North Bay news

• Nipissing welcomes tuition cuts

  17-01-2019 23:37 via baytoday.ca
  The financial impact of the tuition reduction is estimated to be approximately four per cent of Nipissing University’s annual operating revenue
  
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• Bring in your brass monkeys. Big cold spell coming

  17-01-2019 23:20 via baytoday.ca
  In 1997 the overnight low dipped to minus 35
  
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• Man charged with killing 12-year-old B.C. girl in 1978 found guilty

  17-01-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Family members of a 12-year-old British Columbia girl murdered in 1978 cried, hugged and thanked jurors who found a man guilty of first-degree murder Thursday. Garry Handlen, 71, told undercover police during a sting in Minden, Ont.
  
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• Huawei to grow Canadian R&D budget, staff as part of 5-year plan: president

  17-01-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Huawei Canada will be getting a piece of the US$2 billion that its global Chinese parent will spend over five years to hire more software engineers to make its equipment more secure, resilient and efficient, the company said Thursday.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein breaks with his criminal defence lawyer

  17-01-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein is recasting his legal team a month after losing a hard-fought bid to get his sexual assault case thrown out.
  
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• Allowing students to skip fees will reduce accountability: campus groups

  17-01-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Student organizations say the Ontario government's decision to allow college and university students to opt out of the fees that fund campus groups, student newspapers and clubs will make the province's post-secondary institutions less tran
  
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• North Bay man accused in Sweeney killing returns to court Feb. 14 - BayToday

  17-01-2019 23:00
  North Bay man accused in Sweeney killing returns to court Feb. 14  BayTodayThe man accused in the 1998 murder of Renee Sweeney made his fourth appearance Thursday in Greater Sudbury court. Robert Steven Wright, 39, appeared ...
  
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• Flood warning issued for upper Sturgeon River

  17-01-2019 22:26 via nugget.ca
  A flood warning has been issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry for the entire area bordering the Sturgeon River above the West Nipissing Power Upper Sturgeon River Generating Station within West Nipissing and Springer Township.
  The warning applies to the communities of Field and River Valley, as well as Grant, Field, Badgerow, Gibbons, Crerar, Janes and Dana townships.
  Water levels in the area are expected to rise because of issues with dam operability at the Upper Sturgeon Ri
  
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• Driver charged in crash that killed North Bay woman

  17-01-2019 22:06 via nugget.ca
  An 18-year-old Sudbury woman has been charged in the Dec. 16 crash that killed a North Bay woman.
  Ontario Provincial Police from the Sudbury detachment said Christine Kettle, the driver and sole occupant of her vehicle, has been charged with careless driving causing death.
  The two-vehicle crash on Highway 17 in Markstay-Warren resulted in the death of 53-year-old Carole Mantha, the sole occupant of the second vehicle.
  Kettle is scheduled to appear in Ontario Court of Justice in Sudbury Feb. 11.
  
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• Wild trade Niederreiter to Hurricanes for Rask

  17-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild have acquired centre Victor Rask from the Carolina Hurricanes for left wing Nino Niederreiter, in a swap of underperforming but still-young players on long-term contracts.
  
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• 'We're suffering:' China-Canada tourism may slow amid political drama

  17-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Canadian tour operators specializing in travel to China say the growing diplomatic rift between the two countries is scaring their clients away, while those that bring Chinese tourists to Canada foresee a similar drop in interest that cou
  
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• Ten Christian denominations to receive training on sexual misconduct

  17-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  Representatives from 10 Christian denominations will meet Friday for training on how to address sexual misconduct in their ranks in a bid to keep religious institutions up to date with secular society.
  
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• Ten Christian denominations to receive sexual misconduct training

  17-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  Representatives from 10 Christian denominations will meet Friday for training on how to address sexual misconduct in their ranks in a bid to keep religious institutions up to date with secular society.
  
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• Team World sweeps opening draw against Team North America at Continental Cup

  17-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  LAS VEGAS — Team World is off to a strong start at the Continenal Cup, sweeping three mixed doubles games against Team North America in the opening draw on Thursday. Team World is looking to win the annual event for the first time since 2012.
  
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• Team World sweeps opening day against Team North America at Continental Cup

  17-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  LAS VEGAS — Team North America has some serious ground to make up after only one day of play at the Continental Cup.
  
