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Bob Wood’s retirement speech isn’t even cold yet and already people are starting to line up to replace the departing Nipissing MP. So just like Capt. Louis Renault did in the 1942 film classic Casablanca, baytoday.

They tell him at Wal-Mart, at the Golden Age Centre, and in country stores. Everywhere Bill Vrebosch goes, people keep telling him they’ve heard he’s seeking the Nipissing federal Liberal nomination, the East Ferris mayor says.

An Ottawa man has been charged folowing a hit and run accident Friday morning on Hwy 11 North. He was stopped by Ontario Provincial Police north of Temagami. Here is the news release from the Ontario Provincial Police issued Friday Nov. 7, at 4:48 p.

Betty Vezina will now get the money she needs to help her live independently. Vezina, of North Bay, was cut off two years ago from the Veterans Independence Program benefits her husband Rene had been receiving prior to his death Jan. 27, 2001.

John Manley says Parliament Hill just won't seem the same without his good friend Bob Wood. The federal Finance Minister was reacting to Wood's announcement Friday morning he was retiring from politics.

Council candidate David Briggs said he inadvertently forgot to invite Lynne Bennett, Tim Wright and Jeff Marceau to a meet-the-candidates session he had organized at Nipissing University Wednesday.

Marilyn Monroe says Jeff Marceau is her dude, Marlon Brando will make you an offer you can’t refuse to vote for him, and Jack Nicholson believes it would be insane to cast a ballot for any other mayoral candidate.

North Bay’s Planning Advisory Committee has recommended approving a zoning change request for the North Bay Hydro building on Fisher Street. The request was the only piece of business the committee dealt with at its Wednesday night meeting.

The city of North Bay will likely retain its favourable A2 credit rating status, an official with Moody’s Investors Service says.

The Ontario Environment Ministry has sent an inspection team to North Bay to perform random vehicle inspections.