Here’s some headlines to start your day for Wednesday January 12

Timmins City Council has approved the 2022 budget for the City of Timmins ahead of schedule at with 1.93% net levy increase. The grand opening for the Kingsway Entertainment District is now expected to take place sometime in 2025. A respiratory outbreak Cassellholme in North Bay has been upgraded to a COVID-19 outbreak. Sault Ste Marie will look at a new resolution to see the downtown closed to traffic on summer weekends. Ontario will bring in internationally educated nurses to hospitals and long-term care homes facing staffing shortages. The Near North Board has named Gillian Kajganich as its new Principal at West Ferris Secondary