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Special Olympics kicks off in just over a week and organizers say everything is a go. The Games get underway with the Opening Ceremonies at 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 29th, at the Robert Surtees Athletic Centre, Nipissing University.

Keith Pollock cleans a driveway on Birchwood road. PHOTO BY CHRIS DAWSON. Keith Pollock expanded his North Bay area lawn care business into winter snow removal about 9 years ago.

Councillor Daryl Vaillancourt has resigned as Chairman of the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit and as council's representative on the group.

Photo by Judith Harrington Even with the dollar lower this winter season, Snowbirds are still flying south.

The Ontario Energy Board is conducting a province-wide consultation on the potential impacts, both positive and negative, of the Energy East Pipeline in Ontario.

A two vehicle collision near Temagami took the life of a Haileybury man yesterday. Temagami OPP responded to the fatal motor vehicle collision shortly before 7:00 p.m.

The government is increasing wages for early childhood educators and front-line child care professionals in licensed child care settings.

The local health unit says a contempt of court notice was served against Rob Szalas, the owner of Dunaj the Downtown Doberman, on Friday. Szalas is to appear before the court on Friday, January 23 for a Contempt of Court hearing.

Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals are poised to take billions more tax dollars out of the pockets of Ontarians in the upcoming 2015 provincial budget, Ontario PC MPP Vic Fedeli warned today.

File photo. A North Bay woman and a Toronto man face drug trafficking charges following an ongoing investigation by the North Bay Police Service’s Street Crime unit.