Precautionary evacuations are being conducted in the Lake Abitibi area, between Iroquois Falls and Cochrane. The fire, known as Cochrane 7, which is listed as not under control, has more than tripled in size just in the last two days.
Members of the Greater Sudbury Police Service and Police Board has sworn in the new GSPS Deputy Chief Natalie Hiltz.
Cassells Street at Second Avenue in North Bay has been reduced to a single lane while work is underway to install tactile indicator panels at all four corners of the intersection.
In the coming weeks, Timmins bus riders locally will have the ability to use contactless technology, including payment through their phone.
Efforts are underway to illicit support for a bench and plaque to be installed at the Legion Cobalt Veterans Cemetery in Haileybury.
Laurentian University’s Goodman School of Mines is taking part in a province-wide initiative. It’s all to advance careers in the growing auto sector of electric vehicles.
The search involving multiple local police services for a woman who was thought to be in distress in the Redbridge area late Thursday into early Friday has been deemed successful, as she has been located in good health, the OPP confirms.
The Sault Area Hospital board is seeking new board members, with an emphasis on diversity.
The city of Temiskaming Shores is upgrading the plan for 2023 when it comes to roads. It comes with a price tag, now, of a little over $540,000.
The Seven municipal beaches in Greater Sudbury are set to open with lifeguards starting this Saturday.
Three new living residence are opening this fall in North Bay, available for Canadore College students looking for much needed housing.
In Timmins a municipal bylaw regulating the water supply system is in place. Until September, external water use is allowed on even calendar days at municipal addresses ending in even numbers and on odd calendar days at municipal addresses with odd numbers.
The Sault Ste. Marie Conservation says the Voyageur Trail Association (VTA) has developed interactive maps of its trails for use on Smartphones and the Web. The maps include detailed descriptions for 500 km of trail from Nipigon to Blind River.
