Current Problems: Justice (25-42)

Exploring Stakeholder: "Thunder Bay Police Services"

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December 18, 2023


First Nations leaders say Thunder Bay police handling of missing teen was ‘unacceptable’

Mackenzie Moonias, 14, was last scene on Dec. 13 in Thunder Bay.  APTN News: First Nations leaders in northern Ontario are questioning the missing persons reporting process in Thunder Bay after the discovery of a teen’s body near the city’s waterfront. According to police, Mackenzie Moonias, 14, was last seen on Dec. 13. Thunder Bay police sent...

October 11, 2023


‘It will cost people their jobs’: Thunder Bay’s top cop Darcy Fleury says racism won’t be tolerated

Thunder Bay Police Service Chief Darcy Fleury is photographed at police headquarters, in Thunder Bay, Ont. Photo: Chris Young/The Canadian Press.  APTN News: The Canadian Press – Thunder Bay police Chief Darcy Fleury knows firsthand what it’s like to experience racism – and that has helped guide his first few months on the job as...

June 27, 2023


OPP reinvestigating deaths of 13 Indigenous people in Thunder Bay, Ont., over 13-year period

New investigations first recommended last year as part of Broken Trust report  CBC News: Ontario Provincial Police are reinvestigating the deaths of 13 Indigenous people between 2006 and 2019 in Thunder Bay.  OPP spokesperson Bill Dickson confirmed Tuesday the independent reinvestigations are ongoing and have been undertaken at the request of the province’s attorney general. The...

April 28, 2023


Indigenous people detail violent encounters with Thunder Bay police in human rights complaints

Police say officers complete annual use of force training mandated by province  WARNING: This story contains an image that may be disturbing to some readers. CBC News: Indigenous people living in Thunder Bay, Ont., are speaking out about recent encounters with city police they are characterizing as police brutality, and they’re calling for the violence...

April 14, 2023


Report on troubled Thunder Bay police board brings hope but also doubt amid warning change will take time

Administrator of board in northwestern Ontario acknowledges ‘huge challenges … from generations of our past’ CBC News: Community leaders and stakeholders in Thunder Bay, Ont., say they are watching carefully for the police service’s next steps in the wake of a major report tabled to the police oversight board Thursday night. The report, written by a...

June 14, 2021


Reinvestigation of Indigenous deaths

June 14, 2021: Matawa Chiefs Council – “The Matawa Chiefs Council supports the recommendations from the Ontario Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) for the reinvestigation into nine sudden deaths involving Indigenous people. Reinvestigations include three First Nation’s youth from the Seven Youth Inquest including our own Webequie First Nation youth Jordan Wabasse who tragically died...