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2 days ago | baytoday.ca | David Briggs

Everyone is safe after a house fire in Callander yesterday, but unfortunately, the home is a total loss. Todd Daley, the Chief of Callander’s Fire and Emergency Services, explained, “We’re attributing the cause to unattended cooking.” He added, “One of the most significant causes of residential structure fires is unattended cooking.”He said the call came in around 5 p.m. last evening for a structure fire in the South Shore area of the municipality.

2 days ago | baytoday.ca | David Briggs

In March, council received a staff report suggesting non-budgeted expenditures fall between $2,500 to $25,000. The later price split council, as three members thought that was too high. A non-budgeted expense is most often an unforeseen cost, such a breakdown within the municipal fleet. The mayor provided another example, a broken water pipe. Bélanger asked, “What if you’re dealing with a water break, and you know that it’s going to cost more than $10,000? What are we supposed to do?

3 days ago | baytoday.ca | Michael Owen

Over the last four years alone, Bradford landlords have been dealing with almost $1 million in unpaid rent, and the system that handles those issues is due for change if it’s going to keep up with demand. That was the message from Kevin Costain and Rose Marie, chair and vice-chair, respectively, of Small Ownership Landlords Ontario (SOLO), during a deputation to Bradford council on April 15. They were invited by Ward 4 Joseph Giordano. “This is theft,” Costain said.

6 days ago | baytoday.ca | Barbara Latkowski

Can we live without bees? A vital part of natural ecosystems, bees play a critical role in food production. But in recent years, these vital insects, as well as many other pollinators, are in decline.  A recent report co-authored by Canadian researcher John Klymko, a scientist at the Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre in Sackville, N.B., warns more than one-fifth of pollinator species studied in North America are at risk of extinction.

6 days ago | baytoday.ca | Chris Dawson

A partnership between Canadore College and the Lindsay Weld Centre is hoping to fill the gap of the high demand for child daycare in the North Bay area. Canadore College, which originally purchased the old E.T. Carmichael School on the north end of North Bay off Chapais Street, was planning to turn the old school into international student housing.