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• Quebec dog goes missing after alerting family to fire, owner says

  17-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A family in southern Quebec is crediting their dog with alerting them to a fire that was tearing through a luxury bed-and-breakfast.
  
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• Panthers' Trocheck nearing a return after broken ankle

  17-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — The Florida Panthers desperately need a boost, and Vincent Trocheck has pronounced himself ready to provide one.
  
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• Lametti 'interested' but won't commit to changing assisted-dying law

  17-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  SHERBROOKE, Que.
  
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• Competition commissioner urges B.C. to change liquor policy, lowering prices

  17-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's interim competition commissioner is urging B.C. to change its liquor policy to allow more competition, spark innovation and lower prices. Matthew Boswell writes in an open letter to B.C.
  
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• Canadian women play Switzerland to 0-0 tie in closed-door women's soccer match

  17-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  ROTA, Spain — Canada played to a 0-0 draw with Switzerland in a closed-door women's soccer training match Thursday. The Canadians, ranked fifth in the world, now turn their attention to an international friendly against No. 13 Norway on Jan.
  
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• Canada's Brooke Henderson tied for 18-hole lead at LPGA season opener

  17-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Canada's Brooke Henderson is tied for the lead after the opening round of the LPGA Tour's season-opening Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. The 21-year-old native of Smiths Falls, Ont.
  
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• Burkina Faso killing highlights increasing security threat for mining companies

  17-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The killing of a Canadian mining company executive in Burkina Faso is drawing attention to the deteriorating security situation in the country and the risks resource firms face in unstable regions.
  
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• 'Stranger Things' actor wins retraining order against ex - The North Bay Nugget

  17-01-2019 21:48
  'Stranger Things' actor wins retraining order against ex  The North Bay NuggetThe actor behind the Stranger Things monster's world has been turned upside down by an alleged stalker.Actor and performance artist Mark Steger, who ...
  
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• 'Stranger Things' actor wins restraining order against ex - The North Bay Nugget

  17-01-2019 21:48
  'Stranger Things' actor wins restraining order against ex  The North Bay NuggetThe actor behind the Stranger Things monster's world has been turned upside down by an alleged stalker.Actor and performance artist Mark Steger, who ...
  
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• Teen charged in traffic death of North Bay woman - BayToday

  17-01-2019 21:41
  Teen charged in traffic death of North Bay woman  BayTodayCarole Mantha, 53, from North Bay, the driver and sole occupant of one of the vehicles, was killed in the collision.
  
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• Computer virus at Sudbury hospital affects North Bay

  17-01-2019 21:41 via baytoday.ca
  As a result, 21 of the 24 northeastern Ontario hospitals have seen their main electronic medical record system, Meditech, put on downtime
  
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• Teen charged in traffic death of North Bay woman

  17-01-2019 21:36 via baytoday.ca
  Carole Mantha, 53, from North Bay, the driver and sole occupant of one of the vehicles, was killed in the collision
  
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• Netflix rejects request to remove Lac-Megantic images from 'Bird Box'

  17-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Netflix is refusing to remove from its hit movie "Bird Box" footage of the rail explosion that killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic, despite an appeal from the town's mayor.
  
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• VIDEO: What are you looking forward to in 2019?

  17-01-2019 21:04 via baytoday.ca
  We hit the streets of North Bay to find out
  
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• Date set for trial in Richey murder - My North Bay Now

  17-01-2019 20:55
  Date set for trial in Richey murder  My North Bay NowThe trial dealing with the murder of Tess Richey will not begin for another year. A trial date has been set today for the man charged with the first-degree murder ...
  
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• NUSU officials wonder what cost comes with tuition cuts

  17-01-2019 20:30 via baytoday.ca
  'I do think that the loss of the interest free grace period and the lowering of the minimum income to begin repayment to $25,000 will be very devastating'
  
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• Ice huts on Callander Bay targeted by thieves

  17-01-2019 20:27 via nugget.ca
  Ontario Provincial Police have received several complaints from ice fishermen whose shacks have been targeted by thieves on Callander Bay.
  OPP spokeswoman Shona Camirand said police have received four complaints on Jan. 1, however they know of a lot more ice huts that have been damaged by unknown suspects trying to gain access.
  “All the complaints were from incidents that occurred on Callander Bay,” she said Thursday.
  Some of the stolen items include fishing line, fishing lures and o
  
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• Prince Philip uninjured after car accident; queen's husband is 97

  17-01-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip, was involved in a car crash Thursday while driving in rural England but was not injured. Buckingham Palace said Philip, 97, was checked by a doctor after the accident and determined to be fine.
  
