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• The biggest crowd in recent years observes the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day at North Bay ceremony

  11-11-2018 23:13 via baytoday.ca
  'I had two grandfather’s that were both in the war. We’re in such a beautiful country and we owe it all to them and everyone else who served. I think everyone should be here to show respect and honour' Abigail Ricciuti
  
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• ONTARIO: Premier Ford marks Remembrance Day

  11-11-2018 23:10 via baytoday.ca
  The PC government recently announced a number of initiatives it says will make life easier for veterans
  
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• Masoli leads Ticats past Lions 48-8 in East Division semifinal contest

  11-11-2018 23:06 via baytoday.ca
  HAMILTON — Jeremiah Masoli threw three first-half TDs to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a lopsided 48-8 East Division semifinal win over the B.C. Lions on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Man City surges clear of United but EPL title race wide open

  11-11-2018 23:06 via baytoday.ca
  MANCHESTER, England — However strong Manchester City looks in its title defence , Pep Guardiola's leaders are facing more competition than anticipated in the Premier League.
  
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• Aerosmith's Perry hospitalized after jamming with Billy Joel

  11-11-2018 23:06 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has been hospitalized with breathing problems that began after a guest performance with Billy Joel in New York.
  
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• Novelist looks at the hidden world

  11-11-2018 22:24 via nugget.ca
  Canada is not the nice, polite, boring nation many people believe it is.
  John Jantunen remembers picking up copies of the local newspaper in Bracebridge when he was younger and avidly reading the stories.
  “The Bracebridge they were writing about had no resemblance to the Bracebridge I knew as a child,” Jantunen says.
  “In my school, I was the only one with a single mother.”
  He said there were some “seriously messed up kids” he knew, some “horribly abused,
  
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• Quilts ‘a hug from Canada’

  11-11-2018 22:22 via nugget.ca
  “It’s so heart-warming” when Lynne Mersereau presents a quilt to injured veterans.
  “The first thing they say is ‘I don’t deserve this,’” Mersereau says. “Some cry, Just the idea that someone cares enough about them really touches them.”
  Mersereau is the local representative of Quilts for Valour – Canada, her area stretching from Mattawa to Thunder Bay, and every point north.
  She and the large quilting community in North Bay &ndash
  
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• Roughriders QB Zach Collaros out for West semifinal against Blue Bombers

  11-11-2018 22:06 via baytoday.ca
  REGINA — Roughriders quarterback Zach Collaros has been scratched from the West Division semifinal against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Canadian Brandon Bridge will get the start at QB and be backed up by David Watford and Drew Tate.
  
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• Montreal Impact attacking midfielder Ignacio Piatti named to MLS Best XI

  11-11-2018 22:06 via baytoday.ca
  Montreal Impact attacking midfielder Ignacio Piatti, who scored 16 goals and added a career high 13 assists this season, has been voted to the MLS Best XI.
  
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• Ottawa to encourage more countries to offer contraception, abortion: Bibeau

  11-11-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Canada's international development minister says that access to family planning services such as contraceptives and abortion is key to fighting poverty.
  
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• Homan defeats Fleury to win Grand Slam of Curling's Tour Challenge

  11-11-2018 21:06 via baytoday.ca
  THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Ottawa's Rachel Homan capped her undefeated run at the Tour Challenge with a title win.
  
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• ‘It’s our turn to help him’

  11-11-2018 20:57 via nugget.ca
  Henri Giroux has always been there to help others, Robby Steed says.“Now it’s our turn to help him.”Steed was one of the organizers for a fundraising event Saturday at the Voyager to help Giroux cover medical and drug costs in his battle with cancer.“Henri is Henri,” she said as people started to gather for the event, checking out the items donated by numerous local businesses for a silent auction, setting up games or just chatting among themselves.“We just wa
  
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• Residents must remember sacrifices, veterans say

  11-11-2018 20:55 via nugget.ca
  Paul Gelinas’ father and an uncle served during the Second World War.He was also part of the military, wearing his blue United Nations beret and cap badge Sunday morning as he prepared to march from the ML Troy Armoury to Memorial Gardens.“It’s for them I’m here,” he said as veterans, serving members, cadets and others prepared to form up for the parade. It was also a moment to think about the significance of Remembrance Day, especially Sunday’s, falling
  
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• Woo meets Oskee Wee Wee as wrestler Ric Flair pumps up Tiger-Cat crowd

  11-11-2018 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats had legendary wrestler Ric (The Nature Boy) Flair in their corner Sunday afternoon at the CFL Eastern semifinal.
  
