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Article content Royal Canadian Legion Branch 23 may be down, but it isn’t out, according to its president and past president. It has money in the bank, about a third of its members have renewed their memberships for this year, and expenses are low. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. The one thing it doesn’t have at this time is a home. The branch has been out of its First Avenue West quarters for the past year, and has been trying to find new accommodations since before it locked its doors. A few possibilities have come up, most falling by ...

Article content Royal Canadian Legion Branch 23 members are being asked to renew their memberships despite the branch’s uncertain future. “We want all legion members to renew their memberships and they (can) do that at their current branch. At this moment, Branch 23 is still a legion branch, so yes, all their members are encouraged to renew,” said Garry Pond, president of the Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Legion members encouraged to stick with Branch 23 Back to video He said legion membe...

Article content With its charter hanging in the balance, Branch 23 of the Royal Canadian Legion in North Bay has been given to the end of the month to come up with a business plan. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Time running out on Branch 23 in North Bay Back to video “If we don’t receive anything by the end of January, I will have to contact national headquarters and ask them to make a decision,” says Ontario Command president Garry Pond. “They (Branch 23) may have to surrender their charter.” Members of the branch, meanwhile, are be...

Article content Members of Branch 23 of the Royal Canadian Legion in North Bay are being advised to renew their memberships at another branch. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Branch 23 members urged to transfer their memberships Back to video This news comes as the fate of the branch remains uncertain. Branch 23 has been homeless since being locked out last spring of its former home on First Avenue West as it struggled with rising costs and an aging membership. The branch executive and members received a letter from Ontario Command president Gar...