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THE PAIKIN PODCAST: Prime Minister Pierre Poilievre? He’ll get another shot
51As long as the Conservative Party keeps selecting unelectable leaders like this, they'll never form a government.
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BREAKING: $63M twin pad arena and community centre approved
BayToday 24It’s too bad that so much time and money was wasted on the initial concept. It’s good to finally get this project moving. It’s also important to note that a lot of the expense and needs are to remedy deficiencies with the existing facilities at Omischel. I'm sure field users will appreciate finally having change rooms and meeting rooms. Perhaps this will facilitate tournaments for those sports as well.
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Man breaks into local police station and assaults cop
BayToday 25ha ha ha... some mothers do have 'em! Kidding aside, those doors should be open and with a desk sergeant there to speak to. They should not be locked, with a note to call a phone number, or a buzzer, or whatever they have now. Police need to have a public face.
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Raven and Republic closed its doors
BayToday 30That’s too bad and must have been a hard decision. It’s a tough business to be in. This was somebody’s dream.
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Wine, beer, ready-to-drink booze coming sooner to more Ontario stores
BayToday 21So, instead of fixing things that are broken (healthcare) this government would rather break things that are just fine as they are, creating more social problems for all of us and staffing burdens for participating stores, along the way. Well played!
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Councillor Jamie Lowery announces bid for North Bay mayor in 2026 election
BayToday 13He has some interesting thoughts for sure but has openly stated he will use "strong mayor powers" to override council, and I cannot support that.
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Flag flap: City makes decision on flying Stars and Stripes
BayToday 22I’ve asked this before and never found an answer… do those US cities with OHL teams have Canadian flags in their arenas? In the meantime, I just won’t face that north wall when an anthem is played at the Gardens. I will stand and remove my hat, but I will not face an American flag while Oh Canada is being honoured.
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Local federal conservatives poised to dump their candidate if perfomance doesn't improve
BayToday 13Their party problems start a little further up the chain.
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Dropping U.S. flags from public buildings gains momentum
BayToday 23I’d love to see the flag come out of the Gardens. I won’t even face that direction when Oh Canada plays at a hockey game. I understand historically why it’s there, but there are very few Americans left on base and the USA is no friend of ours.
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Ontario to suspend driver's licences for convicted car thieves for at least 10 years
BayToday 19I don’t think criminals will care. This is just posturing from a government that wants to distract the public from many other issues they have created, or aggravated, or just don’t want to deal with.
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Three options available to council for new arena project
BayToday 13We should have been at this stage three or four years ago, and we'd be looking at a lot less dollars. Let’s just get it done before the price goes up again.
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Moores customer says garment bag policy doesn't fit
BayToday 20That's pretty petty Moore's! I can see charging if a bag is all they want, but with an $800 purchase... come on! (signed, also a loyal client).
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North Bay man faces $2500 fine for unlawful camping
BayToday 16@rwrh… you're right on, but no private developer wants to be a landlord to that population. There's much easier money to be made in a single family dwelling and a lot less hassle. We need more public investment in these sorts of initiative. Private investors will never do it.
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'Broken system' leaves Orillia area landlords to foot bill for tenants trashing their home
BayToday 17What an outrageous situation. Who in their right mind would want to be a landlord these days!?
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Could a homeless encampment set up in a city park?
BayToday 6The homeless have to live somewhere. They can’t camp on private property, that only leaves public. I'm sure most of them would rather not sleep in a tent under constant threat and derision. What an awful and complex situation.
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'Billion-dollar' boozedoggle? How much speeding up alcohol sales in corner stores may cost
BayToday 11Let’s not forget who elected this awful government… yes, the 60% of Ontarians who didn’t bother to vote last time. Apathy is what leads to politicians like this. One thing they do well is motivate their base and get them out to vote.
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Ontario hospital patient fined $28,600 for refusing to go to long-term care home
BayToday 8Shameful
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Two-year 'Making Over Main Street' project moving to final phase
BayToday 15Next, let’s do something about the bottleneck and mess in front of the old Demarco's. That block's beautification might have been well-intentioned, but it was a mistake.
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'Just change a few words': Timmins mom wants more transparency from health unit
BayToday 15These people walk amongst us.
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Number of Ontarians without family doctor reaches 2.5 million, college says
BayToday 12Thank god its getting easier to get cheap booze!
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