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  Recent Lake Nipissing rescue highlights need for caution as weather cools, police say

  Ontario Provincial Police rescued two people in a vessel in distress Sept. 28 on Lake Nipissing.

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  International mining conference underway in Sudbury

  An annual international mining conference is underway in Greater Sudbury, Ont., marking the first time the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Conference of Mining Regions and Cities has been held in North America.

• Working smoke alarms credited with helping North Bay residents avoid danger

  The North Bay fire chief is crediting working smoke alarms with saving local residents from a fire Tuesday night.

• Northern Ontario farmer breaks giant pumpkin records, taking top prizes in competition

  Jeff Warner from Aidie Creek Gardens in the northern Ontario community of Englehart has a passion for growing big pumpkins and his effort is paying off in more ways than one.

• Video shows dumpster diving black bear at Tim Hortons

  A woman in Greater Sudbury, Ont., said "It doesn't get more Canadian than this" when she spotted a black bear dumpster diving at a Tim Hortons last month.

• FONOM calls on province to fund Hope Air, calling it a ‘vital service’ for northern Ont.

  The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is the latest organization to call on the Doug Ford government to re-open dialogue with an airline service that transports lower-income Canadians to crucial medical care far from home.

• Northern Ont. side-by-side driver killed, passenger suffers serious injuries

  Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a fatal crash of a side-by-side off-road vehicle east of Parry Sound that killed one and injured another Friday.

• Former North Bay Battalion player, 23, passes away after cancer battle

  The North Bay Battalion hockey team is mourning the loss of a former player who died at 23 after a battle with cancer.

• West Nipissing man, 32, charged with fraud, accused of double depositing cheques

  More than three dozen charges have been laid against a northern Ontario man accused of fraudulently depositing cheques twice.

• Major international mining conference kicks off in Sudbury this week

  Greater Sudbury in partnership with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, is hosting the organization's annual mining conference.