North Bay news

• BELLAIRE, Jeanine (nee Duchesne)

  12-11-2018 22:19 via baytoday.ca
  It is with heavy hearts, we announce the unexpected passing of Jeanine Bellaire at her home on November 11, 2018 at the age of 76 years. Predeceased by her husband Lionel Bellaire.
  
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• MNRF seize 33 moose

  12-11-2018 22:11 via baytoday.ca
   Conservation officers checked 3,973 hunters in the Parry Sound, Pembroke, and Bancroft areas
  
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• Petes goaltender Hunter Jones getting his chance to prove himself in draft year

  12-11-2018 22:06 via baytoday.ca
  OSHAWA, Ont. — The hockey season can feel long if you're Hunter Jones's backup with the Peterborough Petes.
  
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• Lighter, fitter, faster Kingsbury should make moguls competitors shudder

  12-11-2018 22:06 via baytoday.ca
  Just 26 years old, freestyle skiing sensation Mikael Kingsbury has already rewritten the moguls record book. He has no plans to slow down now that the new quadrennial is here.
  
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• Federal government's appeal of solitary confinement decision in B.C. to be heard

  12-11-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia's top court is set to hear the federal government's appeal of a ruling that said indefinite solitary confinement of prisoners is unconstitutional and causes permanent harm. The B.C.
  
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• Opinion: Twenty-four new LTC beds are inadequate.

  12-11-2018 22:00 via baytoday.ca
  Many of our recently elected City Council ran on platforms to support Cassellholme and LTC. I urge them to ask questions, examine the projections, read the files and please do the right thing
  
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• North Bay science festival all about hands-on fun

  12-11-2018 21:39 via nugget.ca
  Insulin, stem cells, weather forecasting and plate tectonics were discovered because of science.
  Those are just a few of the discoveries made by Canadian scientists, said Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Anthony Rota during the launch of the North Bay Science Festival which kicked off Monday at Holy Cross Catholic Elementary School.
  It’s that unknown and field of possibilities that has 12-year-old Kayla Dubroy and 11-year-old Emerald Farrington excited.
  If Kayla and Emerald could swap English for
  
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• LA Kings goalie Jack Campbell out 4-6 weeks with knee injury

  12-11-2018 21:06 via baytoday.ca
  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Kings goalie Jack Campbell will be out for at least a month after surgery to repair a meniscus tear in his knee. The Kings recalled goalie Cal Petersen from their AHL affiliate in Ontario on Monday.
  
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• Comic book genius Stan Lee, Spider-Man creator, dies at 95

  12-11-2018 21:06 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Stan Lee, the creative dynamo who revolutionized the comic book and helped make billions for Hollywood by introducing human frailties in superheroes such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk, died Monday. He was 95.
  
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• Canada Wolverines start World Cup qualifying bid in Florida against Jamaica

  12-11-2018 21:06 via baytoday.ca
  By a quirk of fate, Ryerson student Emil Borggren fell in love with rugby league on a visit to his native Denmark.
  
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• Abu Dhabi summit: Oil production cuts may be necessary

  12-11-2018 21:06 via baytoday.ca
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries will likely need to cut crude supplies, perhaps by as much as 1 million barrels of oil a day, to rebalance the market after U.S.
  
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• Pedal power: Saskatoon cyclist racks up 734 kilometres in a day

  12-11-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  Saskatoon cyclist Meaghan Hackinen has clocked many hours on her road bike in Saskatchewan, but she's always wondered how far she could go in a 24-hour period.
  
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• Feds dropped ball with First World War centenary commemorations: historians

  12-11-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Some of Canada's top military historians say the federal government missed an important opportunity to commemorate the First World War's centenary and that its efforts over the past four years paled in comparison to those of Britain, Austral
  
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• Amnesty calls for accountability on coerced sterilization of Indigenous women

  12-11-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Amnesty International Canada is calling on the federal government to appoint a special representative to hear from Indigenous women coerced into sterilization procedures — to learn what justice would look like for them.
  
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• North Bay's Science Festival ready to go for another year

  12-11-2018 20:42 via baytoday.ca
  'We are celebrating science that his here in North Bay'
  
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• Ever tried 'black' honey? Turns out Buckwheat honey is very popular

  12-11-2018 20:12 via baytoday.ca
  There isn't a lot of buckwheat grown in Canada and Posch claims to grow the biggest chunk in the country. That's what makes his "black honey" unique
  
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• The Latest: Judge's decision in summer led to settlement

  12-11-2018 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  The Latest on a tentative settlement on the NHL concussion lawsuit (all times Eastern): 2:35 p.m.
  
