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• OPP seeks to identify ‘suspicious person’ in Mattawa - My North Bay Now

  22-01-2019 23:14
  OPP seeks to identify ‘suspicious person’ in Mattawa  My North Bay NowThe report from a young boy of a suspicious person in Mattawa has the local OPP detachment seeking more information about the interaction. At approximately ...
  
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• Young Mattawa student offered money to help stranger - The North Bay Nugget

  22-01-2019 23:09
  Young Mattawa student offered money to help stranger  The North Bay NuggetA student at St. Victor school alleged he was offered $10 to help a pickup driver get his vehicle unstuck this morning around 9:05 a.m. Ontario Provincial Police ...
  
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• Mattawa student, 9, approached by suspicious person - The North Bay Nugget

  22-01-2019 23:09
  Mattawa student, 9, approached by suspicious person  The North Bay NuggetThe man was wearing sunglasses and a balaclava pulled down to his eyes and was in a parked dark grey pickup.
  
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• Young Mattawa student offered money to help stranger

  22-01-2019 23:05 via nugget.ca
  A student at St. Victor school alleged he was offered $10 to help a pickup driver get his vehicle unstuck this morning around 9:05 a.m.
  Ontario Provincial Police officers from the Mattawa detachment responded to the complaint of a suspicious person.
  Police stated a nine-year-old child was walking on Henry Street, near Lily Street, in the Town of Mattawa when a pickup truck was parked on the side of the road with a driver inside.
  “The driver rolled down his window and offered the child $10
  
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• Mattawa student, 9, approached by suspicious person

  22-01-2019 23:00 via nugget.ca
  OPP responded to a complaint of a suspicious person in Mattawa shortly after 9 am today.
  Officers attended a school to speak with a student and his parent.
  Investigation revealed that, at approximately 8:40 a.m., the 9-year-old boy was walking on Henry Street, near Lily Street. A pickup was parked on the side of the road with a driver inside.
  The driver rolled down his window and offered the child $10 to help him get unstuck.
  The child replied that he did not talk to strangers and kept walking.
  
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• Record year for Crimestoppers

  22-01-2019 22:49 via baytoday.ca
  Anonymous information led to the arrest of 23 people in 2018, bringing the total number to 1,671 since 1988
  
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• 15 to 25 cm of snow coming tomorrow

  22-01-2019 22:34 via baytoday.ca
  Poor winter driving conditions from low visibility in snow and accumulating snow on untreated roads are expected
  
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• Freezing rain possible Tuesday

  22-01-2019 22:25 via baytoday.ca
  A brief thaw will arrive with temperatures rising a little above the freezing mark
  
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• Vancouver's Rebecca Marino drops opener at Oracle Challenger

  22-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Canada's Rebecca Marino lost 6-4, 6-4 to Mexico's Renata Zarazua in a first-round match at the Oracle Challenger on Tuesday.
  
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• Vancouver's Felip Peliwo knocks off No. 4 seed at Oracle Challenger

  22-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Canada's Felip Peliwo upset No. 4 seed Paolo Lorenzi of Italy 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in a second-round match at the Oracle Challenger on Tuesday.
  
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• New food guide set to challenge prominence of meat, dairy industries

  22-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Health Canada unveiled a radically new food guide Tuesday that eliminates food groups, encourages plant-based foods over meat and dairy products, and is likely to force changes across the country's agricultural industry.
  
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• Kenney accuser declines to specify which housing rules he says Kenney broke

  22-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The lawyer accusing Alberta United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney of breaking parliamentary residency rules while serving as an MP is declining to explain which regulation he believes Kenney broke or how he broke it.
  
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• Judge limits access to R. Kelly's Chicago recording studio

  22-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — A judge says a Chicago warehouse that R. Kelly is renting can be used only between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and only as a recording studio.
  
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• Chelsea Clinton announces pregnancy

  22-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Chelsea Clinton has announced her family is expanding. The 38-year-old former first daughter tweeted Tuesday that she and her husband Marc are expecting another child in the summer.
  
