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• North Bay lottery winner - CTVNews.ca

  03-01-2019 23:55
  North Bay lottery winner  CTVNews.caA North Bay woman wins a quarter of a million dollars in the lottery.
  
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• Toronto FC coach says Argentine forward Lucas Janson may not be back

  03-01-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Argentine forward Lucas Janson, who joined Toronto FC last August on loan, may not be back this season. "I would say as of today he's not coming back," Toronto coach Greg Vanney said Thursday.
  
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• Tech CEOs say Liberal innovation agenda does little to help firms scale up: poll

  03-01-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government's big-ticket efforts to support high-growth tech firms are offering little for emerging companies that have already outgrown the fledgling start-up phase, according to a new survey of CEOs in Canada's sector.
  
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• Parise scores winner, Dubnyk solid in net as Wild down Maple Leafs, Hutchinson

  03-01-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Michael Hutchinson was introduced to his head coach and teammates a few hours before making his Toronto Maple Leafs' debut. With No. 1 goalie Frederik Andersen and backup Garret Sparks out injured, the 28-year-old from nearby Barrie, Ont.
  
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• Parise scores winner, Dubnyk solid in net as Wild down Leafs 4-3

  03-01-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Zach Parise scored the winner as the Minnesota Wild fought back from deficits of 2-0 and 3-2 to down the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in rare weekday afternoon game Thursday.
  
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• Orrin Hatch ends 4-decade Senate run as unique GOP voice

  03-01-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  SALT LAKE CITY — Orrin Hatch ended his tenure Thursday as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservatives in the United States.
  
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• Heartbreaking loss a learning experience for Canadian junior hockey team

  03-01-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A devastating quarterfinal loss at the world junior hockey championship must act as motivation for the members of Team Canada, says the squad's captain.
  
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• Finnish hockey coach celebrates win, birth of son at world juniors

  03-01-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Finnish hockey coach Jussi Ahokas says he was the "happiest man on Earth" Wednesday night. But it wasn't solely because his team had punched its ticket to the semifinals at the world junior hockey championship.
  
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• Opinion: Why Grow North Bay by 10,000 people by 2030?

  03-01-2019 22:58 via baytoday.ca
  If this is not post-election rhetoric, a ruse, or a distraction, then it will be the largest socio-economic experiment ever attempted by our City
  
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• DREISER, Ilda Jean 'Mona'

  03-01-2019 22:48 via baytoday.ca
  Mona Dreiser died unexpectedly, at North Bay Regional Health Centre, on Tuesday, January 1, 2019. She was in her 77th year. Mona was predeceased by her husband Wilhelm “Bill” Dreiser (1934-2002).
  
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• What is next for North Bay’s police chief? - CTVNews.ca

  03-01-2019 22:44
  What is next for North Bay’s police chief?  CTVNews.caNorth Bay's Police Chief Shawn Devine is stepping down to work with a provincial police technology group.
  
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• New Year’s resolutions to help you stay on your feet

  03-01-2019 22:18 via baytoday.ca
  Stay On Your Feet is Northeastern Ontario’s falls prevention strategy, delivered in partnership by the North East Local Health Integration Network and the region’s five public health units
  
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• Side of the moon you can't see 'is not dark, it's just far'

  03-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Despite the name of Pink Floyd's bestselling album, the side of the moon you can't see isn't always dark. But it is far. So scientists call the area where a Chinese spacecraft just landed the far side, not the dark side.
  
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• Auto sales fall eight per cent in December, 2.6 per cent for 2018

  03-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — An eight per cent drop in December auto sales solidified last year's overall decline in light vehicle sales from the record hit a year earlier, said DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. Thursday.
  
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• Practice safe winter driving habits

  03-01-2019 22:04 via baytoday.ca
  Snow and freezing temperatures will create some hazardous driving conditions
  
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• Opinion | Grateful for having the North Bay Police Service - NorthBayNipissing.com

  03-01-2019 21:59
  Opinion | Grateful for having the North Bay Police Service  NorthBayNipissing.comAs the new year begins, I think it's important to express gratitude to those who make our world a better place. Personally, I am grateful for the North Bay Police ...
  
