Ken Nichol

Author Archive

Test post

This is a test post.

OPP hold information session on policing career

If you’re interested in a career with the OPP, then head to the Sudbury detachment January 29th for an information session.  The meeting will focus on what it takes...

Council approves bait shop against staff recommendations.

West Nipissing council is going against a staff recommendation and has approved a temporary bait shop in Sturgeon Falls.  Staff denied the license for several reasons including a health...

Student enrolment keeps rising at Cambrian

Cambrian College in Sudbury continues to see strong enrolment numbers that are above the provincial average.  Enrolment for this September is already 4.5 percent higher over last year.  The...

Council supports review of proposed OPP costing model

Algonquin Highlands is getting support from West Nipissing council to have an OPP costing formula reviewed.  Algonquin believes the new formula hurts small communities with populations under 10,000.  The...

Council honours North Bay Hydro workers

Four employees of North Bay Hydro were honoured during Monday’s council meeting.  The four spent a week in Southern Ontario over Christmas restoring power to thousands of people hit...

Summer in the Park says no to indoor concerts

The new chair of Summer in the Park says don’t expect the group to use Memorial Gardens as the site for future waterfront concerts.  John Strang says holding the...

FONOM to get ONTC update at regional meeting

When municipal councillors meet this Thursday in Elliot Lake for a regional conference, they’re getting an update on the ONTC.  The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities will hear from...

Workers want ONTC sale of Ontera called off

As ONTC workers and management work on a survival plan for the transportation agency, there’s a request from the...

Snowmobile stolen while owner at work

A West Nipissing man got a nasty surprise when he returned home from work Monday night.  The man discovered...

West Nipissing police look into internet fraud

West Nipissing police are looking into a fraud complaint involving Kijiji.  Someone sent money to a person claiming to...

Police have tough time arresting man

A North Bay man got himself into trouble when he walked into someone’s home that he doesn’t know and...

North Bay man looking at fraud related charges

A 54-year-old North Bay man faces fraud charges.  The accused is charged with five counts each of uttering a...

More information released on child hospital death

The young child who died at the North Bay Regional Health Centre had the “A” strain of the H1N1...

Head on collision kills New Liskeard man

A New Liskeard man is dead after his car collided head-on Monday afternoon with a tractor trailer.  The collision...

School buses cancelled in West Nipissing and beyond

There were no school buses in the Nipissing  - Parry Sound region on Tuesday.  It’s the result of the...
- Advertisement -

Latest News

West Nipissing CAO highlights work done by current council

Officials with the Municipality of West Nipissing are reflecting on four years of 'progress, challenges, collaboration and investment'.

Police investigating Oct. 2 incident at Northern

The Near North District School Board confirms two separate incidents at Northern Secondary School in recent days resulted in emergency measures being put in place.

Community Drug Alert issued after 16 overdoses in 13 days

The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit says between Sept. 13 and 26, there were 16 overdoses, with two resulting in death.

Urgent drug alert issued by Nipissing First Nation

Nipissing First Nation has issued an urgent alert saying a spike in overdoses has been reported in the past 24 hours.

Watermain work to impact water capacity in West Nipissing

West Nipissing says it’s replacing an important watermain component, starting this week, and water system capacity will be reduced during the work.     
- Advertisement -