Manitoulin Island artist Ivan Wheale says he has around a month to live. The artist says he has no regrets over his career and the legacy he leaves behind for other artists from the region.

The Cochrane, Ontario food bank is seeing record numbers of people using its services to access food. Officials say over the past two years, the rates of usage have increased by hundreds in the small town, and last month, the town's council officially declared a food insecurity emergency.

Correctional officers and criminal justice advocates in northern Ontario say they’re encouraged to see Ontario’s ombudsman acknowledge the “urgent need for reform” in the correctional system. However, they emphasize that it's up to the provincial government to make real change.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are taking over a workplace death investigation in Sudbury following the suspension of two Greater Sudbury police officers.