Parry Sound family shares its heartache after tragic loss of son during camping trip
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CTV News has learned one person has been taken to hospital after an early morning fire at a camp west of Sudbury.
Sudburians gather to celebrate Pakistani independence
It was a sea of people wearing green and white at the James Jerome Sports Complex Sunday morning as Sudburians gathered to mark Pakistan Independence Day. This is the 75th anniversary of the country's independence from British colonial rule.
Visitor of Beaver Creek Correctional facility arrested
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Flour Mill Community Farm holding annual open house Wednesday
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North Bay
North Bay man charged with arson set backyard tent on fire, stole property
A 36-year-old North Bay man is facing charges after allegedly setting fire to an unoccupied tent in the backyard of a home and stealing property, police say.
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One person dead following ATV collision
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North Bay football field named after Mike O'Shea
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Sault Ste. Marie
Sault resident tried to pass forged cheque
27-year-old arrested for trying to pass a forged cheque in the Sault, police say.
Search for missing boy ends tragically
The search for a 9-year-old boy from Seguin Township in northeastern Ontario who went missing during a family camping trip has ended in tragedy, CTV News has learned.
New wildfires confirmed in the Northeast Region
The Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry confirmed two new wildfires in the northeast region Friday evening.
Sault airport traffic slowly recovers from pandemic
While improving, air traffic in the Sault is currently at three-quarters of pre-COVID-19 pandemic numbers.
Algoma Steel union agrees to let members vote on last offer from company
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