North Bay Fire and Emergency Services responded to the scene of a massive fire at Stradwicks Carpet One on Brule Street last night. The call came in around 9:50. Witnesses say, the building was engulfed in flames with the warehouse portion destroyed. NBFES confirmed there were no injuries related to the blaze. Franklin Street is closed in both directions.
Sudbury Catholic District School Board has elected a new president – Michael Bellmore. He has been a trustee with the Sudbury Catholic District School Board for 17 years, including nine years as chair and four years as vice-chair.
The next step in seeing a new community and recreation centre built in North Bay has been approved by council. Mississauga’s EllisDon Corporation has been awarded a $2.6 million project development services contract.
Timmins, Iroquois Falls and neighboring municipalities are working together to lobby the province to take back responsibility of the former Highway 67, now known as Municipal Road after the CAO has deemed the job ‘unmanagable’
Just one week before its expected closure, an anonymous buyer has agreed to purchase the Sault Ste. Marie YMCA building, allowing the organization to operate its programming and daycare through at least the summer.
How cities approach homelessness is one of the topics of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities conference in Sudbury. Greater Sudbury’s presentation on homelessness at FONOM emphasized the need for collaboration among municipalities.
Timmins Police are still investigating after a pair of incidents, including a vehicle collision in the area of Sixth Avenue this week. Three people are being sought.
Derek Debassige of M’Chigeeng First Nation has been recognized for his community efforts with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) with the Northern Ambassador Award in the Health Sciences Preceptor Award category.
Northern Lights Festival Boreal in Greater Sudbury has a New Interim Executive Director, Michelle Murray. After a year and a half as Executive Director, has resigned from the Northern Lights Festival Boreal and the board of directors have chosen Murray to step in as Interim Executive Director.
North Bay fire services says all three stations plus an extra crew were called in to fight a fire that destroyed Sradwicks Carpet One. While the fire is out, the investigation has to how is started has called in the Ontario Fire Marshall.
Meanwhile, an active fire scene closed part of the 600 block of Queen Street East today in Sault Ste Marie. Specifically, from Brock Street to East Street. The community is asked to give personnel space to work.
COCHRANE is considering other avenues for creating more affordable housing. While it’s uncertain at this point whether a 30-storey building offering one-bedroom apartments or a village of micro homes for seniors is needed, the community is considering a partnership with Habitat for Humanity Ontario Getaway North.
A chicken farmer near Mattawa made quite the find just ahead of the weekend, when she discovered one of her hens laid an egg close to three times the size of an average large chicken egg. The egg weighed 152 grams. To put that into perspective, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said a normal large egg weighs around 56 grams. And when she cracked – a second egg… along with its yoke. While it’s not unheard of to have two yokes, something like this, is quite egg-strodinary.
