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Science North decommissions floating dock to make way for a new structure

The dock linking visitors to the Jim Gordon Boardwalk in Greater Sudbury has reached the end of its service time and is being decommissioned.

Northerners challenged to hang up their car keys for a week

Every year, thousands of Canadians put down their car keys for the week as they try to make a difference in reducing carbon emissions.

BEV conference wraps up in Sudbury

The third Battery Electric Vehicle Mines to Mobility Conference wrapped up in Sudbury at Cambrian College on Thursday.

Major mining event in Sudbury heads underground for the second time

The second Mining Transformed event was held in Greater Sudbury this week. The two-day event run by NORCAT includes more than 40 vendors in the mining industry.

Electric battery facility to be built in Sudbury, creating hundreds of jobs

Wyloo Metals has a deal with Greater Sudbury for land to build a battery materials processing facility in the city.

Northern cities join provincial health care protest

Sault Ste. Marie and North Bay joined the Ontario Health Coalition’s protest against health care privatizations and hospital closures. Demonstrations were held at Queen’s Park, Ottawa, and other Ontario cities.

Suspect from Sask. charged with 21 sex crimes in northern Ont. from 25 years ago

A 72-year-old from Lintlaw, Sask., has been charged with 21 sex offences dating back to 1999 in northern Ontario.

Impaired driving charge laid after vehicle crashes into a swamp off of Hwy. 17

No injuries were reported early Thursday morning when a vehicle landed in a swamp off Highway 17 in West Nipissing.

Alberta pair passed out in a vehicle in northern Ont. found with $12K in hard drugs

Two people from Lethbridge, Alta., have been charged after police in West Nipissing found them unconscious in a vehicle.

Football underdog 'Rudy' speaks to northern Ont. students

The North Bay Police Service hosted nearly 900 Grade 9 students at the Capitol Centre on Wednesday for a motivational talk from Daniel ‘Rudy’ Ruettiger.

Northern cities join provincial health care protest

Sault Ste. Marie and North Bay joined the Ontario Health Coalition’s protest against health care privatizations and hospital closures. Demonstrations were held at Queen’s Park, Ottawa, and other Ontario cities.

Northern Ont. youth charged with threatening students with scissors in school hallway

A 14-year-old has been charged following an incident at an elementary school in Sault Ste. Marie on Wednesday afternoon.

Province funds clinic to ease looming health care crisis in Sault Ste. Marie

Patients at Sault Ste. Marie’s Group Health Centre who were to be de-rostered this week will soon be able to access a new nurse practitioner-led clinic.

Vicious dog attacks in northern Ont. leave two with serious wounds

A dog owner has been charged after two people riding bicycles in a community near Sault Ste. Marie were recently attacked by two dogs.

These are the worst roads in northern Ontario, CAA says

The annual Canadian Automobile Association’s worst roads list for 2024 is out and three of the five worst roads in the northern region are in North Bay.

Timmins woman gains courage to speak about sexual violence

Michelle Mailloux’s healing path after enduring sexual violence as a child and as an adult led her to join a project that united several other victims of violence with singer-songwriters.

Timmins mining expo showcases trends, offers chance to hire new staff

For more than 30 years, the Canadian Mining Expo in Timmins has been promoting the mining industry.

These are the worst roads in northern Ontario, CAA says

The annual Canadian Automobile Association’s worst roads list for 2024 is out and three of the five worst roads in the northern region are in North Bay.

First Nation legislator makes history at Queen's Park with speech in Oji-Cree

After decades of being told his first language should be forgotten, Sol Mamakwa stood on the floor of the Ontario legislature about to make history.

Northern Ont. police say suspicious death is murder, identify victim as missing man

Police in northern Ontario identified the body found shot to death in the woods last week as a missing man saying it was murder.