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By Richard Coffin Another dozen area residents are being honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medals. A ceremony took place Thursday with MP Anthony Rota presenting the medals.   “Volunteers and people who give more than you can imagine really make a difference in our community,” he says. “I know how

By Richard Coffin It’s been a good news-bad news week for affordable housing in the city.   A day after a new cohabitation complex was officially opened downtown, there’s word a West Ferris complex is in danger of being lost.   PHARA is launching a fundraising campaign for the immediate

By Brad Aubin March break is right around the corner and that means so is the Little Native Hockey League annual tournament. The Little NHL is the largest ice hockey tournament for First Nation youth in Ontario. Last year, about 250 teams, 3,400 players, and over 10,000 family

By Richard Coffin Dokis First Nation’s Kikendawt Kinoomaadii Gamig is one of sixty schools across the country receiving WWF-Canada Go Wild grants.   Officials say the grants are valued between $1,500 and $3,000 and support student activities to protect or restore nature in schoolyards, campuses and communities.  Report

4:08 AM EST Thursday 6 March 2025 Flash Freeze Warning in effect for: * North Bay - Powassan - Mattawa Temperatures are forecast to fall rapidly. Ponding water, slush, and any falling precipitation will freeze as the temperature drops. The warning currently is a Flash freeze warning, for this this

By Richard Coffin “The Masks of Fraud is the theme for this Fraud Prevention Month.  The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Anti-Rackets Branch and Serious Fraud Office says this year’s campaign reveals the deceptive techniques used to commit fraud in today’s digital age.   Their aim is to equip Canadians

By Richard Coffin Englehart’s Val Kennedy has won the NDP nomination.   After 41 years with Ontario Northland, she retired in 2022 and is currently the Library Clerk in Englehart, and a teacher on call and educational assistant with the North Eastern Catholic District School Board.   “Throughout my career, I’

July 11, 1953 – March 3, 2025 Laurel (Laurie) Hammill (Scott), beloved daughter of Arthur and Mavis Scott, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 4th, 2025. Laurie was the devoted wife of the late Ted Hammill for 46 wonderful years. She was a loving mother to Scott (Stephanie) and Alexander (Sandy)

It is with deep sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Richard Cantin on February 27, 2025, at the North Bay Regional Health Centre at the age of 82, following a brief illness. Richard was the beloved husband of Colette (nee Martel) and loving father of Kelly Cantin, Kerry

The North Bay Police Service arrested two individuals in relation to drug trafficking and unauthorized possession of a firearm. As part of an investigation, on March 4, 2025, members of the North Bay Police Service Street Crime Unit, North Bay Police Service’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) and the Ontario