North Bay news

• Sadly, OPP Almaguin Highlands arrest four more impaired drivers this past weekend

  18-12-2018 23:09 via baytoday.ca
  The driver had veered into the centre median ditch
  
  Read more

• Proposed class action launched against cannabis producer Aphria Inc.

  18-12-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Law firm Koskie Minsky LLP says it has filed a proposed class action against cannabis company Aphria Inc. and its chief executive and financial officers after the company was targeted by short-sellers.
  
  Read more

• Miss America may be leaving Atlantic City ... again

  18-12-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Miss America may be leaving Atlantic City again.
  
  Read more

• Freeland says Trump metal tariffs 'contradict' new NAFTA and will have to go

  18-12-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs contradict what was negotiated in the new North American Free Trade Agreement. Freeland says U.S.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• von HOLTZENDORFF, Arndt

  18-12-2018 22:03 via baytoday.ca
  We are sad to share the loss of our father, Arndt von Holtzendorff. Arndt was born in 1927 in the village of Jagow, Brandenburg, Germany, to a Prussian Junker family who had resided in that area since the 1300s.
  
  Read more

• O’CONNOR, Paul Michael Jr. (Normy)

  18-12-2018 22:01 via baytoday.ca
  It is with heavy hearts, we announce the peaceful passing of Paul Michael O’Connor Jr. after a long heroic battle. Dearly loved son of Paul O’Connor Sr. and step-mother Lise.
  
  Read more

• COOPER, Mary Patricia Jean

  18-12-2018 21:38 via baytoday.ca
  The time has come to say good-bye, farewell, we’ll see you again, to our mom, Mary Patricia Jean (O’Connor, Sullivan) Cooper, better known as Patsy. She passed peacefully on Tuesday December 11, 2018.
  
  Read more

• Opinion: Ensure that the future LTC needs of citizens are met

  18-12-2018 21:31 via baytoday.ca
  If the 15% annual growth rate for those seeking LTC proves correct, in four years that waiting list will have expanded to 343 people
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Methamphetamine pills seized in Mattawa

  18-12-2018 21:12 via baytoday.ca
  Officers executed a search warrant on a residence in the Town of Mattawa
  
  Read more

• US pledges $10.6B aid for Central America, southern Mexico

  18-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MEXICO CITY — The United States pledged $5.8 billion in aid and investment Tuesday for strengthening government and economic development in Central America, and another $4.8 billion in development aid for southern Mexico. The U.
  
  Read more

• Raptors coach Nick Nurse fined $15K for comments about officiating

  18-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard appreciates his coach's support, but it came at cost.
  
  Read more

• Belgian premier nixes early polls, then submits resignation

  18-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  BRUSSELS — Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel submitted his resignation Tuesday amid pressure on his government after the biggest party in his coalition quit over his support for a United Nations compact on international migration.
  
  Read more

• Belgian PM offers to resign after migration tears government

  18-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  BRUSSELS — Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel submitted his resignation Tuesday amid pressure on his government after the biggest coalition party quit over Michel's support for a United Nations compact on international migration.
  
  Read more

• Laurentian Ski Hill sets opening date

  18-12-2018 20:55 via baytoday.ca
  The club will continue to make snow and open more runs as soon as possible
  
  Read more

• GUILLEMETTE, Pauline (nee Bonin)

  18-12-2018 20:07 via baytoday.ca
  Passed away suddenly at the North Bay Regional Health Centre on Tuesday December 18th, 2018 at the age of 69. Loving wife of Gaetan Guillemette for 49 years. Beloved mother of Sam (Carole) and Luc (Alena).
  
  Read more

• US pledges $5.8B aid for CentAm, $4.8B for southern Mexico

  18-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MEXICO CITY — The United States pledged $5.8 billion in aid Tuesday for strengthening government and economic development in Central America, and another $4.8 billion in development aid for southern Mexico. The U.
  
  Read more

• Some advertisers leave Carlson show after immigrant comments

  18-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  ATLANTA — Some advertisers say they are leaving conservative host Tucker Carlson's show following his remarks referring to immigrants as "the world's poor.
  
  Read more

• Removal of disputed Los Angeles school mural put on hold

  18-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Amid growing objections, the Los Angeles Unified School District has paused plans to paint over a campus mural of actress Ava Gardner that Koreatown activists contend resembles the Japanese imperial battle flag.
  
  Read more

• New Brunswick government loosens requirement for bilingual paramedics

  18-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's minority Tory government is eliminating the requirement for bilingual paramedics in some primarily unilingual areas of the province.
  
  Read more

• Mid-sized Whitecap Resources unveils cautious $450-million capital budget

  18-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Oil and gas producer Whitecap Resources Inc. says it will choke back spending in the first half of 2019 in view of recent extreme volatility in world and western Canadian oil prices.
  
