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Jim Redpath, founder of North Bay mining contractor, has died
Jim Redpath is best known for founding J.S. Redpath Ltd., a mining contracting company specializing in shaft sinking based in North Bay, when he was just 26 years old. James (Jim) Stockton Redpath, 88, died Aug. 2 in St. John's, Nfld., after a 'courageous 20-year journey with Parkinson's disease,' his obituary said. Redpath is best known for founding J.S. Redpath Ltd., a mining contracting company specializing in shaft sinking based in North Bay, when he was just 26 years old. It's now known as Redpath Mining Contractors and Engineers. Jim Redpath grew up at a mine site in Val-d'Or, Que, the eldest child of James and Margaret Redpath. 'As a teenager, he worked two formative summers on a small exploration boat in Hudson Bay, an experience that sparked both his enduring work ethic and a deep love of the Canadian North,' his obit said. Redpath earned his degree in mining engineering from McGill University before founding his famous mining contracting company. 'Under his leadership, the company … laid a foundation of technical excellence and integrity, eventually becoming a global leader in mining services,' his obit said. 'He stepped away from the company at age 50, proud of its trajectory and legacy.' 'Under his leadership, the company … laid a foundation of technical excellence and integrity, eventually becoming a global leader in mining services.' — Jim Repath obituary The company started with only four employees in October 1962. When it celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2022, there were more than 6,400 staff around the world, including 200 in North Bay. Five years after he founded J.S. Redpath Ltd., the company secured five major projects. One of the projects, Creighton Mine, No. 9 Shaft, located in Ontario, was the deepest North American shaft at that time. After leaving the mining world, Redpath studied art curation at Sotheby's in New York and went on to lead the Capitol Arts Centre in North Bay for several years, supporting local artists and fostering cultural growth. 'In later years, Jim and his wife Bobbi settled in St. John's … a place he held close to his heart,' his obituary said. 'There, they became deeply involved in the city's vibrant arts community.' Honorary doctorates In recognition of his contributions to industry and the arts, he received honorary doctorates from both McGill University and Nipissing University and served as the first Chancellor of Nipissing in 1994. He was awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Golden and Diamond Jubilee Medals and the Order of Ontario. He is survived by his wife and partner of over 50 years, Bobbi, 'with whom he shared a rich and joyful life,' his obit said. 'He was a loving and supportive father to Carolyn, Lorraine, John and Sarah, and a proud grandfather to five grandchildren. He was predeceased by his siblings, Anne and John. Jim's life was one of vision, reinvention, and quiet philanthropy. He will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered.' A Celebration of Life will be held on Aug. 20 at 4 p.m. at The Rooms in St. John's, Newfoundland. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Parkinson Canada or a local arts organization in Jim's memory.
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Saint-Leonard residents fed up with city for not protecting borough from flooding
Flooding in Saint Leonard on July 13, 2025 left residents frustrated again over a lack of action on the part of the city. A borough city council meeting in Saint-Leonard got heated as residents responded to Montreal's response to persistent flooding in recent years. Residents shouted at Saint-Leonard city councillors and Ensemble Montréal borough mayor Michel Bisonnet throughout the meeting. 'You got to spend money on what is necessary to support 92-year-old people that are living on that street, Belmont, that have the backflow,' resident Mark Anthony Cerello said at the mic. 'The cost-benefit analysis is inertia. You're not doing anything.' Belmont Street has been particularly hard hit and residents again suffered serious flooding on July 13. Mark Anthony Cerello Mark Anthony Cerello delivered a heated rebuke to his Saint-Leonard elected members at a council meeting on Aug. 4, 2025. (CTV News) Saint-Leonard West city councillor Dominic Perri said a study from the engineering firm CIMA+ found that the main water collection station on Langelier Boulevard needs to be increased two to five times, and that he was successful in getting $151 million earmarked for the project, but that it is 'not acceptable' that he has been told the project won't start for five years. 'We have succeeded in getting the money, but we cannot touch for five years,' said the opposition councillor. 'This is not acceptable. It is most likely these people will be flooded again. The project eventually has to be done because climate change is here to remain. The costs will be higher.' Dominic Perri Saint-Leonard West city councillor Dominic Perri responds to questions about the persistend flooding in his borough. Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said after the July 13 flooding that the city is investing in underground infrastructure as well as sponge parks and other solutions. She said the situation is more complicated and her team is considering everything that can be done. The opposition party does not agree. 'This administration has shown not to prioritize this collector and I'm going to do that,' said Ensemble Montréal leader Soraya Martinez Ferrada. 'I'm going to give the mandate to execute it,' Cerello blamed 'the green scam' for aggravating the situation. 'The city of Saint-Leonard, where I grew up, in 1963, has been suffering from the same issues, and the politicians are not addressing the same issues of why we have sewage back up every storm that we have, whether it's a big storm, a medium storm or a horrific storm,' said Cerello. 'I'm directly blaming Mrs. Plante. Her administration does not care about the young people. They care about sustainability and the green scam.' RE/MAX real estate broker Mario Conte has lived in the borough for over three decades and is tired of hearing the same concern being voiced without solutions from politicians. He said the problem dates well before Plante was in office and has spanned multiple mayoral terms. 'The residents are fed up,' he said. 'I mean, it's years. It's about 25-30 years. It's a question of floods. They're promised certain things, and nothing is happening. They're living all this stress every time it rains, the elderly people, and it's just getting from bad to worse.' Conte also questioned whether the problem lies entirely with climate change. 'Is it climate change? Is it the over-construction? Is it the condo towers that are soliciting our drainage system?' he said. Perri said he understands his residents' complaints and hopes more will be done soon. 'I sympathize with them because many of them got flooded twice last year and this year again, and what is really not acceptable is that more than four years ago, I asked the administration of Projet Montréal in Montreal to do something about the continued, repeated flooding, and we have in Saint-Leonard,' said Perri.
