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The OPP is clarifying what constitutes an e-bike after a man was arrested for drinking and driving. E-bikes with pedals are considered a bicycle by the Highway Traffic Act, but once the pedals are removed, they become a motor vehicle. As a motor vehicle the driver must have a driver’s license and the e-bike is also required to be registered and insured, and because it’s a motor vehicle, you can’t operate it under the influence of alcohol or drugs. This information comes after OPP arrested a man on Sunday for drinking and driving. A driver on Highway 17 near Duschesnay Falls called police after finding a man on the ground with his scooter lying on top of him. OPP say when they arrived on scene the man was trying to load his scooter in a van to leave the area. After an investigation, the man was found to have three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system. The 38-year-old man from North Bay is charged with impaired driving.

Cecil’s Eatery and Beer Society, Cementation along with the Capital Centre is presenting North Bay’s first annual Blues Festival. In what hopes to be the first of many, this festival will run September 27^th to 30^th. The all Canadian lineup has the “Goddess of Canadian Blues” Rita Chiarelli, and Blood, Sweat and Tears frontman David Clayton Thomas. On the Saturday night, the Bell Blues Cruise will set sail on the Chief Commanda II with local talent Jake and the Fundamentals and Jim Harney. Sunday will close out with a screening of Rita Chiarelli’s documentary, “Music from the Big House.” The festival pass is $95 and can be purchased at the Capital Centre box office or online at capitalcentre.org.

Tuition fees are going up at Canadore College to the tune of 4.5 percent for first year students and four percent for years after that. Yet, with the tuition refund the province recently announced of about $800 for each student, students will likely end up paying less.

The ONTC union is up in arms again, this time over a campaign promise to refund GO Train passengers if they’re delayed more than 15 minutes. The General Chairperson’s Association spokesperson Brian Kelly says Premier Dalton McGuinty continues to treat people in Southern Ontario differently than those in the North. Kelly says the refund shows how the government doesn’t want to inconvenience riders, but they’re taking away that service in the North.

The North Bay Police are holding an open house today part of Police Week. Officers will be on hand to answer questions and show you around. It runs from 10:00am to 3:00pm at 135 Princess Street West.

A free workshop is happening Wednesday, May 16^th, about injury prevention and management. Sport North Bay is presenting the evening great for athletes, parents and coaches. Guest speakers include Khouri Long from Cor Maximus, Martin Payne from Symetrics and Brenda Walsh of Active Running and Therapy Centre. The evening starts at 7:00pm at Chippewa Secondary School.

Police have identified the person killed in a single-vehicle collision in Arnstein on Monday. Sixty-seven-year-old Arina Howes of Loring died when her car veered off the road and flipped in a ditch at Highway 522 and Seagull Lake Road. Police say she may have been in medical distress at the time. An autopsy is planned. OPP’s Technical Collision Investigations and Forensic Indentifications Units were on scene to investigate.

The OPP will be out in full force for road safety week ahead of the May 24^th long weekend. OPP Deputy Commissioner Larry Beechey says in an effort to reduce traffic injury and death, officers across the province will be enforcing all road safety laws. Road Safety Week wraps up at the end of the Victoria Day long weekend.