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Magic mushroom shop in Sudbury asked to close its doors after 2 days
A store in Sudbury that sells ‘magic mushrooms’ which contain the psychedelic compound, psilocybin, was open for just over two days before police visited and asked an employee to close up shop.
Northern Ontario communities hope to cut daycare wait times with new licensed spaces
The City of Greater Sudbury says it expects long wait times for licensed daycare spaces to improve as it opens more spots over the next two years.
'When I can't communicate, that's the time for me to check out,' memoir tells journalist's journey with MAID
Diane Sims, a journalist originally from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., has a new memoir detailing her health struggles and considering medical assistance in dying as an option.
Northern Ontario communities compete for limited number of funded HART hubs
There are at least six applications from northern Ontario to host Homelessness and Addictions Recovery Treatment (HART) hubs funded by the province.
North Bay city council votes nearly unanimously for a new $63M arena
North Bay city council voted almost unanimously on Monday night to approve a new sports complex which will include two NHL-sized rinks for nearly $63 million.
Small northern Ontario hospital ER closes because of staff shortage
The emergency department of a hospital in the northern Ontario community of Richard’s Landing had to close for 24 hours last week because a visiting physician had a family emergency, and there was no replacement available.
Workers' fight to save a paper mill in Temiscaming, Que., is now the subject of an upcoming book
Laurentian University history professor Mark Kuhlberg is working with two of his undergraduate students to write a book about Tembec, a paper company founded by workers in Temiscaming, Que.
WestJet to launch new Sudbury to Calgary route in June 2025
WestJet will offer a direct flight from Sudbury, Ont., to Calgary starting in June 2025, the Greater Sudbury Airport has confirmed.
This Laurentian University researcher is collecting DNA from the air inside beehives
A professor at Laurentian University will be putting honey bees to work to better understand how climate change is affecting different plants and pollinators across Ontario.
A band from Timmins breaks the world record for the deepest underground concert
A band from Timmins, called Miners and Sons, now holds the Guinness World Record for the deepest underground concert.