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Passed away at the North Bay Regional Health Centre on Monday January 13th, 2025 at the age of 87. He is predeceased by his wife Carol (nee Baker). Beloved father of Karen Gelinas (Ryan), Wayne Matheson, Valerie Thomson (Malcolm) and Bryan (predeceased). Loving grandfather of Aimee, Darren, Carla, Cassandra and

Peacefully passed away surrounded by the love of his family at the North Bay Regional Health Centre on Saturday January 11, 2025, at the age of 80 years. Wilbert was the beloved husband of the late Aline (nee Deschamps) Sperberg, and the loving father to Wayne Sperberg (Cindy). Wib was

The North Bay Police Service is seeking assistance from the public to identify a suspect in a theft that occurred on November 6, 2024. At approximately 11:30 a.m. on November 6, 2024, the suspect in this incident is alleged to have unlawfully entered a business in the 100-block

By Richard Coffin The North Bay OPP says postmortems will take place on Thursday in Sudbury after Monday’s fatal collision on Highway 63, near Highway 533. Ontario Provincial Police say a tanker truck and a passenger vehicle collided head-on, with two people in the passenger vehicle pronounced deceased at

By Richard Coffin Tailgating, or vehicles following too close, is the focus of a city police enforcement campaign for January and February.   The North Bay Police Service says there were 2,681 collisions in North Bay last year, of which 1,260 (47 per cent) were rear-end impacts on public

Industrial construction saw the largest decrease – dropped 16.1 million to 4.7 million (20.8 million in 2023), Residential construction dropped 10.3 million to 40.4 million (50.7 million in 2023), commercial construction dropped 5.8 million to 10.6 million down (16.4 million in 2023)

By Richard Coffin Ontario’s plan to strengthen security on land, water and in the air along the Canada-US border includes calling on the feds to invest in the future success of NORAD operations and NORAD base restoration.  That’s one of the many components to Fortress Am-Can, a renewed

By Richard Coffin Near North Crime Stoppers is celebrating its successes this Crime Stoppers Month.   Officials say 1,007 tips were received in 2024, resulting in 36 arrests and 19 cases being cleared.   Over $113,000 in cash, drugs and property were recovered.   “The success we celebrate during Crime Stoppers

By Richard Coffin The Bears Musical Theatre Program is bringing the ABBA-filled musical Momma Mia! to life later this week.   Friday’s show is sold out with officials saying a limited number of tickets are still available for Thursday and Saturday.   All shows start at 7 pm in the Bishop

By Richard Coffin Three student athletes from Nipissing University are representing Canada at the FISU World University Games in Torino, Italy. Canada’s women’s hockey team, including Lakers’ forwards Madison Desmarais and Malory Dominico, are back on the ice Wednesday. They face off again Slovakia to wrap up Group