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Stories by Darren MacDonald
- North Bay and Parry Sound COVID lockdown to end Monday
- Sudbury adds another 16 new COVID cases Thursday
- Sault woman fails in bid to have her 12 cats returned to her
- Ontario provides Sault Ste. Marie $1M to help with COVID-19 challenges
- Sault man threatened residents, officers with a hatchet, police say
- COVID outbreak declared at Kirkland Lake Gold
- Another 18 COVID cases reported in Sudbury on Wednesday
- New cannabis store opens in Sudbury as queue of outlets waiting to open grows
- Explosion levels empty dormitory north of Parry Sound; no injuries
- North Bay police arrest three, seize $166K in cocaine, fentanyl as part of joint investigation
- Sudbury couple wins $388K in HSN's 50/50 draw for February
- 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
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.