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News headlines for Thursday, May 9

After talks broke down earlier this week, 52 unionized staff at SNOLAB are on the picket line outside Creighton Mine in Lively.

North Bay City Council has approved the $9.5 million reconstruction tender for a stretch of McKeown Avenue between Cartier Street and the roundabout at Gormanville Road.

Timmins Police are looking for a missing man. Jakob Beisel is described as a 24-year-old Caucasian man who is 5′ 9″ tall, and has short brown hair, a scruffy beard, and green eyes.

Sault Area Hospital officials have implemented strict visitor restrictions on its 1B inpatient unit due to an outbreak.

With the NOJHL championship behind them… the Greater Sudbury Cubs junior ‘A’ hockey team now has the Centennial Cup in their sights. Their quest starts with Collingwood, tomorrow top ranked teams in the county.

Not twenty four hours after a devastating fire causing millions in damage, Stradwicks Carpet One in North Bay says the store will return “sooner than later”. There is no word as the cause of the Tuesday night fire.

Fred Salvador Athletic Field at the Hollinger Park is tossing baseball from the game. This is after the city of Timmins says, in keeping with the municipal budget… the stands and dugouts will remain, but everything associated with baseball will disappear. Negotiations will go ahead to use the field at Ecole Catholique Secondaire Thériault.

And an SUV-sized Radio Flyer red wagon with a top speed of 60 mph and about 57,000 miles on the odometer is up for auction. Using the chassis of a 1976 Mazda pickup truck to create the Radio Flyer car… it’s not clear if the owner will do more, as they’re now in a roll.

Meanwhile in Sault Ste. Marie, the Downtown Association is advising that parts of queen Street will remain closed for safety reasons after a fire at 647 Queen Street East. The location is in “severe” danger of collapse.

The City of Elliot Lake says, proper documentation or no…. the Bob Stirling Trail system located at Spine Beach is designated for non-motorized activities such as biking, running and walking.

A new Community greenhouse has opened in New Sudbury. Dubbed the Twin Forks Community Garden officially opened in the New Sudbury area Wednesday and produce grown will be shared.

The North Bay and District Chamber of Commerce is playing host to Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli at the Grande Event Centre on June 7.

While the conversion of the ballpark at Hollinger Park in Timmins will get going this year, the transformation into the full event venue will not happen until next year. The $185,000 in the 2024 city budget will be used to remove things like fencing and foul poles.

A new service for seniors with mobility challenges is rolling into Sault Ste Marie. The newly established local chapter of Cycling Without Age hosted a demonstration Tuesday at the Alzheimer Society of Sault Ste. Marie & Algoma District.

 

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