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BREAKING: Canada Post workers vote to accept contract
38Canada Post is heading for collapse.2017 was its last profitable year. Since then: seven straight losses — a record $1.57B in 2025, $841M in 2024, $748M in 2023. Cumulative losses since 2018 exceed $3.8–5B.This is structural failure. Letter mail is dead as Canadians and businesses went digital years ago. Yet it demands taxpayer bailouts.Times change. Canadian Airlines and CP Air adapted or vanished — Canada Post is next.Purolator, owned by Canada Post, proves what works: excellent service, no strikes. Shift from dying letters to growing parcels.Canada Post can no longer plead for relevance. It is due to fail without radical change. Privatization is the logical path.The digital revolution is here. Transform now or be left behind.
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THE PAIKIN PODCAST: Mark Carney pulled off something quite major
31Did he pull off something amazing? He was supposed to pull off many other "amazing" things. Still waiting. But I hold hope that at least a Majority will now see a pipeline, unleashing Canada as Carney states, "an energy super power."A lot of media also are not reporting on the fact that longstanding Liberal MP Backbenchers waiting their turns, through Trudeau, now Carney, for cabinet/high-profile portfolios are being given to floor crossers, or claimed. This is an 'amazing accomplishment' that is still playing out, sadly, for Canadians who can't afford food for their children, sports for their children, and who face youth unemployment. This was over 10 years of sunny ways. Forgive people for being pessimistic about Carney's new honeymoon. 3 Years. Get going now!
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Canadians taking cover after outbreak of violence in Mexican state of Jalisco
13Oh, so my comment won't be posted. I see this is just for all the columnists for Today.Ca enterprises. Why post this if you limit it just to your elitest selves?
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BREAKING: Canada Post reaches deal in principle with union, strike suspended
17purolator
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Breaking: City council votes against third party audit of Chirico expenses
BayToday 33Because it would make them all look bad.
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North Bay council to vote Tuesday on $5.9M sports field project
BayToday 32As a paying Nordic cross-country ski member, I cover substantial seasonal trail fees and help fund grooming through private donations. I have never asked — nor would I ever expect — the City of North Bay to subsidize my sport, Nordic trails, or golf courses.It is time to bury the reckless “build it and they will come” fantasy. The City continues to chase tournaments and out-of-town visitors with overpriced facilities, including the proposed $6.3 million cricket pitch. In India, cricket is played on sand. Our grandparents skated on outdoor rinks with no city-funded HVAC or ice time.North Bay’s shrinking population and modest incomes cannot support elite amenities that only 10 % of residents can actually afford or use. The $77 million hockey arena already came at the direct expense of roads and core services. Now another soccer field and cricket pitch? Enough. Taxpayers deserve fiscal responsibility, not endless subsidies for the few.
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‘Are we beating a dead horse?’: Third-party review of Mayor’s expense controversy voted down
BayToday 30North Bay 100 years. What would our founder think of the state of affairs in our Democratic institution?The word democracy comes from Ancient Greek:δῆμος (dēmos) = "people" (specifically the common people or the citizen body)κρατία (kratía) = "power", "rule", or "strength" (from the verb κρατεῖν, kratein = "to rule")So δημοκρατία (dēmokratía) literally means "rule by the people" or "the power of the people".Our City Council operates more like a secret society than actually serving its constituents. Enough of this clown show, the people are bordering on disgust and broke. This cannot be fixed. Not at this point. If they are not seeking answers, seeking the problems to rectify, then just leave. Leave your seat.
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Armed police block councillors and board members from mayors meeting with Castle Arms residents
BayToday 31Outrageous! Mayor Chirico hid behind armed police to bar elected councillors from a "town hall" with Castle Arms seniors—pure authoritarian lockdown to ram through a takeover without scrutiny!Still stinging from his $17K taxpayer-funded splurge (family trips, golf, dinners)—docked 60 days' pay, ethics breaches, OPP probe—Chirico's secrecy pattern is clear. Excluding Mayne, King, Lowery while cherry-picking allies? Disgraceful!Vulnerable seniors deserve open democracy, not fortified backroom deals. This shreds public trust. Shame on Chirico—demand accountability NOW!
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North Bay releases 2025 salaries, board pay for Mayor and councillors
BayToday 26When will Tax Payers be reimbursed for the Mayors Illegal Decisions, and thus the council he needed of $65,435 in legal fees related to the Integrity Commissioner...Mr. Chirico, when will you pay us back?! This is not just a dumb question, its very real. You used our money to defend you from your own stupidity. When are we paid back with Interest, because we made that money from working hard, making right decisions. So our tax dollars could benefit the City, not you. You didn't make the right decision and charged the Tax Payers for your own decision whcih was terribly flawed, multiple flawed decisions. And you have the audacity, the city does, to place it on the Credit Card. As if we're all in this Mayor Mess Together. Oh No Peter. Your the one who ruined North Bay 125 Anniversary with your mess. Not us.
