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  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.

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  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.

• Nipissing District needs 6,000 more affordable housing units, report finds

  A new study says the District of Nipissing needs 6,000 new geared-to-income and affordable housing units.

• Motorist was driving 168 km/h on Hwy. 69, northern Ont. police say

  A 21-year-old from Sturgeon Falls has been charged with stunt driving and is accused of exceeding the speed limit by 58 km/h.

• Snowmobiler found dead after going through the ice on northern Ont. lake

  Provincial police say an 82-year-old has died after going through the ice on Lake Temagmi on Monday.

• Northern Ontario-based comedy series Shoresy announces Season 4 premiere date

  The premiere date for Season 4 of Jared Keeso's original hit comedy series Shoresy has been announced along with the show's renewal for a fifth season.

• Northeastern Ont. police lay 139 impaired driving charges in six weeks

  Efforts to reduce impaired driving in northeastern Ontario appear to be working in some communities, but are still high as provincial police release results of their Holiday season sobriety checks.

• Hwy. 17 traffic complaint leads to impaired, other charges

  Provincial police have charged a 33-year-old man from Gravenhurst after another motorist reported a possible impaired driver.

• Two northern Ontario health units merge

  The Porcupine Health Unit and the Temiskaming Health Unit officially merged on Jan. 1, the new unit is called Northeastern Public Health.