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Hugh McLachlan has apparently had his walk in the snow. The North Bay lawyer told baytoday.ca last month he had been toying with the idea of running for the Nipissing-Timiskaming federal Liberal nomination.

The Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie must adapt its role in North Bay to meet current pastoral needs, said Bishop Jean-Louis Plouffe. But while that’s happening, Plouffe said, there will be no church closures here for a while.

What work has been done on the new North Bay Regional Health Centre so far. Details are included in this news release from the hospital, issued Friday, Nov. 28, at 11 a.m.

A “more detailed and realistic” construction schedule means the completion date for the North Bay Regional Health Centre has been pushed back again, says Paul Landry, the project’s executive director.

The North Bay Police Service is investigating an accident Friday night around 5:45 p.m. A female pedestrian was hit on Lakeshore Drive at Howard Street and taken to hospital. The extent of her injuries is not known yet.

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There's still time to get your flu shot, the North Bay and District Health Unit says. Flu shot clinics are being held in December, details of which are included in the following news released issued by the health unit, Friday at 11 a.m.

North Bay will soon have a new “dignified” alternative to conventional burial. Ground was broken Thursday for the All Saints Mausoleum, at St. Mary’s Cemetery on Golf Club Road. Although work hasn’t begun yet on the $1.

Nipissing MPP Monique Smith rose to ask a question in the legislature, and the future of Hwy 11 four-laning was the subject of her query.

Young people have gotten the message about drinking and driving, but many older people haven’t, says George Berrigan, the North Bay Police Service chief.