  Read more

• Emergency task force calls for safe supply of drugs in Vancouver to prevent ODs

  18-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  Vancouver's mayor says he will direct staff to look for sites where drug users can access safe opioids to prevent overdoses as part of a plan recommended by an emergency task force calling for more services for people who are dying alone.
  
  Read more

• Elon Musk to unveil underground tunnel, transport cars

  18-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is set to unveil an underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday that could move people faster than subways.
  
  Read more

• Blackhawks loan Jokiharju to Finland for junior championship

  18-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — The last-place Chicago Blackhawks will be without one of their top defencemen for a while after they decided to loan Henri Jokiharju to Finland for the upcoming world junior championship.
  
  Read more

• Armed forces avoided using Norman's name, left no record trail: witness

  18-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A Canadian Forces member says his commanding officer appeared proud when he revealed last year that military officials had intentionally avoided using Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's name in internal correspondence.
  
  Read more

• MANTHA, Carole Anne Marie

  18-12-2018 19:45 via baytoday.ca
  It is with heavy hearts, we announce the unexpected passing of Carole Anne Marie Mantha on December 16, 2018 at the age of 53 years
  
  Read more

• North Bay mother dead, baby fighting for her life in hospital

  18-12-2018 19:30 via nugget.ca
  A mother is dead and her baby is fighting for her life in Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
  Miranda Thornton was 26-years-old when her boyfriend, Brandon Minor, found her unresponsive Saturday. She was 38-weeks pregnant.
  “Miranda had been getting unexplained seizures,” said Meagan Minor, the sister-in-law of Brandon.
  “On Saturday Miranda went to have a nap and when Brandon went upstairs on check on her she wasn’t breathing.”
  Minor said 911 was immediatel
  
  Read more

• Author Alice Walker criticized for support of writer's book

  18-12-2018 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Alice Walker and The New York Times are drawing fire after she praised an author who critics say expresses anti-Semitism and is a conspiracy theorist.
  
  Read more

• Zimbabwe inquiry finds army, police killed 6 during protest

  18-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwean soldiers and police used "unjustified and disproportionate" force to kill 6 people during election protests in August, according to an official report released Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Trump Foundation reaches deal to dissolve amid lawsuit

  18-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's charitable foundation reached a deal Tuesday to go out of business, even as Trump continues to fight allegations he misused its assets to resolve business disputes and boost his run for the White House.
  
  Read more

• Trump administration moves to ban bump stocks

  18-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Tuesday banned bump stocks, the firearm attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine-guns and were used during the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
  
  Read more

• Wolf or coyote blamed for deer kill in Laurier Woods - The North Bay Nugget

  18-12-2018 17:20
  Wolf or coyote blamed for deer kill in Laurier Woods  The North Bay NuggetThe North Bay Mattawa Conservation Authority isn't treating a deer kill in Laurier Woods as an unusual or suspicious activity.Sue Buckle, manager of ...
  
  Read more

• Need critical for O-negative blood - The North Bay Nugget

  18-12-2018 17:17
  Need critical for O-negative blood  The North Bay NuggetCanadian Blood Services has a four-day supply, North Bay clinics have openings.
  
  Read more

• Wolf or coyote blamed for deer kill in Laurier Woods

  18-12-2018 17:08 via nugget.ca
  The North Bay Mattawa Conservation Authority isn’t treating a deer kill in Laurier Woods as an unusual or suspicious activity.
  Sue Buckle, manager of communications for the conservation authority said the deer was located by a hiker Sunday while enjoying the trails in Laurier Woods.
  “There are 240 acres of Crown land that adjoins Laurier Woods. We’ve seen interactions between wildlife in other areas,” she said Tuesday.
  Concerned hikers contacted The Nugget asking how the
  
  Read more

• Need critical for O-negative blood

  18-12-2018 17:07 via nugget.ca
  The supply of O-negative blood is getting low across the country.
  “We really need O-negative,” Jenny Fortin, territory manager and donor relations with Canadian Blood Services in Sudbury, said Monday as the agency sent out a call for donors over the Christmas holidays.
  The agency has a four-day supply of the blood.
  People with type O-negative are considered universal donors, as they can donate red blood cells to all other blood type recipients. It’s always in high demand becaus
  
  Read more

• Regina's Zack Evans signs extension with Saskatchewan Roughriders

  18-12-2018 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  Regina native Zack Evans is staying home after signing a four-year extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The six-foot-four defensive lineman began his second stint with the Roughriders in 2018 after signing with the club in the off-season.
  
