'Someone check on Drake': Kendrick Lamar's Grammy win final nail in Toronto rapper's coffin. After Kendrick Lamar was widely declared the winner of last summer’s rap beef with Drake, the Grammys officially sided with the Compton, Calif., emcee when it awarded him five trophies, including song and Record of the Year, for his diss track Not Like Us.

Gold Miners drop 7-2 decision to Blind River. Two tallies apiece from Caleb Walker and A.J. Saadeh were part of a five-goal second-period outburst that sent the Blind River Beavers on their way to a 7-2 triumph over the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners Saturday evening in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up at the Blind River Community Centre.

16 hours ago · SUNDAY, FEB. 16 FAMILY FUN: Kirkland Lake Lions Club is hosting its fourth-annual Family Fun Day at Northern College, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. This event is free to all and there will be all the same attractions as past years, including a donut eating contest, interactive challenges, inflatables, colouring contest and cotton candy to take home.

21 hours ago · The Kirkland Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police has arrested a third person in connection with an ongoing homicide investigation. On June 9, 2023, two individuals were arrested and charged with Criminal Code (CC) offences. One individual was charged with first-degree murder ...

Kirkland Lake resident charged with weapons offences. On January 4 at approximately 9:45 p.m., the Kirkland Lake Ontario Provincial Police were conducting general patrol on Government Road in Kirkland Lake, when an officer observed a person allegedly known to …

Jan 13, 2025 · Matheson residents are working to derail plans to demolish a century-old train station. Built in 1916, the train station is slated for demolition early this year as part of Ontario Northland Railway’s (ONR) efforts to reinstate the Northlander passenger rail service. The station located at 385 ...

4 days ago · The suddenly surging Espanola Paper Kings won their fourth consecutive Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest Sunday afternoon after downing the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 5-2 at the Regional Recreation Complex. While it was Kirkland Lake, who carried the edge in shots on goal early ...

Jan 2, 2025 · The following is a look back at some of the top stories from the pages of Northern News in the second half of 2024. • July 1 — Kirkland Lakers joined Canadians from across the country in celebrating the nation’s 157th birthday. The community’s two main parties took place at the Toburn mine site and at the Museum of Northern History. …

Apr 23, 2024 · It’s vital community members continue to report if they have been impacted, Wight said. “We don’t have any solid numbers. What the staff are doing is getting all the locations that are reported to the town through the fire department’s number, through the initial 200 or so calls that came in on that Friday, as well as people attending the landfill,” she said.

Jan 8, 2025 · According to McChesney-Rumble, both mining companies agreed to provide $100,000 in funding per year for three years. The group also received a $50,000 per-year commitment from Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. McChesney-Rumble also told council her group met with the Ontario Heritage Trust, which owns the facility.