65,000 Ontario hospital workers represented by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions - CUPE and SEIU Healthcare have a new contract. They will see a 6% wage increase over the two-year deal along with benefits improvements. The unions say it’s the result of an intensive round of coordinated bargaining and...

The North Bay Battalion will play Oshawa in the OHL Eastern Conference Final. The Troops advanced with a 5-0 win over the Wolves in Sudbury on Thursday night, to sweep the playoff series 4-0. Right winger Sandis Vilmanis picked up a hat trick in the win with Centre Dalyn Wakely scoring...

A Flood Watch continues for the Lake Nipissing shoreline in North Bay and Callander while it has ended for the lower reaches of the Mattawa River.   That from the North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority.   “Average water level on Lake Nipissing continues to rise in response to inflows from last week’s...

A change of leadership is coming to the North Bay and District Labour Council.  After 18 years as president, Henri Giroux has resigned from the position.  “I decided it’s time to move on and let somebody else run the show,” he says, noting he’s been on the labour council for 44...

A 53-year-old city man is facing several drug possession for the purpose of trafficking charges after a two-month police investigation.   The North Bay Police Service says the Street Crimes Unit was investigating drugs being sold from a Cassells Street residence.   They say a search of the home on Tuesday...

You might see an increase in army vehicles on various roads between North Bay and Ottawa this weekend, including Highways 11 and 17.   The military says Canadian Army Reserve personnel from 33 Service Battalion are taking part in convoy and supply operations training.   Exercise OWL PERCH runs from April...