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• New Liskeard's ‘COVID Busters’ create music video with Ghostbusters theme to promote school safety

  If you see a ghost, who are you gonna' call? Ghostbusters. But if someone catches COVID-19, you can call the ‘COVID Busters.’

  

• Sudbury sisters are highlighting northern Ont. female history through art

  Two sisters from Sudbury have taken on a unique project by producing a story map of women’s lives from the 19th and 20th centuries.

  

• 22 Wing/CFB marks Bell Let’s Talk Day with virtual mental health expo

  Defending Canada’s skies can be a daunting and stressful task. Mix in a global pandemic and there’s even more pressure on the men and women stationed at 22 Wing/Canadian Forces Base.

• Near North District School Board runs out of N95 masks

  The union representing teachers says the Near North District School Board had enough N95 masks for the first eight days of in-person learning after school resumed, but has now run out.

• Sturgeon Falls resident wins $150K in instant lottery draw

  Lise Breton of Sturgeon Falls has won $150,000 in The Bigger Spin Instant game, run by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.

• Man charged after dog ejected from back of pickup truck while doing 'doughnuts'

  North Bay police are accusing a man of doing doughnuts with a dog in the bed of his pickup truck resulting in the canine being ejected from the vehicle.

• North Bay food bank says it's prepared for food shortage, though not experiencing one yet

  Putting extra food away in the freezer is one way The Gathering Place is preparing in case of a food shortage.

• Four charged after drug bust in Sturgeon Falls

  Ontario Provincial Police say four people have been charged and $17K in drugs seized after a raid at a home in West Nipissing on Jan. 18.

• Ontario launches new Crown agency for skilled trades

  The province has created Skilled Trades Ontario, a new provincial agency to overhaul the apprenticeship program, address the industry's labour shortage, improve training and simplify services.

• School buses cancelled across northern Ont. communities due to extreme cold

  Extreme cold has cancelled hundreds of bus routes in areas across northern Ontario on Wednesday as temperatures continue near – 40 C with the wind chill.