CTV Northern Ontario

The CTV Northern Ontario brand revolves around five main principles: LOCAL, IMMEDIATE, SERIOUS, WEATHER, and CONNECTED. This network is dedicated to delivering timely, relevant, and precise news that serves the northern region. With skilled video journalists located in Timmins, North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, and Sudbury, CTV focuses on providing accurate news for the north. Our signature broadcast, CTV News at Six, ranks as one of the most popular CTV newscasts across the nation. CTV has a rich history of achieving high ratings for its entire range of programming, including CTV News at 5, which features in-depth discussions with influential figures, community leaders, and various organizations. CTV is committed to reflecting the diversity of its audience through its programming and team. The network actively engages with the Aboriginal community by sponsoring events, covering relevant news, and participating in community-building initiatives.

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Popular Ice Follies winter art festival returning in February to Lake Nipissing

Jan 14, 2025 | northernontario.ctvnews.ca | Eric Taschner

Popular Ice Follies winter art festival returning in February to Lake NipissingPublished: January 13, 2025 at 8:04PM ESTNorthern Ontario’s festival of contemporary and community art known as ‘Ice Follies’ is returning to Lake Nipissing next month.
Sudbury Artisans Collective wins retail space downtown

Jan 14, 2025 | northernontario.ctvnews.ca | Lyndsay Aelick

The winner of an annual contest created to encourage entrepreneurship and revitalize downtown Sudbury has been announced. "Win This Space Contest," was created by the Sudbury business improvement area (BIA) in partnership with the Regional Business Centre and Greater Sudbury Development Corporation. The prize this year is valued at $45,000 and includes one year’s rent for a vacant retail space located downtown and various business support services provided by local businesses.
First responders stress safety as more venture onto the ice

Jan 13, 2025 | northernontario.ctvnews.ca | Amanda Hicks

First responders stress safety as more venture onto tFollowing recent tragedies in northern Ontario, provincial police and other first responders are reminding the public to be cautious around bodies of water. Read more: One person dead, one missing after going through ice in northern Ontario Ontario Provincial Police told CTV News that it is advised to check the weather before heading out as conditions can change rapidly in the north.
Sudbury news: Sault motorist was driving 175 km/h on Hwy. 17, Manitoulin police say

Jan 12, 2025 | northernontario.ctvnews.ca | Dan Bertrand

A 20-year-old from Sault Ste. Marie has been charged with stunt driving and is accused of exceeding the speed limit by 85 km/h. In a social media post, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said the incident took place on Jan. 8 on Highway 17 southwest of Sudbury. "Manitoulin OPP stopped a vehicle that was travelling 175 km/hr in a 90 km/hr zone on Highway 17," police said.
Timmins news: Friends prepare for 450-km ski and snowshoe trek from Fort Albany to Hearst

Jan 10, 2025 | northernontario.ctvnews.ca | Lydia Chubak

Jean-Philippe Marineau and Patrice Beauparlant are lifelong friends who grew up in Hearst, Ont. As children, they attended Camp Source de Vie, a summer camp in their hometown that Marineau’s father helped establish in the 1980s. Jean-Philippe Marineau of Hearst and Patrice Beauparlant of Porcupine are testing gear this weekend in the Nighthawk Lake area in Timmins before they embark on a 450-kilometre expedition.
Thousands in Sault Ste. Marie without power, watermain break closes intersection

Jan 9, 2025 | northernontario.ctvnews.ca | Chelsea Papineau

Thousands are without power and a watermain break prompted an intersection to close in Sault Ste. Marie on Thursday morning. It is a bitterly cold morning with temperatures recorded at -16C at 11 a.m. but feeling more like -20C with the windchill. Power outage PUC Services is reporting a series of power outages in part of the city since about 7:18 a.m. involving hundreds of customers.
North Bay news: 82-year-old snowmobiler found dead after going through the ice on Lake Temagmi

Jan 7, 2025 | northernontario.ctvnews.ca | Dan Bertrand

Provincial police say an 82-year-old from the northern Ontario community of Temagami has died after going through the ice on Lake Temagmi on Monday. At about 4:15 p.m., members of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with officers from the Bear Island Police Service responded to reports of a missing a missing snowmobiler after the rider had failed to return home.
Northern Ontario-based comedy series Shoresy announces Season 4 premiere date

Jan 7, 2025 | northernontario.ctvnews.ca | Chelsea Papineau

The premiere date for Season 4 of Jared Keeso's original hit comedy series Shoresy has been announced along with the show's renewal for a fifth season. Shoresy Season 4 premieres on Crave Jan. 24, 2025. (Crave) On Friday, Crave announced the first two of Season 4's episodes will drop Jan. 24. The remaining four episodes will drop one at a time on each Friday after that.
Sudbury news: Four puppies abandoned in Markstay-Warren rescued, rehomed

Jan 3, 2025 | northernontario.ctvnews.ca | Dan Bertrand

On New Years Day, France and Kevin Gingras had gone for a drive on the backroads near Markstay-Warren to look at the local wildlife when they came upon four puppies in the middle of the road. Four puppies were discovered abandoned in the cold on January 1, 2025, near Markstay-Warren, Ont. (Photo taken from video) France said there was no one in sight and there are no nearby homes in the area.
Sault, Ont., man claims Indigenous moose hunting rights without proof, fined $5,500

Jan 3, 2025 | northernontario.ctvnews.ca | Darren MacDonald

A hunter from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., has been fined for moose hunting without a licence or proper documentation. He claimed Indigenous hunting rights but failed to provide any proof. In a news release Friday, the Ministry of Natural Resources said Fred McLeod was found guilty of hunting moose without a licence and hunting with a firearm without possessing the required documentation. "McLeod was fined a total of $5,500," the MNR said. The incident began Oct.