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By Richard Coffin Over $75 million is going towards updating Ontario’s fish hatchery program to provide better fishing opportunities locally and across the province.  Infrastructure upgrades are planned for three fish culture stations, including the North Bay station in Redbridge, to increase the production of key fish species and

By Richard Coffin More officers with the North Bay Police Service are being trained in the use of radar and lidar for traffic enforcement. Officials say lidar uses a focused pulsed laser beam of infrared light and has twice the range of radar, which uses radio waves. Police say radar

École Secondaire Catholique Algonquin won the senior final of the Green and Gold Classic basketball tournament with a 77-73 victory over Sudbury’s LaSalle.    The Barons’ Tristan Landriault was named MVP.  “Landriault delivered a stellar performance with his impactful defense, while scoring 27 points and earning the Senior Division MVP

By Richard Coffin (Update 10:30 am) Some area residents may still be without power.   As of mid-morning, Hydro One reports over 3,000 customers south of Powassan to the Sundridge area and west to Port Loring are impacted by an outage.  (Update 7:30 am) There are some reports

The following are the highlights of the Near North District School Board (NNDSB) meeting of Tuesday, December 10, 2024. Director of Education’s report Director of Education Craig Myles began his report with a reflection on this season of giving, gratitude and hope and urged everyone to pause and celebrate

Premier Doug Ford announced the creation of Ontario Corps, a group of skilled professionals and volunteers that the province can deploy to help communities respond to natural disasters and other emergencies, while promoting civic engagement and community participation. “I’ve seen firsthand the incredible community spirit and dedication to volunteerism

Collecting multiple goals in all three periods, the Powassan Voodoos went on to defeat the French River Rapids 7-1 Saturday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play at the Powassan Sportsplex. The Voodoos took flight two and a half minutes into the match-up when Jackson Smith snapped a shot on

Lirim Amidovski scored what proved to be the winning goal and added an assist to pace the North Bay Battalion to a 3-1 victory over the Oshawa Generals in Ontario Hockey League action Friday night. Reyth Smith and Owen Van Steensel each provided one goal, while goaltender Mike McIvor made

Nearly half of respondents supported increasing taxes to maintain or expand services The City of North Bay shared the results of its recent Community Survey, conducted from late August to the end of September 2024. More than 2,000 residents participated in the online survey, providing valuable feedback on budgeting

The North Bay Police Service arrested a 22-year-old female for assault. On December 12, 2024, the victim, who is known to the accused, attended the accused’s residence in North Bay. While there, the accused assaulted the victim, at which point the victim left the residence. Members of the North