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Laurentian University students taking advantage of Free Store on campus

Laurentian University in Sudbury is helping students stock up on necessities they need during their time at school – and they’re offering them up free of charge.

East Nipissing Vipers ready to strike at International Silver Stick Championship

All season, the East Nipissing King Sportswear U12 A Vipers boys hockey team has been coiled and ready to strike.

Two charged with first-degree murder, arson in northern Ont.

A man and a woman from Blind River have been charged with first-degree murder and a third person has been charged with accessory to murder after the fact.

Hwy. 6 crash in northern Ont. leads to impaired driving, drug trafficking charges

A single vehicle crash Thursday afternoon near Little Current led to several charges, including trafficking and impaired driving.

Winter travel advisory in effect for Greater Sudbury

Snow is expected to begin falling in Greater Sudbury on Friday afternoon or evening, with up to 10 cm forecast by Saturday morning.

East Nipissing Vipers ready to strike at International Silver Stick Championship

All season, the East Nipissing King Sportswear U12 A Vipers boys hockey team has been coiled and ready to strike.

North Bay and District Chamber of Commerce celebrates 130th anniversary

The North Bay and District Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 130th anniversary Thursday with its members, dignities and other guests.

Report confirms spike in the number of homeless people in Ontario

The Association of Municipalities of Ontario has released what it calls a groundbreaking study on the state of homelessness in the province.

Alta. man charged and released twice in one night for violence at northern Ont. hotel

Last weekend, an Alberta man was arrested and released for intimate partner violence at a northern Ontario hotel just hours after being charged and released for assaulting a teen with a weapon at the same location.

North Bay man charged with assault inside a vehicle

North Bay police say an argument escalated to assault and property damage when a man refused to get out of a vehicle after getting a ride.

Northwestern Ont. woman wins $250K lotto prize

Dorothy Whitefish of Fort Frances, Ont., won the $250,000 top prize with Instant Bingo Multiplier, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. said Friday.

Vehicle with tinted windows leads to cocaine bust in the Sault

Two people have been charged with drug trafficking after police in Sault Ste. Marie noticed a vehicle with heavily tinted windows.

Superbug outbreak declared at Sault Area Hospital

An outbreak has been declared in a medical unit at the Sault Area Hospital due to a superbug.

Report confirms spike in the number of homeless people in Ontario

The Association of Municipalities of Ontario has released what it calls a groundbreaking study on the state of homelessness in the province.

Man tried to run over dog with a vehicle, northern Ont. police say

A suspended driver who was on probation is accused of trying to harm a dog with a vehicle in Thessalon First Nation in northern Ontario.

Northern Ont. friends prepare for 450-km ski and snowshoe trek

Jean-Philippe Marineau and Patrice Beauparlant, lifelong friends who grew up in Hearst, Ont., are training for a 450-km trek from Fort Albany to Hearst, Ont.

Northern Ont. man fined $1,001 for dumping a bag of garbage

A Cochrane, Ont., man was fined $1,001 for dumping a single bag of garbage on public land.

Report confirms spike in the number of homeless people in Ontario

The Association of Municipalities of Ontario has released what it calls a groundbreaking study on the state of homelessness in the province.

Alta. man charged and released twice in one night for violence at northern Ont. hotel

Last weekend, an Alberta man was arrested and released for intimate partner violence at a northern Ontario hotel just hours after being charged and released for assaulting a teen with a weapon at the same location.

Research offering more insight into how to reduce the risk of dementia

January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and in the Cochrane and Temiskaming districts alone, there are more than 2,400 people living with dementia.