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• Toronto Wolfpack waste little time appointing Brian McDermott coach

  11-11-2018 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  One day after parting ways with Paul Rowley, the Toronto Wolfpack signed former Leeds Rhinos coach Brian McDermott. McDermott, a 48-year Englishman, is a decorated coach who helped fill Leeds' trophy case over eight years.
  
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• Hamilton wins in Brazil, Mercedes takes constructors' title

  11-11-2018 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  SAO PAULO — Five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday, helping his Mercedes team to take the Formula One constructors' title. The British driver finished 1.4 seconds ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
  
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• 'Dr. Seuss' The Grinch' makes off with $66M at box office

  11-11-2018 19:06 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — You're a mean one — and you're number one — Mr. Grinch. "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch" made off with $66 million for Universal Pictures to top the weekend North American box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
  
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• David Stern on Gary Bettman's Hall of Fame induction: 'I'm like a proud uncle'

  11-11-2018 19:06 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — David Stern tries to connect with Gary Bettman by phone about once a week. Even he has a tough time keeping track of the NHL commissioner's schedule. "I called him one day and he was in Helsinki," Stern said.
  
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• Jets sign forward Logan Shaw to one-year, two-way contract

  11-11-2018 18:06 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets agreed to terms with forward Logan Shaw on a one-year, two-way contract on Sunday. The deal is worth an average annual value of $675,000 in the NHL.
  
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• Olympic decision time for Calgarians in 2026 plebiscite

  11-11-2018 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Calgarians will make important choices on behalf of their province and country when they step into the ballot box Tuesday.
  
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• Canada beats Kenya in first Rugby World Cup qualifying repechage tournament

  11-11-2018 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  MARSEILLE, France — DTH van der Merwe scored three tries to power Canada to a 65-19 win over Kenya on Sunday in the opening game of the 2019 Rugby World Cup repechage tournament.
  
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• Air Astana plane lands safely after emergency over Portugal

  11-11-2018 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  LISBON, Portugal — An Air Astana plane with six crew on board and no passengers declared an emergency over Portugal on Sunday after experiencing problems with its command and control system but landed safely just over an hour later, a senior Portugue
  
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• NDA Hockey - Wildcats claw past Bears (PHOTOS)

  11-11-2018 16:12 via baytoday.ca
  Wildcats win 7-5 over Bears
  
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• Will AI give small-business owners, fintechs a leg up—or reinforce status quo?

  11-11-2018 16:06 via baytoday.ca
  Two months into the launch of her dance studio, Natalie Borch needed a loan.
  
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• Panel discussion on supercarriers coming to Ford museum

  11-11-2018 16:06 via baytoday.ca
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A panel discussion on U.S. supercarriers will be held at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids.
  
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• High school football team honours slain quarterback, breaks championship drought

  11-11-2018 16:06 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — A layer of snow covered the field as the St. John's Tigers fought off the opposition to win a high school football championship and keep a promise for a former quarterback who was murdered.
  
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• Economic cost of Canadian oil price discounts counted in billions of dollars

  11-11-2018 16:06 via baytoday.ca
  Imagine producing a bumper crop of a product in high demand around the globe, only to learn you must settle for a discounted price because there's no easy way to get your product to market.
  
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• Indigenous women coerced into sterilizations across Canada: senator

  11-11-2018 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — When she was 17 years old, Liz was coerced by a Children's Aid worker into having an abortion and being sterilized at a northwestern Ontario hospital, she says — an experience she's carried for 40 years.
  
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• Vigil honouring Tree of Life Synagogue shooting victims focused on need for unity

  11-11-2018 15:04 via baytoday.ca
  'When something happens like in Pittsburgh, and we know we have the support of the rest of the world, it is a lot easier to continue practicing our faith' Marty Brown member Sons of Jacob Synagogue
  
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• Winds cause flare-ups of big Southern Californian wildfire

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  MALIBU, Calif.
  
