The Espanola Regional Hospital and Health Centre and its foundation have both unveiled new five-year strategic plans. Officials say the plans were developed through consultation with staff, stakeholders, patients, and community members and outline priorities and goals to guide both organizations until 2030. Hospital CEO Jane Battistelli says it is designed...

As members of the College of Cardinals met yesterday, the Vatican press office said that 133 cardinals who plan to enter the conclave to elect a new pope had arrived in Rome. Locally, Bishop Thomas Dowd of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie has announced that four sites throughout the...

More than 250 municipal leaders from across the north are in North Bay this week (May 5-7) for the annual Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities conference (FONOM). Officials say this year's theme is "The Next 100 Years” and pays tribute to North Bay’s upcoming centennial in 2025 looking ahead to...

Schools will mark Education Week with various activities including registration for kindergarten, a focus on academics, extra-curricular activities and sports Director of Education Bruce Bourget says they opened up their slate of activities yesterday with Music Monday. AB Ellis and Espanola High School partnered up last night to offer a special...

A commercial motor vehicle driver has been charged after police received multiple calls including failing to stop for a school bus. Manitoulin OPP Constable Berkley Parisien says last Thursday afternoon, the detachment received calls reporting a transport truck drove through the stop sign and lights of a school bus carrying...

Espanola council held a special meeting last Friday to fill a vacancy. Town CAO, Clerk Joseph Burke says the council has appointed Lora Wahamaa to fill the vacancy left by former Councillor Sandra Hayden. He says she currently sits as a community member appointee and chair of the Recreation and Culture...