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• Wildfire west of Sudbury prompts evacuation order, total active fires in northern Ont. grows to 54

  A northern Ontario forest fire that started west of Sudbury on Sunday morning has grown to more than 1,000 hectares and has prompted officials to issue an evacuation order for the immediate area as the number of active fires in the region grows.

  

• Return of the tent caterpillar in northern Ontario

  Tent caterpillar infestations are a problem in northern Ontario every few summers and it looks like they could be returning this year.

  

• Northern Ont. teen, 13, facing new sexual assault charge, 10 total

  A 13-year-old male from Elliot Lake in northern Ontario has been charged with sexual assault again, bringing the total to 10, after another survivor came forward.

• Emergency orders expanded in northeast Ont. due to forest fires, evacuation west of Sudbury

  While firefighters get more forest fires under control in northern Ontario, travel restrictions declared under an emergency order are being expanded in several communities, including immediate evacuation orders for an area west of Sudbury.

• Indigneous art decorates Manitoulin Island basketball court

  A basketball court on Manitoulin Island has had an incredible transformation and an Indigenous artist is seeing her work come to life on the unusual medium.

• Canadore College has plan to house more students in North Bay

  Three new living options are going to be available for Canadore College students in North Bay starting this fall.

• 'More relaxed lifestyle': This small northern town invites you to relocate

  The Township of White River has a lot to offer and not just its connection to a famous storybook character. Its proximity to the bush -- wedged firmly between Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay -- has been a selling point for many looking for a more tranquil pace of life.

• Sault police find wanted man with $25K in narcotics

  A 35-year-old wanted man was found with more than $25,000 in cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine during a traffic stop in Sault Ste. Marie, police say.

• Sault doctor wins bronze medal in figure skating

  A pediatrician in Sault Ste. Marie is demonstrating that it's never too late to learn something new after recently winning a bronze medal at the International Adult Figure Skating Championship in Germany.

• Timmins Tigers cricket team hosts Mayor's Cup Tournament

  Cricket players will tell you, the sport is as important to them as a hockey is to northerners. With more people from Asia moving to northern Ontario, it's become crucial for them to get the sport established in this part of the world.

• 48 active forest fires in northern Ontario, 31 in the northeast Sunday

  The number of forest fires in northern Ontario continues to grow with a total of 48 active fires in the region, including 33 that are not yet under control. Only two months into the fire season and there have already been more than double the total number in 2022.

• 'It's a continuous journey': North Bay woman does 50 km triathlon for survivors of gender-based violence

  A North Bay woman who is a childhood trauma survivor took Trout Lake and Corbeil roads by storm at the crack of dawn Sunday morning, swimming, biking and running in a 50-kilometre triathlon for Amelia Rising Sexual Violence Support Centre.