BREAKING | First-year university student from northern Ontario wins $48M in lottery
The identity of the big $48 million Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball draw winner from Sault Ste. Marie was revealed in a news conference Friday.

The identity of the big $48 million Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball draw winner from Sault Ste. Marie was revealed in a news conference Friday.
Highway 11 in northern Ontario reopened Thursday afternoon after a collision involving several vehicles prompted police to close the road from Highway 66 near Kenogami Lake to Matheson for several hours.
An argument between two young children playing outside together escalated to violence when a parent got involved, a North Bay mom says.
The bitter winter wind is expected to feel much colder, leading to an extreme cold alert being issued for Sudbury.
A large agricultural conference is returning to an in-person format this year at Sudbury's Holiday Inn.
The past few weeks have been a bit of a roller coaster for 16-year-old Ra'Jah Mohamed, a student at Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School.
Ms. M. Vogl of Toronto is the winner of the Health Sciences North Foundation’s 50/50 draw for January, taking home $570,642.
A non-emergency helpline telephone service, 211, connects people to community and government services to help with a wide range of social needs at a time they are increasing significantly.
A northern Ontario doctor is making recommendations to the Ontario government when it comes to improving health care in the north.
Members of North Bay's fire service are on Trout Lake all week practising ice and cold water rescues.
An argument between two young children playing outside together escalated to violence when a parent got involved, a North Bay mom says.
The identity of the big $48 million Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball draw winner from Sault Ste. Marie was revealed in a news conference Friday.
Environment Canada issued snow squall warnings Thursday for several communities in northeastern Ontario.
The identity of the big $48 million Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball draw winner from Sault Ste. Marie was revealed in a news conference Friday.
Environment Canada issued snow squall warnings Thursday for several communities in northeastern Ontario.
The Ontario government has announced a partnership with three northern communities to operate a provincial park near Elliot Lake.
Some Sault Area Hospital workers who have been without a collective agreement for more than a year and a half were on the picket line Wednesday.
Podcasts are gaining popularity across all markets it seems, and now they've made their way to municipal government here in the north.
Break-ins have become a problem at McDonald's Guardian Pharmacy and Variety Store is located in South Porcupine's downtown area.
A GoFundMe campaign to help a family in the remote community of Peawanuck, Ont., has surpassed $37,000 as calls for action grow to ensure the community has fire protection.
IAMGOLD announced this week it now has the funding in place to complete its Côté Gold project, located about an hour south of Timmins.
The identity of the big $48 million Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball draw winner from Sault Ste. Marie was revealed in a news conference Friday.
Four northern Ontario districts are in the midst of a new partnership with Northern College that gave dozens of people access to an accelerated early childhood education program for free.
According to professor at the University of Toronto who specializes in biological hazards and microfungi it may not just be the stuff of science fiction.
A paramedic signing off for duty for the last time got choked up and teary-eyed during his final radio call to colleagues.
A 'high chance' of a mass shooting in Hollywood was thwarted Tuesday by police seizing a cache of guns and ammunition in a high-rise apartment where several rifles were pointed toward a nearby park, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
A long-time CBC radio producer who was the victim of a random assault in Toronto last week has died, the public broadcaster confirms.
A couple abandoned their baby at an airport check-in desk in Tel Aviv, Israel after arriving without a ticket for the child.
Roxie the rabbit spent two weeks performing the title role in Manitoba Theatre for Young People’s “Velveteen Rabbit”. Now she's looking for her forever home.
Premier Doug Ford announced new ServiceOntario changes to make it 'faster' and 'easier' to get driver’s licences and health cards.
A new Consumer Debt Report by the Canadian Counselling Society has found that many Canadians are pessimistic about their 2023 finances.
The family of a 95-year-old Ontario woman tricked into withdrawing $10,000 in the middle of a major snowstorm said it's 'absolutely unconscionable' that bank employees allowed her to take out the money without contacting her power of attorney.
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The federal Liberals are withdrawing an amendment to their guns bill that introduced a controversial new definition of an assault-style weapon. The amendment would have defined what kind of firearms should be banned in Canada and added dozens of new semi-automatic rifles and shotguns to the list.
The Department of National Defence says Canada is working with the United States to protect sensitive information from foreign intelligence threats after a high-altitude surveillance balloon was detected.
Canada's egg industry appears to be quietly sidestepping widespread shortages and wildly spiking prices affecting other countries, and some say supply management is to thank.
Hundreds of customers who scan QR codes for restaurant menus across Canada are being surprised by secret menus instead, revealing the hidden costs behind the food they eat.
Most of Ontario is under an extreme cold warning as a blast of Arctic air delivers biting wind chills.
The post-apocalyptic TV adaptation of the video game The Last of Us has some wondering about the real-life possibility of a global pandemic caused by fungus, and one expert says it’s not a concept to dismiss.
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he's going into next week's health-care meeting between the premiers and prime minister with an open mind — and without a red line dollar ask for the federal government.
Big tech companies that offer online streaming services could soon be required to contribute to Canadian content as a controversial Liberal bill gets one step closer to becoming law.
China said Friday that a balloon spotted over American airspace was used for weather research and was blown off course, despite U.S. suspicion it was spying. The discovery further strained already tense relations between Beijing and Washington.