While September is the time when the rubber meets the road for students… Cambrian College says they’re trying to ensure there are fewer drivers on campus. Cambrian has set up designated parking spots at its main campus in Greater Sudbury for staff and students who want to carpool.
Discussion is ongoing about what needs to happen next as the affordable housing wait in North Bay continues to grow. Currently, it’s roughly 1,000 people long. The District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board says there’s a need… and it’s not going away.
It will be at least another month before swimmers can dive into the city-owned pool. At this week’s city council meeting, a bylaw was approved to give an over $316k ($316,496) contract to supply and install a boiler system and water heating coil at the Archie Dillon Sportsplex pool.
Sault Ste Marie Police say they’re ‘concerned’ about missing man’s ‘wellbeing’. Matthew Hammond is 38, described as approximately 5’8” tall, medium build with brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information is asked to give them a call.
Some Greater Sudbury Police officers will wear body-worn cameras as part of a pilot project beginning in 2025. Members of the city’s police services board received an update this week on the process of implementing the cameras across the entire force.
North Bay Police Service are on the increase when it comes to footpatrols. According to the numbers they spent an average of two hours per month conducting foot patrols downtown from January to March of this year. That then went up to an average of 25 hours per month conducting downtown foot patrols from April to August 2024.
The bridge over the Mattagami River in Timmins is fully reopen… following rehabilitative work done to it as part of connecting link reconstruction. Early November is still the target for this year’s work to be done on the travelled portion of Algonquin Blvd.
Job seekers in Sault Ste Marie in the healthcare field have a chance to connect with local employers during the city’s Healthcare Job Fair today ay in the Huron Room at Quattro Hotel from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
St. Joseph’s General Hospital Elliot Lake (SJGHEL) would like to advise the public that their treatment facility. It was declared by Algoma Public Health. The hospital recommends visitation be limited for essential or compassionate reasons only.
The former home to the Sudbury Multicultural and Folk Arts Association… it’s been there since 1984, at 196 Van Horne St. has been demolished. This follows the toppling of various other Downtown Sudbury buildings to make way for a new $200-million events centre/arena slated to open by May 2028.
A freshwater pool on a lake? That’s what’s being purposed for the Cove on Trout Lake will be considered during upcoming municipal budget deliberations. A square dock with a swimming hole would come with a one-time capital cost of $60,000 to get the structure up in time for next summer.
Eight new wildland fires have been confirmed in Ontario’s northeast fire region since last night, according to Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES) – including one in the Timmins fire district. Timmins 19 is a 0.3 hectare wildland fire that is not yet under control. The fire is along Highway 101, about 16 km southeast of Foleyet.
A boil water advisory is in place for 89 – 131 Hillside Dr. N. in Elliot Lake. The town says whenever any kind of repair or construction on the water supply system either planned or an emergency, there is a risk of soil or other contaminants entering the water supply.
Want to see if you have what it takes to take on a law enforcement career? Those in Sault Ste Marie can participate in an upcoming fitness tests presented by Sault Ste. Marie Police Service. It is happened next month over two three to four hours.
