North Bay news

• Watershed conditions statement issued by by Conservation Authority

  08-01-2026 23:05 via nugget.ca
  A Watershed Conditions Statement – Water Safety has been issued for the North Bay – Mattawa watershed, according to the North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority (NBMCA). “Water levels on area lakes and rivers are generally at or slightly below normal for this time of year. Moisture content in the snowpack is an average of 60.3 mm (as of Jan 2), which is above normal for this time of year,” says Angela Mills, NBMCA Flood Duty Officer. “There is also an ice lens in th
  
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• What Trump's aspiration to conquer Greenland means for Canada

  08-01-2026 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada's closest physical neighbours are in an escalating dispute that risks breaking the military alliance that has protected the nations of the North Atlantic for decades.U.S.
  
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• Carney to travel to Qatar next week alongside trips to China, Switzerland

  08-01-2026 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Doha, Qatar on Jan. 18 for a bilateral visit as he seeks to broaden trade relations and drum up foreign investment.
  
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• EVERS, Byron Jason

  08-01-2026 22:10 via baytoday.ca
  
  It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of the passing of Byron Jason Evers, who left us at the age of 51 (September 13, 1974–January 6, 2026)
  
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• Denmark, Greenland envoys met with White House officials over Trump's call for a 'takeover'

  08-01-2026 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  Denmark and Greenland’s envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump administration officials to step back from President Donald Trump's call for a “takeover” of the strategic Arctic island.
  
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• More charges laid in North Bay December shooting

  08-01-2026 22:04 via baytoday.ca
  
  The North Bay Police Service has announced a series of additional criminal charges against a Niagara Falls man already accused of attempted murder following a December shooting
  
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• Kashechewan First Nation evacuation plans will prioritize 500 vulnerable people: feds

  08-01-2026 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  Indigenous Services Canada says the evacuation of 500 vulnerable people from a remote First Nation in northern Ontario will happen "as early as possible," as the community deals with failures in its water supply and sewage systems.
  
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• Rain and warm weather could trigger hazardous conditions near rivers, lakes

  08-01-2026 21:36 via baytoday.ca
  
  With above-normal moisture levels in the snowpack and a forecast calling for up to 25 mm of rain, officials are urging caution around lakes, rivers, and streams across the North Bay area
  
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• House refuses to override Trump vetoes as Republicans stick with president

  08-01-2026 21:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House refused Thursday to override President Donald Trump's veto of two low-profile bills as Republicans stuck with the president despite their prior support for the measures.
  
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• Fisheries Department grants authorization for port expansion in Contrecoeur, Que.

  08-01-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTRÉAL — Fisheries and Oceans Canada has granted authorization to the Montreal Port Authority to expand a container port terminal northeast of the city in the habitat of an endangered fish species.
  
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• Three trains intended for the Northlander line are ready to go

  08-01-2026 20:24 via nugget.ca
  They’ve arrived. Three Ontario Northlander train sets have arrived in Toronto and, within the next few months, will make their way north. The news comes almost 14 years after the Liberal government announced the end of the train service as a cost-saving measure. “This is the return of our Northern dignity,” Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli told The Nugget Thursday afternoon. “The full schedule service will come through sometime in 2026.” Fedeli said the train cars will be p
  
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• North Bay Police have laid additional charges in attempted murder investigation

  08-01-2026 20:20 via nugget.ca
  The North Bay Police Service (NBPS) has laid additional charges against an accused in connection with a December 19 shooting in the area of Seymour Street, Franklin Street, and the Highway 11/17 bypass. The accused was previously arrested and charged with Attempted Murder. The additional charges were laid on December 23. The accused is Jesse Tucker, a 45-year-old, male, of Niagara Falls, Ontario, who has been charged with: Possession of Proceeds Obtained by Crime Over $5,000 Two Counts of Posses
  
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• Protesters, ICE faceoff as tensions simmer in Minneapolis after fatal shooting

  08-01-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Protesters shouted during a tense standoff with masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as anger from Minneapolis residents simmers following the fatal shooting of a woman on Wednesday.
  
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• Protesters, ICE face off as tensions simmer in Minneapolis after fatal shooting

  08-01-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Protesters in Minneapolis shouted during a tense standoff with masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers Thursday as public anger over the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent continued to simmer.
  
