(ORILLIA, ON) – Four people died in separate collisions on Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-patrolled roads during the Thanksgiving long weekend, as the OPP joined Canadian policing partners for Operation Impact.
The OPP’s commitment to keeping roads safe was reflected in the more than 8,800 traffic charges they laid across the province throughout the weekend. Officers worked around the clock, targeting road behaviours that continue to result in serious consequences for drivers and passengers of all ages every year.
Speeding accounted for just over half (4,518)of the driving offences. The OPP also laid 158 racing/stunt driving charges – one of the most aggressive and dangerous behaviours on Ontario roads. One hundred and seventy (170) impaired driving charges and 130 distracted driving charges were among the other dangerous offences motorists chose to commit. Some of the 377 seatbelt charges were laid against unbuckled passengers, serving as a reminder that they too need to do their part to reduce the number of injuries and deaths on our roads.
From January 1 to October 12, 2025, the OPP responded to 244 fatal collisions that resulted in families collectively losing 279 loved ones this year in what were almost all preventable road incidents.
The OPP reminds drivers and passengers that traffic laws are designed to keep everyone safe, but are only effective if everyone complies with them at all times.
The OPP thanks all road users who did their part to keep highways and roads safe and helped ensure everyone made it to and from their destinations on one of the busiest traffic weekends of the year.
Pawsome furiends! Share far and wide to find our furry friends a new home – Love, Frankie Malloy
Meet Night
Night is a 6 months old female Domestic Shorthair/Mix cat who weighs 2 kilograms.
Hi there… I’m Night.
I’m a 5-month-old little lady who’s still learning what this whole “living with humans” thing is all about. Right now, it can all feel a bit big and scary to me – I’m under-socialized and still very unsure about being touched or handled. The kind folks at GTHS are going very slowly with me, giving me gentle positive experiences like yummy meals, fun toys, and calm time with other cats. It’s helping me start to see that people aren’t so scary after all.
I know I’ll need time, patience, and understanding from my future family. At first, I might spend a lot of time hiding and watching from a safe spot. It will be really important to keep me in a quiet “sanctuary” room where I can learn to feel safe and not get lost in my new home. Being around a confident, friendly cat could really help show me that humans are kind and worth trusting.
Because I’m still learning that people are safe, a home with kids 13+ would be best for me. Quiet company, soft voices, and letting me come to you when I’m ready will go a long way. If you give me the gift of time, I promise I’ll do my best to bloom into the loving companion I’m meant to be.
Could you be the patient heart who helps me learn what love is?
My adoption fee is $185 and includes my spay/neuter, internal and external parasite treatments, up to date vaccinations and an ID microchip! If you want to learn more about me, please come visit the GTHS and speak with one of the amazing Adoption Counsellors! The GTHS is open for adoptions from 12pm-4:00pm, every single day of the week and they would be thrilled to introduce you to me! I can’t wait to meet you and am looking forward to starting my new life with my new family!
Night
Note that many cats do not reach full size until they are about a year and a half old. The weight listed here is Night’s current weight.
Our resident chaos coordinator, “Frankie Malloy” is staging another animal-pocalypse, and this time it’s going down on a Wednesday (because why should weekends have all the fun?). Enjoy the video!!!
Luke is a 1 year, 1 month old male Large Mixed Breed who weighs 26 kilograms.
Howdy, folks! Name’s Luke, and I reckon you might recognize me and my brother Bo from a little ol’ TV show called The Dukes of Hazzard. Just like those famous Duke boys, I’m full of energy, charm, and good looks-and I’m ready to race my way right into a forever home!
I’m only about a year old, which means I’ve still got a bit of that “wild country pup” in me. I’m handsome, sweet, and affectionate, but I’ll be honest-sometimes I get a little too excited and jump up or use my mouth to play. I might bark at people or other dogs on walks, and every now and then I get a little carried away and try to chew on my leash (but hey, a few treats and redirection go a long way with me!).
Off-leash with other dogs? That’s where I shine-I’m social, playful, and love having doggie friends. Sometimes I can get a little silly and try to “mount,” but with some guidance, I’ll learn my manners. Cats? Well, who knows… I haven’t had the chance to test that yet.
What I’m really looking for is a family who’ll give me a calm, predictable routine, lots of positive reinforcement training, and plenty of love. If you’ve got experience with big goofy boys like me, you’ll see that I’m going to grow into an amazing, loyal companion.
Since I can be a bit much with my excitement, kids 12+ would be best for me. But give me the right family, and I’ll be your very own Duke boy-loyal, adventurous, and ready to ride shotgun for all of life’s journeys.
So what do you say-wanna take me home and let me be your partner in crime (the good kind, of course)
Because October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, my adoption fee is has been reduced to $300 to help me find my forever home that much faster. My adoption fee includes my spay/neuter, up to date vaccinations, dewormer and a microchip. If you want to learn more about me, please come visit the GTHS and speak with one of the amazing Adoption Counsellors! The GTHS is open for adoptions from 12pm-4:00pm, every single day of the week and they would be thrilled to introduce you to me! I can’t wait to meet you and am looking forward to starting my new life with my new family!
Luke
Note that many dogs do not reach full size until they are about a year and a half old. The weight listed here is Luke’s current weight.