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• B.C.'s Tardi cruises through first round at Canadian junior curling championship

  22-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — British Columbia's Tyler Tardi finished off the first round of the Canadian junior curling championship with a 9-6 win over Alberta's Desmond Young on Tuesday night.
  
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• B.C. women step up late for win over Northern Ontario at Canadian juniors

  22-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — B.C. scored two in the eighth end and one in the ninth to post a 7-4 win over Northern Ontario in Canadian junior curling championships women's action on Tuesday morning. The win for skip Sarah Nicole Daniels pushed B.C.
  
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• B.C. Greens won't support officials' return to legislature after spending report

  22-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia's Green party will not support the return to the legislature of two senior officers after a report by the Speaker was released alleging spending abuses.
  
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• B.C. Greens won't support Lenz, James return to legislature in wake of report

  22-01-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia's Green party will not support the return to the legislature of the suspended clerk and sergeant-at-arms in the wake of a report by Speaker Darryl Plecas alleging spending misconduct.
  
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• Oaths on eagle feathers to be allowed in Manitoba RCMP detachments

  22-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — The head of the RCMP in Manitoba says providing an eagle feather to people swearing oaths is a positive step toward reconciliation with Indigenous communities.
  
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• Givenchy flies high as Lagerfeld is absent at Chanel couture

  22-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — It's snowing in Paris, but not at Chanel, which showcased 18th-century-inspired couture that frothed inside a sunlit Italian villa.
  
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• Christine Sinclair scores goal No. 178 in Canada's 1-0 win over Norway

  22-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MURCIA, Spain — Captain Christine Sinclair, chasing history, scored the 178th goal of her international career Tuesday to give the Canadian women's soccer team a 1-0 win over Norway in its first full international of 2019.
  
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• Canada made sexual predator 'our problem,' American prosecutor says

  22-01-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  A convicted killer and sexual predator who could have spent his life in Canadian prison was instead back in the United States Tuesday for a court hearing, as an American prosecutor questioned the Parole Board of Canada's logic in sending him her way.
  
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• Miss Mississippi encourages North Bay students to be tobacco free - WLOX

  22-01-2019 20:31
  Miss Mississippi encourages North Bay students to be tobacco free  WLOXStudents at North Bay Elementary were all ears Tuesday morning as Miss Mississippi, Asya Branch, pushed a big message: say no to smoking.
  
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• Repairs and upgrades coming to local hospital

  22-01-2019 20:25 via baytoday.ca
  Ontario is investing $175 million in repairs and upgrades to 128 hospitals this year through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund
  
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• Dubas not concerned by Leafs' slump; contract talks with Matthews progressing

  22-01-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas says he isn't concerned about his team's current struggles. After starting the season 20-8-0, Toronto is 9-9-2 over its last 20 games, including a recent 3-7-0 stretch.
  
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• Canadians pressed into service after deadly attack on UN base in Mali

  22-01-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canadian peacekeepers saw their busiest day in Mali on Sunday after extremists with links to al-Qaida attacked a United Nations base, killing 10 and injuring dozens more.
  
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• Singer who won rights case against comedian exits social media following threats

  22-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A Quebec singer embroiled in a legal battle with a Quebec comedian says he is shutting down his social media after receiving hate messages and death threats.
  
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• Oscar nominations skip Cooper for director, Mr. Rogers doc

  22-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — The rollercoaster of the 2019 awards season continued Tuesday with a batch of Oscar nominations that few could have predicted.
  
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• Nova Scotia to consider citizenship status of children in provincial care

  22-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has moved to require its social workers to consider a child's citizenship and immigration status when they are taken into care.
  
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• Here they go again: Panthers hoping for late-season surge

  22-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers are hoping for deja vu. Sort of. A year ago, the Panthers shook off a disastrous start to the season and caught fire after the All-Star break — only to miss the playoffs by a single point.
  
