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We’re learning more about the 2027 Special Olympics Ontario Winter Games, which are being hosted in North Bay.   That includes the early estimate of the games’ economic impact on the area.   North Bay Police constable Merv Shantz, games manager, presented to council on Tuesday night.   STAY INFORMED – Click here

The Powassan Voodoos saw first-year forward Pavel Barclay score three times, including collecting the eventual game-winner, to help his side skate to a 7-2 victory over the Blind River Beavers Saturday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at the Powassan Sportsplex. The Voodoos got on the board five and

Continuing their winning ways, the Timmins Rock collected their eighth straight Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League victory Friday, downing the Powassan Voodoos 3-1 at the Powassan Sportsplex. A red-hot Brant Romaniuk put the Rock in front with his 20th goal of the season as he neatly side-stepped around a defender

Goaltender Jaden Cholette made 21 saves for his second consecutive shutout, backstopping the Oshawa Generals to a 4-0 victory over the North Bay Battalion in an Ontario Hockey League game Friday night. Owen Griffin scored one goal and added two assists, and Aiden O’Donnell had one goal and one

The North Bay Battalion has acquired centre Kaden Pitre from the Flint Firebirds in a trade for forward Ihnat Pazii, the Ontario Hockey League club announced Friday night. North Bay sent Ukrainian import Pazii and a fourth-round pick in the 2026 OHL Priority Selection that originally belonged to the Windsor

Ryder Carey scored two goals, including the winner, to lead the North Bay Battalion to a 5-2 victory over the London Knights in an Ontario Hockey League game Thursday night. Lirim Amidovski, Lincoln Edwards and Nick Wellenreiter, into an empty net, each had a goal for the Battalion, while goaltender

Lirim Amidovski scored the only goal of a shootout as the North Bay Battalion survived a Saginaw Spirit rally for a 6-5 Ontario Hockey League victory Sunday. Amidovski, Nick Wellenreiter and Ethan Procyszyn each had one goal and one assist, while Ihnat Pazii and Evgeny Dubrovtsev provided a goal apiece.

Responding from a one-goal deficit midway through the second period, the Soo Eagles countered with a trio of unanswered tallies to defeat the Powassan Voodoos 4-2 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Saturday at the Powassan Sportsplex. The Voodoos notched the initial marker on the evening 10:51 into

Nolan Laird scored the winning goal and added an assist to lead the North Bay Battalion to a 4-2 victory over the Erie Otters in an Ontario Hockey League game Thursday night. Jax Pereira, Ryder Carey and Ethan Procyszyn, into an empty net, had the other goals for the Battalion,

Inaugural Northern Super League Final event in Toronto will attract more than 20,000 people and generate $12 million in economic activity The Ontario government is investing $180,000 to support the growth of women’s sport in the province and help deliver Canada’s first professional women’s soccer