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• Bail hearing set for man charged in Renee Sweeney case

  03-01-2019 21:15 via nugget.ca
  Robert Steven Wright, 39, charged in the killing of Renee Sweeney in 1998, will have a Superior Court bail hearing Feb. 19-21.
  The dates were announced by defence lawyer Michael Venturi in video bail remand court Thursday at the Sudbury Courthouse.
  The Greater Sudbury native is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Sweeney, a 23-year-old Laurentian University student, Jan. 27, 1998, at an adult video store on Paris Street where she was working.
  Wright, who also goes by Steven
  
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• Vancouver home sales fall to lowest total since 2000, detached home prices down

  03-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Home sales in Metro Vancouver plummeted to their lowest level in nearly two decades last year and the average home price moved lower in the once red-hot real estate market.
  
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• Union sues GM, says laid-off workers should replace temps

  03-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union is accusing General Motors of violating a national contract by using temporary workers instead of employing full-timers who were laid off from its factories.
  
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• Two more Puget Sound orcas predicted by experts to die by summer

  03-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  SEATTLE — Two more Puget Sound orcas are ailing and probably will be dead by summer, according an expert on the critically endangered population of killer whales that live in the waters of the Pacific Northwest.
  
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• Powerful Chicago council member charged in federal probe

  03-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — One of the most powerful City Council members in Chicago was charged Thursday in federal court with trying to shake down a fast-food restaurant seeking city remodeling permits.
  
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• Pension advisory firms say Q4 stock plunge hurt defined-benefit plans

  03-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Two of Canada's largest pension advisory firms say the financial health of defined benefit plans was eroded in the fourth quarter by a combination of weak stock markets and low long-term interest rates.
  
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• Nova Scotia's Donkin coal mine suspends work after roof collapses

  03-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  DONKIN, N.S. — Operations have been suspended at Cape Breton's Donkin coal mine after a roof collapse, the latest in a string of incidents since last July, according to the provincial Labour Department.
  
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• Misrepresenting product as kosher could cause 'spiritual trauma,' court says

  03-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A Toronto-area flour company has been ordered to pay $25,000 for misrepresenting a cake mix as kosher, after an Ontario court said the move could cause "spiritual trauma" to consumers who bought the product for religious reasons.
  
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• Man accused in attack on black boy in Wichita arrested again

  03-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  WICHITA, Kan. — A man accused of kicking a 1-year-old black boy and yelling racial slurs in a Kansas grocery store was back in jail Thursday after being arrested in a drug possession case.
  
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• Longtime Chicago council member charged in federal probe

  03-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — One of the most powerful City Council members in Chicago history has been charged with attempted extortion for "corruptly soliciting business" for his private law firm, according to a federal complaint unsealed Thursday.
  
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• Family recovering after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in car in B.C.

  03-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Police say a woman and her five-year-old child have been released from hospital one week after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in a car.
  
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• Crown tells jury to accept undercover confession of B.C. girl's murder

  03-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The confession and later statements of a British Columbia man leave no reasonable doubt he abducted, sexually assaulted and killed a 12-year-old girl in 1978, a Crown counsel told jurors Thursday in British Columbia Supreme Court.
  
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• Crown tells jury that undercover confession of girl's murder should be accepted

  03-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Crown is urging jurors to find no reasonable doubt when they decide the fate of a man who confessed to killing a 12-year-old girl in British Columbia in 1978. In closing arguments at the B.C.
  
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• NHL Prospects game to have local flavour

  03-01-2019 20:47 via baytoday.ca
  Brent LaBrosse, former resident and singer of many anthems at Memorial Gardens was asked by the Canadian Hockey League to sing the national anthems
  
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• Half of snowmobile trails now open

  03-01-2019 19:36 via baytoday.ca
  'It has taken an excessive amount of work and volunteer hours to get to this point'
  
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• Smoke alarms saved family from New Year's tragedy: Fire Chief

  03-01-2019 19:21 via baytoday.ca
  'Upon arrival, heavy smoke and flames were encountered in the attached garage'
  
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• West Vancouver clothing donation bins sealed after death of trapped man

  03-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The District of West Vancouver is shutting clothing donation bins and looking at options to either make them more secure or remove them following the death of a man on Dec. 30.
  