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• Scientists: Wind, drought worsen fires, not bad management

  12-11-2018 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Both nature and humans share blame for California's devastating wildfires, but forest management did not play a major role, despite President Donald Trump's claims, fire scientists say.
  
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• Treaty signing marks start of real work for Alberta's Lubicon, says chief

  12-11-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Alberta's Lubicon Cree have been fighting for decades for a land they could call their own.
  
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• Quebec college athletes suspended after anti-Muslim video shared on social media

  12-11-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A junior college in Quebec City says it hopes an embarrassing video shared on social media showing members of its women's basketball team criticizing immigrants and Muslims will be a learning opportunity.
  
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• Canada eyes sweeping free-trade deal with China but remains open to sector deals

  12-11-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A full-scale trade deal between Canada and China is possible even as Canada remains open to striking smaller sector-by-sector agreements, says International Trade Minister Jim Carr.
  
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• City explains fake snow ban

  12-11-2018 19:55 via nugget.ca
  A review by North Bay city staff that has resulted in a ban on a foam product used by the film industry to simulate fake snow was triggered by damage to shrubs and plants at the city’s waterfront.The city provided additional details about its decision to prohibit the use of Phos-Chek foam during a news conference at city hall Monday, where officials gathered with film industry representatives to assure the community that they’re working together.“On one particular shoot at the
  
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• Three OPP officers injured during patient attack at Kirkland hospital

  12-11-2018 19:33 via baytoday.ca
  Three officers sustained injuries as a result of the attack and were all treated and released
  
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• Gathering Place benefits from increased attendance at Soup's On

  12-11-2018 19:33 via baytoday.ca
  “We just moved to North Bay about a month ago, and I think this is just a phenomenal thing for the community to do. I love this. Who doesn’t love soup, right?  It is a great fundraiser, one of the best ideas I’ve ever heard of' Debbie Brosko
  
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• Pastrnak, Wheeler, Giroux named NHL three stars of the week

  12-11-2018 19:06 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Boston Bruins right-wing David Pastrnak, Winnipeg Jets right-wing Blake Wheeler and Philadelphia Flyers centre Claude Giroux have been named the NHL three stars of the week.
  
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• Amazon HQ favourites: Similar basics but different vibes

  12-11-2018 19:06 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — The communities said to be favoured to become homes to a pair of big, new East Coast bases for Amazon are both riverfront stretches of major metropolitan areas with ample transportation and space for workers.
  
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• Get your winter coat out. Cold on the way

  12-11-2018 18:17 via baytoday.ca
  Tomorrow is expected to be sunny
  
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• Toronto stocks lower on broad-based decline, U.S. stocks also sink

  12-11-2018 18:06 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was lower in late-morning trading, hit by a broad-based decline including losses in the key industrial, material and financial sectors, while U.S. markets also sank lower.
  
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• North American stocks fall led by drop in the tech sector; oil falls again

  12-11-2018 18:06 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — North American markets started the week by closing lower on a broad-based decline led by the tech sector. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 118.04 points to 15,156.40. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 602.
  
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• Henderson won't cut back on busy schedule as she chases top spot on LPGA Tour

  12-11-2018 18:06 via baytoday.ca
  Brooke Henderson isn't going to cut back on her ambitious golf schedule, even if it makes her climb to the top spot in the LPGA rankings more difficult. The star golfer from Smiths Falls, Ont., has her sights set on No.
  
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• HBC won't say why Saks Off Fifth store at Montreal Eaton Centre is cancelled

  12-11-2018 18:06 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Hudson's Bay Company says it and mall developer Ivanhoe Cambridge have mutually agreed to no longer open a Saks Off Fifth location at the Montreal Eaton Centre.
  
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• Bombardier defends CEO's absence from special meeting following 5,000 layoffs

  12-11-2018 18:06 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Bombardier is defending its chief executive, Alain Bellemare, who stood out in his absence from a special meeting to take stock of the 2,500 jobs in Quebec that the company plans to cut.
  
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• Athenahealth fetches $5.7 billion cash buyout offer

  12-11-2018 18:06 via baytoday.ca
  Athenahealth shares soared Monday after the struggling medical billing software maker received a $5.7 billion cash buyout offer.
  
