North Bay

By Richard Coffin City residents may want to circle Monday, Oct. 5 on the calendar. That’s when the North Bay & District Chamber of Commerce Mayoral Debate is taking place. The business group and Cogeco are hosting the event that evening (7 pm). Port North Bay - Fully Furnished

By Richard Coffin An emergency exercise involving the new Northlander passenger train is planned for later this month. Ontario Province Police say it’s taking place in Temiskaming Shores, on Thursday, Sept. 24. The OPP says it will give emergency responders the opportunity to practice and evaluate their coordinated response

By Richard Coffin Residents, businesses, community groups, and others can now directly support the athletes coming to the 2027 Special Olympics Ontario Provincial Winter Games in North Bay Officials have launched the ‘Draft an Athlete’ program, with 300 from across Ontario expected to compete locally during the games. “$500 is

By Richard Coffin Friday is a big day at Northern Heights Long-Term Care community. It’s the first anniversary of residents and team members moving into the new North Bay home. Officials say the past year has been about much more than settling into a new building. Port North Bay

By Richard Coffin The North Bay Police Service is welcoming a new inspector. Vince Corrente began his career with city police in 2004, and has served in various units, including patrol, fraud, digital forensics and as a drug recognition expert. Officials say he later advanced to Sergeant and Staff Sergeant,

By Richard Coffin Municipalities and Local Roads Boards across Nipissing are receiving nearly $4.9 million in federal infrastructure funding. Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Pauline Rochefort announced the money through the community stream of the Build Communities Strong Fund (BCSF). She says the investment will support infrastructure priorities, including public transit, water

By Richard Coffin Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife are visiting Canada over the next couple of days. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office says they will attend events in Calgary, Toronto and North Bay.  Zelenskyy will also address Cabinet members at the Cabinet Planning Forum in Banff. Port

The North Bay Police Service (NBPS) has seized suspected fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs with an estimated street value of $23,500 as part of an ongoing Street Crime Unit (SCU) investigation into drug trafficking in the city. The investigation, which involved multiple NBPS units, resulted in charges against two

Four community agencies in Nipissing are receiving nearly $900,000 in provincial funding. Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing, says the money will help fund critical infrastructure repairs and upgrades.

By Richard Coffin It’s the first day of school and that means school buses are on the road, and drivers need to stop when their flashing lights are activated.   Pierre Ranger, chair of the Let’s Remember Adam campaign, says the number of incidents of people not stopping for