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A boutique-style residential development two-and-a-half years in the making gets started later this week in Callander. Officials are holding a groundbreaking Friday for The Breeze Beachfront Condos on Callander Bay. Ryan Farquhar says he and his wife Erin have teamed up with Huntsville’s Greystone Project Management and others for

The float winners from Sunday’s Santa Claus parade in North Bay have been announced. Century 21 Blue Sky Region won Best Overall float while Best Spirit went to the St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Bears Marching Band. The parade’s theme was 100 years of Christmas in North Bay, to coincide

Hundreds of kids are going to camp thanks to the YMCA Fill the Bus campaign. “The final amount, and there’s still some coming in, is $120,500 which is by far our best result,” says Michelle Ainger, co-chair of the YMCA Fill the Bus committee.  “That equates to about

The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) says the Canada Nickel Crawford mine project is the kind of nation-building investment our region has been calling for. It was designated to the federal Major Projects Office last week. FONOM says that’s an important milestone that recognizes the national significance of

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our mother Jeanne d’Arc Newton (née Courchesne) on November 14, 2025, at Cassellholme in North Bay. Dear mother of Claire Johnson (Raymond) of Mississauga, Lise Morris (Patrick) of North Bay, Pierre Charette (Mariela) of Victoria Harbour and Lynn

Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Pauline Rochefort says David McGuinty held a town hall meeting with local military personnel. Rochefort says topics ranged from adding military housing, growth at 22 Wing, expanding childcare and military pay raises, which are now in effect and retroactive to April 1. “These measures are about more than

Lirim Amidovski scored the only goal of a shootout as the North Bay Battalion survived a Saginaw Spirit rally for a 6-5 Ontario Hockey League victory Sunday. Amidovski, Nick Wellenreiter and Ethan Procyszyn each had one goal and one assist, while Ihnat Pazii and Evgeny Dubrovtsev provided a goal apiece.

Responding from a one-goal deficit midway through the second period, the Soo Eagles countered with a trio of unanswered tallies to defeat the Powassan Voodoos 4-2 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Saturday at the Powassan Sportsplex. The Voodoos notched the initial marker on the evening 10:51 into

November 14, 2025 The North Bay Police Service (NBPS) Street Crime Unit (SCU), with the support of patrol members, arrested and charged two individuals for drug trafficking in North Bay. The investigation led to additional weapons charges and multiple probation breaches. On November 13, 2025, at approximately 7:35 p.

After a lengthy illness with Pulmonary Fibrosis at the Mattawa Hospital on Thursday November 13, 2025, in her 77th year. Dear wife of 57 years to Merv McLaren. Loving mother of Brent (Peggy), Stacey (Pierre) and Kimberly (Anthony). Sadly missed by grandchildren Kira, Collin, Gordon, Meadow, Austin, William, Owen and