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• StatCan warns of impact on release of trade data from U.S. government shutdown

  03-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is warning the partial shutdown of the U.S. government could have an impact on the agency's ability to release a complete picture of trade between North America's largest trading partners.
  
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• Speaker again, Pelosi sees 'new dawn' for 116th Congress

  03-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Cheering Democrats returned Nancy Pelosi to the House speaker's post Thursday as the 116th Congress ushered in a historically diverse freshman class eager to confront President Donald Trump in a new era of divided government.
  
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• Pelosi sees 'new dawn' as diverse 116th Congress begins

  03-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Cheering Democrats returned Nancy Pelosi to the House speaker's post Thursday as the 116th Congress took office and ushered in a historically diverse class of freshmen ready to confront President Donald Trump in a new era of divided gove
  
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• Ontario judge strikes down enforcement powers of OSPCA as unconstitutional

  03-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  A judge has found the enforcement powers held by Ontario's private animal welfare agency to be unconstitutional, saying the province must re-write laws governing the organization to remedy the situation.
  
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• New Congress gavels, more diverse, ready to confront Trump

  03-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The House and Senate gaveled into session Thursday swathed in history, returning the first woman to the speaker's office and ushering in a diverse class of Democratic freshman lawmakers ready to confront President Donald Trump in a new e
  
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• Looking back at the big upsets in Canadian tennis history

  03-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  Bianca Andreescu is the latest Canadian tennis player to pull off a stunning upset. The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., ranked No. 152 in the world, downed No.
  
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• Interruption of eastern Quebec ferry service forces 800-km detour for some

  03-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Eastern Quebec drivers seeking to cross the St. Lawrence River will have to take an 800-kilometre detour until next week after mechanical issues forced the suspension of ferry service.
  
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• Helped by Beyonce clip, Paris' Louvre breaks visitor record

  03-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — The Louvre in Paris, the world's most visited museum, received a record 10.2 million visitors in 2018, numbers boosted by a video clip shot by pop star Beyonce amid its paintings and sculptures.
  
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• Feds worry technology will force 'vulnerable' groups out of labour force

  03-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Internal government documents show federal officials have quietly probed ways to boost job numbers for Indigenous Peoples, newcomers and Canadians with disabilities to prevent a spike in economic hardship.
  
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• Donation bins sealed, removed in British Columbia after death of trapped man

  03-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A municipality and a non-profit foundation in British Columbia are shutting down clothing donation bins and looking at options to either make them more secure or remove them following the recent death of a man.
  
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• DJ Art Laboe, 93, spins oldies to link inmates and family

  03-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — DJ Art Laboe is celebrating 75 years in radio and credits his longevity in part to his devout following among family members with loved ones in prison.
  
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• Could Tesla price cuts mean demand is slowing?

  03-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  DETROIT — Tesla made about 9,300 more vehicles than it delivered last year, raising concerns among industry analysts that inventory is growing as demand for the company's electric cars may be starting to wane.
  
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• 192 hours of Festive R.I.D.E. by Parry Sound OPP

  03-01-2019 18:52 via baytoday.ca
  The checks will continue throughout the year in all detachment areas
  
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• Lots of support for new caffeine injected business networking program

  03-01-2019 18:37 via baytoday.ca
  'I think this could go a long way towards professional development of some of our up and coming professionals'
  
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• MERLEAU, Cheryl (nee Donnelly)

  03-01-2019 18:16 via baytoday.ca
  Peacefully passed away surrounded by the love of her family on December 31, 2018 at the North Bay Regional Health Centre at the age of 70. Cheryl was the beloved wife of Michael Merleau.
  
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• Devine stepping down as police chief - The North Bay Nugget

  03-01-2019 18:11
  Devine stepping down as police chief  The North Bay NuggetNorth Bay Police Chief Shawn Devine is preparing to step down.Devine said Thursday morning he has informed North Bay Police Services Board Dennis ...
  
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• Quebec police say girl's death followed attempted jump from ski chairlift

  03-01-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  VAL-D'OR, Que. — A 15-year-old girl has died after falling from a ski chairlift Wednesday night in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec.
  
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