Report North Bay Staff

A detailed update on the city’s new Community and Recreation Centre is coming to a special council committee meeting on Monday. A staff report says at the end of October, extra costs on the $63 million project amount to just under $360,000. That leaves just over $700,000

You’ll notice a new type of pedestrian crossover on the 100 block of Oak Street West beginning operations on Friday.   The city says pedestrians wanting to cross will activate the flashing lights with a push button.   They also say drivers and cyclists must stop and wait for pedestrians to

Acting Deputy Chief Jeff Warner with the North Bay Police Service added manicures to his list of duties this week. City police won the fifth annual Emergency Services Manicure Challenge, in support of last month’s CIBC Run for the Cure and the fight against breast cancer. Along with bragging

The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is welcoming several initiatives in the province’s fall economic statement. FONOM says a number of measures will benefit the region, including increases to Ontario Municipal Partnership funding, the Community Infrastructure Program and the Connecting Links program. Officials say other positives include continued

Investment providing students and private sector with access to state-of-the-art training equipment in North Bay  During Canadore College’s official opening of the new Aviation Campus wing, Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing, announced that the Ontario government is investing $1,991,400 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC)

St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Community Takes Steps Toward Reconciliation with Walk for Wenjack  On November 4, 2025, a sea of purple bloomed across the track of Cundari Field at St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Catholic Secondary School (SJSH), as hundreds of students and staff participated in the school’s first Walk for Wenjack,

Born in Toronto, Ontario on June 28 1962, Scott headed to Heaven on Thanksgiving Day (Oct 13 2025) at the Nipissing Serenity Hospice North Bay, Ontario.  He was only 63.  He fought the cancer hard but being a Nielsen, he was very quiet about it.  Scott was the middle child,

April 25, 1934 - October 28, 2025  It is with deep sadness, that we share the passing of the greatest husband, most loving father and doting Poppa. Frank passed peacefully at Mattawa Hospital on Tuesday October 28th, 2025, after a brief illness, he was 91. Frank is survived by his

City ice surfaces will be busy this weekend.   A couple of tournaments are bringing hundreds of people to North Bay.   The North Bay Junior Lakers Girls Hockey Fall Tournament includes 1,200 participants. Games are being played at all three city arenas.    Meantime, 24 teams (96 participants) are competing in

Expect the Jack Burrows Parkette to be a bustling hub of holiday activity this Saturday. That’s because the first of four outdoor winter markets is taking place from 4-8 pm that day. There will be mini train rides, artisan vendors, visits with Santa, holiday film screenings, live music, Francophone