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• Battalion surge past Storm

  06-01-2019 23:17 via baytoday.ca
  'They are a very skilled team that brought in some really high level players, and we limited their high danger chances'
  
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• Thatcher Demko looking to make the most of his chance with Canucks

  06-01-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Still a little groggy from a pre-game nap, Thatcher Demko tried to ignore his phone buzzing with text messages.
  
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• Chargers hold off Jackson, Ravens 23-17 in playoff opener

  06-01-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  BALTIMORE — The Los Angeles Chargers kept Lamar Jackson grounded, and by the time the rookie got the passing game going it was too late for the Baltimore Ravens.
  
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• 'Aquaman' continues reign, but 'Escape Room' sneaks into 2nd

  06-01-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — "Aquaman" is still the champ at the box office three weeks in, but the high-concept thriller "Escape Room" also drew some substantial crowds in its debut weekend. Warner Bros. on Sunday says that "Aquaman" has added an estimated $30.
  
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• Andersen practises again, but Hutchinson gets third straight start for Leafs

  06-01-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Asked where he'd like to see improvement in the second half of the season, Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock said one area would be the health of his team and making sure everyone is on the same page.
  
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• Senators losing skid stretches to eight games after 5-4 loss to Hurricanes

  06-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Justin Faulk and Brock McGinn each had a goal and an assist as they Carolina Hurricanes won their fourth straight game, downing the Ottawa Senators 5-4 on Sunday.
  
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• RCMP member discharged firearm at suspect in Dieppe incident: police

  06-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  DIEPPE, N.B. — Police say a member of the RCMP fired their gun at a suspect during an incident in Dieppe, N.B. RCMP spokesman Sgt.
  
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• Snow, ice pellets, freezing rain for North Bay, Almaguin on Monday: Environment Canada - NorthBayNipissing.com

  06-01-2019 22:02
  Snow, ice pellets, freezing rain for North Bay, Almaguin on Monday: Environment Canada  NorthBayNipissing.comNORTH BAY — ALMAGUIN — Environment Canada wants North Bay and Almaguin Highlands on alert for significant snowfall and other nasty winter weather.
  
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• Soccer star Wayne Rooney charged with public intoxication

  06-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  Soccer star Wayne Rooney was arrested last month on a public intoxication charge and taken to jail to sober up after he triggered a door alarm at a Washington-area airport, authorities said Sunday. Rooney was arrested Dec.
  
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• Sheriff: Soccer star Rooney charged with public intoxication

  06-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOUDON COUNTY, Va. — Soccer star Wayne Rooney was arrested last month at a Washington-area airport on a charge of public intoxication, authorities said Sunday. The Loudon County Sheriff's Office in Virginia said Rooney was jailed Dec.
  
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• Montreal-area Catholic diocese to let parishioners decide on church closures

  06-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The packed holiday masses that took place as scheduled in the St-Antoine and Ste-Paule churches north of Montreal seemed extra special this year, given that a few months ago it looked like they might not happen at all.
  
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• B.C. Indigenous group anticipating RCMP action at anti-LNG pipeline camp

  06-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  Supporters of an Indigenous camp blocking access to a planned pipeline in northern British Columbia say they are anticipating RCMP action over an injunction filed against them.
  
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• Oldham, Barnet produce big upsets on classic day in FA Cup

  06-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  Until 11 days ago, Pete Wild had been planning to cheer on Oldham as a fan with his pals in its FA Cup third-round match at Premier League club Fulham.
  
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• Fan-turned-coach helps FA Cup 3rd round deliver 3 big upsets

  06-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  Until 11 days ago, Pete Wild had been planning to cheer on Oldham as a fan with his pals in its FA Cup third-round match at Premier League club Fulham.
  
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• Tugboat en route to tow burning container ship to Halifax: U.S. Coast Guard

  06-01-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — An offshore tug and supply vessel is en route to a large Halifax-bound container ship burning 1,500 kilometres off the city's coast with plans to tow the vessel to its final destination, the U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday.
  
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• Saskatchewan '60s Scoop survivors hope government apology brings change

  06-01-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  REGINA — Survivors of the '60s Scoop in Saskatchewan are hoping an apology from the provincial government comes with action to reduce the number of children in care. Premier Scott Moe is to apologize on Monday morning at the legislature.
  
