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In your opinion, what was the top news story of 2022?

COVID outbreak in local jail hits 60 cases.  13 votes 0.99%
City budget passed with 4.27 levy increase 25 votes 1.91%
North Bay Police cut service to Callander 8 votes 0.61%
Trucker's convoy protest hits North Bay.  86 votes 6.56%
Hospital won't bring back fired anti-vaccine staff.  55 votes 4.20%
New Cascades casino opens.  64 votes 4.89%
Canadore announces new 160 bed long-term care facility.  39 votes 2.98%
Vic Fedeli re-elected MPP for Nipissing  20 votes 1.53%
Homeless situation. New homeless tent city stresses out downtown residents,  205 votes 15.65%
Popular local beach renamed. Council approves name change to Shabogesic Beach  4 votes 0.31%
Highway 11 safety issues. Collision claims life of expectant mother 29 votes 2.21%
Gas prices: Price breaks two bucks a litre barrier in North Bay 93 votes 7.10%
COVID mandates and Alex Stewart: Criminal charge withdrawn against anti-lockdown business owner 16 votes 1.22%
Loss of control on approach caused fatal South River air crash that killed two women. 1 vote 0.08%
Nipissing University gets new president. 5 votes 0.38%
Killer sentenced. Deschenes gets life in stabbing death of Micheline St. Amour 36 votes 2.75%
Bavarian Meats. Extraction day at little butcher shop of horrors.  79 votes 6.03%
Deegan's 133-year-old shoe business ending to focus on antiques  12 votes 0.92%
Ontario Northland unveils Every Child Matters locomotive.  18 votes 1.37%
O Canada called 'cultural genocide.' by Near North School Board trustee 28 votes 2.14%
Police investigating a homicide in downtown North Bay. Arrest two men. 28 votes 2.14%
'Unacceptable' Chippewa Raiders name must go. High school faces renaming. 21 votes 1.60%
New arena decision still in limbo 35 votes 2.67%
North Bay: 4th-highest opioid-related mortality rate in Ontario  111 votes 8.47%
Unique 2+1 highway initiative coming to Highway 11 North 19 votes 1.45%
Push for Larochelle Victoria Cross culminates on Remembrance Day.  12 votes 0.92%
'Replica' gun seized by police at St. Joseph-Scollard Hall  10 votes 0.76%
Chairs of two school boards lose seats in election 10 votes 0.76%
Ladies' night at North Bay City Hall as women sweep top three council spots 121 votes 9.24%
Emotional election win for new mayor Peter Chirico  42 votes 3.21%
Local median income 'significantly lower' than most of Ontario  40 votes 3.05%
Turmoil and gridlock at West Nipissing council 25 votes 1.91%

Total votes: 1310
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The BayToday.ca poll is a sampling of public opinion intended solely to allow our readers to express themselves on issues of the day. Its findings may not be representative of the general population of North Bay or other areas.




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