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Stories by Darren MacDonald
- Hacker sends explicit images to students, staff at Espanola High School
- Porcupine Health Unit declares COVID outbreak at Pepco in Hearst
- Second COVID variant strain confirmed by North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit
- Sudbury should be in the red zone, health unit says as cases surge, COVID variant emerges
- North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit reminds public of stricter COVID-19 self-isolation rules
- Online, in-person town hall set for Wednesday to oppose cuts at Laurentian University
- Police say Sudbury man who was speeding had cocaine in vehicle, was a suspended driver
- Third person dies as a result of COVID outbreak at North Bay apartment building
- Algoma Public Health reports region’s fourth COVID-related death
- Sudbury health officials report 32 new COVID cases Monday
- Fight between employees in Temiskaming leads to charges
- Relay for Life, Laurentian University's annual cancer fundraiser, holding virtual event March 13
- Timmins hospital February 50/50 draw nets winner almost $280K
- Health worker in Blind River tests positive for COVID-19
- A dozen COVID cases at North Bay apartment outbreak confirmed to be highly contagious variant
- Military exercises taking place this weekend in Sault Ste. Marie
- As COVID variants spread, Porcupine Health Unit invokes powers to enforce quarantine restrictions
- Greater Sudbury construction company fined $210K for 2018 death of worker
- Health unit warns of high-risk exposure to COVID on buses from Toronto to Sudbury, Sudbury to Timmins
- Eastbound lane on Hwy. 17 in Sudbury reopens following collision
Darren MacDonald
ContactDarren MacDonald joins CTV News Northern Ontario as a digital content producer, continuing his journalism career in Greater Sudbury that spans more than two decades.
MacDonald began as a city hall reporter, covering the amalgamation of communities that created the City of Greater Sudbury. Later, he was an editor for The Sudbury Star, first in business and entertainment, and was appointed News Editor in 2010.
He returned to writing in 2012, heading back to city hall, covering politics until he joined CTV News Northern Ontario April 2020.
He has a degree in English, with a minor in political science, from Dalhousie University, and a graduate degree in journalism from the University of King’s College in Halifax.