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• Amazon HQ favourites: Similar basics, different vibes

  12-11-2018 18:06 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — The communities said to be favoured to become homes to a pair of big, new East Coast bases for Amazon are both riverfront stretches of major metropolitan areas with ample transportation and space for workers.
  
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• Canada hoping to solve U.S. tariff dispute by G20 meetings at month's end: PM

  12-11-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's hopeful that Canada can resolve its tariff dispute with the United States by the end of the month. That's when leaders of the G20, including Trudeau and U.S.
  
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• Lack of consultation on Ring of Fire development frustrates First Nation communities

  12-11-2018 17:55 via baytoday.ca
  Neskantaga, Eabametoong want negotiated settlement with Queen’s Park, threaten legal action
  
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• Sundridge man banned from owning animals for one year

  12-11-2018 17:45 via nugget.ca
  A 33-year-old Sundridge man has been convicted under provincial animal welfare legislation following an investigation relating to the welfare of dogs in his care.
  Gregory Allan Jackson Hall was found guilty on Nov. 2 in a Parry Sound Provincial Offences Court of failing to provide adequate and appropriate sanitary conditions and failing to comply with an order.
  The court ordered Hall to abide by a one-year prohibition on owning, having custody of, caring for or living with any animal. Following
  
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• Grand Re-Opening of Home Style Café

  12-11-2018 17:07 via baytoday.ca
  This restaurant is a central hub for community involvement and engagement
  
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• Tentative settlement reached in NHL concussion lawsuit

  12-11-2018 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  The NHL and attorneys for retired players announced a tentative settlement Monday in the biggest lawsuit brought against the league over concussions and other head injuries.
  
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• NHL, retired players reach $19M concussions settlement

  12-11-2018 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  The National Hockey League announced a tentative $18.9 million settlement Monday with more than 300 retired players who sued the league and accused it of failing to protect them from head injuries or warn them of the risks involved with playing.
  
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• Bishops will delay votes on steps to combat sex abuse crisis

  12-11-2018 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  BALTIMORE — In an abrupt change of plans, the president of the U.S.
  
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• Bishops delay votes on combatting church sex abuse crisis

  12-11-2018 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  BALTIMORE — U.S. Catholic bishops abruptly postponed plans Monday to vote on proposed new steps to address the clergy sex abuse crisis roiling the church at the Vatican's insistence.
  
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• Bishops delay votes on combating church sex abuse crisis

  12-11-2018 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  BALTIMORE — At the Vatican's insistence, U.S. Catholic bishops abruptly postponed plans Monday to vote on proposed new steps to address the clergy sex abuse crisis roiling the church.
  
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• New order for Bombardier-Alstom metro cars in Montreal won't prevent all layoffs

  12-11-2018 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A $448-million order by Montreal’s transport agency for more Azur metro cars from a Bombardier-Alstom consortium won't save at least 100 Bombardier Inc. workers from layoffs.
  
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• Military vet Ojeda announces 2020 presidential campaign

  12-11-2018 16:06 via baytoday.ca
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A retired Army paratrooper and current West Virginia lawmaker seeking to restore the Democratic Party's blue-collar roots chose Veterans Day to formalize his campaign for the presidency in 2020.
  
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• Man at centre of Nobel body scandal tests rape conviction

  12-11-2018 16:06 via baytoday.ca
  STOCKHOLM — The man at the centre of the scandal at the academy that awards the Nobel Prize in literature arrived Monday at a Swedish appeals court in handcuffs, hoping his rape conviction and a two-year prison sentence will be reversed.
  
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• Gerard Butler's house 'half-gone,' others await fire's toll

  12-11-2018 16:06 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Celebrities whose coastal homes have been damaged or destroyed in a Southern California wildfire or were forced to flee from the flames expressed sympathy and solidarity with less-famous people hurt worse by the state's deadly blazes, a
  
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• Wagerers crossing the Delaware (and Hudson) for sports bets

  12-11-2018 15:06 via baytoday.ca
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — In the time it takes for a red light to turn green, Leonard Sciascia can get his sports bets made, turn around and head home.
  
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• Training kids to kill at Ukrainian nationalist camp

  12-11-2018 15:06 via baytoday.ca
  KIEV, Ukraine — The campers, some clad in combat fatigues, carefully aim their assault rifles. Their instructor offers advice: Don't think of your target as a human being. So when these boys and girls shoot, they will shoot to kill.
  
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• 'Public hanging' remark puts spotlight on Miss. Senate race

  12-11-2018 15:06 via baytoday.ca
  JACKSON, Miss. — A video of a white U.S.
  
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