North Bay news

• Speaker Geoff Regan opens the door to his apartment in Parliament

  16-12-2018 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — One of the best-kept secrets inside the main building on Parliament Hill — known as Centre Block — is what's inside room 202N.
  
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• Tuch scores OT game-winner, Golden Knights top Rangers 4-3

  16-12-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — The Golden Knights needed overtime to earn two points after squandering a third-period lead for the second straight game.
  
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• Foegele ends scoring drought, Hurricanes blank Coyotes 3-0

  16-12-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour gave his players a day off after a tough loss. They rewarded their first-year coach with a 3-0 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Sunday.
  
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• That was Brazeau-lific!

  16-12-2018 21:06 via baytoday.ca
  Justin Brazeau fires home four goals on an afternoon they celebrate his New Liskeard roots
  
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• Quebecers criticize western oil but buying more gasoline, SUVs, bigger homes: report

  16-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec's premier is quick to reject "dirty" oil from Western Canada in favour of hydro power, but new data indicate the province's citizens are buying record amounts of gasoline and increasingly purchasing trucks and bigger homes.
  
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• Quebecers criticize western oil but buy more gasoline, SUVs: report

  16-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec's premier is quick to reject "dirty" oil from Western Canada in favour of hydro power, but new data indicate the province's citizens are buying record amounts of gasoline and increasingly purchasing trucks and bigger homes.
  
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• Ottawa's Isabelle Weidemann wins long-track speedskating silver at World Cup

  16-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  HEERENVEEN, Netherlands — Ottawa's Isabelle Weidemann won a silver medal in the women's 3,000 metres on Sunday at the long-track speedskating World Cup in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
  
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• Man United's season hits new low with 3-1 loss to Liverpool

  16-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  Jose Mourinho chose his words carefully, and they proved to be as candid as they were concerning for Manchester United as its worst start to a Premier League season hit a new low. "Liverpool," Mourinho said, "is a better team than us.
  
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• Canada's Kim McRae finishes seventh at luge World Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y.

  16-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Canada's Kim McRae finished in seventh place at the luge World Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y. on Sunday morning.
  
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• B.C. hockey coach creates 'gear library' to remove cost barrier of sport

  16-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A hockey coach in Vancouver says cost shouldn't be a barrier to trying out Canada's national winter sport.
  
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• Trudeau lashes out at Conservatives over migration "misinformation"

  16-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Warning against the "dangers of populism," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says using immigration as a wedge political issue puts Canada's future at risk.
  
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• Rangers' Jesper Fast out 2 to 4 weeks with upper-body injury

  16-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Rangers forward Jesper Fast will be out two to four weeks with an upper-body injury. Fast has three goals and eight assists in 31 games this season. The team made the announcement before Sunday's game against the Vegas Golden Knights.
  
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• Kicker Zach Medeiros among Toronto Argonauts free agent signings

  16-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Kicker Zach Medeiros, quarterback Noah Picton, and wide receiver Cole Watson all signed with the Toronto Argonauts on Sunday. Medeiros agreed to a deal through to 2020.
  
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• Trudeau rules out snap election call, national ballot slated for Oct. 21

  16-12-2018 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there will be no early election call.
  
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• Canada's ambassador meets with second detainee, Michael Spavor, in China

  16-12-2018 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — China has now granted Canada access to both of its recently arrested citizens — a move one former Canadian consular official sees as an encouraging sign.
  
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• Canada's ambassador meets with second detainee in China

  16-12-2018 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canadian diplomats have been granted consular access to Michael Spavor, one of two Canadians arrested in China earlier this week. In a statement, Global Affairs says John McCallum, Canada's ambassador to China, met with Spavor today.
  
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• 'Rough waters': Spill raises new questions about fast-growing N.L. oil industry

  16-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's ambitious plans to dramatically expand the province's lucrative offshore oil and gas industry got a nasty jolt on Nov. 16.
  
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• Canada's Mikael Kingsbury wins third gold of moguls World Cup season

  16-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  THAIWOO, China — Another day, another World Cup victory for Mikael Kingsbury. Kingsbury won his third gold medal in as many starts in the moguls World Cup season on Sunday, coming in first in the dual mogul event in China.
  
