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Deputy mayor and budget chief Peter Chirico says he opposes a special tax area for people who don’t receive the same services as others elsewhere in North Bay.

Provincial Bill 8 could affect the collective agreements of hospital workers and threaten their wages and benefits, paramedic Bill Kotsopoulos says.

City staff members spent “hundreds of hours” each trying to reduce a 12.5 tax increase and have managed to bring the city budget down “by some $2.1 million,” deputy mayor Peter Chirico said at Monday night’s committee meeting of council.

A buck and bag and paid parking at Memorial Gardens and the Aquatic Centre are gone for now, but they'll likely be revisited in the future.

Mac Bain says a couple of Liberals have had their backs scratched by North Bay and now it’s time for them to return the favour.

The Crown will be seeking an assessment that could have a Niagara man—found guilty this morning of two counts of indecent exposure and nine counts of breach of probation—declared a long-term offender.

A study conducted by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences shows that the North Bay General Hospital is a leader in providing the fastest heart attack treatment once a patient is admitted to the Emergency Room.

The Crown will be seeking an assessment that could have a Niagara man—found guilty this morning of two counts of indecent exposure and nine counts of breach of probation—declared a long-term offender.

A Bonfield man has been charged with impaired driving over the weekend by the Ontario Provincial Police. The man was stopped by the OPP early Sunday morning as he was about to drive off on his snow machine.

Chad Wolfe demonstrates his fiddling skill Saturday night as he performs with the North Bay Symphony Orchestra at the Capitol Centre.