North Bay news

• Special weather statement: snow and freezing rain

  30-12-2018 23:52 via baytoday.ca
  Hazardous travel conditions are likely from Monday evening into Tuesday morning
  
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• Toronto Raptors to face Chicago Bulls without all-star guard Kyle Lowry

  30-12-2018 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors will be missing Kyle Lowry when they face the Chicago Bulls. The all-star point guard will be sidelined for the seventh time in his last eight games on Sunday with a sore lower back. Lowry is averaging 14.4 points, 4.
  
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• Patriots beat Jets 38-3, clinch another 1st-round bye

  30-12-2018 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots claimed two victories in one game. Actually, it only took them about a half.
  
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• Patriots beat Jets 38-3, clinch 1st-round bye, No. 2 seed

  30-12-2018 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots claimed two victories in one game. Actually, it only took them about a half.
  
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• Bills rout Dolphins 42-17 in Kyle Williams' final game

  30-12-2018 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bills rookie Josh Allen had a career-best three touchdown passes and scored two more rushing, and defensive tackle Kyle Williams closed his 13-year career in Buffalo with a win, 42-17 over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.
  
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• North Bay's Families First New Year's Eve rings in 25 years of tradition

  30-12-2018 22:16 via baytoday.ca
  'This year, because it is our 25th, we are giving out decorated cupcakes and some New Year’s Eve swag, like paper hats and blowers, things like that that people use to celebrate the New Year' committee member Wendy Prieur.
  
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• Man City, Man United rediscover old selves in EPL wins

  30-12-2018 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — Manchester City finally rediscovered the kind of football that made it Premier League champion, just in time for this week's crucial top-of-the-table clash against Liverpool.
  
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• Verizon reaches deal to continue carrying Disney channels

  30-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  Verizon customers can continue to watch ESPN, ABC and other channels owned by Disney after the two companies announced a deal over programming fees.
  
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• Oilers acquire Petrovic from Panthers, send Wideman to Florida in trade

  30-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers acquired defenceman Alexander Petrovic from the Florida Panthers on Sunday in exchange for blue-liner Chris Wideman and a conditional third-round pick in the 2019 NHL draft.
  
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• Oilers acquire Petrovic from Panthers, Manning, Norell from Blackhawks in trades

  30-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers acquired three new defencemen on Sunday while swapping out two blue-liners and a forward over a pair of trades.
  
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• Jets coach Maurice: Byfuglien "out for a while" with lower-body injury

  30-12-2018 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice says defenceman Dustin Byfuglien will be "out for a while" after leaving Saturday's game with a lower-body injury in the third period.
  
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• Professor names beetle species after 'Game of Thrones'

  30-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  LINCOLN, Neb. — A Nebraska entomologist has named three of his eight newest beetle discoveries after the dragons from the HBO series "Game of Thrones" and George R.R. Martin book series "A Song of Ice and Fire.
  
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• Patience, honesty key to leading Canadian junior hockey team: coach

  30-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — For head coach Tim Hunter, honesty and patience are the keys to getting the best out of his players on Canada's junior hockey team.
  
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• Dinnage pulls out of Premier League chief executive role

  30-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — The English Premier League says its new chief executive has pulled out of the job before even taking up the position.
  
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• Canadian Alex Harvey sits 19th after two events at Tour de Ski

  30-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TOBLACH, Italy — Canada's Alex Harvey finished 14th in the second stage of the seven-race Tour de Ski on Sunday, bouncing back from a 50th-place showing the day before to sit 19th overall. Harvey, of St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que.
  
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• Blow for Premier League as Dinnage pulls out of CEO role

  30-12-2018 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  The English Premier League has restarted its search for a chief executive after Susanna Dinnage withdrew from the job before starting work leading the world's richest soccer competition.
  
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• Jean Dumontier, architect and artist of Montreal subway stations, dies

  30-12-2018 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Jean Dumontier, an architect who helped designed Montreal's subway, has died in his early 80s. A spokesperson for the city's transit agency confirmed the death, which Montreal's La Presse said was due to cancer.
  
