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  Ontario NDP seeks to make it illegal for drivers to pass on solid double yellow lines

  Chad Belanger was left with a broken neck, ribs, collarbone and sternum, a bruised heart and lungs, a concussion and PTSD following a crash caused by a truck that crossed a solid double yellow line to pass another vehicle in northern Ontario.

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  All wheel park gets closer to becoming a reality in downtown North Bay

  Martin Simard's dream of an all wheel skate part in North Bay finally became a reality in May when city council awarded a contract to design and construct it next year.

• Northern MPPs call for safer highways

  New Democrat MPPs from northern Ontario claim the province is allowing the region’s highways to remain unsafe by failing to address issues in the trucking industry.

• Who should decide highway closures?

  Some northeastern Ontario mayors say they are hoping for a change in the process when it comes to highway closures.

• Nipissing University researchers to examine Indigenous sexual assault supports

  Two Nipissing University professors are taking the lead on a case study to examine the support services available for Indigenous survivors of sexual assault.

• Shoppers spending less this Black Friday amid inflation, experts say

  Black Friday is a day when shoppers typically hit the stores to get ahead of holiday shopping or take advantage of some exceptional deals – but some say fewer people are opening up their wallets this year.

• Billet parents in Timmins share what it's like to open their homes to young hockey players

  The billet parents tell CTV News that once the players move into your homes, they also move into your hearts.

• One northern Ont. hospital to require masks again starting Monday

  As of Monday, anyone visiting patients at the North Bay Regional Health Centre will have to wear a mask.

• Province spending $22M on dam repairs, including in northern Ont.

  The Ontario government is providing $22 million to reconstruct six dams in the province, including four in northern Ontario.

• Late removal of wolf/coyote traps costs northern Ont. man $2,850 in fines

  A trapper from Nobel, Ont., has been fined after conservation officers discovered he had forgotten to remove wire snares set up to trap coyotes and wolves.