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• Smoking tire tips police off to major defects in Highway 11 transport

  27-02-2026 14:17 via baytoday.ca
  
  The company and driver are facing charges
  
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• US advises embassy staff in Israel to leave now if they want, as risk of war hangs over Middle East

  27-02-2026 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Israel on Friday told its staff that it could leave the country and urged anyone considering departure to do so immediately, as thethreat of an American strike on Iranlooms. U.S.
  
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• In the news today: Carney in India, Alberta budget, GDP

  27-02-2026 10:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
  
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• A new Gallup poll shows how Americans' sympathies have shifted in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

  27-02-2026 10:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians, according tonew Gallup polling , after decades of overwhelming support for the Israelis.That shift accelerated during the war in Gaza.
  
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• Statistics Canada set to report GDP data for the final quarter of 2025

  27-02-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to report this morning on how the economy closed out 2025.
  
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• Persian Gulf War vets still fighting for better recognition after 35 years

  27-02-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  For Denis Cote, one of the worst parts of the Persian Gulf War was entering the conflict zone not knowing what to expect as sirens blared in the dead of night, warning of a missile attack.
  "We didn't know when we were coming home.
  
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• Montreal's Trudeau airport braces for more traffic chaos ahead of spring break

  27-02-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The vehicle traffic around Montréal Trudeau International Airport has been a source of frustration in recent years, prompting passengers at times to haul their suitcases on foot along the roadway to avoid missing flights.
  
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• From energy to AI: Five big themes behind Carney's mission to India

  27-02-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's trip to India meant to reset bilateral relations after two years of extreme tensions.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Carney lands in India to kick off Asia trip

  27-02-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MUMBAI — Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in India as his government continues its bid to restore a stronger relationship with the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  
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• Carney lands in India to kick off Asia trip

  27-02-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MUMBAI — Prime Minister Mark Carney landed in India on Friday, where he will continue his government's ongoing efforts to reset a fractured diplomatic relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
  
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• Screen all kids between 2 and 10 for high cholesterol, pediatric society recommends

  27-02-2026 06:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending cholesterol screening for all kids between two and 10 years old.
  
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• UK Green Party wins special election, pushing Starmer's Labour to third place

  27-02-2026 06:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — TheGreen Partywon aspecial parliamentary electionin England on Friday, a big boost for the small party and a blow toPrime Minister Keir Starmer , whose center-left Labour Party was relegated to third place.
  
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• Pakistan’s defense minister says that there is now 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes

  27-02-2026 05:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s defense minister said that his country ran out of “patience” and considers that there is now an “open war” with Afghanistan, after both countries launched strikes following an Afghan cross-border attack.
  
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• Pakistan is in 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes, defense minister says

  27-02-2026 05:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan considers itself in an “open war” with neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistan's defense minister said Friday, in the worst escalation of violence since aQatar-mediated ceasefirein October.
  
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• Deputy police chief in Durham Region suspended over 'racially inappropriate term'

  27-02-2026 05:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  A high-ranking police officer east of Toronto has been suspended after allegedly using a racially inappropriate term.
  
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• Adrian Manzo plays the hero as Battalion top Fronts

  27-02-2026 05:02 via baytoday.ca
  
  'He did the right thing, if you’re the guy carrying the puck through the middle of the ice, I want that guy driving'
  
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• US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone, lawmakers say

  27-02-2026 03:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  The U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone, members of Congress said Thursday, and the Federal Aviation Administration responded by closing more airspace near El Paso, Texas.
  
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• Lawmakers say US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone

  27-02-2026 03:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  FORT HANCOCK, Texas (AP) — The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone, according to members of Congress, and the Federal Aviation Administration responded by closing more airspace near El Paso, Texas.
  
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• Canadian father enduring cold, poor food and water in Texas ICE detention centre

  27-02-2026 02:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  A Canadian arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Texas has been stuck in a detention facility since November, enduring cold and crowded conditions, poor food and water, and long delays to plead his case to a judge, says his fiancé
  
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• Matthew Tkachuk and Auston Matthews celebrate US hockey gold with ceremonial puck drop

  27-02-2026 02:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk grabbed an American flag, skated down the ice and presented a game puck to 101-year-old U.S. Army Air Corps veteran Jim Sileno.That's how the Florida Panthers capped an Olympic gold medal celebration.
  
