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  Mixed reaction to Sudbury Wolves' 'emergency' news conference announcing $5 beer

  The Sudbury Wolves hockey team called an 'emergency' news conference Thursday afternoon, saying it had some 'big' news to announce.

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  Cindy Woodhouse is new National First Nation Chief, Dean Sayers out in 2nd round

  Voting for the new National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations has ended Thursday after six ballots the previous day and the second place finisher conceded, clearing the way for his opponent and frontrunner Cindy Woodhouse to take the position.

• North Bay police use drone, thermal imaging to catch suspect on the run

  A North Bay suspect who fled police on an ATV into the woods was captured using a drone with night vision.

• International agency comes to aid of French River Food Bank

  Hero welcomes for first responders don’t get much better than the one French River Fire Chief Roch Bigras received as he returned home on Wednesday to Noelville.

• Calls for action in Sudbury to stop violence against women

  Dec. 6 is Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. It started in 1991 following the femicides of 14 young women at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1989.

• Two North Bay Battalion players aim to crack Canada’s World Juniors lineup

  Many young people who play hockey dream about representing Canada at the World Junior championship, including two North Bay Battalion players who are going to Hockey Canada’s selection camp.

• Fake Red Cross reps going door-to-door seeking cash, North Bay police warn

  The North Bay Police Service says a man and a woman are going door-to-door in the city pretending to represent the Red Cross.

• Lack of official strategy affecting northern Ontario health-care: Auditor General report

  The effectiveness of northern Ontario hospital care is the focus of one of the Auditor General's annual value-for-money reports released Wednesday.

• Science North struggling with $10M in cost overruns, poor planning, auditor says

  Poor planning and project management led to a $10 million increase in Science North’s Go Deeper project, Ontario’s acting auditor general says.

• Manitoulin Island realtor hikes Ecuadorian volcano for charity

  A realtor from Manitoulin Island was recently in Ecuador to hike 100 kilometres in five days to raise money for charity.

• Cherished, 400-pound bell stolen from Sudbury-area church

  A Roman Catholic artifact has been stolen from St. Christopher Catholic Church in Whitefish, a small community west of Sudbury.

• Driver charged after video captures near-miss of head-on collision

  A video posted online shows a quick-thinking 24-year-old driver narrowly missing a head-on collision on a northern Ontario highway.

• Temporary funding from Vale means Sudbury supervised consumption site to remain open

  While provincial funding applications have been paused, the supervised consumption site in Greater Sudbury will remain open thanks to some emergency funds.

• Fatal snowmobile crash on James Bay coast winter road

  A 51-year-old man from the James Bay coast in northern Ontario was killed in a snowmobile crash on the winter road between Fort Albany and Moosonee on Sunday night, police say.