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In recognition of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the City of North Bay has placed a book of condolences for members of the community to sign. The book is now available to the public and will remain in the main floor lobby of City Hall for the 10-day mourning period.
Mayor Al McDonald says the book will be forwarded to the Royal Family with messages of thanks, memories and appreciation. City Hall is open to the public Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, Queen Elizabeth II died at 96. Her Majesty was the longest-serving British monarch and Canadian head of state.
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The flags at City Hall have been lowered to half-mast. Additionally, the portrait of the Queen at Memorial Gardens will be draped with a black cloth as a symbol of mourning and will remain as such for the 10-day period of mourning. Following that period, a portrait of Canada's new head of state, King Charles III, will eventually take the place of honour inhabited by his mother, the late Queen, for decades.