North Bay News | Local Breaking | CTV News North Bay

MORE TOP STORIES

• 

  Jury begins deliberations in Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault trial

  The jury tasked with determining if Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard sexually assaulted a young woman in northeastern Ontario eight years ago began deliberating Friday after nearly two weeks of testimony that saw the singer and his accuser give starkly different accounts of what happened.

• 

  West Ferris students collect thousands of pounds of food for North Bay Food Bank

  If you live in North Bay, you may have seen students from West Ferris Secondary School go door-to-door Wednesday evening collecting food for the local food bank.

• Sudbury police lay 16 charges in off-road vehicle safety blitz

  After receiving complaints about off-road vehicles, police in Greater Sudbury laid more than a dozen charges in a recent safety blitz.

• Hoggard sex assault trial: Defence says woman is lying, Crown says she is 'unshaken'

  Defence lawyers for Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard attacked the credibility of his accuser Thursday as they made their final pitch to jurors in the singer's sexual assault trial, suggesting the woman lied about the encounter to cover up her infidelity and changed details of her account over time.

• CTV Northern Ontario producer wins lifetime achievement award

  A woman who has worked for CTV News Northern Ontario for 50 years was honoured Tuesday night with a lifetime achievement award.

• Hwy. 11 from North Bay to Cobalt reopens after crash

  Highway 11 reopened Wednesday afternoon between North Bay and Cobalt.

• Ex-Hedley singer Jacob Hoggard concludes his testimony in sexual assault trial

  Jacob Hoggard wrapped up his time on the stand in his sexual assault trial this morning after the Crown cross-examined him on apparent gaps in his memory.

• Family that lost newborn son launches fundraiser to purchase a cuddle cot for North Bay hospital

  A West Nipissing family whose son died minutes after he was born is raising money to buy comfort care equipment for families grieving the loss of a newborn child.

• Four adults perished in fatal New Liskeard fire, police say

  As the investigation continues into the fatal northern Ontario house fire that killed four people on the evening of Sept. 19, police have released some details about the victims.

• Hoggard takes stand in sex assault trial, denies that he raped complainant

  Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard took the stand in his sexual assault trial on Tuesday, denying that he raped his accuser and painting a dramatically different picture of their encounter eight years ago.