North Bay news

• Report: UAE behind hacking of Qatari media

  17-07-2017 07:18
  
  WASHINGTON — The United Arab Emirates orchestrated the hacking of a Qatari government news site in May, planting a false story that was used as a pretext for the current crisis between Qatar and several Arab countries, according to a Sunday report by
  
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• Highway work shifts lanes

  20-09-2017 21:17 via Local Stories
  
  Motorists using Highway 11 between Seymour Street and Nipissing Junction will have to get used to a slightly new route beginning Thursday.
  
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• One injured in Temagami crash

  20-09-2017 21:06 via Local Stories
  
  One person was injured early Tuesday following a two-vehicle crash in Temagami.
  
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• Mid-Week Mugging: Sports Entrepreneur looks to pay it forward

  20-09-2017 20:00
  'I don’t need to go to the casino to gamble because I am gambling all the time on which products are going to sell'
  
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• GOP senator defends health bill against Kimmel's attacks

  20-09-2017 19:28
  WASHINGTON — Sen.
  
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• Judge briefly closes courtroom in ex-tennis star case

  20-09-2017 19:25
  NEW YORK — The administrative judge hearing a misconduct case against a police officer who wrongly arrested tennis star James Blake briefly sealed the courtroom Wednesday to discuss the officer's disciplinary record.
  
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• Wednesday, September 20, 2017

  20-09-2017 19:21
  On September 19, 2017, officers at the North Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) Program on Highway 17 in the City of North Bay.
  
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• Feds reviewing budgets and schedules for new resupply ships, icebreaker

  20-09-2017 19:20
  OTTAWA — Canada's multibillion-dollar plan to buy new warships for the navy isn't the only federal shipbuilding project sailing in uncharted waters.
  
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• Iowa Supreme Court hears woman's $75 speeding ticket case

  20-09-2017 19:18
  DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa woman who says she was wrongly ticketed by an automated traffic camera when she wasn't speeding has accomplished the unusual feat of getting the state Supreme Court to consider her $75 small-claims case.
  
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• Maria tears off roofs, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico

  20-09-2017 19:17
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years tore off roofs and doors, unleashed heavy flooding and brought down cell towers and power lines Wednesday in an onslaught that could deepen the island's financial cri
  
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• Forecasting groundhog Wiarton Willie dies at 13

  20-09-2017 19:14
  WIARTON, Ont. — The albino groundhog at the centre of Canada's most high-profile weather forecasting tradition has died. Wiarton Willie, who drew crowds to Wiarton, Ont.
  
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• Polygamous sect leader pleads guilty in escape, fraud cases

  20-09-2017 19:12
  SALT LAKE CITY — A polygamous sect leader recaptured after a year on the run has pleaded guilty in an escape and food-stamp fraud cases. Lyle Jeffs pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Salt Lake City.
  
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• Smoky stop

  20-09-2017 19:09 via Local Stories
  
  The area around the bypass between O'Brien Street and Algonquin Avenue was filled with thick diesel smoke over the lunch hour Wednesday. A transport was spewing thick white smoke from the stacks and engine before coming to a stop near Algonquin. North Bay firefighters responded to the incident. The driver said there was no flame and after shutting
  
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• Minor injuries in crash

  20-09-2017 19:06 via Local Stories
  
  Minor injuries were reported Wednesday over the lunch hour following a two-vehicle crash at the corner of Angus and Frost streets. One of the two vehicles knocked down a tree before slamming into a small porch. No further information was immediately available.
  
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• Trump says decision made on Iran deal, won't say what it is

  20-09-2017 19:05
  NEW YORK — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he has made a decision on whether to walk away from the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran but refused to say what it is, setting the stage for a particularly contentious meeting of the parties to th
  
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• 'Historic exodus' from Myanmar: US gives $32M for Rohingya

  20-09-2017 19:03
  NEW YORK — The United States will contribute nearly $32 million in humanitarian aid to help Rohingya Muslim refugees, the State Department said Wednesday, in the Trump administration's first major response to the mass exodus from Myanmar.
  