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• Emails reveal how Ottawa sought to explain PTSD treatment for man who killed cop

  30-12-2018 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Newly released documents offer a glimpse into how high-level government officials grappled to respond to the revelation that Veterans Affairs was funding the PTSD treatment of a Halifax man convicted of killing an off-duty police officer.
  
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• 'Aquaman' still rules, and others see a post-Christmas bump

  30-12-2018 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — "Aquaman" is still leading the pack at the box office, but other films like "Mary Poppins Returns" and "The Mule" are enjoying post-Christmas bumps too. Warner Bros. on Sunday says "Aquaman" has added an estimated $51.
  
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• Zach Boychuk leads Canada over Ice Tigers, into Spengler Cup final

  30-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  DAVOS, Switzerland — Zach Boychuk scored twice in the first period and Canada went on to double up the Nuremberg Ice Tigers 4-2 on Sunday in semifinal action at the Spengler Cup.
  
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• 'I want to be put back into the air,' the life and death of a BASE jumper

  30-12-2018 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  Mike Racicot kept a letter with one request should he die: "I want to be put back into the air.
  
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• Your tree, your responsibility. No Christmas tree curbside pick-up

  30-12-2018 17:28 via baytoday.ca
  Christmas trees are being accepted at Public Works yard on Franklin Street until the second week of January
  
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• The Best Movies Of 2018

  30-12-2018 17:26 via baytoday.ca
  Halifax-based movie reviewer Jordan Parker offers his pics for the best films of the year
  
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• Driving distracted? Penalties sharply increased

  30-12-2018 17:10 via baytoday.ca
  In Ontario, deaths from collisions caused by distracted driving have doubled since 2000
  
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• Canada's Auger-Aliassime earns spot in ATP 250 Tata Open main draw

  30-12-2018 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  PUNE, India — Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime earned a spot in the main draw of the Tata Open Maharashtra on Sunday with a win over Italian Gianluigi Quinzi in his final qualifier.
  
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• Canada's Auger-Aliassime, Andreescu qualify for season-opening events

  30-12-2018 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  PUNE, India — Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Bianca Andreescu have earned spots in their respective main draws in season-opening tennis events.
  
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• Cabinet OKs plan for Mint to craft special toonies to mark D-Day anniversary

  30-12-2018 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Mint is creating two commemorative coins to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
  
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• Propp shuts out the Colts - The North Bay Nugget

  30-12-2018 16:25
  Propp shuts out the Colts  The North Bay NuggetBARRIE, Ont. — Goaltender Christian Propp made 15 saves for his first shutout of the season as the North Bay Battalion pushed its Ontario Hockey League ...
  
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• West Nipissing under weather advisory

  30-12-2018 16:24 via nugget.ca
  A winter weather travel advisory is in effect for this morning and early afternoon in West Nipissing and French River.
  An intense band of lake-effect snow has developed off Georgian Bay. Snowfall rates of several centimetres per hour are likely under this band. Localized amounts of up to 10 centimetres are possible by this afternoon.
  Visibility may drop to near zero under this band for brief periods of time. Travel along Highway 69 will likely be hazardous.
  
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• 'Knee-jerk reaction:' Lawyers worried about proposed changes to trial system

  30-12-2018 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Legal experts say proposed changes to the Criminal Code after a high-profile acquittal in the fatal shooting of an Indigenous man are short-sighted.
  
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• Jurors as conscripts: Four things to know if you're summoned to serve

  30-12-2018 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  Jurors convicted Curtis Healy of first-degree murder this fall after hearing a brutal account of how he raped and beat Dawns Baptiste, a Calgary mother of four, before killing her with a rock to her head.
  
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• Hello, proptech: Real estate industry poised for a tech disruption in 2019

  30-12-2018 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Real estate agent Shawn Zigelstein remembers a time, just a few years ago, when a printer, scanner and fax machine were the most important tools of his trade. Now, those gadgets are nearly obsolete.
  
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• Weather/travel advisory

  30-12-2018 15:26 via baytoday.ca
  Visibilities may drop to near zero under this band for brief periods of time
  
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• Love on borrowed time: Cancer patients find romance despite terminal prognosis

  30-12-2018 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — It could have been a meet-cute in a romantic comedy between a man and a "mutant." After weeks of online flirting, Patrick Bardos was en route to meet Anne Marie Cerato for their first date at a coffee shop in downtown Toronto.
  
