Report North Bay Staff

The North Bay Police Service arrested and charged a 26-year-old female and a 39-year-old male for drug trafficking after a traffic stop on August 17, 2024. At approximately 9:30 a.m. on August 17, 2024, members of the North Bay Police Service conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle

The City of North Bay is advising as of September 1, 2024, North Bay Transit fares will be increasing. The first fare adjustment since 2015, the increase will be used to help offset rising costs that transit has been experiencing over the past nine years, including those related to vehicle

Please be advised that a section of Memorial Drive will be reduced to one lane today while resurfacing work is underway. All businesses are open including the Boat, the Chief Commanda, the Heritage Train & Carousel, Shabogesic Beach. Arts and Culture events and other scheduled activities are still a go.

Sustainable Canadore’s latest initiative, “Our Forest: A Living Lab for All,” is a finalist for an International Green Gown Award in the Nature Positive Category. The project focused on creating a 10-year forest management plan for the 460 acres of forested land at its College Drive campus.  “It is

Applications open for $200-million Community Sport and Recreation Fund The Ontario government is now accepting applications for the new Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund (CSRIF). Announced as part of the 2024 Budget: Building a Better Ontario, the province is investing $200 million through the fund to help communities revitalize

$100 million investment will support community initiatives that help prevent violence and support survivors The Ontario government is launching a call for proposals for new community-based projects that support survivors of gender-based violence. These initiatives will focus on preventing violence through education and awareness, building safer, healthier communities and enhancing

Solve the Crisis.  That’s the name of Ontario’s Big City Mayors campaign to help municipalities address homelessness, and the mayors of Northern Ontario’s five largest cities are endorsing it.   The group, which includes the mayors of North Bay, Sudbury, Timmins, Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay says

A recent traffic stop in the area resulted in a handful of people being charged with seatbelt-related counts. The North Bay OPP says around 11:30 am on Aug. 5 officers stopped a vehicle with eight people inside. Police say four adults and two children from Brampton were not wearing

Written by Bob McIntyre Mid-August is an unusual time to see black bears in people territory, but some of that activity is being reported this year. Micheline Mamone is the MNRF’s provincial coordinator for human-wildlife management.  She agrees that it’s unusual, especially considering that we didn’t have

The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) released Monday its current 2024 preseason schedule. Presently, 10 of the league’s 12-member clubs have multiple contests on their respective exhibition slates leading up to the start of the NOJHL’s 2024-25 campaign. On-ice action will feature four teams taking part in