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• Many meetings, We Day rally fill PM Trudeau's day as he continues New York visit

  20-09-2017 18:58
  NEW YORK — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau found himself in the midst of a whirlwind 10-meeting day in New York City on Wednesday as he prepares Canada's campaign for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council.
  
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• Crown wants up to 15 years for Calgary man who killed wife, buried body in home

  20-09-2017 18:55
  CALGARY — The Crown is calling for a sentence of up to 15 years for a Calgary man who strangled his wife and buried her body in their basement.
  
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• 'No body, no parole:' Alberta candidate wants law to help victims' families

  20-09-2017 18:49
  EDMONTON — A would-be politician in Alberta wants Canada to adopt a "no body, no parole" law.
  
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• Privacy breach at North Bay's E.T. Carmichael

  20-09-2017 18:48 via Local Stories
  
  E.T. Carmichael Public School mixed upconfidential information and sent ithome with thewrong students, parents told The NuggetWednesday.
  
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• Loui Eriksson eager to atone for forgettable first season with Canucks

  20-09-2017 18:46
  Loui Eriksson's first season with the Vancouver Canucks can pretty much be summed up by an unfortunate sequence in the first period of his first game. The effort was there. The results? Not so much.
  
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• $4,000 up for grabs Friday

  20-09-2017 18:28 via Local Stories
  
  The final Catch The Ace draw will be held Friday, with the accumulating jackpot over $4,000 by the end of ticket sales at 6:30 pm.
  
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• Liberal MP warns against 'class warfare' rhetoric on proposed tax changes

  20-09-2017 17:26
  OTTAWA — Liberal MPs are heading into their weekly caucus meeting ready for a robust discussion about a controversial plan to get rid of tax provisions used by many small businesses — a plan a number of backbenchers strongly oppose.
  
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• Energy stocks help lift TSX, U.S. markets mixed in late-morning trading

  20-09-2017 17:22
  TORONTO — Canada's main stock index gained ground in late-morning trading, boosted by gains in the energy sector. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 70.16 points to 15,363.13, after 90 minutes of trading.
  
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• U.S. decision on Bombardier CSeries preliminary duties delayed until Tuesday

  20-09-2017 17:17
  MONTREAL — A U.S. Department of Commerce spokesman says the government will announce its decision on Boeing's request for preliminary duties against Bombardier's CSeries on Tuesday, a day later than it previously indicated.
  
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• Blues' Steen injures hand, will miss rest of preseason

  20-09-2017 17:11
  St. Louis Blues forward Alexander Steen will miss the rest of training camp after suffering a left hand injury in the team's first preseason game. The 33-year-old Steen was hurt against Dallas on Tuesday night and will be re-evaluated in three weeks.
  
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• Toys "R" Us Canada granted creditor protection after U.S. parent begins bankruptcy proceedings

  20-09-2017 17:10
  Toys "R" Us Canada says the struggles of the wider toy chain have been impacting its strong Canadian business.
  
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• US home sales off 1.7 pct., hurt by Harvey and low supply

  20-09-2017 17:09
  WASHINGTON — U.S. home sales fell 1.7 per cent in August, pulled down by the effects of Hurricane Harvey and a worsening shortage of available properties.
  
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• Mexicans dig through collapsed buildings as quake kills 225

  20-09-2017 17:09
  MEXICO CITY — Rescuers said Wednesday they have found a surviving child in the ruins of a school that collapsed in Mexico's magnitude 7.
  
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• Fox bid for Sky referred to UK's competition regulator

  20-09-2017 17:05
  LONDON — The British government has referred Twenty-First Century Fox's bid for satellite broadcaster Sky to competition authorities on public interest grounds, a move that sets up a six-month investigation into Rupert Murdoch's takeover plans.
  
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