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  Timmins police warns fraudsters using AI to mimic voices of their grandchildren

  Timmins Police Chief Sydney Lecky told CTV News that the 'grandparent scam' is one that fraudsters are still using to trick elderly people into handing over their money.

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  Feds fund mining projects in Sudbury that provide minerals critical for clean technology

  Critical mineral projects in Sudbury got financial support from the federal government on Wednesday when the Minister of Natural Resources was in town for the Conference of Mining Regions and Cities.

• International mining conference underway in Sudbury

  An annual international mining conference is underway in Greater Sudbury, Ont., marking the first time the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Conference of Mining Regions and Cities has been held in North America.

• 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.

• 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.