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• Baloo the cat is back at home after being mistakenly shipped to Montreal

  16-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Much to the relief of his loving family, Baloo the cat came back — just not the very next day — after being mistakenly shipped 1,200 kilometres away.
  
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• Opening of beginner run gets families out playing on Laurentian Ski Hill

  16-12-2018 17:54 via baytoday.ca
  'The biggest challenge has been making snow. We have more natural snow this year, we just haven’t had the cold temperatures to make snow like we’d like to but right now the beginner hill is open, and it’s been very popular' Cam Graham ski hill manager.
  
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• NewsAlert: Cannabis legalization voted Canadian Press's Business Story of the Year

  16-12-2018 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canada's legalization of recreational pot has been voted The Canadian Press Business News Story of the Year.
  
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• Cannabis legalization voted Canadian Press's Business Story of the Year

  16-12-2018 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canada's trailblazing move to legalize cannabis for recreational use, which sparked an entirely new industry and had wide-ranging implications for nearly every facet of society, has been voted The Canadian Press Business News Story of the Y
  
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• Boxer Samuel Vargas wins as Argentine opponent clowns, clutches and chomps

  16-12-2018 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — With 35 fights under his belt, NABA welterweight champion Samuel Vargas thought he had pretty much seen it all. Then came Gabriel Adrian Pereiro.
  
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• 'They're coming:' Flying cars may appear in urban skies by 2023

  16-12-2018 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  The flying cars depicted in science fiction classics such as "Blade Runner" and "The Fifth Element" have long been seen as flights of fancy, but their arrival is closer than you think.
  
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• Suspected gas explosion destroys eatery in Japan, hurts 42

  16-12-2018 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  TOKYO — A suspected gas explosion destroyed wooden buildings housing a restaurant and a real estate office in northern Japan on Sunday night, injuring 42 people, police and local media said.
  
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• Revived Cuban Lunch bars meet with huge demand, wrapper supply snafus

  16-12-2018 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  CAMROSE, Alta. — A peanut-and-chocolate candy popular decades ago has been flying off shelves since an Alberta couple revived it earlier this year. The Cuban Lunch bar disappeared in 1991 when the Paulins factory in Winnipeg stopped making it.
  
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• 42 people injured in Japan restaurant explosion

  16-12-2018 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  TOKYO — More than 40 people were injured in an explosion Sunday night at a Japanese restaurant in northern Japan, police said.
  
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• 41 people injured in Japan restaurant explosion

  16-12-2018 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  TOKYO — Japanese police say more than 40 people have been injured in an explosion at a restaurant in northern Japan. The explosion occurred in Sapporo, the capital city of Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido.
  
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• Check your ticket numbers - The North Bay Nugget

  16-12-2018 15:01
  Check your ticket numbers  The North Bay NuggetThere were two winning tickets for the $16-million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. One was sold in Ontario, the other in the Prairies, and each is worth ...
  
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• Check your ticket numbers

  16-12-2018 14:55 via nugget.ca
  There were two winning tickets for the $16-million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.
  One was sold in Ontario, the other in the Prairies, and each is worth just over $7.9 million.
  The draw’s guaranteed $1-million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Ontario.
  The winning numbers in Saturday’s Lotto 6-49 draw were: 11, 12, 22, 36, 46 & 47.
  Bonus 7.
  Guaranteed Prize
  44524647-10
  In the event of any discrepancy between this information and the official winning list,
  
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• Strike, lockdown shut Kashmir amid anger over killings

  16-12-2018 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  SRINAGAR, India — A security clampdown and a strike sponsored by separatists fighting against Indian rule shut most of Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday, a day after chaotic protests and fighting killed seven civilians and four combatants in the
  
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• Strasbourg remembers victims of the Christmas market attack

  16-12-2018 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — Residents of the eastern French city of Strasbourg filled a city square Sunday for a memorial to the four people shot dead and the dozen wounded by a gunman at their famous Christmas market.
  
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• North Korea marks 7th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's death

  16-12-2018 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of — North Koreans are marking the seventh anniversary of the death of leader Kim Jong Il with visits to statues and vows of loyalty to his son, Kim Jong Un.
  
