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By Richard Coffin Monday, Jan. 13th, 2025 Welcome to high school events are being held around the area starting this week.   Future grade 9 students can tour various schools, meet with staff, learn about arts, athletics, high skills major programs and more.   * West Ferris Secondary School: Jan. 14 from 5:

By Richard Coffin Chippewa Secondary School has been offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) program for a decade now.   Officials say the school also successfully completed a recent five-year evaluation, reaffirming its commitment to providing a world-class education. The Near North District School Board says Chippewa was commended for its dedicated

By Richard Coffin Monday, Jan. 13th, 2025 Callers suggest a tanker truck and a car were involved Ontario 511 reports Highway 63 is closed in both directions after a collision Monday morning in the Redbridge area.   The closure is from Fish Hatchery Road to Highway 533   0:00 /0:30

By Richard Coffin Le Carnaval des Compagnons is back early next month.    It’s the 62nd event celebrating French-Canadian heritage in the North Bay area.   The official opening is Feb. 2 at Lee Park with dog sled rides, skating, sliding, a light train, games, the lighting of the symbolic flame,

Rebounding from a multi-marker deficit, the Powassan Voodoos came back to knock off the Timmins Rock 5-3 in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Sunday afternoon match-up at McIntyre Arena. Jack Kelly got the Rock on the board near the six-minute mark of the contest as he started a rush

"To this day, I think of Louise often, with fond memories of our time together." Yesterday, I paused to remember and honor the lives lost in the Barry Building Explosion—nine lives taken, 23 others injured, and countless friends, coworkers, and neighbors whose lives were forever changed by

Parker Vaughan scored at 4:48 of overtime to lift the North Bay Battalion to a 6-5 victory over the Brampton Steelheads in a back-and-forth Ontario Hockey League game Saturday. Ethan Procyszyn scored three goals, Jacob LeBlanc had one goal and four assists for a career-high five points and Andrew

The Hearst Lumberjacks stormed back from a trio of two-goal deficits before eventually striking twice late in regulation, then winning in overtime, to upend the Powassan Voodoos 5-4 in a thrilling Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair Saturday at Claude Larose Recreation Centre. The Lumberjacks pressed the pace in the

With a chance to make it a perfect weekend, the Nipissing University Lakers men's volleyball team was back on the court Saturday afternoon. The Lakers, coming off a five-set win, were hosting the Guelph Gryphons for the second time in as many days. The Lakers fell short in

Winners of eight in a row, the Nipissing University Lakers have a chance to make it double digits with two games left on the schedule in 2024. The Lakers played their second last game of the first half of the season Saturday afternoon when they took on the Queen'