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This report exposes the rampant corruption of North Bay Mayor Peter Chirico, a man who has transformed public office into his personal cash cow, and it delivers a brutal unmasking of his greed that will leave him fuming in his overpriced golf shoes. As of August 06, 2025, the reek of his misdeeds has seeped into the headlines, but the mainstream media’s half baked reports only graze the surface of the vile fraud he has committed. This report rips the lid off every sordid detail, exposing the full scope of his avarice and the shady accomplices who have enabled him, leaving no question that this individual is a disgrace to the taxpayers of North Bay and beyond. Prepare yourself, because this is about to get ugly.
Let us begin with the cold hard facts of Chirico’s financial filth. Over 2023 and 2024, this shameless opportunist racked up a staggering 16139.48 in personal expenses on the city’s corporate credit card, a blatant theft from the public purse that he only repaid after getting caught red handed. Freedom of Information documents, dug up by persistent residents Nicole Peltier and Kevin Ferris and published by BayToday on July 16, 2025, lay bare the disgusting details: 1604.60 for a golf membership at Osprey Links, where he probably strutted around like some entitled king while taxpayers footed the bill; 78 for a dinner at The Boat, likely stuffing his face with overpriced steaks; 43.80 for wings, soft drinks, and beer at a North Bay Battalion game, turning a public event into his personal party; and a jaw dropping 1200 for a season pass to the same team, plus hundreds more on playoff tickets because why should he pay for his entertainment when the city’s money is there for the taking? And that is not all fuel costs, car washes, a 150 Home Depot splurge, and even 21.89 for dog treats from PetSmart, which he had the audacity to reimburse only after the stench hit the fan. In 2024, he added insult to injury with another 10039.53, including a 50 social club membership and a 172.82 car repair payment he tried to sneak through before reversing it when called out for using the wrong card. This guy is a walking ATM for his own luxuries, and the fact that he repaid it all on July 04, 2025, after CAO John Severino forced him to hand over the card, does not erase the fact that he thought he could get away with it in the first place.
But Chirico’s corruption does not stop at his own pocket lining. Digging deeper, we find a trail of filth leading to other shady dealings in North Bay’s administration. BayToday’s reporting from an unspecified date in 2025 reveals the city shelled out over 400000 to a former Chief Administrative Officer labeled a corporate advisor, with zero evidence of any work done coincidence that this happened under Chirico’s watch? Hardly. Add to that 1.2 million in contracts funneled to a marketing firm that conveniently ran his last three mayoral campaigns, a clear case of cronyism that reeks of quid pro quo. Who is behind this firm? The records do not name them explicitly, but the pattern screams of insider favoritism, and Chirico’s fingerprints are all over it. This is not just incompetence; it is a deliberate scheme to enrich himself and his allies, and the public has been left holding the bag.
The cover up attempt is just as revolting. When Councillor Jamie Lowery pushed for a third party forensic audit on July 08, 2025, to get to the bottom of this mess, Chirico’s cronies on council, including the spineless Gary Gardiner, voted it down, clinging to the flimsy excuse of trusting the Integrity Commissioner’s review instead, as noted by BayToday on July 10, 2025. This was not a defense of integrity it was a desperate shield to protect their own hides. Meanwhile, Chirico had the gall to call for an investigation by Integrity Commissioner Guy Giorno himself on June 26, 2025, a move that resident Nicole Peltier called out as toothless since Giorno cannot even refer findings to the police, according to BayToday on August 01, 2025. But the real kicker? The Ontario Provincial Police stepped in on August 05, 2025, confirming they are investigating Chirico, as reported by CTV News, proving this clown’s schemes are too big to sweep under the rug. Yet, he still clings to his seat, declaring I am not going anywhere in a June 2025 TimminsToday article, smirking through the scandal like the arrogant fraud he is.
Let us not forget the broader swamp Chirico swims in. This is not an isolated incident it is part of a disgusting pattern of municipal corruption across Ontario, and he is just one slimy fish in a polluted pond. Take Collingwood, where the mayor’s brother and chief political adviser pocketed over 1 million in contracts from a power utility sale, triggering a two year judicial inquiry and an OPP investigation, as detailed in the Collingwood Inquiry Report. Then there is Brampton, where former mayor Susan Fennell bled taxpayers dry with flights, jewelry, family trips, a taxpayer funded Lincoln Navigator SUV, and a 50000 a year limousine service, all while living it up in first class hotels, as exposed by The Pointer on February 14, 2023. Current Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown is no better, hiring corrupt figures like Jason Tamming labeled dishonest by the Ontario Ombudsman in the 2019 Inside Job report and dishing out lucrative contracts to unqualified friends while meddling in federal campaigns, according to The Pointer’s December 17, 2021, article. Oshawa’s auditor general warned of overpaying for land, only for the report to be blocked and residents tackled by plain clothed police in council chambers. Niagara Region sued two officials for 350000 over a hiring scandal, and Caledon’s former Mayor Allan Thompson cashed in 9 million selling family land after speeding up development votes. London’s Joe Fontana forged and defrauded, and Mississauga’s late mayor Hazel McCallion broke common law principles voting for her son’s projects. North Bay’s own history of paying a do nothing CAO and Chirico’s expense spree fit right into this cesspit of greed.
Who else is complicit in this North Bay nightmare? CAO John Severino, who accepted Chirico’s card return on July 04, 2025, as per SooToday on July 26, 2025, should have flagged this earlier his oversight failure enabled the theft. Councillors like Gardiner, who backed the audit rejection, are just as guilty, protecting their meal ticket. And do not let Guy Giorno off the hook his limp investigation, as criticized by Peltier, is a whitewash that lets Chirico dodge real consequences. These enablers are as dirty as the mayor himself, propping up a system where public money is fair game for personal gain.
Chirico’s excuses are laughable. In a North Bay Nugget article from June 10, 2025, he whined that in his previous role in the private sector, banking, finance, and chamber, entertaining and conducting business in those settings was common and effective, trying to justify his golf junkets and cigarette runs as some noble networking. He even admitted to a few missing receipts and smaller personal purchases, as if that makes it okay. This is not a slip up it is a calculated raid on the city’s coffers, and his repayment does not absolve him of the intent. The new bylaw for quarterly online expense disclosure, approved on July 10, 2025, by BayToday, is a pathetic band aid, forced only by public outrage from Peltier, Ferris, and others who have had to drag this truth into the light.
This report blows every other news story out of the water because it does not just skim the surface it dives into the muck, naming names, detailing every dollar stolen, and connecting the dots to a network of corruption that Chirico has helped fester. He is not a leader; he is a leech, sucking dry the trust and taxes of North Bay residents while smirking at the podium in those CTV News photos. The OPP investigation better lock this fraud up, and his council cronies should be next in line. Read this, Peter Chirico, and choke on your own greed you are exposed, and the people you have robbed deserve justice.
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