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• Two arrested in Kapuskasing police investigation, schools closed

  Schools in the northern Ontario town of Kapuskasing are closed Monday after Ontario Provincial Police responded to a threat resulting in two arrests.

  

• Best U18 curlers in Canada are in Timmins this week

  Forty-two curling teams, representing every province and the Northwest Territories are competing this week at the McIntyre Community Centre in Timmins in the National U18 Championship.

  

• Northern Ont. fire services stress the importance of having an escape plan

  Officials with fire services in northern Ontario are reminding residents of the importance of creating and practicing an escape plan in case of a fire.

• Applications for Timmins' permanent overdose prevention site are sent

  The Canadian Mental Health Association Cochrane-Timiskaming will operate the permanent Safe Health Site Timmins upon receiving approval from the federal and provincial governments.

• Timmins restaurant robbed 19 times in eight years

  The owner of Radical Gardens, a restaurant in Timmins said she's experienced nineteen robberies over the last eight years; with the most recent one taking place in the early morning hours Friday.

• 4 Americans, 2 Canadians fined $50K for illegal moose hunting in northern Ont.

  An investigation that lasted almost two years has resulted in moose hunting violation convictions for six people and a lodge in Red Lake in northwestern Ontario.

• Reptile enthusiast looks to open exotic pet store in Timmins

  Robert Boucher of Timmins says his dream of opening an exotic pet store has taken him on a wild journey.

• Timmins councillor wants community safety to be council's top priority

  Break-ins have become a problem at McDonald's Guardian Pharmacy and Variety Store is located in South Porcupine's downtown area.

• As northern Ont. community mourns death of young girl, calls grow to ensure fire protection

  A GoFundMe campaign to help a family in the remote community of Peawanuck, Ont., has surpassed $37,000 as calls for action grow to ensure the community has fire protection.

• IAMGOLD now has funding in place to complete Côté Gold project

  IAMGOLD announced this week it now has the funding in place to complete its Côté Gold project, located about an hour south of Timmins.

• First-year university student from northern Ontario wins $48M in lottery, making history

  Canada's newest millionaire, an 18-year-old university freshman from northern Ontario, has achieved a lot of firsts with a recent lottery win. Here is her story.

• Early childhood education students in the north offered free, accelerated, schooling

  Four northern Ontario districts are in the midst of a new partnership with Northern College that gave dozens of people access to an accelerated early childhood education program for free.