The Near North District School Board is asking to Province for more N95 masks for elementary teachers, as they say, they’ve run out.
The Timmins Police Service, working in conjunction with the local animal control is looking for an aggressive dog following an incident in Schumacher near the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Templeton Street.
Nominations are now being accepted by the Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce for the Athena Leadership Award.
Laurentian University is heading back to court this week, looking to extend their given time to complete the financial restructuring process, until May 31.
Another $17,000 worth of narcotics has been taken off the street following a search of a Railway Street residence in Sturgeon Falls.
Schumacher is getting a new waste pump after a record 62 years of using the same equipment.
Sault Area Hospital is making preliminary plans to restart elective surgeries and procedures once given the provincial go-ahead.
There are more questions than answers, as the city of North Bay has been left off task force created to focus on transportation needs in the region
The Timmins Economic Development Corporation says the number of skilled immigrants coming to the city through the federal Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) has doubled since the project began in 2020.
In Greater Sudbury, Project GoVax is starting up again, offers free taxi rides to vaccination clinics for those in need.
Less than two weeks after issuing layoff notices to arena staff at the South River Machar Community Centre and Arena, South River is cancelling the notices.
While Christmas is a month behind us, Officials with the Edgar Burton Christmas Food Drive say they had their best year yet in nearly 35 years, for the Sudbury Food Bank with roughly 113 tons of food taken in.
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Here’s what else is making news:
Southbound lanes of Hwy. 69 closed in Richard Lake area due to a collision, but only minor injuries were reported.
The Municipality of Callander is urging residents to call 911 for urgent reasons only, as they could be charged otherwise.
Firefighters in North Bay have contained a kitchen fire on Sylvan Crescent, and thankfully there were no injuries.
School Buses in Sudbury, Espanola, and Manitoulin Island were running this afternoon to bring students home.
