For the first time in two decades, there's a new chief of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation. Longtime chief Donny Morris was first elected in 1994, but decided not to run again this time.