North Bay news

• More talk than action on increasing caribou protection: federal report

  21-12-2018 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  An Environment Canada report says that despite much talk on preserving caribou habitat, little progress has been made to close gaps in the protection of the threatened species.
  
  Read more

• Manitoba First Nations denied injunction to stop split of junior hockey leagues

  21-12-2018 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — A judge has denied an injunction against the split of two Manitoba junior hockey leagues that some allege deliberately excluded Indigenous teams.
  
  Read more

• Less than 20 per cent of long guns registered in Quebec ahead of Jan. 29 deadline

  21-12-2018 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec's attempt to establish a firearms registry is facing resistance, and with a January deadline looming, less than 20 per cent of the long guns believed to be in the province have been declared.
  
  Read more

• The history and origins of jolly ol' Saint Nick

  21-12-2018 23:00 via baytoday.ca
  This holiday season, when you tell your children about Santa Claus, why not include the tale of Santa's well-traveled bones?
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• No US charges against Chinese billionaire in alleged assault

  21-12-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota prosecutors said Friday that Chinese billionaire Richard Liu will not face charges after a woman accused him of rape while he was attending a University business program in August.
  
  Read more

• Michigan couple remarry after realizing 1st try wasn't legal

  21-12-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  STANTON, Mich. — A Michigan couple learned that they broke the law when they wed two years ago, so they asked a judge to void the illegal marriage and then to do it all over again.
  
  Read more

• Mattis resignation not likely to damage Canada-U.S. security ties: experts

  21-12-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis's decision to resign has alarmed foreign-policy leaders in the U.S. and abroad, but security analysts in Canada say it won't likely alter Canada's deep security relationship with the United States.
  
  Read more

• Luongo dreams of another playoff run: 'I just want to get a taste of that'

  21-12-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — His 39-year-old right knee wrapped in gauze for support, Roberto Luongo insists it's all still worth it.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• 'Grossly disproportional:' Ski resort appeals $2M fine for cutting trees

  21-12-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A world-renowned Alberta ski resort is appealing a $2.1-million-dollar fine it received for cutting down endangered trees five years ago.
  
  Read more

• Canada's annual snap-shot of wireless prices shows they're lower but still high

  21-12-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — An annual snap-shot of telecom services taken last summer for the federal government shows a year-over-year decline in Canadian wireless prices but, as usual, most other G-7 countries had less expensive packages.
  
  Read more

• B.C. regulator says fracking caused earthquakes near Fort St. John

  21-12-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The B.C. Oil and Gas Commission has blamed fracking for three earthquakes in northeastern B.C. last month. The provincial regulator says the events 20 kilometres south of Fort St. John on Nov.
  
  Read more

• Opinion: Tough year for hospital, better times forecast

  21-12-2018 21:36 via baytoday.ca
  'The majority of visits to our Cancer Centre are by patients from outside Sudbury – while that number is more than 30% of surgical procedures. Meanwhile, 60% of all patient visits to HSN for Cardiac Care were by people from outside Sudbury'
  
  Read more

• Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban

  21-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court won't let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
  
  Read more

• Man who called Quebec City police officer 'douchebag' ordered to pay $150 fine

  21-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Following exhaustive analysis, a Quebec City municipal court judge has determined the word "douchebag" is indeed an insult, and a man who levelled it a police officer was guilty of a bylaw violation.
  
  Read more

• JACKSON, Andrew Keith

  21-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  Remembering our nephew Andrew Keith Jackson who went to Heaven on Christmas Day 2013 in Hospital after a brief illness, in Watford U.K. with his parents by his side.
  
