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Pieces of the area's past are being brought up to date. The Dionne Quints Museum opens for the season this weekend, at the North Bay Chamber of Commerce property on
Seymour Street.  The five girls brought millions of visitors to the North Bay area, when they were seen as a natural miracle during the Great Depression. This season, new exhibits and displays are featured in the original family home, which now serves as a museum to the girls. The Chamber runs the facility, and says tickets will be on a two-for-one special all weekend long.

Family and friends of a missing North Bay area man are hoping for the best.  Thirty-two-year-old Robbie Aho went missing back in 2009. Published reports say his father, Terry Aho, received a tip this week, saying someone resembling Robbie was seen boarding a bus in Sault Ste. Marie just over two weeks ago. It's believed this man got off the bus in Sudbury. Terry Aho has apparently travelled to the Nickel City to look for his son.

North Bay pet owners can help their animals and the local Humane Society at the same time.  Society manager Daryl Vaillancourt says they will hold a "Micro-chip Day" on Saturday, June 29th. It will only cost $20, and all the proceeds go to operating the society. The micro-chips are important, because they offer an easy, permanent way for lost animals to be identified and returned home.

Folks at North Bay City Hall will be watching the province's reaction with interest in coming weeks. They want to see if the provincial government does anything about an arbitration system that many say is flawed. This week, politicians voted unanimously to ask that any future arbitration with unionized staff take into account a community's ability, or capacity, to pay. They feel in the past arbitrators did not consider the economic impact of decisions, saying cities can just raise taxes.