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The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) released its weekly Top 20 Rankings – Fuelled by Gatorade, Monday and Collège Français de Longueuil (LHJAAAQ) have moved into No. 1 overall. The front-runners in the Quebec AAA Junior Hockey League have reeled off 11 consecutive victories to start their season. Their 18 goals

The North Bay Battalion has traded the rights to defenceman Zach Wilson to the Saginaw Spirit, the Ontario Hockey League club announced. North Bay receives Saginaw’s 12th-round pick in the 2026 OHL Priority Selection for Wilson, who turned 18 on March 7. A third-rounder in 2023 from the Central

Nicholas Sykora scored two goals to pace the Owen Sound Attack to a 6-4 Ontario Hockey League victory Monday over the North Bay Battalion in the Troops’ traditional Thanksgiving Day matinee. Jake Crawford had an empty-net goal and two assists, and Tristan Delisle contributed one goal and one assist. Noah

Powassan Voodoos forward Jax Pereira tied the game late in regulation, then ripped in the game-winner while going in alone 4:35 into overtime, to lift his side to a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Espanola Paper Kings Saturday in an action-packed Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair at the

Nicholas Sykora’s second-period goal proved the winner as the Owen Sound Attack defeated the North Bay Battalion 5-3 Saturday night, with the Troops accepting a split of a two-game Ontario Hockey League road trip. John Banks, Cole Zurawski, Jake Crawford and Noah Nelson, into an empty net, also scored

Lirim Amidovski scored two goals, including the second of a pair of empty-netters, leading the North Bay Battalion to a 5-2 victory Friday night over the Guelph Storm in the opener of a two-game road trip. Bronson Ride and Nolan Laird each had one goal and one assist and Nick

North Bay OPP laid eight stunt driving charges and towed eight vehicles over the Thanksgiving long weekend (Oct. 11-13). Ontario Provincial Police say speeds ranged from 50 to 65 km/h over the posted speed limits. One included a driver being clocked going 111 km/h in a 60 zone

Canada Post says it will begin restarting mail operations this weekend as the Canadian Union of Postal Workers shifts from a national walkout to rotating strikes, beginning Saturday, Oct. 11 at 6 a.m. local time. The move follows more than two weeks of a full shutdown that halted mail

It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of John, in North Bay on Thursday, October 9th, 2025. He was the beloved son of King Hong and the late Lai Ha (née Kwok), at the age of 59. Loving brother of Diane Hong, Katherine and brother-in-law Tarek

It is with heavy hearts that the family announces his passing at the North Bay Regional Health Centre on Sunday September 28, 2025 with his loving wife by his side.  Kirk was the cherished husband of 57 years to Maureen.  Proud father to Lorie-Ann and Bobbie-Jo (Mike Clayton-predeceased). Grandpa to