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• ST. JEAN, Louise (née Groulx)

  27-11-2018 23:07 via baytoday.ca
  Passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at the North Bay Regional Health Centre on November 26, 2018 at the age of 97 years. Predeceased by her beloved husband Emmanuel. Dearly loved mother of Lionel, Donald (Tammy), Diane Rakebrandt (Gary).
  
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• Flyers eye new approach in GM, unlike 'unyielding' Hextall

  27-11-2018 23:07 via baytoday.ca
  PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers fired general manager Ron Hextall because — to swipe a page from their glory days — he was Broad Street Bullheaded. Hextall preached patience. The Flyers want to win now.
  
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• Canada holds off Scotland in women's rugby win to cap successful tour

  27-11-2018 23:06 via baytoday.ca
  GLASGOW, Scotland — Canada scored four tries and held off a late charge to defeat Scotland 28-25 in women's rugby play Tuesday. The victory was the third in four tour matches for coach Sandro Fiorino's Canadian squad.
  
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• Prison guards push for changes to needle plan before national rollout

  27-11-2018 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Federal prison guards are warning that needle-exchange programs in penitentiaries pose them a health and safety risk.
  
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• Goodale hints prison needle programs could be changed

  27-11-2018 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prison needle-exchange programs that guards say will endanger their health and safety could get another look, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale signalled Tuesday.
  
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• Tips for dealing with the picky eater in your family over the holidays

  27-11-2018 22:46 via baytoday.ca
  Nightly dinners can be a stressful time if you have a picky eater, especially around the holidays
  
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• Jury recommends defibrillators in police cruisers

  27-11-2018 22:39 via nugget.ca
  A jury has recommended that the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and the province examine the feasibility of equipping all police vehicles with portable defibrillators.
  The recommendation came at the end of a two-day inquest into the Dec. 15, 2016 death of John Roberts, 49, of Sault Ste. Marie.
  Roberts had been arrested following an impaired driving complaint on Highway 17 near Bonfield shortly before 3 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the North Bay Regional Health Centre at 4:15 p.m. that
  
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• Inquest finds Roberts death while in custody to be accidental

  27-11-2018 22:33 via baytoday.ca
  'It was more or less for closure and I did not have any closure before this'
  
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• Location of casino hasn't been confirmed – Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Ltd.

  27-11-2018 22:10 via nugget.ca
  Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Limited isn’t confirming anything at this time in terms of where the North Bay gaming facility will be located.
  Spokesman Rob Mitchell said the project is with the company’s legal department and a decision hasn’t been made at this time.
  “We will be making an announcement at some point in time when we’ve sorted through the paperwork,” he said.
  “It’s still contractual. We can’t confirm the accuracy of any figur
  
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• Saskatchewan proposes controversial trespass law requiring landowner permission

  27-11-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  SASKATOON — A First Nations leader says proposed Saskatchewan legislation that would require people to get permission before they go on private land could lead to clashes and even deaths.
  
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• RCMP officer felt betrayed by force after man's death: colleague tells inquest

  27-11-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  BURNABY, B.C.
  
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• Smoke detector in afternoon fire makes a difference

  27-11-2018 21:47 via baytoday.ca
  Fire crews were on scene in under four minutes
  
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• ONTARIO: Police ordered to hand over specific grow-op addresses

  27-11-2018 21:45 via baytoday.ca
  Exact addresses in FOI request withheld by Greater Sudbury Police, citing privacy concerns
  
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• Mattress fire in North Bay townhouse

  27-11-2018 21:23 via nugget.ca
  North Bay firefighters responded to a structure fire at 613 Gormanville Road shortly before 2:30 p.m.
  Fire crews were on the scene in less than four minutes, according to Deputy Fire Chief Greg Saunders.
  Upon arrival, Saunders said, firefighters were greeted by the tenants of the home who were able to inform them that, thanks to the early notification of the danger by working smoke alarms, everyone was able to safely evacuate the home.
  “Knowing that everyone was safe firefighters were able
  
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• Possible active shooter reported at Walter Reed hospital

  27-11-2018 21:06 via baytoday.ca
  BETHESDA, Md. — Police in Maryland say they're investigating a possible report of an active shooter at the Walter Reed hospital outside Washington.
  
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• Official: Report of shooter at Walter Reed was false alarm

  27-11-2018 21:06 via baytoday.ca
  BETHESDA, Md. — A report of an active shooter Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington was a "genuine false alarm," a spokesman said.
  
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• Navy: Notification error led to Walter Reed shooter report

  27-11-2018 21:06 via baytoday.ca
  BETHESDA, Md. — A mass notification error led to reports of an active shooter Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington, the U.S. Navy said.
  
