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Impaired drivers keep northern OPP detachment busy during May’s first weekend

Ontario Provincial Police’s Nipissing West detachment was kept busy the first weekend of May – responding to collisions involving drugs, alcohol, and allegedly impaired motorists refusing to comply with testing.

Wildfire activity increases in Ontario’s northeast, northwest regions

Ontario’s northeast and northwest regions saw several new wildfires Saturday, with crews responding to multiple blazes as fire hazards remain elevated.

Province partners with private sector for $57M auto tech industry boost

As the U.S. puts Canada’s automotive industry in its crosshairs, the Ontario government is moving to protect the jobs and sector from leaving the province for south of the border.

Brazen thieves chop down 33 hydro poles, steal $100K in copper

Police in northern Ontario are investigating after thieves cut down 33 hydro poles by the Hound Chute Generating Station near Cobalt earlier this month.

Three-week camp teaches Anishinaabemowin language in North Bay

A language immersion camp taking place at Canadore College in North Bay is teaching Anishinaabemowin, the original language of the Anishinaabeg culture.

Northern Ont. couple wins $2.5M Lotto 6/49 prize

Blaine Parrington and Evelyne Rainville of Sturgeon Falls won $2.5 million in the Lotto 6/49 classic jackpot on April 2.

North Bay man, 20, charged in stabbing on Manitou Street

Threat and assault charges have been laid against a North Bay man, 20, accused in a stabbing last week, police say.

Two North Bay dog owners charged after man attacked

Two dog owners in North Bay have been charged after a local man was attacked on Algonquin Avenue last week.

Tariffs and their effect on northern Ont. focus of final day of northern municipal conference

Provincial cabinet ministers were on hand Wednesday in North Bay for the final day of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities conference.

Impaired by prescription drugs and illness, northern Ont. woman has conviction overturned

A North Bay woman who drove impaired due to a combination of prescription medication and a sudden gastrointestinal illness has won an appeal of her impaired driving conviction.

Northern mayors mark liberation of the Netherlands

Monday was the 80th anniversary of liberation day, where Canadian soldiers played a significant role in freeing the Netherlands from Nazi occupation during the Second World War.

Manslaughter plea deal in North Bay fatal stabbing ‘a slap in the face,’ victim’s family says

A man charged with murder in a fatal stabbing in North Bay on New Year’s in 2021 pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter Monday morning in a North Bay courtroom.

North Bay motorcyclist injured in collision with SUV

The driver of an SUV has been charged after a three-vehicle crash that also involved two motorcycles on Sunday afternoon in North Bay.

Jays Care invests $1.5M in community baseball diamonds, including West Nipissing’s Goulard Park

Goulard Park in Sturgeon Falls is among 15 community baseball diamonds across Canada selected for refurbishment funding through the Jays Care Foundation’s Field Of Dreams program.

Temiskaming police find pedestrian hit-and-run suspect

Ontario Provincial Police say they located a driver and vehicle of interest just hours after a public appeal for information Thursday in relation to a pedestrian hit-and-run in Temiskaming Shores.