  Read more

• Shortcut proves costly for transport driver

  21-12-2018 20:55 via baytoday.ca
  Officers arrived at the scene to see large chunks of snow and ice in the northbound lane
  
  Read more

• Even in the digital age, thoughtful holiday greeting cards still matter

  21-12-2018 20:48 via baytoday.ca
  Paper cards can be treasured forever, triggering memories for all four senses
  
  Read more

• Trappers unbeaten streak hits 24

  21-12-2018 20:38 via baytoday.ca
  Jack Stockfish and Zachary Lefebvre had two goals each in the win
  
  Read more

• New money for North Bay’s film and TV industry - CTVNews.ca

  21-12-2018 20:34
  New money for North Bay’s film and TV industry  CTVNews.caNipissing MPP Vic Fedeli announces a $5.6 million provincial investment in North Bay's film and TV industry.
  
  Read more

• Feeling sad over Christmas? Local help is available.

  21-12-2018 20:28 via baytoday.ca
  For people who are dealing with feelings of sadness or anxiety, there are several helplines and online services
  
  Read more

• Health services online over holidays - The North Bay Nugget

  21-12-2018 20:15
  Health services online over holidays  The North Bay NuggetKnowing where to go for health care is important, especially this time of year, when there's an increased demand for services and holiday closures.
  
  Read more

• City getting positive vibes about new sidewalks near bus stops

  21-12-2018 20:11 via baytoday.ca
  'What this has done is it has eliminated those snow banks, we have a sidewalk people can safely walk along and to get to the bus stops'
  
  Read more

• US economy grew at 3.4 per cent rate in third quarter

  21-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy expanded at a solid 3.4 per cent annual rate in the third quarter, slightly slower than the previous estimate as consumer spending and exports were revised lower.
  
  Read more

• Strength in US growth at end of year likely to fade in 2019

  21-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy has turned in a stellar performance this year. But mounting problems, from trade tensions to jittery financial markets and political gridlock in Washington, are expected to sharply slow growth in 2019.
  
  Read more

• Steelworkers accuse Alcoa of bargaining in bad faith during Quebec negotiations

  21-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. — With a negotiation deadline looming, the United Steelworkers union has filed a complaint with Quebec's Administrative Labour Tribunal alleging bad faith bargaining by Alcoa Corp.
  
  Read more

• Source: Sports streaming service DAZN secures Canadian rights to Premier League

  21-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The soccer broadcast landscape in Canada continues to change with the English Premier League shifting to DAZN next season.
  
  Read more

• Ottawa Fury FC gets sanctioning OK to play in the United Soccer League in 2019

  21-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  Ottawa Fury FC's sanctioning battle with CONCACAF appears to be over — for the time being.
  
  Read more

• Nepal bus crashes in mountainous area, 21 killed and 15 hurt

  21-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  KATHMANDU, Nepal — A bus carrying college students and their instructors back from a botany field trip excursion drove off a highway in a mountainous area on Friday, leaving 21 people dead and 15 injured, police said.
  
  Read more

• Mitsubishi calls for dismissal of trade secrets lawsuit launched by Bombardier

  21-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit by Bombardier Inc., calling the allegations of trade secret misappropriations "baseless and without merit.
  
  Read more

• Human rights body probing reports Inuit kids punished for speaking Inuktitut

  21-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec's human rights commission has launched an investigation into the treatment of Inuit children in the youth protection system, citing reports that Indigenous youth were prevented from speaking their own languages and not offered adequ
  
  Read more

• Health services online over holidays

  21-12-2018 20:05 via nugget.ca
  Knowing where to go for health care is important, especially this time of year, when there’s an increased demand for services and holiday closures.
  To that end, the North East Local Health Integration Network Home and Community Care staff will provide services to patients throughout the holiday season, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day except Christmas Day, when the hours will be from from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  To learn more about the North East LHIN’s holiday hours of operation, go to www.
  
  Read more

• Freeland demands China release detained Canadians

  21-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — After more than a week of expressing worsening upset about China's arrests of two Canadians, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland on Friday formally demanded that Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor be let go.
  
  Read more

• Canadian sports fans win as longtime broadcast rivals force a raised game

  21-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The way the NHL regular season is shaping up, it's a good bet that five of the seven Canadian teams could reach the playoffs this spring. That's the kind of playoff CanCon that Rogers was hoping for when it signed a massive US$5.
  
