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OPINION: Transparency on Contaminated Soil

Attempted Child Luring Incident in West Nipissing

Water & Sewer Rates Going Up 5.6%

Former Councillor and Environmental Chair Raises Alarm Over Contaminated Soil at Sturgeon Falls Landfill

Sturgeon Landfill Accepts 8,000 Tonnes of Contaminated Soil

Council Finalizes 4.6% Increase for 2025

"There are solutions on Quesnel road..."

City Gets $578,835 to Balance Budget

Council Says No to Urban Backyard Chickens

Council meeting will cover many important issues

Councillor Rivard running for Green Party

"We will be forced to pay up to $100,000 for nothing..."

Proposed 6.52% tax increase for 2025

Water may be coming to Quesnel road but at a hefty cost to residents

Scout's Island sale to go ahead

OPINION: Formerly Indigenous MP owes Canada an apology

Speeder caught with $58,000 of drugs

West Nipissing considers closing or amalgamating some fire stations

OPINION: Council will stand up for the people when they have to

West Nipissing receives $100k from 2019 IPM

Municipality receives $680k boost for 2025

UPDATE: Removal of downtown 4-way stops on hold

Despite resident pleas, downtown 4-way stops are no more

Police arrest two, seize over $100k in drugs in Sturgeon Falls

Municipality puts 3.8 acre downtown island up for sale

Nickel Belt to change colours in 2025

Front street construction progressing amid resident concerns

Owner of lake Nipissing scrap pile charged. MNR to quickly clean up mess

A full year of The West Nip Voice

OPINION: Pharand is the voice that this council needed

"What are people supposed to do?": Back to the drawing board on chicken bylaw

OPINION: Verner residents being gaslit on water problem

Council unanimously opposes Pride in the Woods

Summer testing reveals unacceptable manganese levels in Verner water

Rolland Larabie is the new Ward 6 councillor

Tax sale offers great deals

Tiny homes coming to West Nipissing

Why I am not applying for vacant council seat

City receives $50,000 to plan mill site remediation

MP Marc Serre ramps up advertising ahead of 2025 elections

5 councillors go to Ottawa

Au Château's $120M redevelopment plan "not feasible"

LGBTQS+ campground pleas for municipal support

After lengthy debate, chicken bylaw on the way

Verner water problem is NOT municipality's fault

West Nipissing Pride in "no way associated" to controversial 2LGBTQS+ campground

RV explosion shocks campers

Councillor Anne Tessier resigns

Bylaw officers crack down on charity hot dog stand

Pierre Poilievre visits West Nipissing

Only 7 AirBnB licences awarded in WN

DNSSAB offering up to $50,000 to homeowners for extra housing

Local hospitals overwhelmed

Plenty of options for alcohol in West Nipissing

Chicken bylaw coming to West Nipissing

Majority support backyard chickens

UPDATE: Verner's Urgent Water Problem

Council looking to boost immigration in West Nipissing

Sturgeon gas station fire considered "suspicious"

Field robbery arrest was part of province-wide manhunt

Police prevent violent attempted bank robbery in Field

Council looks to redevelop Goulard Park

Council says no to pickleball

Heat wave prompts cancellation of local sports

New grade 7-12 high school coming to West Nipissing

2022 election candidates still not compliant with mandatory financial disclosure

Big changes coming to Sturgeon fast food

Secret CAO salary review cost $20,000

More stop signs not warranted downtown

Council divided on supporting controversial 2LGBTQS+ campground

OPINION: "Cynicism" over drone surveillance

MP Marc Serré now shares office space with media partner

Verner's Urgent Water Problem

West Nipissing Releases List of "Recognized" News Sources

Drones, Bylaws & Harassment: The Full Story of Mayor Thorne-Rochon's Neighbourhood Dispute

5 arrests in Sturgeon Falls for weapons and drugs in just two weeks

OPINION: Most important qualification to be a councillor

Georges Pharand is the new West Nipissing Councillor

CAO orders bylaw officers to cease drone surveillance

Four candidates for vacant council seat

Council united on Pride Month festivities

Bylaw officers now using drones

Cache Bay concerns irrelevant after premature awarding of rink project

CAO Settlement Explains $43K Salary Jump

Hwy 539 Rehab To Get Underway in 2024

Will West Nipissing test for "Forever Chemicals"?

Au Château Drops Vaccine Policy

Homeless numbers continue to rise locally

New flag policy coming to West Nipissing

Nominations open for new councillor

City Sells Surplus Land

New Ice Rink(s) Coming to Cache Bay

Conservation Authority in "Total Chaos"

OPINION: Resignations, Abstentions & Backyard Chickens

West Nipissing Looking to Regulate Backyard Chickens

UPDATE: Courchesne Accepts Position at Municipal LTC Home

BREAKING: Councillor Jérôme Courchesne Resigns

City donated $130k in 2023

2023 Councilor Salaries, Expenses & Bonuses

Council Refuses to Discuss 2% Tax Decrease

Council Adopts AirBnB Bylaw

700+ Sign AirBnB Bylaw Petition

Local Sunshine List Jumps Again

Want to own a fire truck? Now's your chance!

Petition Launched to Oppose AirBnB Bylaw

No Paving Coming to Quesnel Road

Council agrees to some concessions on Short-Term Rental Bylaw

TBT: How Vaccine Policies Impacted the 2022 Elections

City Saves $1M on Latest Tenders

Back to the Drawing Board on Short-Term Rentals. Again...

More Restrictions Added to Short-Term Rental Bylaw

Marc Serré Officially Kicked Out of Algonquin

FIELD COVERED RINK: Why was a much lower option ignored?

THREE YEARS LATER: Status of Old Mill Site

Taxes UP 4.67%. Revenues UP 6.2%

Library Worried About Future of Verner Branch

Council Pushing for LESS Transparency

Women's Caucus & Green Party Caucus Highlight West Nipissing's Delegation in Toronto

GOT TO BE A JOKE!: Citizens Shocked at Price of Municipal Tenders

Council Reallocates $50,000 for Pickleball Courts

No Funding for "No More Tears"

What's on the agenda this week at council?

Critical incidents up 82%, outbreaks up 133% at Au Chateau

Full cost of new covered rink

Back to the drawing board on short-term rental bylaw

Council requesting additional seat on DNSSAB

AirBnBs Prohibited in Mayor's Neighbourhood

Canada's Biggest "Pretendian"