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Grand Council Chief John Beaucage says today’s Speech from the Throne is a profound disappointment for Canada’s First Peoples.

Onlookers witnessed the demolition of the Front Street train trestle Tuesday with mixed emotions as phase two of the city’s major facelift continues.

Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Anthony Rota reacted to today’s Speech from the Throne questioning Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s agenda.

The Mayor’s Office of Economic Development has done the research, and now they want to increase the number of immigrants who choose North Bay when landing in Canada.

(Restoule, Ontario) The North Bay OPP concluded an investigation which lead to the arrest of a Restoule area man last week. Between June of 2005 and March 2006, the Restoule Legion was broken into and a sum of cash and Nevada tickets were stolen.

OPP NEWS RELEASES *********************** 1:30 p.m. update As of 1:15 p.m. today, Highway 17 has been re-opened to traffic.

An Iraqui tribunal has announced this morning that former President Saddam Hussein will face new charges of genocide related to a campaign against Kurds in the 1980s.

Hwy 17 Traffic Moving Slowly (Blind River, Ont) Ontario Provincial Police wish to advise all motorists traveling in the Blind River area that traffic is moving slowly.

Curves member Pierrette Bellefeuille (left) and assistant manager Nancy Taylor proudly stand in front of the ton of food collected by members for the Salvation Army Food Bank. Its clients usually drop pounds.

The Gathering Place, North Bay’s Community Soup Kitchen released their statistics for March and the numbers are up substantially from February.