In my youth, I worked as a carpenter for eight years, helping build houses in London, Ontario, as a framer for my uncles’ company, Suzuki Brothers Construction. A framer constructs the foundation and skeleton of a house. I would build the forms for the footings and foundation, mix and pour the concrete and, after the concrete was set, tear the forms off. We would put up the floor joists and rough flooring, then build the walls with openings for doors and windows. The ceiling joists would come next, then the rafters and sheeting over that.
Electrical wiring and plumbing would be installed after I was done, and then the plasterers and roofers would cover it all up. Once the windows and doors were hung, trimmers would add the fine details.
Painters then put on the finishing touches, and there would be no observable evidence of the work I and so many others after me had put in. Of course, at any time, modifications could be made (builders hate tearing apart their own work to make changes) and later shingles, siding and even new walls or doors could be added and repainting done inside or out. But the house was still held up and formed by all of the invisible work. That can’t be changed without major upheaval.
I was always proud of the houses that resulted from my time and effort even though there was absolutely no evidence of my work. I felt like the janitor cleaning the floors at Interface, the largest carpet tile company in the world. It was founded by former David Suzuki Foundation board member Ray Anderson, who died in 2011.
Ray was committed to making his company truly sustainable. When a television crew, doing a story on Ray and Interface, asked the janitor what his job was, he replied, “I’m helping the company climb Mount Sustainability.” He wasn’t kidding. He knew the goal of the company and was proud to be part of it, just as I’ve always felt pride in the houses I helped construct.
I like to tell this story because that’s basically our situation on planet Earth. NASA has pointed out that if we reduced the planet to the size of a basketball, the biosphere — the zone of air, water and land within which all life exists — would be as thin as a layer of plastic wrap. Within that fine planetary skin, air, water, soil and sunlight captured by plants are the very foundations of life itself. Life not only flourishes on these basic elements, all life also helps to cleanse, recycle and generate them.
Like the framing of a house or the janitorial cleanup of a company, the role of these life-support systems, which we call “nature,” has become invisible to most of humanity.
Ceremony practiced by Indigenous and traditional people is how we have constantly informed ourselves of the real underpinnings of our lives and wellbeing. In ceremony, we constantly recommit ourselves to “act in a good way” to ensure nature’s continuing abundance and generosity. We must reinculcate those practices.
We’re the only species that is fully aware of the foundation of our existence, but very recently in our evolutionary history, we have elaborated systems to shape, guide and constrain human activity while ignoring the framework that keeps us alive and healthy: air, water, soil, photosynthesis and biodiversity.
We simply take the foundation of our lives for granted. I think this is the problem we face. Human numbers and industrial growth have become so great that we are undermining the basis of our existence. We must rediscover those important things that are constantly acknowledged in Indigenous ceremonies. When they give thanks to their Creator, they promise to act in a good way to ensure that nature will continue to be generous.
On sitting down for a meal, everyone in my family raises hands and says “Itadakimasu,” a Japanese expression that means “I will gratefully receive.” The simple phrase expresses gratitude and respect for the effort involved in getting the food to the table, from the farmers and cooks to the ingredients from nature — something we should feel every time we turn on a light, flush the toilet or put out the garbage.
David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.
Ian Bremmer (President and Founder, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media) joins Chris Cuomo to break down President Trump’s 20-point proposal to end the war in Gaza and the geopolitical risks behind it.
They examine Israel’s growing international isolation, the political pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu, and whether Hamas will accept a deal that could finally stop the fighting. Bremmer explains how the conflict fits into a broader “new world disorder” — where U.S. influence, global alliances, and regional power brokers are all shifting. He and Cuomo discuss what a real peace would require, how Trump’s approach could redefine America’s role abroad, and what this moment reveals about the fragile state of global power.
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(Midland, Penetanguishene, Townships of Tiny, Tay & Georgian Bay, ON) – Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were actively engaged over the Thanksgiving long weekend as part of Operation Impact, a national traffic enforcement initiative supporting Canada’s Road Safety Strategy.
Between October 10 and 13, 2025, uniformed officers issued over 100 tickets and warnings, with a strong focus on the “Big 4” driving behaviours known to contribute to serious collisions:
Speeding
Seatbelt violations
Distracted driving
Impaired driving
Throughout the weekend, officers conducted RIDE spot checks across the area. Encouragingly, no arrests or alcohol/drug-related suspensions were reported.
However, two notable incidents of excessive speeding occurred on the evening of October 11:
At approximately 7:30 p.m., a 25-year-old female from Midland was stopped for driving 127 km/h in a 60 km/h zone on Wilson Road in the Town of Midland.
Just after 10:00 p.m., a 25-year-old male from Peterborough was clocked at 173 km/h in a 100km/h zone on Highway 400.
The involved drivers were issued court summonses for multiple offences. Their driver’s licences were suspended, and their vehicles impounded under Ontario’s Stunt Driving Laws.
The OPP reminds all motorists to share the road responsibly. Please slow down, stay alert, drive courteously, and never drive impaired. Together, we can make our roads safer for everyone.
A growing number of P.E.I. farmers are using drones to get a head start on the season and an eye from the sky.
Some say the technology is going to become the new norm in agriculture, similar to the introduction of GPS a decade ago. CBC’s Nancy Russell has the story.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee held a powerful hearing, ‘Voices of the Vaccine-Injured,’ where victims of alleged mRNA COVID vaccine injuries shared their emotional stories.
Among the key voices was Dr. Robert Sullivan, an anesthesiologist, who not only shared his personal struggles but also presented shocking research on the adverse effects.
