Cambrian College says to meet the growing demand for mental health care professionals, they’re introducing a new, one-of-a-kind, degree-level program. Beginning in September of 2025, Cambrian is offering a four-year Honours Bachelor of Applied Psychology.
Timmins Police continue their search for a missing teen. 16-year-old Naijah Ashton. He is described as a male with Curly brown hair, Brown eyes, 6’3 / 130 lbs and a slim build. He was last seen wearing a plain white T-shirt, grey jogging pants and no shoes.
Powassan families are back at the park after a reopening! The Lions Park has new equipment, thanks to a $94,100 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
Elliot Lake residents could find the water from their taps discoloured running under low-pressure Oct. 8th and 9th. This is all thanks to extra supply during work on supply pipes.
The Ontario Health Coalition says 1,200 vital hospital services closed across the province last year… and it’s prompted a public hearing for people in Algoma, Blind River and the North Shore of Lake Huron. It will happen on Oct. 8 at 3 p.m. at the Blind River Community Centre Hall.
Greater Sudbury Hydro is alerting residents and businesses in Copper Cliff about a power outage. It will take place from 12:30 a.m. until 4:30 a.m. Oct. 11. The outage will affect 1,245 customers in the area.
An inclusive playground is now open in Belleview Park… in North Bay. This follows a ribbon cutting and an announcement from the city that the new features ‘enhance the park’s accessibility for everyone’.
Timmins City Hall has released some new drone footage of work being done on the connecting link along Algonquin Blvd. The report shows that storm sewer, sanitary sewer and water main installation is ongoing at the furthest part of the zone, up to Brunette Rd along with good progress on the new bridge over the Porcupine River on Frederickhouse Rd. at Hoyle.
Sault Ste. Marie has hired a new road-line painter. A company from Port Perry, near Oshawa, has won the contract for the next three years.
Health Canada has added two new radiological monitoring stations at SNOLAB’s surface facility at Creighton Mine in Lively. They are additions to the Radiation Protection Bureau (RPB) of Health Canada’s environmental radiation monitoring program.
Parking at Northgate Shopping Centre in North Bay may be tougher to find in the next few weeks, as a large portion of the parking lot at North Bay’s largest mall is getting repaved. The project will begin Monday Oct. 7th
Timmins MPP George Pirie says to concern Municipal Road into a gravel road is “overdone”. Pirie says it’s a question of how the municipalities spend their infrastructure dollars every year. Whether it’s five years with two million or one project with ten million. There’s always new money every budget year.
St. Joseph’s General Hospital Elliot Lake has reintroduced a masking policy at its hospital in light of what THEY say is concerns over the approaching the flu season.
Sault Ste Marie drivers…. slow down Wallace Terrace. You’ll have to. This is as the city has changed the speed limit between Korah Road and Allen Side Road. This follows a recommendation of the Wallace Terrace environmental assessment. It’s going to be going from 60 km/hr to 50 km/hr.