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• Judge: Trump hotel boost from presidency does not break law

  27-11-2018 21:06 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of breaking a law on unfair competition by using the presidency to attract customers to restaurants in his Washington hotel. U.S.
  
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• 'I'd like to finish my career here:' Redblacks QB Harris hopeful to remain in Ottawa

  27-11-2018 21:06 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Trevor Harris knows there will come a day when he won't agonize over losing the Grey Cup, but for now it haunts him in his sleep.
  
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• Trial hears double-murder accused was asked to check hospitals for missing woman

  27-11-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A former girlfriend of a man on trial for a double murder has testified she asked him to check hospitals when her best friend vanished along with her friend's little girl.
  
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• Questrade agrees to pay $2.9M to OSC for acting 'contrary to public interest

  27-11-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Questrade Wealth Management will pay $2.
  
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• Precision claiming $20-million break fee after Ensign set to take over Trinidad

  27-11-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Precision Drilling Corp. says it is entitled to a $20-million break fee after Ensign Energy Services Inc. announced Tuesday that it will take control of Trinidad Drilling Ltd. by acquiring a majority of Trinidad's shares.
  
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• GM's decision to cut jobs right after new NAFTA deal infuriates Trump

  27-11-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's chief economic adviser is citing America's new free trade pact with Canada and Mexico as one of the reasons why the U.S. president is so disappointed with the latest job and production cuts at General Motors.
  
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• Ensign acquires majority of Trinidad shares to take control of drilling company

  27-11-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Ensign Energy Services Inc. says it will take control of Trinidad Drilling Ltd. after acquiring a majority of the company's shares by its Tuesday deadline. The Calgary-based drilling company says 56.
  
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• Canada's auto industry at risk if GM closes Oshawa plant, union president says

  27-11-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Unifor president Jerry Dias says General Motors' plan to close its car plant in Oshawa, Ontario puts it on the brink of leaving Canada completely.
  
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• B.C. First Nations carry huge debts after fighting to save homes from wildfires

  27-11-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Many British Columbia First Nations that stayed behind to stop wildfires from destroying their communities in 2017 and 2018 are still waiting to be reimbursed by the provincial and federal governments for hundreds of thousands of dollars
  
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• YOUNG, Joseph Gilbert

  27-11-2018 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  It is with heavy hearts the Young family announces the sudden passing of Joe on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 here in North Bay. He leaves behind his beloved sons Devin and Matthew Young.
  
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• Lunch At Allen's serves up tasty hits in North Bay

  27-11-2018 20:45 via nugget.ca
  There was a time when Marc Jordan, the writer of Marina Del Ray, Rhythm Of My Heart and many other songs, didn’t enjoy performing on stage.
  Today, it’s different for the music veteran who returns with his friends in Lunch At Allen’s for a Dec. 15 at the Capitol Centre in North Bay.
  It’s one stop in a 10-city tour by the foursome of Jordan, Murray McLaughlan, Ian Thomas and Cindy Church.
  Over his long career, Jordan has been a solo recording artist, as well as a songwriter
  
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• TAYLOR, Dorothy Louise

  27-11-2018 20:44 via baytoday.ca
  Suddenly at the North Bay Regional Health Centre on Thursday November 22. Dearest and beloved friend of Eric and Marg Moody who will miss her sorely. Also missed by her dear friends Rosemary and Pete Dupuis, Chantal Dupuis and Wanda Caccamo.
  
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• Alcohol believed to be a factor in snowmobile collision

  27-11-2018 20:43 via baytoday.ca
  The girl was not injured but the boy suffered life-threatening head injuries
  
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• A cappella country group Home Free coming to North Bay

  27-11-2018 20:33 via nugget.ca
  Home Free, an a cappella country-music group with multiple Top 5 albums on its resume, will bring its Timeless World Tour to the Capitol Centre Feb. 16, 2019.
  Armed with only their voices, and no instruments, Home Free has had more than 250 million views of their songs on YouTube and has performed in front of more than 350,000 people in concert in the past five years, a news release states.
  Their fourth studio album, Timeless, released in September 2017 via Columbia Records and debuted at the No
  
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• Man kicks in door after argument

  27-11-2018 20:31 via baytoday.ca
  When arrested, he had property that had been taken from the apartment earlier in the day say police
  
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• 'SpongeBob' creator Stephen Hillenburg dies at 57

  27-11-2018 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Stephen Hillenburg, who used his dual loves of drawing and marine biology to spawn the absurd undersea world of "SpongeBob SquarePants," has died, Nickelodeon announced Tuesday.
  
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• Manafort allegations throw new uncertainty into Russia probe

  27-11-2018 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The breakdown of a plea deal with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and an explosive British news report about alleged contacts he may have had with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange threw a new element of uncertainty into the
  
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• Waving handgun replica results in weapon charges for North Bay man - NorthBayNipissing.com

  27-11-2018 20:05
  Waving handgun replica results in weapon charges for North Bay man  NorthBayNipissing.comNORTH BAY — On Monday, Nov. 26, North Bay Police received a 9-1-1 call reporting a dispute in the parking lot of a business on Lakeshore Drive in North Bay.
  
