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There are lots of beekeepers in our area, and bees help in the production of foods we eat.

When a man took his malfunctioning computer in for repair, he got a lot more than he bargained for. That repair led to a five month long child pornography investigation and charges against a 77 year old Bracebridge man.

Austin Lindsay and Sean Petrie could become 2014 Grizzly Cup champions Tuesday night. The pair of Chippewa Senior Secondary Students have made it past the elimination round of the 2014 Grizzly Cup reality TV show.

Icy November roads like this helped create the winter tire frenzy around North Bay this month. PHOTO BY CHRIS DAWSON. Many of us woke up Monday morning to see the grass on our front lawns.

We set a precipitation record yesterday when 20.8 mm of rain fell, edging out the old record of 18.2 set in 2007. Although it was warm (9.2) it wasn't near the 2001 record of 14.3 C.

Magnetawan Central School is closed today due to a power outage. Families and caregivers will be advised when power is restored and the school can re-open.

The North Bay Downtown Improvement Area has a new Board of Management after elections this past week. The new term will run until 2018.

In advance of the first Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Leadership debate, Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli launched a Northern Pledge – a three-point plan aimed at what he hopes will regain the trust of Northerners.

The Nipissing Parry Sound Business Centre is looking to help area women help themselves get into business. The Centre has two ways to do it: training and what is called a microloan.

An Alberta man is lucky to be alive today after thick fog caused an accident yesterday morning that closed Highway 11 three km north of the city.