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Wholesale changes have been made at North Bay Hydro. More information is included in the following news release: NORTH BAY HYDRO DISTRIBUTION LIMITED At the February 16, 2004 meeting of Board of Directors of North Bay Hydro Holdings Ltd.

This March all young, aspiring, area witches and wizards are invited to a day of most magical fun, Harry Potter style at the Capitol Centre.

The Capitol Centre has just unveiled its latest initiative. EyeGO , a program which was initially started in Waterloo, Ontario helps make it easier for High-School students to access the arts.

Conservative Party of Canada leadership hopeful Belinda Stronach was in North Bay this morning and spoke to about 100 people. She was in the city as part of a whirlwind Northern Ontario tour.

Conservative Party leadership hopeful Belinda Stronach made her pitch to about 100 people at the Clarion Resort-Pinewood Park this morning. BayToday.ca will update this story within the next hour.

The province should disband the Education Quality and Accountability Office and reinvest the money into the public school system, says Randy Sheppard, a trustee with the Near North District School Board.

The WKP Kennedy Gallery in North Bay will be taking ice huts to a whole new level with its latest exhibition.

Continuing malfunctions have prompted Jack Pine Hill to close down its ski lift this afternoon. A main drive in the quad chair is being replaced after being shipped into North Bay last night from the United States.

Canadian Defense Minister David Pratt has “no intention” of closing military bases across Canada including CFB North Bay, his spokesman says.

Suggestions to close CFB North Bay could just be a “big smoke screen” for the military to squeeze more funding out of the federal government, Mayor Vic Fedeli says.