Last Wednesday in Ottawa, the City of North Bay and The Ford World Women’s Curling Championship (2018) event were centre stage at the Canadian Sports Tourism Association annual awards ceremony. Dave Bennett, Mark Brown and Rick Miller attended the event which...
Application in for Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Program
The month of March is flying by and the first signs of spring have begun to show. The temperature fluctuations over the past couple of weeks, although welcome after this long winter have made it challenging for getting around this region. Many thanks to...
Is it Spring yet?
The loss of an hour of sleep on the weekend is almost welcome as it signals one more sure sign, that spring is right around the corner. Saturday was a spectacular day with what seems, the first spring like day in a long time. There is no telling how...
Armed Forces Day Announced
http://www.armedforcesday.ca/ Good announcements last week for our communities including our Armed Forces personnel, that call this region home. Armed Forces Day 2019 is shaping up to be one of the premier Armed Forces Day Celebrations, not only in our city but...
Agreement inked between Canadore and MiSTEDUCare Canada Ltd
The good news continues to be generated by Canadore College. The announcements on Friday at “The Village” are tremendous news for North Bay and area, as well for the future of our community and Canadore College. What started as and educational exchange...
Kudos to the Community
It was certainly a relief to have this last weekend snow free and sunny with no major forecasts for more of the white stuff, over at least the next few days. This year definitely ranks up there, as one of the heaviest snow accumulations in recent memory....
EDCO Award – Congratulations!
City of North Bay received the Special Events Award of Excellence at the EDCO conference recently. The submission was for the "Experience North Bay, Investment and Awareness" at the World Women's Curling Championships held March 2018 in North Bay. Last week in a media...
Hard Decisions When Budgeting
As we move into February and hopefully some more moderate weather, we should see things heat up in Council Chambers, as budget deliberations continue. Council and staff will be working late hours to bring forward a budget that will have to address many of the...
Municipal Budgets Challenging
The City of North Bay Budget process is underway with the water and sewer side of things almost completed during the last meeting. There was much discussion amongst the Councillor’s as to the proper use of reserves and budget surpluses. By the end of the...
Congratulations Powassan on your new Family Health Centre
Photo by Laurel Campbell Congratulations to Mayor Peter McIsaac, previous Councils, staff and board members from the Family Health team and the residents of our neighbour to the south, that being the Municipality of Powassan. Together with local health...