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  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.

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  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.

• Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard found not guilty of sexual assault

  Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman in northeastern Ontario eight years ago. The former Hedley frontman had pleaded not guilty to sexual assault.

• Here's what the jury didn't hear in Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault trial

  A northeastern Ontario jury has started deliberating in Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault trial, we can now tell you what they weren't allowed to hear.

• Fines totalling $9,500 for hunting bear in northern Ont. near a garbage dump, other offences

  An outfitter in Kenora, Ont., and two individuals have been fined a total of $9,500 for bear hunting offences, including abandoning a bear they shot and using it as bait to hunt another bear.

• Motorcyclist suffers serious injuries in Highway 11 crash, police investigating

  A motorcyclist is left with serious, life-altering injuries after a crash on Highway 11 in northern Ontario on Wednesday morning.

• Jury begins deliberations in Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault trial

  The jury tasked with determining if Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard sexually assaulted a young woman in northeastern Ontario eight years ago began deliberating Friday after nearly two weeks of testimony that saw the singer and his accuser give starkly different accounts of what happened.

• Timmins businesses hear optimism for progress on Ring of Fire development

  Members of the Timmins business community learned more about the progress on the Eagle’s Nest Project, which is located within the Ring of Fire, north of Thunder Bay.

• Sudbury police lay 16 charges in off-road vehicle safety blitz

  After receiving complaints about off-road vehicles, police in Greater Sudbury laid more than a dozen charges in a recent safety blitz.

• Hoggard sex assault trial: Defence says woman is lying, Crown says she is 'unshaken'

  Defence lawyers for Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard attacked the credibility of his accuser Thursday as they made their final pitch to jurors in the singer's sexual assault trial, suggesting the woman lied about the encounter to cover up her infidelity and changed details of her account over time.

• Impaired driving charges in Timmins have already surpassed last year’s total

  The Timmins Police Service said the local impaired driving statistic for 2024 has already surpassed last year’s total.

• CTV Northern Ontario producer wins lifetime achievement award

  A woman who has worked for CTV News Northern Ontario for 50 years was honoured Tuesday night with a lifetime achievement award.

• Hwy. 11 from North Bay to Cobalt reopens after crash

  Highway 11 reopened Wednesday afternoon between North Bay and Cobalt.