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At a press conference held this morning Near North Crime Stoppers and North Bay Hydro announced that they are combining efforts to stop Marijuana grow operations.

Mayor Vic Fedeli says that the changes come after the HOLDCO board (City Council) received a letter from the DISTCO board (former Hydro Board).

City of North Bay Councilor Mike Anthony and Mayor Vic Fedeli announced this morning that the City of North Bay will be donating 35 surplus computers to North Bay non-profit groups with the following release.

Frederick "Craig" Johnson, who had been hired as a project leader at the Volunteer Centre of the Blue Sky Region, has been sentenced Feb. 25 to 12 years for eight bank robberies he committed in the Metro Toronto Area.

Wholesale changes have been made at North Bay Hydro. More information is included in the following news release: NORTH BAY HYDRO DISTRIBUTION LIMITED At the February 16, 2004 meeting of Board of Directors of North Bay Hydro Holdings Ltd.

This March all young, aspiring, area witches and wizards are invited to a day of most magical fun, Harry Potter style at the Capitol Centre.

The Capitol Centre has just unveiled its latest initiative. EyeGO , a program which was initially started in Waterloo, Ontario helps make it easier for High-School students to access the arts.

Conservative Party of Canada leadership hopeful Belinda Stronach was in North Bay this morning and spoke to about 100 people. She was in the city as part of a whirlwind Northern Ontario tour.

Conservative Party leadership hopeful Belinda Stronach made her pitch to about 100 people at the Clarion Resort-Pinewood Park this morning. BayToday.ca will update this story within the next hour.

The province should disband the Education Quality and Accountability Office and reinvest the money into the public school system, says Randy Sheppard, a trustee with the Near North District School Board.