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• President escalates border battle with Democrats, cancels congressional travel

  17-01-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump grounded Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders Thursday, cancelling — and disclosing — their secret military trip overseas in an apparent fit of pique over the combative House speaker's effort to block the U.S.
  
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• Neither Pelosi, Trump blinking in staring contest over shutdown, state of union

  17-01-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The most powerful Democrat on Capitol Hill is locked in a staring contest with the president of the United States — and so far, neither of them is blinking. One day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Donald Trump to postpone his Jan.
  
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• Canada faces tough decisions as Trump unveils ambitious missile-defence plan

  17-01-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — America's allies will have to pay their share of a new missile-detection system, U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday.
  
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• City signs with North Bay Animal Services | News - Sonoma West

  17-01-2019 19:51
  City signs with North Bay Animal Services | News  Sonoma WestNew provider took over at the start of the year. There's a new animal services provider in town. As of Jan. 1, the city entered into an agreement with North Bay ...
  
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• Feb. 19 conference to explore North Bay economy, housing solutions - North Bay Business Journal

  17-01-2019 19:33
  Feb. 19 conference to explore North Bay economy, housing solutions  North Bay Business JournalNorth Bay Business Journal's and Sonoma State University's 26th annual conference on the local economy will include the year's first comprehensive North Bay ...
  
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• School closures in the North Bay due to power outages related to storm - KGO-TV

  17-01-2019 19:27
  School closures in the North Bay due to power outages related to storm  KGO-TVSonoma County Office of Education says several school districts will be closed today because of power outages.
  
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• Toronto FC heads for warmth of California to start training camp in earnest

  17-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — After medicals and two days of fitness training indoors in the frigid north, Toronto FC heads to the warmth and real grass of California on Friday to start training camp in earnest.
  
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• Sears creditors challenge hedge fund chairman's winning bid

  17-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — A group of Sears creditors are challenging Chairman Eddie Lampert's hedge fund's winning $5.2 billion bid to buy the business in a bankruptcy auction and wants to air their grievances in court.
  
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• Sears confirms chairman's hedge fund wins bid in auction

  17-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Sears is confirming reports its chairman and largest shareholder Eddie Lampert's hedge fund has won a bid to buy roughly 400 stores and other assets for $5.2 billion.
  
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• Quebec Premier Legault leaves Trudeau meeting empty-handed but hopeful

  17-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  SHERBROOKE, Que. — Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he is hoping for an answer soon from Ottawa on demands that the province be allowed to reduce immigration and impose language and values tests on new arrivals.
  
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• Ontario's Tories eliminate free tuition for low-income students

  17-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservative government is eliminating free tuition for students from low-income families while also cutting tuition fees.
  
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• Liberals reject candidate's hope for second chance in byelection against Singh

  17-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Liberals have swiftly rejected a bid by a former byelection candidate who hoped for a second chance to run for the party after making an online comment about the ethnicity of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.
  
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• Liberal candidate Karen Wang hopes for 'second chance' for byelection run

  17-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The woman who dropped out Wednesday as the Liberal candidate in the federal byelection in Burnaby South says she hopes the party will give her a "second chance.
  
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• Legault lays out Quebec demands for federal leaders facing fall election

  17-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  SHERBROOKE, Que. — Quebec Premier Francois Legault laid out a shopping list of demands Thursday that he expects party leaders to address as they woo voters in his province during the coming federal election campaign.
  
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• Hundreds of people lost millions in GTA taxi fraud scam, police say

  17-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — An ongoing fraud and identity theft operation targeting taxi riders in the Greater Toronto Area has already cost hundreds of people millions of dollars, city police said Thursday as they announced a handful of arrests in the case. Det.
  
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• Google to invest in solar farms in Tennessee, Alabama

  17-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  NASHVILLE — Google plans to invest in Tennessee and Alabama solar farms under a deal with the Tennessee Valley Authority. Google announced Wednesday that it will buy 413 megawatts of output from 1.
  
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• Ex-Liberal candidate in Burnaby, B.C., says volunteer wrote controversial post

  17-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A former Liberal byelection candidate says her political career is "probably" over after an online post singled out NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's ethnicity, but she's still considering running as an Independent.
  
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