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The Wynne Liberals are poised to ram through budget bill amendments today allowing a holding corporation, which would be immediately free from public scrutiny, to sell Hydro One in secrecy, says Nipissing MPP and PC Finance Critic Vic Fedeli.

An important part of North Bay's heritage will be marked with a plaque focusing on the Bomarc missile. The Municipal Heritage Committee will unveil a Heritage Site plaque focusing on the history of the Bomarc missile on June 2nd at 2:30 p.m.

Residents of Ashdale Crescent, off of Booth, gather to sign a petition asking city council not to send city transit buses down their residential street. L to R Denise Turcotte, Neil Russell, Natasha Laframboise, Jake Turcotte and Ron Mousseau.

The Ontario Provincial Police have confirmed the identity of a body found near Lady Evelyn Lake in Medina Township on May 25th.

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds Demonstration team will once again dominate the skies over North Bay as part of Armed Forces Day which will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the North Bay Waterfront on Wednesday.

Chippewa Raideraiders raised $5,000 for a village in Ecuador. Submitted photo. Members of Chippewa’s Raideraid philanthropist club, recently presented a cheque for the sum of $5,000 to the Free the Children Foundation.

Giuliana Van De Wal tells city council her concerns about city buses going down her street. PHOTO BY CHRIS DAWSON.

Casino Rama in Orillia has booked Burton Cummings for a show Saturday July 4th, which is already sold out. Cost of tickets is between $65 to $95 for a single show. Compare that to Summer in the Park.

File photo. Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli is asking the Chief Coroner of Ontario to reconsider his request from three years ago to hold a Coroner’s Inquest into the deaths of nine young Ontarians in late 2011 and early 2012.

Photos courtesy TJ from Bartlett’s Towing. A tight turn by a Laidlaw transport truck took down a set of traffic lights at the intersection of Trout Lake Road and the bypass just before noon today.