North Bay

The federal government said Friday it is willing to provide the remaining $20 million needed to bring Electra Battery Materials Corp.'s cobalt refinery into production.

The North Bay Police Service says it is aware of reports of an assault outside a school Tuesday afternoon.

A 32-year-old from Kirkland Lake has been charged with impaired driving following a single-vehicle collision earlier this month.

A Manitoulin Island man was arrested at gunpoint on Highway 17 Wednesday afternoon after reportedly 'brandishing a firearm', police say.

Conservation authorities in the north are urging people to be cautious around creeks and rivers as water levels continue to rise.

After reporting the first new case in more than 30 years earlier this month, the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit said four more people in the region have measles.

Heavy snow is expected in Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie beginning Wednesday afternoon, Environment Canada says. And North Bay and Sudbury could see heavy rain.

No one was injured following a fire at Mother St. Bride Catholic Elementary School on Second Avenue West in North Bay on Tuesday evening, however, classes and childcare at the site have been cancelled for Wednesday.

Amid ongoing tensions in U.S.-Canada trade relations, reports have surfaced that U.S. President Donald Trump is re-examining military cooperation with Canada, including the future of the North American Aerospace Defense Command. In North Bay, one of NORAD’s two Canadian headquarters cities, Mayor Peter Chirico dismissed concerns about the alliance ending.

New data revealed Tuesday morning during the North Bay Police Services Board meeting shows violent crime in the city’s downtown continues to decline as improvements continue to be made to enhance safety in the core.

Nipissing University in North Bay has received a $1 million donation from The Peacock Family Foundation to support student research, Indigenous initiatives, and Rare Dementia Support Canada.

One man in Burk’s Falls, Ont. has made it a hobby to make and sell traditional Irish drums.

From the $48,000 raised at North Bay's Polar Plunge, to a Sault sunset, to an old car off Highway 17, Tony Ryma takes a look around the region.

Nipissing University is receiving $1 million from the Peacock Family Foundation to support student research, Indigenous initiatives and rare dementia support.

Seniors in North Bay and Sudbury Ontario Provincial Police are being targeted by scammers, police said Monday in a warning.