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• Cassellholme board chair Mendicino still wants King and Mayne off the board

  27-02-2026 01:20 via nugget.ca
  Cassellholme board chair Dave Mendicino has chimed in with his reaction to criticisms from North Bay City Councillors Mark King, Chris Mayne and Jamie Lowery. In a message to the Nugget late Thursday afternoon, Mendicino says, “The recent comments made by councillors King, Mayne and Lowery regarding the Board of Cassellholme are without merit. Over the course of the last 6 months the Board lost confidence in members King and Mayne. We trust that North Bay City Council will honour our
  
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• OpenAI says Tumbler Ridge shooter evaded ban with second ChatGPT account

  27-02-2026 00:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Artificial intelligence firm OpenAI says the shooter involved in mass killings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., got around a ban on her problematic use of ChatGPT by having a second account.
  
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• Big spending, big deficit and fee hikes: Highlights from the Alberta budget

  26-02-2026 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner tabled the province's latest budget on Thursday. Here are some of the highlights:— The government expects to take in $74.6 billion while spending $83.
  
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• Alberta budget comes with spending hikes, $9.4B deficit and no balance on the horizon

  26-02-2026 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s new budget will carry an eye-popping $9.4-billion deficit as the province, after decades of trying to get off a roller-coaster of oil revenues, seeks to manage the ride and weather the whiplash.
  
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• Alberta budget comes with spending hikes, $9.4B deficit

  26-02-2026 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s new budget will carry an eye-popping $9.4-billion deficit as the province, after decades of trying to get off a roller-coaster of oil revenues, seeks to manage the ride and weather the whiplash.
  
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• Woman charged in death of newborn baby in Brantford, Ont., more than 20 years later

  26-02-2026 23:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  BRANTFORD — Police in Brantford, Ont. say a 39-year-old woman is facing charges in the death of a newborn baby more than 20 years ago, after she was identified using new DNA techniques.
  
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• Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim started false rumour councillor 'handed out illegal drugs'

  26-02-2026 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim accused city Coun.
  
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• Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim started false claim councillor 'handed out illegal drugs'

  26-02-2026 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim accused city Coun.
  
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• Liberals survive confidence vote on omnibus budget bill

  26-02-2026 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberals' Budget Implementation Act has passed a confidence vote in the House of Commons.Bill C-15 carried on division, meaning there was no recorded vote in Parliament.
  
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• WARE, Gary John

  26-02-2026 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  Gary died unexpectedly, at his home in Powassan, on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. He was 71 years old. Gary was predeceased by his father Frederick Ware, his mother Yvonne and her husband Gordon Ree, and his brother Brian Ware.
  
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• Liberal, Bloc Québécois rematch in Terrebonne riding after Supreme Court nixes result

  26-02-2026 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TERREBONNE — The Bloc Québécois' Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné will once again face off against Liberal Tatiana Auguste in the Terrebonne riding after the Supreme Court recently invalidated last year's result.
  
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• 171 bodies found in mass graves in eastern Congo, an official says

  26-02-2026 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese authorities and a civil society group said Thursday that mass graves were found in part of eastern Congo that the M23 rebel group has recently withdrawn from, as fighting in the region escalates despite a U.S.
  
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• Coalition says Vancouver's World Cup rights plan won't tackle 'FIFA-related harms'

  26-02-2026 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Months before the international spotlight lands on Vancouver as one of the host cities for the soccer World Cup, Jason Grund says he is already hearing concerns from people living in the Downtown Eastside about what it could mean for them
  
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• Coalition says Vancouver's World Cup rights plan not to tackle 'FIFA-related harms'

  26-02-2026 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A coalition of about 20 organizations working in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Chinatown say they're worried the city isn't adequately addressing human rights implications and "FIFA-related harms" of the upcoming soccer World Cup.
  
