Sioux Lookout

• Customers to show ID at select LCBO stores as part of controlled entrance pilot

  In a move to combat theft, the LCBO will require some customers to present photo identification to security before entering at six Ontario stores as part of a new pilot program.

  Consumer

  Feb 13
  
• Group demands urgent help for ‘broken and underfunded’ health care in northern Ontario

  A group in Sioux Lookout, Ont., says it is working to fill gaps in the town but 'adequate funding' from other levels of government is still 'urgently required.'

  Health

  Feb 12
  
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• An Ontario town was promised long-term care beds by Doug Ford 6 years ago. It’s still waiting

  In the run-up to the 2018 election, Doug Ford promised more than 70 new long-term care beds to a town in northern Ontario. Six years later, locals say they've seen no progress.

  Health

  Feb 9
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• How the housing crisis wrapped itself around a northern Ontario town

  As Ontario ramps up its economic ambitions around minerals in the north and rural advocates complain of underinvestment, one town is struggling with a unique housing crisis.

  Canada

  Feb 8
• Why an Ontario town with fewer than 6,000 people has OPP’s largest holding facility

  Sioux Lookout, Ont., is home to fewer than 6,000 people but, as the hub of the north, it serves tens of First Nations communities. Local leaders say there isn't enough support.

  Canada

  Feb 7
• Out-of-control blazes already raging as Ontario braces for wildfire season

  An extreme fire warning is in place for parts of Ontario including Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Timmins, Algonquin Park and areas of traditional cottage country around Georgian Bay.

  Fire

  Jun 1, 2023
• Northwestern Ontario communities get policing discounts from province, say more needed

  A coalition of northwestern Ontario mayors say the province has agreed to help with their communities' rising policing costs but more financial support is needed.

  Canada

  Feb 21, 2023
• Inexperienced pilot flew in risky conditions, finds report into crash that killed 2 B.C. fugitives

  Pilot Abhinav Handa and his three passengers were killed in the flight, which took off from Dryden Regional Airport and crashed into a wooded area southeast of Sioux Lookout.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2022
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• Police investigating sudden deaths of 3 people in northwestern Ontario residence

  Ontario Provincial Police say their Sioux Lookout detachment and Lac Seul Police Service responded to a report early Saturday afternoon of an unresponsive person at a residence.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2022
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• Police panel testifies at custody deaths inquest about intoxication resources

  Officers told a coroner's inquest into the custody deaths of two Indigenous men that communities need more alternative spaces for people who are publicly intoxicated.

  Crime

  Oct 28, 2022