  Read more

• Quebecer Andre Tamine sentenced to 8 years for Australian cocaine cruise plot

  18-12-2018 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  A Quebecer who pleaded guilty in Australia to smuggling cocaine aboard a luxury cruise ship has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison. Andre Tamine, 65, was sentenced Tuesday by Judge Kate Traill in New South Wales District Court.
  
  Read more

• OSC approves $30M settlement with Katanga over failed DRC risk disclosure

  18-12-2018 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A panel at the Ontario Securities Commission has approved a $30-million settlement with Katanga Mining over the company's misleading statements and its failure to properly disclose the risks of operating in the Democratic Republic of the Co
  
  Read more

• N.S. pulp mill due in court to ask for injunction against fishermen's blockade

  18-12-2018 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Lawyers for the Northern Pulp mill are due in Nova Scotia Supreme Court today to seek an injunction that would prevent fishermen from blocking survey boats hired to examine a route for an effluent pipeline.
  
  Read more

• NewsAlert: Millard must serve 75 years in prison before able to apply for parole

  18-12-2018 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A twice-convicted murderer has been sentenced to a third term of life in prison for killing his father. The sentence means Dellen Millard will not be eligible to apply for parole for 75 years.
  
  Read more

• Mill granted injunction to end N.S. fishermen's blockade, amidst tense protests

  18-12-2018 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia judge has ordered fishermen to stop blocking survey vessels hired by a pulp mill, in a decision that came after protesters chanted their opposition to the firm's plans to pump effluent into the Northumberland Strait.
  
  Read more

• Former premier testifies to moments of 'stress' after Muskrat Falls sanction

  18-12-2018 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The former premier who sanctioned Newfoundland and Labrador's controversial Muskrat Falls hydroelectric megaproject says she was ready to drop the project if she thought it would compromise the public's trust in her government.
  
  Read more

• Dellen Millard gets third consecutive life sentence for father's death

  18-12-2018 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Notorious triple killer Dellen Millard will likely spend the rest of his days in prison after a judge handed the Toronto man a third consecutive life sentence for murder on Tuesday, this time for the death of his father.
  
  Read more

• 22 Wing ready to support Norad tracks Santa - The North Bay Nugget

  18-12-2018 17:05
  22 Wing ready to support Norad tracks Santa  The North Bay NuggetNorad Tracks Santa website live at www.noradsanta.org.
  
  Read more

• 22 Wing ready to support Norad tracks Santa

  18-12-2018 17:01 via nugget.ca
  Members of 21 Aerospace Control & Warning Squadron are ready after completing a mock exercise in preparation to track Santa Claus’ and his reindeers’ festive Dec. 24 journey.
  Major Todd Walter, the mission crew commander and Alpha Flight commander, along with other members of Alpha Flight are tasked to locate and track Santa using radars from the North Warning System, satellite, infrared sensors and jet fighters from 3 Wing Bagotville, Que. and 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alb.
  21 Aerospace
  
  Read more

• Man arrested after single vehicle accident

  18-12-2018 16:27 via baytoday.ca
  The driver left the vehicle but, with the assistance of a witness, was identified
  
  Read more

• Collision leads to several charges for North Bay man - The North Bay Nugget

  18-12-2018 16:20
  Collision leads to several charges for North Bay man  The North Bay NuggetA 21-year-old North Bay man faces several charges following a single vehicle collision Sunday shortly before 11 p.m. on Robarts Avenue.It's alleged the suspect ...
  
  Read more

• Collision leads to several charges for North Bay man

  18-12-2018 16:16 via nugget.ca
  A 21-year-old North Bay man faces several charges following a single vehicle collision Sunday shortly before 11 p.m. on Robarts Avenue.
  It’s alleged the suspect was operating a SUV type vehicle and was involved in a single motor vehicle collision.
  “He left the vehicle but, with the assistance of a witness, was identified. The vehicle had been reported stolen earlier and the accused, who was located a short distance from the scene of the collision, was arrested by a police officer,&rd
  
  Read more

• UK to ramp up 'no-deal' Brexit preparations amid impasse

  18-12-2018 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — Britain's government ramped up preparations Tuesday for the possibility the U.K. could leave the European Union in 101 days without a deal, urging thousands of businesses and millions of households to make sure they are ready for the worst.
  
  Read more

• Tilray, Sandoz have new agreement for developing market for medical cannabis

  18-12-2018 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  NANAIMO, B.C. — Marijuana company Tilray Canada Ltd. has signed a new agreement to collaborate with Sandoz AG, part of the Novartis pharmaceutical group.
  
  Read more

• Stuhec wins after giving up on Olympic dream due to injury

  18-12-2018 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy — It was just about a year ago when Ilka Stuhec gave up on her dream of competing at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsNorthBay on Twitter!