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• Conservative MP accuses students of free speech attack after campus event cancelled

  08-01-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The cancellation of a planned event at York University has led some Conservative MPs to accuse students there of attacking free speech.Conservative MP Garnett Genuis says he was denied permission to hold an event on campus on Friday.
  
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• Venezuela to release a 'significant number' of prisoners as gesture to 'seek peace'

  08-01-2026 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela will release a “significant number” of Venezuelan and foreigners imprisoned in the country, the head of Venezuela’s national assembly said Thursday.
  
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• Venezuela says it's releasing a 'significant number' of prisoners as gesture to 'seek peace'

  08-01-2026 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) —Venezuelais releasing a “significant number” of citizens and foreigners from its prisons in a decision that the head of the country’s legislature described Thursday as a gesture to “seek peace” less than a week after form
  
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• Toronto's 2026 budget proposal includes 2.2 per cent property tax hike, TTC fare caps

  08-01-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The City of Toronto is proposing several measures to address the high cost of living in its budget for 2026, including a much lower property tax increase compared to previous years and caps on public transit fares.
  
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• New charges against man with al-Qaida ties as lawyer raises mental health concerns

  08-01-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — New details are emerging about a homeless man with previous ties to al-Qaida who is charged with allegedly threatening to bomb public transit in Montreal.
  
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• Senate advances resolution to limit Trump's war powers after Venezuela raid

  08-01-2026 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limitPresident Donald Trump’sability to conduct furtherattacks against Venezuela , sounding a note of disapproval for hisexpanding ambitionsin the Western Hemisphere.
  
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• Judge disqualifies federal prosecutor in investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James

  08-01-2026 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge disqualified a federal prosecutor from overseeing investigations intoNew York Attorney General Letitia James , ruling Thursday that he had been serving in his post unlawfully when he requested subpoenas. U.S.
  
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• Supreme Court to hear challenge of law allowing Ontario Place redevelopment

  08-01-2026 16:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal from a coalition challenging the constitutionality of legislation that opens the door to major changes at Ontario Place.
  
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• BROOKS, Todd

  08-01-2026 16:47 via baytoday.ca
  
  Todd died peacefully, at his home in Port Loring, on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was 60 years old.
  
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• Minnesota must play a role in the investigation into Renee Good's killing by ICE, governor says

  08-01-2026 16:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The state of Minnesota must play a role in investigating thefatal shooting of a Minneapolis womanby an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov.
  
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• Minneapolis protesters vent their outrage after an ICE officer kills a woman

  08-01-2026 16:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis was on edge Thursday followingthe fatal shooting of a womanby an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer taking part in the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown, with protesters venting their outr
  
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• Russia frees French political scholar in a prisoner swap for a basketball player

  08-01-2026 15:35 via baytoday.ca
  Laurent Vinatier, a French political scholar serving a three-year sentence in Russia and facing new charges of espionage, has been freed in a prisoner swap with France, a Russian security agency said Thursday.
  
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• First Ontario Northlander trainset arrives

  08-01-2026 15:28 via baytoday.ca
  
  'The Northlander is an integral part of our government’s plan to equip northern communities, like Nipissing, with the safe, convenient and reliable transportation they deserve'
  
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• You can catch a family movie for $3.99 at Cineplex this month

  08-01-2026 15:01 via village-life.ca
  
  Here's what's on through January.
  
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• North Bay woman dropped by doctor, who then accepted new patients 

  08-01-2026 14:34 via nugget.ca
  Several North Bay families were shocked to receive a letter recently from their doctor dropping them as patients. A local woman, who spoke to The Nugget on condition of anonymity, said she has been with her doctor for three years with no issues, so she was caught totally by surprise. It wasn’t long until she heard of other families being dropped. “I was totally shocked to receive a letter saying I had been de-rostered. Soon after, my adult son also received the same letter, and soon
  
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• Rogers puts $50M to address excessive screen time among teens and tweens

  08-01-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Rogers Communications says it is investing $50 million over five years to address the excessive time teens and tweens spend on screens.
  
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• Israel says Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov to direct Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza

  08-01-2026 12:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A former U.N. Mideast envoy has been chosen to direct U.S.
  