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City to reveal Integrity Commissioner investigation into Mayor Chirico Tuesday
BayToday 25How can businesses invest in North Bay and trust that this Mayor and Council will be transparent and tax-efficient? We need a clearing of Council and House Affairs. This Mayor sees nothing wrong in what he has done at the Corporation of the City of North Bay... Our CEO should step down for the betterment of the business and the integrity of the Development of this City as a Corporation. Has anyone thought about how, in corporate Canada, investors in our City fear the Tax Base, fear the Most Secretive Council? No wonder we are a bleeding industry. We are a Gong Show! Yet he wants to remain King.
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EDITORIAL: What is Doug Ford hiding from you? Way more than ever before
10Hypocrisy alert: Liberal media slams Ford's FOI modernization (aligning political offices w/ other provinces/federal rules, protecting cabinet confidentiality & personal texts in digital age) while ignoring Liberal leader Mark Carney. Carney chaired Brookfield, whose funds used Bermuda/Cayman tax havens—avoiding ~$5.3B+ in Canadian taxes (NDP/CBC reports). Funds he co-chaired funneled billions offshore. Brookfield faced Indigenous rights/env accusations in Brazil (deforestation, evictions) under his watch.Real scandals: McGuinty/Wynne era—$1.1B gas plants cancellation (emails deleted, staff charged), eHealth ~$1B waste, ORNGE mess. Liberals killed probes.Transparency matters everywhere—corruption isn't partisan. Ford won 3 majorities; Ontarians re-elect him for results over media hysteria. Selective outrage from outlets soft on Liberal elites. Demand consistency.
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Resident pushes for names on Mayor Chirico meal receipts
BayToday 23I love how it's come down to North Bay Citizens having to subsidize the eating habits of our elected officials. We are basically cutting their grocery bills. It won't end. The secrecy of City Hall is a Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma. Who controls whom? Who controls who gets the jobs as advertised? Who controls what contracts? Who controls what is released and what is redacted for citizens? Who is in charge of finding taxpayer misspent dollars? Nobody we know. It's all a pyramid. The OPP seems to be having a hard time revealing to North Bay Citizens what is going on in their criminal investigation into our Mayor Chirico... And, sadly, North Bay citizens suffer because of City Hall, and the most Secretive Council in Canada puts its Citizens through the wringer and back just to secure their own paychecks. Heaven forbid they remember who put them there, and who pays their checks. We do. We can also vote them out. En masse, in October.
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‘Not the right time’: Doug Ford promises to sell private jet
24This was a massive blunder. What brain cell did Ford use to think this was a good idea right now? He only has a few left.
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Near North Director of Education resigns amid controversy
BayToday 24All the abuses of the system, employees, and the school programming... This was no surprise. This man had an ego the size of North Bay. Must be the PFAS in the water!?
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Ontario spent nearly $200k in aviation-related costs for returned private jet: docs
BayToday 5Too bad. Wish we were able to get the 1.5 Billion back, returned, to the Tax Payers. It was a Liberal Scandal. And I can't believe I have to say this, but, bay today dont delete my comment. I am following your respective rules.
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Integrity commissioner finds former Callander mayor and councillor engaged in workplace harassment
BayToday 19For such a small staff and council. That must have been a lot of harassment. Can't people just play by the books and be nice? Callander is very small, but it manages well. I just don't see how someone could harass their colleagues on such a small council. Sounds very ego-centric with small pond big fish syndrome.
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Majority of Ontario students failed to complete Ford government’s mandatory e-learning requirement, ministry data reveals
BayToday 22Scrap it. It's not working. Listen to what teachers are experiencing in the classrooms. Unruly behaviour, safety issues from unruly students, aggressive behaviour, and a lack of parental concern regarding their children's behaviour. Teachers now have to contend with ChatGPT, with no clear guidance on how to handle this new technology that has students handing in AI-generated garbage, many of them admitting as much. The Ford Government has a duty to consult the teachers who have a mess on their hands, and are burning out due to classroom disruptions and behaviours that past generations wouldn't think of harassing teachers, at least my Millennial Generation. I can write cursive and write essays with my own brain power. The internet is luring such passive behaviour to serious learning, opting for the easy way out. A generated AI report.
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Councillors King and Mayne seek path back to Cassellholme Board
BayToday 23At this point... In this Term... Forget about accomplishing anything, or improving anything... It seems that North Bay cannot function at even the most basic levels of committee decorum, questions, etc. Police Officers being called in at other boards. North Bay Citizens deserve a Functioning City Hall. We deserve this, because we pay the most for this in Ontario, per Capita. We need a City Hall.
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New arena and hotel coming to Nipissing First Nation?
BayToday 18Good idea, NFN! A boon for local FN businesses, opportunities for the youth, and job growth. Could be a very good idea, need to know more!
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Council training renews focus on when meetings should and shouldn’t be in-camera
BayToday 21Our Local Government cannot handle the minutiae of daily government proceedings or how to carry them out properly.If Council could not understand their role the first time, nor respect it, why would Council respect a paid information consultant "Teaching an Information Session"The problem is not that they made a mistake once, but that they have an information session regarding their actions. The problem is that they don't see themselves as having to follow those informed rules of local governance, which is beyond egotistical and self-serving.
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