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Stories by Darren MacDonald
- Four-hour power outage planned for Copper Cliff on Oct. 11
- Fines totalling $9,500 for hunting bear in northern Ont. near a garbage dump, other offences
- Sault murder suspect allowed out of prisoner's box to sit next to lawyer
- Sault police now equipped with cameras in their cruisers
- Northern Ont. suspect shoved blanket into a toilet, peed on the floor, spat at staff
- Sault police say impaired driver blew through a red light, rammed into transport
- Swerving pickup truck on Hwy. 17 narrowly avoids head-on crash
- Hwy. 11 from North Bay to Cobalt reopens after crash
- Smell of pot at roadside check leads to discovery of handgun, cocaine in Sudbury
- One hurt after driver runs red light in Sudbury
- Teens charged after 'extensive damage' done to Elliot Lake, Ont., arena
- Sault suspect charged with headbutting victim while wearing a helmet
- Legendary Sudbury labour leader to receive one of Canada's highest civilian honours
- Impaired driving suspect in the Sault fell asleep in the drive-thru
- Sault considers buying, demolishing former hospital, selling it for residential development
- Sault suspect accused of committing several offences in two-hour crime spree
- Morning traffic stop leads to impaired driving charge in Kapuskasing
- Identity theft charges after southern Ont. suspect tried to buy $30K boat in northern Ont.
- Northern Ont. group fined $8,500 for moose hunt violations
- Thunder Bay murder suspect known to frequent Sudbury
Darren MacDonald
ContactDarren MacDonald joined CTV News Northern Ontario as a digital content producer during the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, 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.