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Chewie, the North Bay and District Critical Incident Stress Team’s service dog, is connecting with people in new and exciting ways, says his handler, Gillian MacIntosh.
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The four-year-old trauma support service dog is task-trained to provide pressure therapy to people in crisis. Chewie works with Victim Services of Nipissing District at the North Bay Police Service, normally spending his days with those who need him the most.
But the pandemic, social distancing and lockdown rules have changed how Chewie and MacIntosh go about their work.
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A member of École secondaire catholique Algonquin has tested positive for COVID-19.
Monique Ménard, director of education for Conseil scolaire catholique Franco-Nord, issued the notice to parents Friday afternoon informing them that all Grade 9 students will be learning remotely.
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“To ensure the continued safety of all, your child will be self-isolated and will continue learning in virtual mode. The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit is currently conducting an investigation,” the letter says.
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Several workers at the low-barrier shelter in North Bay have expressed health and safety concerns in anonymous letters to Catherine Matheson, CAO of the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board (DNSSAB), and board members with Nipissing Mental Health Housing and Support Services.
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In letters obtained by The Nugget prior to a shelter worker being stabbed with a syringe Thursday, the workers complain about unsafe conditions, violence and lack of programming at the city’s emergency shelter.
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A wave eviction notices could soon be hitting the mailboxes of delinquent tenants in North Bay.
As the emergency stay-at-home lifts Feb. 22 at the earliest, so too will a government-ordered pause on residential evictions.
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In an email, Stephanie Bellotto, a spokesperson for Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark, said the government temporarily paused enforcement of residential evictions to prevent tenants from being forced to leave their homes during the province-wide stay-at-home order.
As enforcement is due to resume, the NDP is calling for a rent subsidy for those who have been impacted by COVID-19, as well as a legislated ban on evictions.