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Construction of the Home Depot and the new True North car dealership location is just “a couple of weeks” away, says North Bay Mayor Vic Fedeli.

Meagan Lachapelle finds out later today whether she’ll be the next Northern Idol. But in the meantime, the Sturgeon Falls high school student says the anticipation is “killing” her.

The following news release was issued by the North Bay and District Health Council around noon today: ___________________________________________________________ REDUCING RISK OF CANCER IMPORTANT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR For the North Bay & District Healt

North Bay residents will have “great” treated water and a “world class” treatment facility once the new filtration plant is built, Peter Bullock, the city’s manager of environmental services, told the Engineering and Works Committee Monday night.

There’s a lot of spam at North Bay city hall these days, and not the canned luncheon meat either.

North Bay's drinking water remains safe, but its distribution system only rates a 'C', the city's manager of environmental services says.

Steve Omischl normally blows away the competition as, arguably, the top free style skier in the world. But the North Bay native says he was the one blown away Monday night during a surprise visit to the committee meeting of council.

Ontario Northland Railway will be reducing the size of its train crews and yard crews. The move comes after an agreement with two of the ONR’s unions. Further details are provided in the following news release issued by the railway around 2 p.m.

A 20-year-old Timmins man has been charged after having had a liaison with a 13-year-old North Bay girl. The two had met during March via an Internet chat line. They met in North Bay Saturday and had consensual sex. Cst.

The North Bay Police Service has located a person who went missing earlier in the week. Cliff Barker, 45, was last seen at 4 a.m. on March 23 on Regina Street, in North Bay.