Here’s a look at today’s headlines for Friday, April 9

A Markstay driver is charged following a collision with a pedestrian in Sturgeon Falls.
The West Nipissing Planning Advisory Committee will now have a new housing development, following an infuse of 1.3mil from the Province.
The city of Timmins says crews are working to remove snow, in the area of some church fronts, and store-fronts in the city and to mind their speed.
Greater Sudbury Police and the North Shore Search and Rescue team held training exercises in a wooded area in Hanmer yesterday.
DNSSAB is welcoming $1.3M in supportive housing funding from the Province.
Timmins Police Service has charged a local person with alleged theft-related offences at an Algonquin Boulevard pharmacy in Timmins.
Construction work is expected to start in early May on a PUC Smart Grid project worth $36-million dollars.
Science North says they have plans to expand into both Thunder Bay and Kenora, Ont.
The townships of Sundridge, Strong and Joly are eyeing amalgamation
Algoma Public Health says the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in their region have dripped.
Spring swimming lessons in Timmins are on hold, following an ongoing issue with Registration at the Archie Dillion Sports Plex.
A medical episode is being blamed for a vehicle accident involving a building on Falconbridge Road in Garson.
Premier Doug Ford was in Sault Ste. Marie today to announce a new program called the Northern Energy Advantage (NEAP), aimed at reducing electricity costs for the region’s industrial sector.
In Timmins, a three-year contract to rebuild a downtown section of Algonquin Boulevard will cost $27.9 million.
OPP in Kirkland Lake has charged a driver allegedly using fake plates.
Sudbury firefighters on the scene of a residential fire on Buchanan Street in the city’s west end.
North Bay police say officers have a ‘young offender’ in custody in connection to Thursday morning’s break-in, at a home in the 900-Block of Ferguson Street around 1 a.m. Friday.
In Sault Ste Marie an individual has been rescued by civilians in the area of the Government Docks on Grant Road.
Elliot Lake City Council has formally closed the books on the plan to build a multi-purpose Recreation Hub.
A Timmins resident has been charged following a series of incidents that occurred at a Wilson Avenue laundromat between March 26 and April 7.