Local News

This sign greets trail users today at the Laurentian trail system. Photo by Jeff Turl.

The city advises that O’Brien St will be closed from High to Eva St. for a water valve repair. The street should re-open by 5 p.m.

Three area communities are getting funding for various projects.

A Joly Township home burned to the ground during a fire that was reported around 3 p.m. on Monday afternoon.

City councillor George Maroosis, chairman of the Water and Sanitary Sewer Review Committee, questions city staff alongside Coun. Jeff Serran during Monday night's meeting.

A black bear and cubs were sighted on September 13, at the Laurentian Escarpment Conservation Area, located on the escarpment at 15 Janey Ave, North Bay. If hiking or biking in this area, please be “bearwise”.

OPP say that yesterday at approximately 6:15 p.m., they responded to a family dispute in Papineau-Cameron Township where a man threatened a family member with a weapon.

The Near North District School Board has picked a new trustee to fill a vacancy left by the death of former trustee Kathy Hewitt. She's Louise Sargent, who spent 33 years teaching before retiring last year.

A baggie sticking out of a man's pocket caught the eye of West Nipissing police officers after they stopped a car for speeding. On September 4th, a traffic stop was conducted on Quesnel Rd.

A bloom of toxin producing blue-green algae has been detected in Northwest Bay, Lake Nipissing, at Lavigne says the Health Unit.