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• Hot tub likely infected two Sudburians with legionella, says PHSD

  26-02-2026 21:39 via baytoday.ca
  
  Likely exposure to bacterium that causes legionnaires disease was outside of Public Health Sudbury catchment area
  
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• Fire department warns of potential fire hazard linked to recalled LOGiiX power banks

  26-02-2026 21:34 via baytoday.ca
  
  Canadians who own a LOGiiX Piston Power 5000 Mag are being told to stop using it immediately. Health Canada’s recall covers multiple model numbers and colours sold over more than three years
  
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• Sens captain Brady Tkachuk unhappy with White House AI video that insulted Canadians

  26-02-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Brady Tkachuk said he did not appreciate an AI-doctored video shared by the White House that made it appear he was disparaging Canadians, calling it fake and not something he would ever say.
  
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• Myles Gray had injected testosterone, doctor tells hearing into police-involved death

  26-02-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Myles Gray's family doctor has told a public hearing into his patient's 2015 police-involved death that Gray told him he had been injecting unprescribed testosterone, an anabolic steroid.But Dr.
  
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• LeBlanc sets up talks with U.S. trade rep next week in Washington

  26-02-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he will meet with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer late next week in Washington, D.C.The discussions comes as both countries are preparing for the mandatory review of the Canada-U.S.
  
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• Feds earmark $1.55 billion to ensure equal services for First Nations kids

  26-02-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty is expected to announce $1.
  
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• Violence against teachers, staff the ‘new normal’ in classrooms across Ontario

  26-02-2026 20:42 via baytoday.ca
  
  'Schools cannot be safe places to learn if they are not safe places to teach': Tonight on the Village Media's 'Closer Look' podcast, a new report sheds even more light on a growing problem
  
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• Doug Ford takes issue with Toronto's 13-year timeline to build road safety measures

  26-02-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is taking issue with a Toronto city council report that concluded it would take upwards of 13 years and cost $52 million to build speed bumps and other traffic calming measures.
  
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• Chief justice says institutions are strong after Smith targets court appointments

  26-02-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada's chief justice says the independence of the courts continues to be tested even as Canadians maintain a strong trust in their institutions.
  
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• Traffic enforcement initiative results in four vehicles being removed from road

  26-02-2026 20:17 via nugget.ca
  A joint effort by the North Bay Police Service (NBPS), the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), and the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO), saw them conduct a joint commercial motor vehicle (CMV) enforcement initiative to enhance road safety on Wednesday. “Our goal is prevention — removing unsafe vehicles from our roads and enforcing safety standards to keep everyone safe,” says Cst. Douglas MacIntosh, North Bay Police Service. Enforcement Results from February 25: ·
  
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• NAISA celebrates artists, volunteers and funders as it reaches 25-year milestone

  26-02-2026 20:02 via baytoday.ca
  
  New Adventures in Sound Art will mark its 25th anniversary with a free open house on March 12 at the NAISA North Media Arts Centre in South River, inviting visitors for coffee and cake while contributing “soundbytes” to a community memory wall
  
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• Quebec campaign aims to combat alpha male influencers who trivialize sexual violence

  26-02-2026 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTRÉAL — Universities and junior colleges across Quebec are launching a new campaign to counter the rise of male influencers.
  
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• Former Wyloo executive Kristan Straub shifts focus to Indigenous investment

  26-02-2026 19:39 via baytoday.ca
  
  New $10-billion federal loan guarantee program aims to boost Indigenous equity in major projects
  
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• $14 million in asbestos cleanup needed in social housing units

  26-02-2026 19:34 via nugget.ca
  There is $14 million worth of asbestos removal and other work required on several social housing properties owned and operated by Nipissing District Housing Corporation. The news was “shocking” to several board members, including Ethel LaValley, who asked Nipissing District Housing Corporation and District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board accountant Dean Decaire for more information during Wednesday’s board meeting. “Nipissing District Housing Corporation
  
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• Students in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., begin returning to class following mass shooting

  26-02-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TUMBLER RIDGE — Some students are heading back to classes in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., just over two weeks after an 18-year-old shooter killed eight people, including six at the local secondary school, before turning the gun on herself.
  
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• Montreal police conducting searches in lead-up to teen's death by South Shore police

  26-02-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal police say they are conducting searches in an investigation connected to the death of a teenager shot dead by police on the city's South Shore.
  
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