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• Ottawa, Hamilton to meet for fourth time this season in East Division final

  17-11-2018 23:06 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The time for talking is over for Simoni Lawrence and Delvin Breaux. The Hamilton linebacker and cornerback were all business Saturday when discussing the Tiger-Cats' East Division final showdown with Ottawa on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Huitema helps Canada to 2-0 win over South Korea at under-17 women's World Cup

  17-11-2018 23:06 via baytoday.ca
  MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Captain Jordyn Huitema scored in the 59th minute and Canada went on to a 2-0 win over South Korea on Saturday to remain undefeated at the under-17 women's World Cup.
  
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• Cirelli scores in OT as Lightning beat Flyers 6-5

  17-11-2018 23:06 via baytoday.ca
  PHILADELPHIA — Anthony Cirelli saved the day for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
  
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• Cirelli lifts Lightning to wild win over Flyers

  17-11-2018 23:06 via baytoday.ca
  PHILADELPHIA — Anthony Cirelli scored 1:47 into overtime, and the Tampa Bay Lightning topped the Philadelphia Flyers 6-5 on Saturday after blowing a big lead in the third period.
  
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• Ski season starts early at Nordic

  17-11-2018 22:31 via nugget.ca
  Cross-country skiers in North Bay were hitting the trails Saturday at the Nordic Ski Club thanks to an early blast of winter. The club hosted its annual ski exchange, which is typically a lead up to the launch of operations. But, with trails already in mid-season condition, the event also served as a sort of unofficial season launch. “It’s definitely got people into that early mindset and brought them out,” said exchange organizer Mike Ward, of the winter weather. Ward said the
  
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• North Bay Film Festival showcases true northern talent

  17-11-2018 22:26 via baytoday.ca
  'The biggest thing is seeing just how many awesome ideas these young people have, and how it gives me, a senior citizen, food for thought. It is amazing. It truly is'Julie-Ann smrke
  
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• Quarterback Hugo Richard leads Rouge et Or past X-Men 63-0 in Uteck Bowl

  17-11-2018 22:06 via baytoday.ca
  QUEBEC — Quarterback Hugo Richard completed 22-of-27 passes for 327 yards and five touchdowns as the Laval Rouge et Or romped to a 63-0 victory over the St. Francis Xavier X-Men on Saturday in the Uteck Bowl.
  
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• Dylan Larkin scores in OT as Red Wings beat Devils 3-2

  17-11-2018 22:06 via baytoday.ca
  NEWARK, N.J. — Dylan Larkin scored 4:09 into overtime, Jonathan Bernier stopped 38 shots and the Detroit Red Wings beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Saturday.
  
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• Sister Joyce Bialek (Sister M. Regina)

  17-11-2018 21:09 via baytoday.ca
  It is with sadness that the Sisters of St. Joseph announce the death of Sister Joyce Bialek on November 16, 2018, at St. Joseph’s Motherhouse, North Bay, Ontario.
  
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• Column: Easy to declare a winner in NHL concussion lawsuit

  17-11-2018 21:06 via baytoday.ca
  At the Stanley Cup Finals earlier this year, Commissioner Gary Bettman couldn't talk enough about the feel-good story of the Vegas Golden Knights and the NHL's role in bringing major league sports to Las Vegas.
  
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• Canadian military's template for perfect recruits outdated: Vance

  17-11-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — The man who leads the Canadian Armed Forces says military leaders have failed to grasp the importance of recruiting more women and minorities, partly because they have for too long relied on an antiquated template for recruits. Gen.
  
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• Canadian military's template for perfect recruits 'invalid': Vance

  17-11-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — The man who leads the Canadian Armed Forces says the military has failed to adequately integrate women and minorities, but Gen. Jonathan Vance says the Forces are working hard to adapt and change.
  
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• Zverev's ATP Finals win vs. Federer tainted by ball boy flub

  17-11-2018 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — After pulling off one of the biggest wins of his career, Alexander Zverev was left apologizing for an unforced error he didn't make.
  
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• Cyclone kills 33 in India with thousands in relief camps

  17-11-2018 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  NEW DELHI — The death toll from a cyclone that hit the coast of southern India has risen to 33, with the storm leaving a trail of massive damage to homes and roads and driving tens of thousands of people into relief camps, officials said Saturday.
  
