3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (410+ words) EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a Village Media website devoted exclusively to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park. Premier Doug Ford made several changes to his cabinet on Thursday, introducing a new labour minister and appointing…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (495+ words) Charges against a Sudbury man, stemming from accusations of intimate partner violence and animal abuse have been stayed at the Crown’s request, following testimony replete with contradictions. Per Khouzam’s opening statement, Dorcheck and the complainant were in an intimate relationship…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (203+ words) A statement from the Prime Minister's office says the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and his wife, the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, are coming to North Bay this week. The couple will be visiting Canada from September 9 to…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (648+ words) The federal government’s announcement in Thunder Bay that it will fund the construction of 313 passenger rail cars at a cost of $4.7 billion, designed to service VIA Rail’s long-distance, regional, and remote routes is long overdue, but still exciting news for…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (904+ words) Ontario’s new cash-deposit requirements for bail are built on a simple idea: put money at risk and people will have a greater incentive to follow their bail conditions. But research on cash bail raises doubts about whether financial incentives actually…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (955+ words) Ty Ruetz is hoping to turn one of camping’s most common frustrations into a business opportunity. The Sudbury software engineer is preparing to launch Packplexity, a mobile app that was designed to help travellers keep track of who is bringing…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (635+ words) COCHRANE — Diego Rojas Garcia had spent years learning the ins and outs of filmmaking, but nothing quite prepared him for the moment a massive polar bear suddenly appeared in front of him. Garcia was in Cochrane in January with his…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (183+ words) Mining innovators will gather in Sudbury this fall for the Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator (MICA) Network conference. Themed ‘Canada's Next Era of Mining Innovation,’ the event will take place Oct. 27-29 at Cambrian College. Launched in 2022 and funded with $40 million from…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1062+ words) Vince Rutter wants to get people thinking about forests. That’s not hard in Northern Ontario on any given day, but our active forest fire season this summer ratcheted it up a few notches. Forest fires are the result of a…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (661+ words) OTTAWA — Ottawa's retaliatory tariffs on American goods took effect just after midnight EDT on Tuesday, responding to the 50 per cent tariffs Washington hit Canada with last month. On Aug. 22, U.S. President Donald Trump launched tariffs on nearly $28 billion of Canadian…...