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'It's essential': northerners wondering about future of free drinking water testing

Public health officials in northern Ontario are worried about the future of free private water testing, despite assurances from province's health minister that the long-running program won't be cut.

'We can create a new history': Indigenous burial mounds on northern Ontario golf course fenced off

Decades after a golf course was built around it, a centuries-old burial ground in northern Ontario is now being protected and preserved.

Mayor says Hockeyville NHL game won't be played in Elliot Lake, but still 'a home game, no matter where it is'

Elliot Lake is Hockeyville, but the mayor of the small northern Ontario city says they will not be hosting the NHL exhibition game that comes with that title.

It has served northern Ontario for 50 years, but some think the Laurentian track stadium could be so much more

Built in 1974 with the hope of hosting many national and international events, the Laurentian University track stadium is mostly used by local athletes.

Northern Ontario patients going to online dermatology clinic to avoid long wait times

Patients in northern Ontario and across the country are turning to online clinics to avoid long waits for dermatology treatment and the doctor behind DermCaf says the model could help relieve other corners of the beleaguered health system.

'It's definitely longer and tougher conversations,' Laurentian University trying to rebuilt trust with donors

Laurentian University says it has taken steps to make sure money donated for scholarships and bursaries isn't spent elsewhere. But it's little comfort for those who say they still don't know what happened to the thousands they gave to northern Ontario's largest university.

'We put our faith in them': Donations to Laurentian University rebound following financial crisis

After dropping sharply during the school's financial crisis, donations are picking up at Laurentian University. But there are still half the donors and about $1 million less coming in compared to before the Sudbury school declared insolvency in 2021.
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'He did sincerely hate them,' 75 years since Wade Hemsworth wrote the Black Fly Song

It's been 75 years since a song was written telling the story of a man who swears he will never return to northern Ontario. The song has become an unofficial anthem for the region.

'We both want a healthy lake,' tensions ease over Lake Nipissing fishing

Fishing season on Lake Nipissing has been a lot quieter in recent summers and many credit an agreement between the province and the First Nation. Dwindling numbers of pickerel, also called walleye, led some to blame Indigenous commercial fishing, while others pointed the finger at tourist lodges.

'It's time they paid their fair share,' northern Ontario towns cracking down on 'illegal trailer parks'

People with a camping trailer in the rural parts of our region might have gotten a knock on the door from a bylaw officer over the long weekend. More and more towns in northeastern Ontario are requiring permits for those who set up outside of designated trailer parks.