• West Nipissing convict removes GPS monitor, hides in tree

    West Nipissing convict removes GPS monitor, hides in tree
    A West Nipissing resident is facing criminal charges after a court-ordered GPS monitoring device was damaged.Members of the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a disturbance on Pike Lake Road in West Nipissing Wednesday around 6 p.m.“Upon arrival, the individual had left the area on foot. During the investigation, officers located a damaged GPS monitoring device that had been separated from the individual and rendered inoperable. Police determined this
  • Only three-kilometres of rural roads in North Bay covered by $750,000 budget

    Only three-kilometres of rural roads in North Bay covered by $750,000 budget
    Repairing two or three kilometres of rural roads doesn’t go too far, says Mark King.King, who sits on the North Bay Rural Advisory Committee and is running for re-election in the municipal election on Oct. 26, said the rural roads budget hasn’t been increased for years.“Actually when I asked nobody could tell me when it was last increased,” he told The Nugget Wednesday.“The current budget of $750,000 will only allow for about two or three kilometres of actual repai

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