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• Remaining crew members evacuated from burning container ship: USCG

  06-01-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — All crew members have been evacuated from a large Halifax-bound container ship burning far off the city's coast, the U.S.
  
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• German IT security chief faces grilling over hacking case

  06-01-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  BERLIN — Germany's top IT security official faces a grilling Monday over his agency's handling of an alleged hacking case that saw hundreds of politicians' and celebrities' private information posted online .
  
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• Cash-handling machines being upgraded to handle new $10 Viola Desmond bills

  06-01-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Hundreds of thousands of cash-handling machines across the country have had to be upgraded to handle Canada's distinctive new $10 bill, featuring a vertical portrait of Nova Scotia civil rights advocate Viola Desmond, while some others stil
  
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• Is 'technoference' affecting your family dynamic?

  06-01-2019 18:00 via baytoday.ca
  The excessive use of mobile devices by parents is wreaking havoc on children, and family dynamics
  
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• Low-calorie ice cream makers see appetite for their pints in Canada

  06-01-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  An influx of low-calorie, low-sugar ice cream hit Canadian grocery store shelves last year in bright packages that put the calorie count front and centre as producers try a new strategy for the beloved guilty pleasure.
  
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• Bought for a buck, now priceless: Indigenous Alberta media archive digitized

  06-01-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — He bought them for a dollar. Now, "boxes and boxes and boxes" of old audiotape and film that Bert Crowfoot has safeguarded for decades are turning out to be a priceless trove of Indigenous stories, culture and language.
  
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• Free Family Fun Day a truly northern experience

  06-01-2019 14:50 via baytoday.ca
  'We are really happy with the turnout. Throughout the entire afternoon we had about three hundred people here. We’ve had people from Trout Creek come through, Verner, North Bay, and Powassan. So, it has been great' Kathleen Demitre Powassan Agricultural Society
  
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• Malaysia's king abdicates in unexpected and rare move

  06-01-2019 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V abdicated on Sunday in an unexpected move, after just two years on the throne.
  
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• Afghan officials: Flash flood kills at least 30 villagers

  06-01-2019 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  KABUL — At least 30 Afghan villagers searching for gold in a riverbed perished on Sunday in a flash flood in northeastern Badakhshan province, provincial officials said.
  
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• UK leader May: Brexit critics risk damaging UK democracy

  06-01-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May is warning critics of her Brexit deal that they risk damaging Britain's democracy and its economy by opposing her plan.
  
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• Russia brushes back suggestions of US spy suspect exchange

  06-01-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  MOSCOW — Russia's deputy foreign minister has brushed back suggestions that an American being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying could be exchanged for a Russian citizen.
  
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• Reports: 2 British soldiers wounded in IS attack in Syria

  06-01-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  BEIRUT — A missile attack by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria killed at least one Kurdish fighter and wounded two British soldiers embedded with them, according to reports Sunday, amid fierce fighting in the strategic area near the Iraqi bord
  
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• Quebec City consumed by debate over new span across the St. Lawrence

  06-01-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — In car-loving Quebec City, residents can't stop talking about what's become known as the "third link" — a future bridge or tunnel crossing the St. Lawrence River.
  
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• Poland shuts down 13 escape game sites due to safety flaws

  06-01-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  WARSAW, Poland — Polish officials have shut down 13 escape room entertainment sites for safety flaws and the prime minister asked people Sunday to report such lapses to firefighters and police after five teenage girls were killed in a fire.
  
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• Others had criticized Poland escape game site where 5 died

  06-01-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  WARSAW, Poland — Officials in Poland say users have previously posted critical remarks about the safety of the escape room gaming site where a fire killed five teenage girls.
  
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• Man charged in Poland escape room game deaths

  06-01-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  WARSAW, Poland — Prosecutors in northern Poland presented charges Sunday against the man who designed an escape room entertainment site where five teenage girls were killed in a fire. The man, identified only as Milosz S.
  
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• Man charged, detained in Poland escape room game deaths

  06-01-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  WARSAW, Poland — Prosecutors in northern Poland detained and brought charges Sunday against the man who designed an escape room entertainment site where five teenage girls were killed in a fire. The man, identified only as Milosz S.
  
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• Egyptian policeman killed while defusing bomb outside church

  06-01-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  CAIRO — Egypt's Interior Ministry said a policeman was killed as he was trying to defuse an explosive device near a church in a residential Cairo district.
  
