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• Vandals leave broken glass strewn across North Bay playground

  Thomson Park playground is temporarily closed as officials deal with vandalism that has rendered the park unsafe.

  

• Police say impaired golf cart driver refused to pull over

  A 36-year-old Kirkland Lake resident has been charged following an incident May 22 involving a golf cart driver who refused to stop for police.

  

• North Bay tourism ramps up

  With the Chief Commanda on Lake Nipissing sailing once again, to the carousel at the city’s waterfront with children, and, with lots of people on the boardwalk. The May long weekend kick-started tourism in North Bay.

• Ontario doctors say the backlog for certain services reaching crisis levels

  The Ontario Medical Association says the backlog for medical services has grown by one million in just the last three months.

• Officials in the north worry destructive invasive species will emerge this summer

  Researchers in the north are warning one of Canada's "most invasive plants" could be popping up this summer.

• Election race tightens in Nipissing as candidates make final push for votes

  With less than two weeks to go in the provincial election, candidates in Nipissing are preparing their final push to gain support from the 60,000 eligible voters in the riding.

• Partnership aims to get mining book into local schools

  When Theresa Nyabeze wrote the book ‘Underground! My Mining Adventure,’ it was always her dream to have it end up in as many hands as possible.

• TP North Bay looking for more donations as the campaign winds down

  The nine-year campaign collects toilet paper rolls for those in need, and it's a week away from wrapping up its yearly month-long campaign.

• Science North brings its science roadshow on the road across the north

  The Great Northern Ontario Roadshow officially kicked off its first, large multiday event in North Bay Saturday.

• 700 museums to visit and explore this month

  May is museum month, and the Ontario Museum Association encourages people to visit the 700 museums, galleries, and heritage sites throughout the province.