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The Voodoos fired 35 shots at the Kirkland lake net but not a one got by Morgan Hyndman in a preseason tune up game on Saturday night •   • Some high-flying efforts between Kirkland Lake and Powassan in NOJHL preseason play on Saturday at the Sportsplex /Supplied The Kirkland Lake Gold Miners rode the shutout goaltending of Morgan Hyndman in blanking the Powassan Voodoos 4-0 Saturday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) exhibition action at the Powassan Sportsplex.

• The City of North Bay is alerting motorists paving will be completed next week on three main roads - O'Brien, Algonquin and McKeown. /Getty Images/iStockphoto Drivers should expect delays and lane restrictions next week as the city completes paving work on O’Brien Street, Algonquin Avenue and McKeown Avenue, according to a media release issued by the City of North Bay. O’Brien Street, between Highway 11/17 and Lansdowne Avenue, will be closed Monday, weather permitting, while paving takes place.

•   • Adding more space for the homeless on Chippewa Street isn't the answer - Taylor While the efforts of service recipients to keep the nearby pedestrian bridge clean are commendable, Coun. Mark King, this tangential anecdote completely deflects from the immediate reality facing the surrounding neighbourhood. Individual actions do not resolve the intense daily strain that placing a permanent low-barrier shelter here puts on the community. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

• Kirkland Lake Gold Miners blanked the Powassan Voodoos 4-0 Saturday night in exhibition play. The Kirkland Lake Gold Miners rode the shutout goaltending of Morgan Hyndman in blanking the Powassan Voodoos 4-0 Saturday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) exhibition action at the Powassan Sportsplex. The visitors notched the eventual game-winner, two and a half minutes into the proceedings, on a tally from Tysen Anderson. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

Damaging wind gusts and up to quarter-size hail are possible • North Bay and Area are under a "severe" thunderstorm watch. The Weather Network is expecting wind gusts and up to quarter-size hail. SUBMITTED A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for North Bay, Powassan, Mattawa, West Nipissing and French River. According to The Weather Network, as of 3:19 p.m., the storm was about 25 kilometres northwest of North Bay. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

•   • George Walters, columnist for the North Bay Nugget Postmedia Network You know, I’ve always had this thing for watching the weather, and growing up on a farm, you learn quick to read the signs. At an early age with the help of my old friend Grey Wolf, an Indigenous man, I learned to watch the sky before you watched the calendar, and I learned that the land will tell you what’s coming long before any forecast does. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

• Coun. Mark King said the overpass bridge on Highway 11 South is being kept clean by those living in the low barrier shelter and community members. Tenants of the low barrier shelter are keeping the overpass bridge clean, according to Coun. Mark King.

•   • Declan Gallivan of Team White and Dylan Nobili of Team Green pursue the puck at the North Bay Battalion's OHL training camp Friday. The North Bay Battalion ended training camp Friday with 25 skaters and three goaltenders still contending for roster spots with the Ontario Hockey League club. A total of 15 forwards are made up of five centres, five left wingers and five right wingers.

• The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit are warning residents on Callander Bay to use extreme caution as two harmful blue-green algae blooms were detected. jpg, NB, apsmc “Harmful” blue-green algae has been confirmed to be in Callander Bay and residents are being urged to use caution when using the lake. Two sightings of blue-green algae had been reported in Callander Bay throughout August, according to the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit.

• Temiscaming Mayor Alain Gauthier is calling on the federal government is help assist its hundreds of residents who are out of work effective Sept. 15 due to an economic shutdown. Temiscaming Mayor Alain Gauthier is calling on the federal government to help and see how “critical” the forestry industry is to Temiscaming and to the region. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team.