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By Richard Coffin North Bay won’t be investigating the idea of a ward system of elections.     A council committee voted down a motion to ask the clerk to prepare a report.     Several councillors spoke against creating wards and voting in members based on where they live, including Councillor Chris

By Richard Coffin An open house for potential volunteers with the Heritage Railway and Carousel Company has been rescheduled.   Originally slated to take place last Saturday, officials postponed the event to this coming Saturday (April 26) because of inclement weather.   The open house takes place from noon to 3 pm

The North Bay Police Service continues to be involved in a provincial strategy aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation on the internet.  The OPP-led Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) strategy has released a short documentary, introducing Project Orchard, exposing the stark realities of online child sexual abuse and

More than 7,000 schools across the country, including nearly 30 locally, are taking part in Student Vote Canada’s election program.   With Canadians heading to the polls on Monday, nearly one million students will be doing the same.   Officials say Student Vote Canada brings democracy to life in classrooms,

Outgoing Member of Parliament Anthony Rota received a fond farewell from Mayor Peter Chirico at Tuesday night’s council meeting.   “Thank you to our MP Anthony Rota for his years of service, dedication and diligence in serving the constituents of Nipissing-Timiskaming over those years,” he says.   Rota, who began his

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved matriarch, Mary Louise Decheno (née Whiteduck), who peacefully left this world on April 21, 2025, at the age of 92, surrounded by family and love at Nipissing Manor in Corbeil, Ontario. Mary was born on December 1,

By Richard Coffin City police say an aggressive dog that was attacking people on Saturday has been euthanized by a local vet, after it was shot by officers.   The North Bay Police Service says officers were dispatched to a disturbance in the 200 block of Main Street East, on April

We have reached out to local candidates and asked them a series of questions that are on the mind of voters across the riding. Topics range from what they’re hearing at the door, positions on the trade war, cost of living pressures and more. Here’s what they had

By Richard Coffin A request for a report on a ward system of elections for North Bay is up for discussion at Tuesday night’s committee meeting of council.    There’s no draft recommendation.    Under the ward system, voters elect one or more councillors to represent their specific ward.    Currently,

By Richard Coffin Two West Nipissing residents are facing drug possession for the purpose of trafficking charges after Almaguin Highlands OPP stopped a vehicle last week.   Provincial police say they were alerted to a suspended driver by their licence plate recognition system just after 8:30 pm last Thursday (April