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The City of North Bay will formally ask the board of Cassellholme Home for the Aged for more time to explore alternative ways of financing the long-term care home’s redevelopment, currently estimated at nearly $121.9 million.
After meeting in camera, or behind closed doors, Thursday, council voted in favour of a motion authorizing the chief administrative officer, David Euler, to send a request to the Cassellholme board so other financing can be explored before a final package is sent to the Ministry of Long-Term Care.
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The City of North Bay is exploring new rules that would regulate the size, number and placement of election signs on public and private property.
Staff have prepared a report on a proposed election signs bylaw, which council is expected to refer to its general government committee Tuesday, where it will be discussed further before a formal recommendation is made on whether to adopt the regulations or not.
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Under the proposed bylaw, election signs would not be permitted on public property, except for on municipal road allowances and specific areas of certain parks already listed in an existing policy – Lee Park from Judge Avenue to James Street, Thomson Park beside Fisher Street, and the Main Street Overpass from Oak Street East to Judge Avenue.
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Canada should be doing a better job in obtaining the COVID-19 vaccines, a member of North Bay council argues.
Coun. Mac Bain told members of council Tuesday that he was not criticizing the efforts of the federal and provincial governments in his call to bring Canada into the top five per cent per capita by Aug. 1 globally.
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And while Canada has administered the vaccine to more than one-third of the nation’s population, “we are further behind than other countries,” he said.
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Following the approval this week of a more than $105,000 increase to the city’s insurance premium, a North Bay councillor plans to make an appeal to the provincial government to investigate this continued trend which he says has “hammered” municipalities.
Council approved a contract Tuesday evening to renew its comprehensive general insurance with Frank Cowan Company Ltd., in partnership with Kennedy Insurance Brokers Inc., for a premium of nearly $1.17 million, plus HST, for a one-year term starting May 1.
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The premium, excluding taxes, is $105,148 greater than the previous year.
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City council is calling on the provincial and federal governments to step up COVID-19 vaccinations in communities – like North Bay and others – that are still behind when it comes to getting shots in arms compared to their southern counterparts.
Council passed a motion Tuesday evening, introduced by deputy mayor Tanya Vrebosch and seconded by Coun. Bill Vrebosch, to have unused vaccines in large areas of the province redistributed to regions still in Phase 1 of the Ontario government’s vaccination plan.
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