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• Israel says Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov to be director-general of peace board

  08-01-2026 12:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says a former U.N. Mideast envoy, Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov, has been chosen to serve as the director-general for U.S.
  
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• Child at home in Gaza killed by Israeli fire as post-ceasefire deaths mount

  08-01-2026 12:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A relative said Israeli gunfire on Thursday killed an 11-year-old girl whose family had returned to a designated safe zone, adding to more than 400 deaths reported since a ceasefire was reached to halt fighting in Gaz
  
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• Victims' families mark six-year anniversary of Flight PS752 downing in Iran

  08-01-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  Victims' families will mark the six-year anniversary of the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 in Iran with events in Ontario and British Columbia today.
  The plane was shot down on Jan.
  
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• RCAF commander reports progress on filling recruitment, retention gaps

  08-01-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A substantial entry level pay hike for pilots and the acquisition of new and advanced aircraft are “absolutely” helping to shore up Royal Canadian Air Force pilot retention and morale, says the force's commander.
  
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• In the news: Airlines overhauling routes, RCAF retention via pay hike, gear boosting

  08-01-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Airlines overhaul routes as Canadians shun U.S.
  
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• Calls for caution as Carney prepares to meet Xi amid new global political order

  08-01-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Former Hong Kong pro-democracy legislator Albert Chan Wai-yip is a longtime critic of China, who has accused its government of "crimes against humanity" after a crackdown on dissent in the Chinese special administrative region.
  
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• Saudi Arabia alleges UAE smuggled wanted Yemen separatist leader out of the country

  08-01-2026 07:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia alleged Thursday that the United Arab Emirates smuggled a separatist leader in Yemen wanted for treason out of the country and flew him to Abu Dhabi.
  
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• 2 killed in shooting in Mormon church parking lot in Salt Lake City

  08-01-2026 05:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A shooting outside a church building in Salt Lake City left two people dead and several more injured Wednesday, local media reported.
  
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• Vancouver orchestra won't sue violinist who broke NDA to speak out about alleged rape

  08-01-2026 03:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra says it won't be taking legal action against a violinist who broke a non-disclosure agreement to go public with accusations that she had been raped by one of its senior musicians, then faced retaliation fr
  
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• Civil case against estate of Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau is dismissed

  08-01-2026 02:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The lawsuit brought by a British Columbia man against the estate of acclaimed Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau alleging he was sexually assaulted by the painter has been dismissed.
  
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• Man receives suspended sentence for defacing National Holocaust Monument

  08-01-2026 01:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A man who pleaded guilty after defacing Canada's National Holocaust Monument has received a suspended sentence and two years of probation.
  
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• Trump invites Colombian president to White House days after threatening it with military strike

  08-01-2026 01:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly changed his tone Wednesday about his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, saying they had exchanged a friendly phone call and he’d even invited the leader of the South American country to the White H
  
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• Carney to host Canada's premiers in Ottawa

  08-01-2026 00:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with Canada's premiers in Ottawa later this month as global tensions rise and as trade talks with the U.S. remain stalled.
  
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• Wintry system to bring snow, rain and flash-freeze risk

  08-01-2026 00:38 via baytoday.ca
  
  A low-pressure system moving into northern Ontario is expected to bring significant rainfall followed by snowfall from Thursday night into Friday, prompting a special weather advisory
  
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• Venezuelans in Canada share mixed emotions in wake of Maduro's capture

  07-01-2026 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Venezuelans in Canada are dealing with a mix of emotions after the United States captured the country’s president and his wife.U.S.
  
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• Ottawa says 25 banned guns were collected and destroyed in buyback pilot program

  07-01-2026 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government says 25 banned firearms were collected and destroyed during a six-week trial run of its buyback program last fall.
  
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• Feds say 25 banned guns were collected and destroyed in buyback pilot program

  07-01-2026 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government says 25 banned firearms were collected and destroyed during a six-week trial run of its buyback program last fall.
  
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• Federal government to help fund firearm buyback efforts in Quebec

  07-01-2026 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — This federal government says it will provide up to $12.4 million to cover costs incurred by Quebec to co-ordinate a buyback of banned firearms in the province.
  
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• US will exit dozens of international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation

  07-01-2026 23:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.'s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations, asthe U.S.
  
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