Jon Thompson
@jonthompson.bsky.social
Journalist. Belongs to Northwestern Ontario. Ricochet Media.
“Thunder Bay” now streaming on Crave.
Past words & baritone for Canadaland, CBC, TVO, APTN.
“Thunder Bay” now streaming on Crave.
Past words & baritone for Canadaland, CBC, TVO, APTN.
The announcement they wanted to make yesterday was that the province was committing $1.3M to local policing initiatives, INCLUDING forensics infrastructure that PC MPP Kevin Holland explicitly tied to guns and gangs as a priority of the province.
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City police get $1.3M for mental health response and forensics
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October 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The announcement they wanted to make yesterday was that the province was committing $1.3M to local policing initiatives, INCLUDING forensics infrastructure that PC MPP Kevin Holland explicitly tied to guns and gangs as a priority of the province.
www.tbnewswatch.com/local-journa...
www.tbnewswatch.com/local-journa...
This comes the same week 49 northern Ontario First Nations declared a state of emergency over drugs and gangs, while OPP issued two shelter-in-place orders due to locals being shot (a suspect is still at large in Brunswick House First Nation).
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‘We’re losing control of our communities’: First Nations in states of emergency as Doug Ford pushes to mine the north
As Ontario government sells off the north to international mining companies, communities in crisis are demanding safety and healing instead of resource extraction
ricochet.media
October 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This comes the same week 49 northern Ontario First Nations declared a state of emergency over drugs and gangs, while OPP issued two shelter-in-place orders due to locals being shot (a suspect is still at large in Brunswick House First Nation).
ricochet.media/indigenous/w...
ricochet.media/indigenous/w...