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North Bay Fire & Emergency Services is highlighting the importance of working smoke alarms this Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 6-12)    Officials recommend installing smoke alarms on every storey and outside sleeping areas to help prevent fire-related fatalities.     They also say test the alarms monthly, replace the batteries every year, and

An investigation into cheques being deposited twice has led to three dozen charges for a 32-year-old West Nipissing resident.   The Ontario Provincial Police investigation started in Nov. 2023 after a business reported cheques being deposited twice.    Nipissing West OPP say officers determined 18 cheques had been fraudulently processed a second

Canadore College remembers Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit people  Canadore College is remembering Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit people. A single red dress by artist Thaila Sarazin stands in The Village at the College Drive Campus as a silent but

Sunday's CIBC Run for the Cure raised over $125,000 and counting. Officials say money will still be coming in from other events, including an upcoming Battalion game.   On Oct. 17, the North Bay Battalion will wear pink warm-up sweaters, with all proceeds from the jersey auction supporting

The Powassan Voodoos saw Jack Nolan score five times and add an assist, while netminder Austin Seibel registered his first Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League shutout, as part of a 7-0 victory over the French Rapids Sunday at Noelville Arena. The Voodoos took flight seven and a half minutes into

The Powassan Voodoos continue to shuffle their lineup adding 19-year-old defenceman Marcus Krats from the Brockville Braves of the CCHL for a development fee. The Labrador City, Newfoundland-Labrador product missed a chunk of the second half of the season due to an upper body injury.  Peter Goulet, Voodoos head coach,

Luca Pinelli scored three goals, including an empty-netter, and added an assist as the Ottawa 67’s skated to a 6-3 victory over the North Bay Battalion in an Ontario Hockey League game Saturday. Cooper Foster also had three goals, one of which was a shorthanded empty-netter, and goaltender Collin

Matthew Soto had two goals and one assist and goaltender Nolan Lalonde made 21 saves for the shutout, pacing the Kingston Frontenacs to a 9-0 rout Friday night of the North Bay Battalion in Ontario Hockey League action. Jacob Battaglia provided one goal and three assists, and Cedrick Guindon and

The Salvation Army North Bay is getting ready for its annual auction.   Funds are being raised to support their school lunch program, which delivers healthy and nutritious meals to schools in North Bay.   “Last year, we delivered more than 8,000 lunches, helping children thrive while learning without having to

“I don’t know if I can say.  It’s been amazing,” he says. “I knew today was going to be emotional for sure.  When we hit the Main Street cutoff I felt it there.  There was a woman there that was on her way to get chemo, and she