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• Canada's defence spending questioned at NATO parliamentary meeting

  17-11-2018 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Canada's deputy minister of national defence held fast to the government's stance on defence spending, despite some pointed questioning about Canada's commitment during a NATO parliamentary meeting in Halifax. U.S.
  
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• Outdoors Card to be streamlined

  17-11-2018 19:10 via nugget.ca
  A new one-card Outdoors Card is soon to be released in Ontario, says the province’s new minister of Natural Resources and Forestry.
  And changes are coming to create a more efficient and fairer moose and bear tag system, John Yakabuski told a Tourism Northern Ontario summit.
  Yakabuski said the new Ontario Outdoors card, which will also be developed as a Smart Phone app, will mean one version of the card will now apply to hunters and anglers across the province.
  The new system will make it e
  
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• Near North board tosses its governance model

  17-11-2018 19:06 via nugget.ca
  Near North District School Board trustees have been told the governance model they have spent months creating in-house in order to save money has a lot of holes that could put them at risk.
  Trustees have been working on updating and revamping its governance model for the past 18 months
  After all of the work, trustees were recently told by legal they will now have to send the project to tender for a consultant to do the project.
  The total cost of the project is unknown, but trustees agreed to put
  
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• Canada defeats Germany 29-10 in repechage, moves step closer to Rugby World Cup

  17-11-2018 19:06 via baytoday.ca
  MARSEILLE, France — Canada moved a step closer to the Rugby World Cup on Saturday with a 29-10 win over Germany at a last-chance qualifying tournament.
  
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• Jays get pitcher Trent Thornton in trade with Astros for infielder Aledmys Diaz

  17-11-2018 18:06 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays traded utility infielder Aledmys Diaz to the Houston Astros on Saturday for starting pitcher Trent Thornton. Thornton, 25, posted a 9-8 record with a 4.
  
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• Japan's Hanyu wins Rostelecom Cup despite ankle injury

  17-11-2018 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  MOSCOW — Canada's Keegan Messing gained two spots in the overall standings with his free skate Saturday to place fifth in men's competition at the Rostelecom Cup, the fifth stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit.
  
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• Former investigator calls WADA's Russia decision 'cowardly'

  17-11-2018 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  At the same time the World Anti-Doping Agency announced changes to its governance structure, the agency's former lead investigator wrote an op-ed piece arguing its leaders should be replaced, and said the decision to reinstate Russia's suspended anti
  
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• U.S. troops won't come into contact with migrant caravan: top military officer

  17-11-2018 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — The highest-ranking military officer in the United States insisted today that U.S. troops will not come into contact with the thousands of migrants from Central America heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. Gen.
  
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• Cannabis marketing rules still hazy post-legalization

  17-11-2018 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Despite strict rules limiting the promotion of now legal recreational pot now in effect, cannabis promotions continue to pop up amid loopholes and a lack of clarity on how the legislation's grey areas should be applied.
  
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• Thank you very much! Ms. Bell has been located in good health. #5555

  17-11-2018 15:59 via twitter.com
  Thank you very much!Ms. Bell has been located in good health. #5555
  
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• Missing Person to locate: Jaqueline BELL age 64 described as 5’1” tall with long grey hair. Believed to be opera… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-11-2018 15:44 via twitter.com
  Missing Person to locate:JaquelineBELL age 64 described as 5’1” tall with long grey hair.Believed to be opera… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Vancouver lawyer who prosecuted Khmer Rouge leaders welcomes genocide verdict

  17-11-2018 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A Vancouver lawyer who helped prosecute two of the Khmer Rouge's most senior surviving leaders is breathing a little easier after a tribunal this week found the two elderly Cambodian men guilty of genocide and other crimes.
  
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• Nipissing Serenity Hospice Annual Christmas Concert set for Sunday

  17-11-2018 14:25 via baytoday.ca
  'They’re all seasoned performers, and it is all singing. It is an eclectic mix of songs. A few songs are not Christmas related but they’re in the spirit of the Hospice and the spirit of the cause' Entertainment coordinator Pat Veltri
  
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• US official: US intel says prince ordered Khashoggi killing

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S. official said. The Saudi government has denied the claim.
  
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• UK leader fights back against critics, defends Brexit deal

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May is fighting back against critics of her Brexit deal, telling her Conservative opponents that their alternative plans for Britain's departure from the European Union wouldn't work.
  