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‘Let's be smarter than the U.S. is': Experts discuss trade strategy amid Trump tariffs
As Canadians continue to navigate the ever-changing trade policies of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, experts say officials in Ottawa are walking a tight rope between appeasement and retaliation. '(Trump) takes retaliation very personally, so I'm not sure it's worth the calculation,' Drew Fagan, professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, told BNN Bloomberg in a Tuesday interview. 'Canada's a big country, it's the tenth biggest economy in the world, but we're a middle weight fighting with a super-heavy weight, I don't think you want to go punching with them and thinking you're an equal; you're not.' A Friday deadline passed without a trade deal between the U.S. and Canada, and the Trump administration implemented a 35 per cent tariff on Canadian goods entering the U.S. that are not already covered under the existing North American free trade agreement. Most Canadian products exported to the U.S. do fall under the Canada-United States-Mexico agreement (CUSMA) and thus remain duty-free for now. That deal, however, is slated for renegotiation in 2026. 'For (Canada), the bigger negotiation is the one over the renewal, the review and the renegotiation of CUSMA next year,' Fagan argued. 'When (Trump) negotiated the renewal of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) in his first term, he put additional pressure on Canada by putting tariffs... on steel and aluminum that are key products that we export to the U.S.' It's possible, Fagan said, that Trump is carrying out a similar strategy now. 'The only thing that's really stopping him are the courts in the United States,' he said. From the start, Trump's legal justification for the tariffs placed on Canadian goods came through the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which gives the U.S. president authority to enact economic measures typically reserved for the U.S. Congress. 'There is a significant court case going on now… it's possible that the court will strike (the tariffs) down, but of course this president has a way of kind of working around court decisions… but we should expect that it'll be a bit of a full tilt in 2026,' said Fagan. Canada's next moves Although most Canadian exporters with U.S. customer bases are free to operate without tariffs for the time being, it remains unclear what moves Washington or Ottawa will make next in the ongoing trade conflict. But those industries that export non-CUSMA compliant goods to the U.S. need relief as soon as possible, says John Boscariol, leader of the International Trade and Investment Law Group at McCarthy-Tétrault LLP. 'For our exporters in the steel, aluminum and auto sector and now copper, they continue to face sectoral tariffs, so they are continuing to be hurt by those tariffs,' he told BNN Bloomberg in a Tuesday interview. 'What we are anticipating hopefully is that, as this agreement is being negotiated, we're going to see some kind of deal, some kind of resolution over those sectoral tariffs going forward and that's really how we will judge whether this is a good deal or not.' Many within the Canadian business community had been hoping for a new trade deal before last week's deadline to ease the burden on companies impacted by current tariff rates. But it's unclear if an imminent agreement is in the cards, Fagan noted. 'Conversations are continuing… the (U.S.) president and the prime minister are expected to talk this week,' he said. '(But) I don't expect, and I don't think many people expect a deal to be done soon with regard to Canada and the United States.' Prime Minister Mark Carney has said repeatedly since taking office this spring that Canada needs to diversify its economic partnerships around the world and become less dependent on the U.S. in light of the trade developments this year. But many of those partnerships are still in the early stages, and most Canadian exporters will continue to rely on U.S. markets at least in the near and medium term, Boscariol said. 'There is that opportunity to diversify and certainly the provinces are trying to do their part in reducing provincial barriers but in the short to medium term, we're looking to these trade negotiations to provide some sort of relief or resolution,' he said. While in search of that resolution, Fagan said that Canada's leaders should rely on their strengths, which have always been different than those of their U.S. counterparts. 'Let's be smarter than the U.S. is; we always are in negotiations,' he said, 'that's our superpower and I think we will be in the upcoming negotiations as well.'
