North Bay police arrest parolee and seize weapons cache
A North Bay man is facing weapons and mischief charges after allegedly trying to break into a home early Thursday morning.
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North Bay makes 'unpopular decision' to close rinks and tobogganing hills
City officials made the decision Wednesday night to close all outdoor city skating rinks and tobogganing hills, and the North Bay Parry Sound Districts Health Unit announced Thursday they must be closed across the district.
Freezing drizzle advisory Georgian Bay area and east
Environment Canada has issued a freezing drizzle advisory for communities around the northeast shores of Lake Huron east to Mattawa Thursday morning as mild temperatures mix with precipitation.
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North Bay to close outdoor rinks, tobogganing hills as of Thursday
The city of North Bay has announced that all outdoor municipal rinks and tobogganing hills will be closed at the same time as the province imposes a stay-at-home order.
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Two teens in Temiskaming charged with sexual assault
Two teens, ages 18 and 19, from Temiskaming Shores have been charged with sexual assault in connection with incidents that took place between September 2020 and January 2021.
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Temiskaming OPP lay sexual assault, other charges in historic domestic abuse case
On Jan. 2, Temiskaming Ontario Provincial Police began an investigation into historical domestic incidents that took place in the Township of Armstrong.
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‘A huge step forward’: Mattawa school buses to be equipped with stop-arm cameras
Almost 21 years ago, five-year-old Adam Ranger was killed when a truck didn’t stop for his stopped school bus. His brother, Pierre, has been working through the Let’s Remember Adam Campaign advocating for stop-arm cameras on school buses.
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Two people near North Bay charged in connection with illegal gatherings
North Bay Ontario Provincial Police have charged two people for violating gathering restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 outbreak declared at North Bay-area long-term care home
The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Eastholme Home for the Aged in Powassan.
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First COVID-related death in Timiskaming District
Officials from the Timiskaming Health Unit have confirmed the first COVID-related death in the district.
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Northern Ontario ice hut owner fined $880 for violating lockdown
Police say a northern Ontario resident has been fined $880 for violating lockdown orders after large gathering at an ice hut in Powassan.
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Police agencies launch awareness campaign to protect people from 'poisonous' meth
Methamphetamine is one of the more addictive drugs out there. More commonly known as "meth" or "crystal meth," experts say part of the problem is that it's fallen into the shadow of the ongoing opioid crisis.
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Mattawa man arrested and accused of drug trafficking
Ontario Provincial Police say a Mattawa man is facing a list of charges after officers searched a local home and found $7,600 in suspected narcotics.
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Review could see air traffic control removed from Sault airport
A review by the federal agency in charge of operating air traffic control towers at airports could see Sault Ste. Marie lose its air traffic control service all together.
Ontario temporarily pauses residential evictions
Until the province-wide stay-at-home order is lifted, landlords in Ontario can’t evict their tenants.
New book tackles MMIWG from an Indigenous, community-based perspective
University of Sudbury Prof. Michael Hankard's newest book tackles a difficult topic from the perspective of both men and women. 'Red Dresses on Bare Trees: Stories and Reflections on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls' launches next week.
Machine at Timmins airport sterilizes carry-on items to prevent COVID spread
The Timmins Victor M. Power Airport has a new tool to help battle the spread of COVID-19.
Resident of Sudbury retirement home where outbreak was declared dies of COVID
A resident of the Amberwood Suites retirement home in Sudbury has died of COVID-19, Public Health Sudbury & Districts announced Friday.
Two people from Timmins charged in connection with drug overdose death in 2018
A man and a woman from Timmins are facing trafficking charges related to the drug overdose death in 2019 of a 25-year-old man from Matheson.
Ontario considers delaying second COVID-19 doses ahead of potential vaccine shortage
Ontario is considering whether to delay administering the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, ahead of a potential shortage of doses in Canada.
COVID vaccination plan for Sudbury includes mobile clinics, mass vaccination sites, pharmacies
Exactly when the COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in the Sudbury area is still unknown, but the health unit is detailing plans for how it will distribute the shot once it arrives.
Rural Ontario hospitals prepare to take patients from overcrowded city ICUs
It’s not a question of if, but when, patients from overcrowded intensive care units in city hospitals, end up in hospitals in rural Ontario.
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WHO cites human behaviour more than variants as virus spreads
The World Health Organization's emergencies chief said Friday that the impact of new variants of COVID-19 in places like Britain, South Africa and Brazil remains to be seen, citing human behaviour for some recent rises in infection counts.
Cities angry with Trump over millions in unpaid rally expenses
U.S. President Donald Trump owes millions in unpaid rally expenses to cities across America, accounting for a small sliver of the looming debt he'll face when he leaves the White House.
Judge calls U.S. Capitol siege 'violent insurrection,' orders man who wore horns held
A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered a far-right conspiracy theorist who left an ominous note for Vice President Mike Pence inside the U.S. Capitol to be detained pending trial, saying he participated in a 'violent insurrection.'
Canada's coming month of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shipments will be reduced by half
Over the next month Canada will be experiencing a 'temporary' delay in Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipments due to the pharmaceutical giant's expansion plans at its European manufacturing facility, with the shortage resulting in an average of 50 per cent of coming doses delayed each week.
New COVID-19 modelling shows pandemic resurgence in Canada rapidly worsening
The spread of COVID-19 continues to surge rapidly across the country and federal officials are urging swift action to avoid Canadian doctors having to make 'impossible choices,' such as who gets an ICU bed.
