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Near North Crime Stoppers Box 382 North Bay, ON P1B 8H5 Call Toll free 1-800-222-TIPS Or 476-8477 Fax 476-1784 Crime of the Week for June 17th, 2004 Near North Crime Stoppers and the North Bay Police Service are seeking the public's assistance in sol

City council has decided the North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority must try again to come up with a financial restructuring plan to handle its $5.44 million debt.

A 19-year-old Corbeil man has been arrested following a theft of several bottles of liquor from the Chief Commanda. Security personnel for the marina the Chief is docked at nabbed a thief inside the boat around 4 this morning.

The North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority board has found out it owes “a surprise” $1.04 million dollars, chairman Marc Charron says.

A petition by a Toronto-based environment organization has stopped logging in Temagami. No wood will be harvested, the group said, pending a decision by an Ontario government ministry.

Eighteen people have been charged with 45 drug-related offenses, following early morning search warrants and arrests, conducted in North Bay, and the West Nipissing area.

Nipissing-Timiskaming Liberal candidate Anthony Rota wants to know who or what his Conservative opponent Al McDonald will be saving next. Further details are included in the following news release issued late Tuesday night by the Rota campaign.

Chronic underfunding has helped lead to a deficit budget at Canadore College. The college was able to use some reserves to help out to reduce the deficit, but it's still close to $300,000.

Nipissing-Timiskaming candidates from L-R: Ross Maclean, Anthony Rota, Les Wilcox, Al McDonald and Dave Fluri ____________________________________________________________ About 75 people gathered at the Mattawa Community Centre on Monday, June 14th t

A rally will be held for Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper Thursday morning at 11 a.m., at the Clarion Resort Pinewood Park.