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• First Nations summit in Halifax focuses on self-governance, self-determination

  27-11-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — First Nations leaders from across Canada gathered in Halifax Tuesday for a regional summit on self-governance, with a focus on finding a pathway to nationhood for Indigenous Peoples in the Atlantic region known as Mi'kma'ki.
  
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• Hunting and fishing licences will be easier to get says MNRF

  27-11-2018 19:45 via baytoday.ca
  Purchase licences from the comfort of your home
  
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• Milk truck closes highway for 90-minutes – North Bay OPP

  27-11-2018 19:37 via nugget.ca
  Highway 533 near Highway 63 in Redbridge was closed for 90-minutes after a transport truck carrying milk products swerved off the road blocking the highway.
  Ontario Provincial Police report no damage and no injuries.
  The highway has been reopened.
  OPP are reminding motorists to drive according to the conditions.
  
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• Charge laid in tractor-trailer collision, spill

  27-11-2018 19:36 via nugget.ca
  A Stoney Creek truck driver has been charged following a tractor-trailer collision shortly after 7 am Monday on Highway 11, north of Englehart.
  OPP say one tractor-trailer was northbound and the other southbound when the two collided.
  Ontario Provincial Police, Temiskaming District Emergency Medical Service (EMS) and the Englehart and Area Fire Department responded.
  One of the commercial vehicles contained fuel and was leaking as a result of the collision. The highway was closed in both directio
  
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• This driver had a reason to be nervous

  27-11-2018 19:34 via baytoday.ca
  The driver faces four charges
  
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• Ten local arts organizations receivive more than $255,000 in project and operating grants

  27-11-2018 19:27 via baytoday.ca
  $86,600 for Aanmitaagzi under the Multi and Inter-Arts Organizations
  
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• Fedeli announces cash for the arts in Nipissing

  27-11-2018 19:22 via nugget.ca
  Ten local arts organizations are receiving more than $255,000 in project and operating grants through the Ontario Arts Council, Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli announced today.
  The funding includes $86,600 for Aanmitaagzi under the Multi and Inter-Arts Organizations: Operating and ICF Project Grants for Organizations programs, $30,000 for White Water Gallery under the Compass program, $29,489 for the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective under the Arts Service Organizations: Operating program, $22,000 for t
  
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• North Bay teen faces weapon charges following dispute on Lakeshore Drive

  27-11-2018 19:17 via nugget.ca
  A 19-year-old man faces charges following a dispute involving what was reported to be a black handgun.
  North Bay Police Service received a 911 call Monday before 11 p.m. from a citizen who witnessed a dispute between two males in a parking lot.
  The accused displayed what was reported to be a black handgun and began waiving it around.
  As the report was being made, a North Bay officer was driving past the scene. The officer determined the details of the dispute and arrested the accused.
  Located in
  
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• Global lawmakers grill Facebook exec; Zuckerberg's a no-show

  27-11-2018 19:06 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — A cohort of international lawmakers is trying to turn up the pressure on Facebook, grilling one of its executives and making a show of founder Mark Zuckerberg's refusal to explain to them why his company failed to protect users' data privacy
  
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• Bomb, gun threats lock down Georgia school district

  27-11-2018 19:06 via baytoday.ca
  DECATUR, Ga. — Police say multiple schools are on lockdown in an Atlanta suburb as police investigate a bomb threat at one school and threats of gun violence at two others.
  
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• US consumer confidence slips in November but is still strong

  27-11-2018 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer confidence slipped this month but remains strong. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 135.7 in November from October's 18-year high 137.9.
  
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• Man heard 'stomps' after Dennis Oland left father's office, murder trial told

  27-11-2018 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  SAINT JOHN, N.B.
  
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• Iron ore production to restart next year in Labrador mining town of Wabush

  27-11-2018 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  WABUSH, N.L. — The Labrador mining town of Wabush is in for a much-needed economic boost as one of Canada's largest iron ore mines restarts production next year.
  
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• GM transformation makes it the latest auto giant to pivot towards technology

  27-11-2018 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — When General Motors Canada workers in Oshawa put down their tools and headed home Monday morning after being told their plant will shut down next year, the automaker billed the closure and impending layoffs as part of a transformation towar
  
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• B.C. intervenes in greenhouse gas fight between Ottawa, Ontario and Saskatchewan

  27-11-2018 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it will intervene in separate court cases in Saskatchewan and Ontario where those provinces are challenging federal authority to pass legislation that puts a minimum price on greenhouse gas pollution.
  
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