Visitors to North Bay face new accommodation tax

North Bay could net up to $800,000 a year – and potentially more – with a new municipal accommodation tax that will take effect in the new year.
Council approved a bylaw Tuesday to set in place the four per cent tax on accommodations at local hotels, with the funds split between Tourism North Bay, with 60 per cent of the take, and the city.
“It is not a local tax,” Coun. Mike Anthony said after the bylaw was passed. “This will affect only folks who are stopping in o