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  Northern Ontario farmer breaks giant pumpkin records, taking top prizes in competition

  Jeff Warner from Aidie Creek Gardens in the northern Ontario community of Englehart has a passion for growing big pumpkins and his effort is paying off in more ways than one.

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  Intimate partner violence, impaired driving charges laid in Mattice-Val Cote

  Following complaints of intimate partner violence in the northern Ontario community of Mattice-Val Cote, police say they found the suspect drunk and behind the wheel in a parking lot.

• Man with knife arrested at Kapuskasing restaurant

  Provincial police were called to a Kapuskasing restaurant around 10 p.m. Monday about a man with a knife acting erratically and throwing things.

• Highway 144 reopened between Cartier and Gogama after fatal crash

  Highway 144 is reopened north of Sudbury after a two-vehicle collision between a commercial and passenger vehicle happened around 1 p.m. Tuesday, police say.

• Video shows dumpster diving black bear at Tim Hortons

  A woman in Greater Sudbury, Ont., said "It doesn't get more Canadian than this" when she spotted a black bear dumpster diving at a Tim Hortons last month.

• Ahead of formal count, Timmins expects to see increase in homeless population

  This fall, the Cochrane District Services board will take part in a coordinated effort to measure homelessness in the area.

• FONOM calls on province to fund Hope Air, calling it a ‘vital service’ for northern Ont.

  The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is the latest organization to call on the Doug Ford government to re-open dialogue with an airline service that transports lower-income Canadians to crucial medical care far from home.

• Teacher charged with sex assault of a minor in northwestern Ont.

  A teacher working on a First Nation in northwestern Ontario has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor.

• Armed standoff ends peacefully in Attawapiskat

  One man has been charged after a nearly four-hour armed standoff in Attawapiskat First Nation ended without incident Sunday afternoon.

• Major international mining conference kicks off in Sudbury this week

  Greater Sudbury in partnership with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, is hosting the organization's annual mining conference.

• Plate reader alert results in traffic stop, arrest in northern Ont.: OPP

  Officers with North Bay Ontario Provincial Police stopped a vehicle in Callander after receiving a notification from their automated licence plate reader.

• New Far North hospital moves closer to being built after $1.8B design, build contract awarded

  Weeneebayko Area Health Authority and the Government of Ontario have awarded a $1.8 billion fixed-price contract to design, build and finance a new Far North hospital.

• Pair arrested, $52K in drugs seized in Attawapiskat First Nation raid

  A drug raid on a home on the Far North Attawapiskat First Nation last week resulted in two local residents being charged and more than $50,000 in suspected narcotics, including methamphetamine, being seized.

• Day of Action to raise awareness about murdered and missing Indigenous women

  Oct. 4 is the National Day of Action for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse people.