Local News

The Ontario Provincial Police North Bay detachment says there's open water located approximately 20 feet (7 metres) off shore from end of Judge Street on Lake Nipissing.

The president of the Nipissing-Timiskaming Federal Conservative Association says federal money used for sponsorship programs could have gone to far better use. Details are included in the following release issued by the association today at 11 a.m.

Crime of the Week For February 12th, 2004 Near North Crime Stoppers and the North Bay Police Service are seeking the public’s assistance in solving a Break Enter and Theft which occurred on the 300 block of Fisher St.

The last thing Yvette Coutu wants to see is more of the same. Coutu, who lives on Queensway Road, was at Wednesday night’s planning advisory committee meeting, a little concerned about a proposed 38-home subdivision in her neighbourhood.

Hundreds of students from the area flocked to Explore the Trades in Nipissing Wednesday, which was put on by the Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound Local Training and Adjustment Board, and held at the Best Western Hotel and Conference Centre.

More than 24 dealers have been selected for the North Bay Antique Show, Feb. 14 and 15, at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 23.

A cab driver caught in a May 2002 police sting of the city's taxi industry will not have his license reinstated, North Bay Police Services Board chairman William Ferguson stated in a news release Wednesday.

Nipissing MP Bob Wood says he fully supports the government action announced yesterday on the latest Auditor General’s report into the sponsorship program in Quebec.

The Near North District School Board will examine the perils and pluses of going into debt to help it operate its schools.

Discussions regarding a contract bid have been completed between the Ontario Northland Railway and one of its unions. Further details are included in the following news release issued Tuesday night around 11 p.m.