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• Indonesia's Soputan volcano erupts, ejecting thick ash

  16-12-2018 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  JAKARTA, Indonesia — A volcano in central Indonesia has erupted, ejecting columns of thick ash as high as 7,500 metres (24,606 feet) into the sky.
  
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• Gathering in Strasbourg remembers victims of market attack

  16-12-2018 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — A memorial is being held at a square in the eastern French city of Strasbourg to remember the four people who were shot dead and the dozen who were wounded by a gunman several days ago.
  
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• French city remembers victims of Christmas market attack

  16-12-2018 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — Residents of Strasbourg filled a square in the French city Sunday to show respect and sympathy for the four people killed and the dozen wounded during a shooting attack near a famous Christmas market.
  
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• French city honours victims of Christmas market attack

  16-12-2018 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — People filled a square in the French city of Strasbourg on Sunday to show respect and sympathy for the victims of last week's shooting attack near a famous Christmas market as the death toll rose to five.
  
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• Two winning tickets for Saturday night's $16 million Lotto 649 jackpot

  16-12-2018 09:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — There were two winning tickets for the $16 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. One was sold in Ontario, the other in the Prairies, and each is worth just over $7.9 million.
  
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• Sri Lanka's president reinstates prime minister he sacked

  16-12-2018 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's president reappointed Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister on Sunday, nearly two months after firing him and setting off a long political stalemate in the South Asian island nation.
  
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• Sri Lankan president reinstates the prime minister he sacked

  16-12-2018 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's president reappointed Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister on Sunday, nearly two months after firing him and setting off a long political stalemate in the South Asian island nation.
  
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• Sri Lankan president doubts he can work with reappointed PM

  16-12-2018 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's president accused newly reappointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of corrupt leadership in a scathing speech Sunday in which he voiced doubts about their ability to work together and signalled the 2-month politi
  
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• Sri Lankan leader takes reinstated PM to task

  16-12-2018 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's president on Sunday launched a scathing verbal attack at his reappointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, accusing his leadership of being corrupt and anti-national, casting doubt on any immediate end to the count
  
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• Sri Lanka president reinstates Wickremesinghe as premier

  16-12-2018 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's president has reappointed Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister, nearly two months after firing him and setting off weeks of political stalemate.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks dominate slumping Philadelphia Flyers in 5-1 win

  16-12-2018 07:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Brock Boeser notched a goal and an assist Saturday night, leading his Vancouver Canucks to a 5-1 win over the slumping Philadelphia Flyers.
  
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• Landeskog, Rantanen lift Avs to 6-4 win over Stars

  16-12-2018 07:05 via baytoday.ca
  DENVER — Gabriel Landeskog scored twice, including the winner with 3:20 remaining, Mikko Rantanen added two more on the power play and the Colorado Avalanche recovered after blowing a three-goal lead and beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Saturday night.
  
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• Police visit 'Saturday Night Live' star after Instagram post

  16-12-2018 06:05 via baytoday.ca
  New York City police were concerned about Pete Davidson after he wrote "I don't want to be on this earth anymore" on Instagram. And they visited the "Saturday Night Live" star to make sure he was OK.
  
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• Johansen gets shootout winner, Predators beat Devils 2-1

  16-12-2018 06:05 via baytoday.ca
  NASHVILLE — Ryan Johansen hasn't been happy with his performance in shootouts, so he was thrilled one went in Saturday night.
  
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• Brazeau powers Troops over Colts - The North Bay Nugget

  16-12-2018 05:24
  Brazeau powers Troops over Colts  The North Bay NuggetBARRIE, Ont. — Justin Brazeau scored two goals and added an assist to power the North Bay Battalion to a 4-1 victory Saturday night over the Barrie Colts, ...
  
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• Sprong's OT goal lifts Ducks over Blue Jackets 2-1

  16-12-2018 05:05 via baytoday.ca
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Daniel Sprong has been an Anaheim Duck for less than two weeks. On Saturday night, he went a long way toward ingratiating himself with his new teammates. Traded to Anaheim Dec.
  
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• Phil Kessel scores in OT, Penguins beat Kings 4-3

  16-12-2018 05:05 via baytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH — Phil Kessel scored a power-play goal at 3:59 of overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.
  
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