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Mayor's expense report sparks calls for more transparency
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46Swiping the wrong card by accident occasionally is understandable. $16k over 2 years is a deliberate pattern of behavior.I would really like to see the itemized list of what he was putting the card. That will tell the real story of whether this was accidental or malpractice.
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LCBO workers believe booze will cause headaches for confectionaries
BayToday 26I wish the union was just honest. These are decent jobs for low skilled workers and are worth keeping. Nothing wrong with that being the primary driver. Save us the song and dance about protecting the public from the evils of alcohol.
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Villeneuve resigns as local Conservative candidate
BayToday 24Did she really drop the woman card in this? She is a parachute candidate. Good riddance.
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Councillor Vrebosch’s travel expenses under review after FOI release, and amid transparency push
BayToday 22The meal double dipping is the only story. It happens all the time with businesses that offer per diems. Dishonest but not scandalous. 220-432 a night for hotels in Ottawa during a conference is a non-story.
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Push for transparency stalls as North Bay Council drops audit motion
BayToday 24this is so embarrassing.
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Local federal conservatives poised to dump their candidate if perfomance doesn't improve
BayToday 23She's not a member of this community, That should be the bare minimum for nomination for all the parties. If you can't get a good local candidate, don't run one.
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North Bay Police looking for significant budget increase for
BayToday 18Zero % until you show a concrete plan for body cams, This is embarrassing. NBPD acts like they are the first police force to get cameras and there are all these questions to be answered. there aren't. They just don't want them.
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Woman says government took 'every cent' of parents' savings
BayToday 17what they are glossing over in this is that they also inherited 2 properties. the primary residence is passed on tax free and the cottage will have capital gains assessed. As is the norm when estates are being settled, the tax owing was taken out of the RRSP (which have never been taxed to this point). I get they are grieving, but this is totally normal and fair.
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City installs Cycle Sitters for downtown, waterfront next
BayToday 16Who's idea was this? What benefit are they for? They will either become shelter for the homeless or they will provide sightline cover while someone saws off your bike lock.
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Every 10 minutes a woman is killed says UN. Declare it an epidemic says NDP
BayToday 16Using international stats to talk about the problem in Ontario is a lie by omission. It is no doubt still a real problem in Ontario, but using the stat "one killed every 10min", is catastrophizing and unhelpful.
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Zufelt calls out owner of Villa apartments
BayToday 20Northern FryThe LTB is there to enforce and interpret the legislation. They don't actually make the rules. That is the Residential Tenancies Act and it is the responsibility of the of our MPPs. If anything, the LTB is supremely underfunded and cannot handle the volume of cases before it. And that only serves to help both bad tenants and bad landlords.
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Laurentian Ski Hill subsidy of up to $100K passes with lone opposing Council vote
BayToday 16I have no problem with the subsidy itself. I have a huge problem with the cloak and dagger of it all.
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Councillor Vrebosch’s travel expenses under review after FOI release, and amid transparency push
BayToday 16Agreed. PK. This screams hit job to distract from Chirico's scandal.
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Mandatory Alcohol Screening to be part of every OPP GTA traffic stop
BayToday 11RIDE programs have just conditioned us to be ok with police power expansion. If there is no reasonable suspicion, there should be no obligation to comply with screening. It's embarrassing that so many people are ok with this. Why not just do full car and cavity searches while we're it. You know, for the greater good.
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Fedeli attending Trump Inauguration
BayToday 10non story. this is regular diplomacy.
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Former premier Mike Harris attends Osprey golf gala, briefly comments on Chirico controversy
BayToday 12Even the most uncharitable read of Harris's time in office would be that he INdirectly contributed to the current crisis.
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North Bay body-worn camera project hits pause
BayToday 12This guy is acting like NBPD is the first to do this and there are all these unknowns. There aren't. this is normal in a ton of police forces. figure it out, stop making excuses. Or just admit you don't want them. That i would respect.
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North Bay Police in need of new million dollar radio system
BayToday 12wouldn't it make sense for Police, Fire, EMS, and Hydro to all share the same radio system and pool the cost?
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North Bay police respond to 1,463 traffic complaints with new strategy
BayToday 15What a waste of resources. Good thing we gave them an extra 12%.
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Mattawa officially extinguishes fireworks sales in the municipality
BayToday 9I also hate fun.
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