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• UK leader fights back against critics amid Brexit upheaval

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May fought back against critics of her Brexit deal Saturday, telling opponents from within her party their alternative plans for Britain's departure from the European Union wouldn't work.
  
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• Trump visits as California struggles to locate 1,000 people

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARADISE, Calif. — President Donald Trump heads to Northern California on Saturday to see firsthand the grief and devastation from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century amid confusion over how many people remain unaccounted for.
  
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• Trump to visit California fire scene as death toll rises

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARADISE, Calif. — President Donald Trump heads to Northern California on Saturday to see firsthand the grief and devastation from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, as confusion continued over how many people remain unaccounted for.
  
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• Trump says report on Khashoggi's death coming in 2 days

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday that his administration will release a full report in the next two days about the death of a Saudi journalist, which has created a diplomatic conundrum for the president: How to admonish Riyadh for th
  
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• Trump jumps in to offer aid to Democrat Pelosi's speaker bid

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Democrats won the majority. Now they just need a speaker of the House.
  
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• Trump expects CIA briefing Saturday on Khashoggi killing

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump awaited a briefing Saturday from the CIA on the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after a U.S.
  
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• Trump administration denies reaching conclusion on Khashoggi

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration denied on Saturday that it had reached a final determination in the death of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.
  
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• Space station supplies launched, 2nd shipment in 2 days

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A load of space station supplies rocketed into orbit from Virginia on Saturday, the second shipment in two days.
  
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• Pence, Xi trade barbs in speeches at Pacific summit

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S.
  
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• Pelosi claims she has votes, but race for speaker goes on

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Democrats won the majority. Now they just need a speaker of the House.
  
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• Migrants won't see armed US soldiers on border

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  SAN DIEGO — As thousands of migrants in a caravan of Central American asylum-seekers converge on the doorstep of the United States, what they won't find are armed American soldiers standing guard.
  
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• Melania Trump's Moment: first lady flexes muscles in big way

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — It turns out there is more than one Trump who can employ a few well-chosen words as a poison dart. With a bombshell public statement this week, it was first lady Melania Trump who revealed her ability to carry out a political hit.
  
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• Many wildfire survivors too busy seeking help to watch Trump

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  CHICO, Calif. — Handfuls of people who fled the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century clustered around TV sets at evacuation centres Saturday to watch President Donald Trump survey what remained of their Northern California community.
  
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• Lawyer for WikiLeaks' Assange says he would fight charges

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not willingly travel to the United States to face charges filed under seal against him, one of his lawyers said, foreshadowing a possible fight over extradition for a central figure in the U.S.
  
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• Iraq's president visits Iran weeks after US renews sanctions

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  TEHRAN, Iran — Iraq's President Barham Salih began a visit to Iran on Saturday, where he pledged to improve relations less than two weeks after the United States restored oil sanctions that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal.
  
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• French drivers blocking roads to protest rising fuel taxes

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — Drivers in France are blocking roads across the country to protest rising fuel taxes, in a new challenge to embattled President Emmanuel Macron. Protesters pledge to target tollbooths, roundabouts and the bypass that rings Paris on Saturday.
  
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• Egyptian sentenced to death for killing Christian doctor

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  CAIRO — Egypt has sentenced an alleged Islamic State supporter to death for stabbing and killing an 82-year-old Christian doctor in Cairo.
  
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• Death toll rises to 76 in California fire as Trump visits

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  CHICO, Calif. — Several people who fled the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century clustered around a television set at an evacuation centre Saturday and watch President Donald Trump survey what remained of their Northern California community.
  
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• China, US trade barbs in speeches at Pacific summit

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — China's leader Xi Jinping and U.S.
  
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• 1 dead, scores injured in fuel tax protests around France

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — One protester was killed and 227 other people were injured — eight seriously — at roadblocks set up around villages, towns and cities across France on Saturday as citizens angry with rising fuel taxes rose up in a grassroots movement, posing
  
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• 1 dead, dozens injured in fuel tax protests around France

  17-11-2018 13:06 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — One protester was killed and 47 other people were injured Saturday at roadblocks set up around France by citizens angry at rising fuel taxes, posing a new challenge to embattled President Emmanuel Macron.
  
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