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• Winds cause flare-ups of big Southern California wildfire

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  MALIBU, Calif.
  
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• Winds again fan Southern Californian wildfire that killed 2

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  MALIBU, Calif. — Strong Santa Ana winds returned to Southern California on Sunday, fanning a huge wildfire that has scorched a string of communities west of Los Angeles.
  
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• Trump pays tribute to fallen soldiers in Paris speech

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — President Donald Trump paid tribute Sunday to U.S.
  
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• Trump largely alone as world leaders take aim at nationalism

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — For President Donald Trump in Paris, America First meant largely America alone.
  
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• Trump joins world leaders to mark 100 years since end of WWI

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — President Donald Trump joined French President Emmanuel Macron and dozens of other world leaders Sunday to the mark 100 years since the end of World War I.
  
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• Taliban destroy Afghan army base, kill 16

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  KABUL — Afghan officials say the Taliban have attacked a small army base, killing 12 members of the security forces and leaving behind explosives that killed four tribal elders who had come to help collect the bodies.
  
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• Southern Californians battered by wildfires that killed 2

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  MALIBU, Calif. — Just a day ago, Arik Fultz was feeding the horses on his 40-acre ranch near Malibu. Now, after wildfires roared through parts of Southern California, there's nothing left of his ranch but charred remains.
  
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• Poland marks centenary of its national rebirth at end of WWI

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  WARSAW, Poland — Poland is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its rebirth as an independent state on Sunday with a multitude of events across the country, including marches, Masses, and the national hymn being sung in more than 600 public places.
  
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• N. California fire officials begin agonizing search for dead

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARADISE, Calif. — Sheriff's investigators have begun the agonizing task of scouring through the wreckage of California's most destructive fire on record in search of the dead.
  
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• More bodies found as officials fight California wildfire

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARADISE, Calif. — As relatives desperately searched shelters for missing loved ones, crews stepped up the search for bodies in the smoking ruins of Paradise on Sunday, loading the remains of at least one victim into a hearse.
  
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• In Paris, Trump the 'nationalist' stood apart from others

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — For President Donald Trump in Paris, America First meant largely America alone.
  
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• In Paris, Trump stood alone

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — For President Donald Trump in Paris, America First meant largely America alone.
  
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• Hearses stand by as crews search for California fire victims

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARADISE, Calif. — With hearses standing by, crews stepped up the search for bodies in the smoking ruins of Paradise — and relatives desperately looked for more than 100 missing loved ones — as wildfires raged Sunday on both ends of the state.
  
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• Florida election recount underway, tensions rise

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The first election workers have begun the enormous task of recounting ballots in Florida's bitterly close races for the U.S.
  
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• Florida election recount continues amid tensions, litigation

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Mishaps, protests and litigation dominated Florida's first day of recounting the vote for pivotal races for governor and Senate, bringing back memories of the 2000 presidential fiasco.
  
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• Death toll rises in California wildfire, matching deadliest

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARADISE, Calif.
  
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• Death toll in California fire climbs to 23 as search goes on

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARADISE, Calif. — Authorities called in a mobile DNA lab and anthropologists to help identify the dead as the search went on for victims of the most destructive wildfire in California history.
  
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• Death toll hits 25 from wildfires at both ends of California

  11-11-2018 12:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARADISE, Calif. — Authorities called in a mobile DNA lab and anthropologists to help identify the dead as the search went on for victims of the most destructive wildfire in California history.
  
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• World leaders gather in Paris a century after WWI armistice

  11-11-2018 10:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — World leaders with the power to make war but a duty to preserve the peace gathered by the dozens Sunday to mark the end of World War I's slaughter 100 years ago, turning Paris in the epicenter of global commemorations that drove home a powerf
  
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• Ukraine rebel regions vote in ballot that West calls bogus

  11-11-2018 10:06 via baytoday.ca
  MOSCOW — Residents of the eastern Ukraine regions controlled by Russia-backed separatist rebels are voting for local governments in elections denounced by Kyiv and the West.
  
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