  Read more

• Canadian Kovrig detained in China has no access to lawyer, his employer says

  21-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The employer of Michael Kovrig, who was recently detained in China, says the Canadian has not been given access to a lawyer while in custody.
  
  Read more

• Amazon's fleet of jets is growing

  21-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Amazon is expanding its airplane fleet, diminishing further its reliance on major delivery services like UPS, FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service.
  
  Read more

• North Carolina asked feds to open vote fraud case last year

  21-12-2018 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  RALEIGH, N.C.
  
  Read more

• Justice Ginsburg has surgery to remove cancerous growths

  21-12-2018 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery Friday to remove two malignant growths in her left lung, the third time the Supreme Court's oldest justice has been treated for cancer since 1999.
  
  Read more

• Cancer the latest health woe for resilient Justice Ginsburg

  21-12-2018 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is resting in a New York hospital following surgery to remove two malignant growths in her left lung, the third time the Supreme Court's oldest justice has been treated for cancer and her second stay in a hosp
  
  Read more

• Are New Year's resolutions a free choice or a societal obligation?

  21-12-2018 18:38 via baytoday.ca
  Healthism, an elevated consciousness about health, lifestyle and related practices of risk and disease prevention, is on the rise
  
  Read more

• Windstorm that swept B.C. south coast among 'most severe' in years: Hydro

  21-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — White Rock Mayor Darryl Walker says it could take months and millions of dollars to repair the city's beloved pier after part of it was ripped away during an intense windstorm that swept over British Columbia's southern coast.
  
  Read more

• Transport minister orders new fatigue rules amidst oil-by-rail ramp-up

  21-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  Transport Minister Marc Garneau has ordered rail companies to update rules to address employee fatigue.
  
  Read more

• Toronto stocks edge lower as financials and health care fall, U.S. stocks mixed

  21-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canada's main stock index fell in late-morning trading amid losses in the health-care sector, which includes the big marijuana companies, and the financial sector. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 19.13 points at 14,122.64.
  
  Read more

• Thousands still in the dark after powerful windstorm across B.C.'s south coast

  21-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The powerful windstorm that swept across British Columbia's south coast Thursday is being described by BC Hydro as one of the most severe in many years.
  
  Read more

• North American markets end punishing week in the red as oil and loonie sink

  21-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — North American markets concluded a painful week by closing well in the red Friday on a busy day of trading as crude oil prices sank and the loonie hit a 19-month low.
  
  Read more

• Lawyer: Michigan State hampered probe of its Nassar dealings

  21-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  LANSING, Mich. — An independent special counsel has accused Michigan State University of stonewalling his investigation into the school's handling of the sexual abuse scandal involving disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar.
  
  Read more

• Detective: Woman convicted as teen shouldn't get clemency

  21-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  NASHVILLE — The lead detective in the case involving a woman convicted of murdering a man when she was a 16-year-old prostitute is urging Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam not to grant her clemency.
  
  Read more

• Cannabis store sales total $43M in first two weeks after legalization

  21-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says sales at cannabis stores in the two weeks after legalization totalled $43 million. The agency started collecting data for in-store and online sales from cannabis retailers as of Oct.
  
  Read more

• Canadian federation is fractured, New Brunswick's rookie premier says

  21-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  FREDERICTON — The rookie Tory premier of New Brunswick has declared the Canadian federation fractured — with Ottawa and other provinces seemingly unconcerned about Alberta's slump, and Quebec actively blocking economic development.
  
  Read more

• Canada to impose stricter rules for drone operation next year

  21-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  Incoming new rules for drone operation in Canada are designed to help buck a growing global trend of incursions into space reserved for air travel, government officials said as tens of thousands of travellers in Britain grappled with the fallout of t
  
  Read more

• Actress Kate del Castillo seeks $60 million in damages

  21-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  MEXICO CITY — Actress Kate del Castillo said she is suing former Mexican officials for $60 million in "moral and material damages" because of what she calls "political persecution" against her.
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsNorthBay on Twitter!