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• Cardinal's coverup trial a reckoning for French Catholics

  06-01-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  LYON, France — The Roman Catholic Church faces another public reckoning when a French cardinal goes on trial Monday for his alleged failure to report a pedophile priest who confessed to preying on Boy Scouts and whose victims want to hold one of Fran
  
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• Cardinal on trial in France's biggest church sex abuse trial

  06-01-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  LYON, France — A Catholic cardinal and five other people went on trial Monday accused of covering up for a pedophile priest who abused Boy Scouts — France's most important church sex abuse case to date.
  
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• Brother questions why American man being held by Russia

  06-01-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  MOSCOW — The brother of an American man being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying is raising the possibility that his sibling is being used as a pawn in a potential exchange for a Russian woman behind bars in the U.S.
  
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• Africa is divided over ivory trade ahead of wildlife meeting

  06-01-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  JOHANNESBURG — Several African countries with some of the largest elephant populations are calling for looser controls on legal ivory trade, while another group of countries on the continent say tighter controls are the best way to curb the illegal k
  
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• Trump aide: Syria withdrawal waiting on 'conditions'

  06-01-2019 12:05 via baytoday.ca
  JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, said Sunday that the U.S.
  
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• Trump adviser: US to leave Syria once IS beaten, Kurds safe

  06-01-2019 12:05 via baytoday.ca
  JERUSALEM — U.S.
  
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• Congo delays announcing results of presidential election

  06-01-2019 12:05 via baytoday.ca
  KINSHASA, Congo — The announcement of the results of the Congo's presidential election has been postponed, the country's top electoral official said. The winner of the Dec.
  
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• Canadian Bianca Andreescu falls to Julia Goerges in ASB Classic final

  06-01-2019 10:05 via baytoday.ca
  AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu came up one set short in an attempt at her first WTA Tour title.
  
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• Anderson Cooper honoured at Sean Penn's star-studded benefit

  06-01-2019 10:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — When Anderson Cooper first met Sean Penn after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the CNN anchor was initially skeptical of the actor's intentions to help the recovery efforts in the ravaged country. In time, Penn won Cooper over.
  
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• Kane scores 2, Sharks win 5-2 to end Lightning point streak

  06-01-2019 09:05 via baytoday.ca
  SAN JOSE, Calif. — Missing three regular defencemen , the San Jose Sharks got a complete team effort and handed the Tampa Bay Lightning their first regulation loss in 5 1/2 weeks.
  
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• Canada opens women's U18 world championship with 2-1 win over Sweden

  06-01-2019 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  OBIHIRO, Japan — Canada has its first win at the women's under-18 world hockey championship. Daniella Calabrese and Danielle Serdachny supplied the offence as the Canadians opened the tournament with a 2-1 win over Sweden on Sunday.
  
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• Mother of MP Anthony Rota loses her battle with cancer

  06-01-2019 07:52 via baytoday.ca
  Funeral mass to be celebrated at Pro-Cathedral of the Assumption on Tuesday, Jan. 8
  
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• Quick, Kopitar hit 300th milestones, Kings rout Oilers 4-0

  06-01-2019 07:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Quick earned his 300th victory, Anze Kopitar scored his 300th goal and the Los Angeles Kings climbed out of last place in the overall NHL standings with a 4-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night.
  
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• 'Persons of interest' questioned in death of Jazmine Barnes

  06-01-2019 07:05 via baytoday.ca
  HOUSTON — Authorities in Texas say "persons of interest" are being interviewed in the investigation into the shooting death of a 7-year-old black girl. Jazmine Barnes was shot and killed in Houston on Dec.
  
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• NLL's Rush beat Seals 16-12 in home opener for first win of season

  06-01-2019 07:05 via baytoday.ca
  SASKATOON — Ben McIntosh had five goals and four assists to lead the Saskatchewan Rush to a 16-12 win over the San Diego Seals on Saturday in National Lacrosee League action. Jeff Shattler had four goals, while Mark Matthews chipped in a pair.
  
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• Man charged with murder in Houston girl's death

  06-01-2019 07:05 via baytoday.ca
  HOUSTON — A black man was arrested and charged with murder in the killing of a 7-year-old black girl in a drive-by shooting in Houston that her family believed was racially motivated but that prosecutors said Sunday was a case of mistaken identity.
  
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