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• Swedes look to add more grit to game in quest to win world title, says coach

  30-12-2018 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — In Tomas Monten's mind, winning hockey championships involves more than picking the best players and scoring more goals than other teams.
  
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• Bangladeshi opposition leader rejects vote as 'farcical'

  30-12-2018 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  DHAKA, Bangladesh — More than a dozen people were killed in election-related violence in Bangladesh on Sunday, as voters went to the polls to decide whether to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a third consecutive term amid opposition claims that her
  
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• Bangladesh votes in polls seen as referendum on resolute PM

  30-12-2018 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  DHAKA, Bangladesh — People in Bangladesh voted Sunday in parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on what critics call Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's increasingly authoritarian rule, amid complaints from both ruling party and opposition activists
  
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• Bangladesh opposition leader rejects election as 'farcical'

  30-12-2018 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  DHAKA, Bangladesh — The leader of Bangladesh's opposition alliance called Sunday's general election "farcical," saying any outcome would be rejected and demanding that a new election be held under the authority of a "nonpartisan government.
  
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• 16 dead in Bangladeshi vote opposition calls "farcical'

  30-12-2018 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  DHAKA, Bangladesh — More than a dozen people were killed in election-related violence in Bangladesh on Sunday, as voters went to the polls to decide whether to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a third consecutive term amid opposition claims that her
  
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• Trump's promise of a wall may not be fulfilled as advertised

  30-12-2018 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Three confidantes of President Donald Trump, including his departing chief of staff, are indicating that the president's signature campaign pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border would not be fulfilled as advertised.
  
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• Trump waiting for Democrats to make move on ending shutdown

  30-12-2018 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was firing Twitter barbs at Democrats this weekend as talks to end a weeklong partial government shutdown remained at a stalemate.
  
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• Oregon hotel fires 2 employees who mistreated black guest

  30-12-2018 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon hotel said it fired two of its employees for mistreatment of a black guest who was talking on his phone in the lobby when he was asked to leave a week ago.
  
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• Note says Britain's queen 'naturally' wanted new royal yacht

  30-12-2018 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — A newly discovered note in the U.K.'s National Archives shows Queen Elizabeth II let government officials know she would welcome a replacement for the Royal Yacht Britannia once it was decommissioned.
  
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• No talk of solution to shutdown, president tweets blame

  30-12-2018 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was firing Twitter barbs at Democrats this weekend as talks to end a weeklong partial government shutdown remained at a stalemate.
  
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• Longtime British comedy star June Whitfield dies at 93

  30-12-2018 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — British actress and comedic star June Whitfield, whose long career included memorable roles in TV series "Absolutely Fabulous" and "Terry and June," has died. She was 93. Her agent said that she died Friday night.
  
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• Chief of staff Kelly: Trump backed away from wall months ago

  30-12-2018 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump long ago backed away from his campaign pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.
  
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• Vote counting begins in Congo, after polling beset by delays

  30-12-2018 10:05 via baytoday.ca
  KINSHASA, Congo — Congo's election officials began counting ballots Sunday evening, although many polling stations stayed open into the night to make up for lengthy delays in voting.
  
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• N. Korean leader calls for more talks with South in new year

  30-12-2018 10:05 via baytoday.ca
  SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday calling for more peace talks between the leaders in the new year following their active engagement in 2018, South Korea's presid
  
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• Delays, frustrations mark Congo's presidential election

  30-12-2018 10:05 via baytoday.ca
  KINSHASA, Congo — Lengthy voting delays were reported across Congo on Sunday, marring the presidential election the country hoped would be its first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since independence in 1960.
  
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• Delays, frustrations as Congo's presidential election begins

  30-12-2018 10:05 via baytoday.ca
  KINSHASA, Congo — Scores of polling centres had not yet opened in the capital, hours after Congo's presidential election began, the electoral commission chief confirmed Sunday, as he faced shouts of "We wanted to vote!" and frustrated people walked a
  
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