Local News

Staff from 23 long-term care homes in northeastern Ontario are new better equipped to act as mentors or coaches for quality improvement teams. Workers were brought together last week for a training session called Residents First.

Students attending schools run by the Rainbow District School Board will participate in Earth Hour activities later this week. Earth Hour takes place starting at 8:30 p.m. March 31.

Four additional lawsuits have been launched against Father William Hodgson Marshall, as well as other individual and corporate defendants for sexual abuse perpetrated against four male victims, according to a news release.

Provincial Finance Minister Dwight Duncan presented the 2012 Ontario budget in the legislature March 27. The budget highlights ways to balance the province's books by 2017-18. The deficit for 2011–12 is projected to be $15.

A woman was sent to hospital after being struck by a train at about 3:30 p.m. on the tracks near Somerset Street. She was rushed to Health Sciences North for treatment. The extent of her injuries are unknown at this time.

North Bay city politicians vowed in front of an overflowing crowd to fight the provincial government's decision to sell off the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC).

Business is no longer a man's world. Six different women made that abundantly clear Monday evening at the Business and Professional Women (BPW) annual award gala, held at the Radisson Hotel.

The city is opening the gates to residents, who will be given an opportunity to help shape a parks bylaw to govern all facilities within Greater Sudbury.

Breast cancer may physically affect women more often than men, but that doesn't mean men are free from its harm.

An inquest into the death of Patrick Dougan will be held in May, according to a provincial news release. Dr. Craig Muir, regional supervising coroner for the north region, Sudbury office, announced the inequest March 26.