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• Fun facts and figures from this year's Oscar nominations

  22-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Some fun and interesting facts about Tuesday's nominations for the 91st Academy Awards: — After more than 30 years and some two dozen films, Spike Lee received his first Academy Award nomination for best director for "BlacKkKlansman.
  
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• Feds target low-income seniors with tax mailings to boost benefit take-up

  22-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Federal officials are set to blitz seniors in the coming weeks with letters to remind them to file their taxes on time hoping to get more low-income seniors enrolled in federal benefit programs.
  
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• Elliott pushes for changes at eBay

  22-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — An activist shareholder said Tuesday that eBay would be better off without StubHub or its classified ads businesses.
  
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• CannTrust gets OK from Pelham authorities for cultivation site expansion

  22-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  PELHAM, Ont. — Licensed producer CannTrust Holdings Inc. has got the green light from municipal authorities to proceed with the expansion of its cultivation facility in Pelham, Ont., but with a smaller footprint.
  
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• Bruins look to stay healthy after mid-winter break

  22-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  BOSTON — The Boston Bruins almost made it into their mid-winter break completely healthy.
  
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• Belinda Stronach countersues father Frank as family legal feud continues

  22-01-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Belinda Stronach has countersued her father for millions of dollars in a statement of defence that alleges he lost vast sums of money on pet projects. Frank Stronach, who founded Magna International Inc.
  
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• Powassan rises in wiener ranking - The North Bay Nugget

  22-01-2019 18:44
  Powassan rises in wiener ranking  The North Bay NuggetThe Powassan Sportsplex has significantly improved its hot dog ranking after a major change in how they're preparing its wieners.Kitchen staff have done away ...
  
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• Powassan rises in wiener ranking

  22-01-2019 18:39 via nugget.ca
  The Powassan Sportsplex has significantly improved its hot dog ranking after a major change in how they’re preparing its wieners.
  Kitchen staff have done away with the quick and easy method of microwaving and now steam their wieners for their hungry customers.
  The change has seen the sportsplex go from the bottom of the list in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) to the middle.
  Grant Trayner, hockey operations manager for the Espanola Express Junior A hockey club, said the ho
  
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• North Bay throwers sharpening their axes - The North Bay Nugget

  22-01-2019 18:31
  North Bay throwers sharpening their axes  The North Bay NuggetCurtis Lafleche, Andrew Hiscock and Brad Carr will be among 192 competitors from around the world at the nationals in February.
  
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• Netflix apologizes to Lac-Megantic for using rail disaster footage

  22-01-2019 18:08 via nugget.ca
  MONTREAL — Netflix is apologizing to the people of Lac-Megantic after actual footage of the 2013 rail disaster that devastated the town was used in dramas on the streaming service.
  The company says it had not been aware of the source of the footage used briefly in the hit movie Bird Box and the series Travelers. The images show the explosion that killed 47 people when an oil-laden train derailed in the middle of downtown.
  In a letter dated Monday to Quebec Culture Minister Nathalie Roy, th
  
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• Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign OL Michael Couture to contract extension

  22-01-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed Canadian offensive lineman Michael Couture to a one-year extension Tuesday. The six-foot-four, 295-pound native of Burnaby, B.C., was scheduled to become a free agent next month. Couture, taken No.
  
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• Adopt Me: Hayden the heartbreaker

  22-01-2019 18:00 via baytoday.ca
  He would benefit from a quiet home with lots of enrichment and snuggles
  
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• Symetrics wins inaugural Rocks and Hearts - The North Bay Nugget

  22-01-2019 17:52
  Symetrics wins inaugural Rocks and Hearts  The North Bay NuggetA beautiful chaos swept the Granite Club this past weekend as 32 teams joined by friends, family and special guests gathered in celebration of the inaugural ...
  
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• Zamboni stranded in N.S. ditch takes off as amusing Canadian snapshot

  22-01-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINDSOR, N.S. — The powerful storm that battered Eastern Canada Monday had an unexpected casualty -- a Zamboni found in a ditch near Windsor, Nova Scotia, without a rink in sight.
  
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• Kevin Gilmore takes over for Joey Saputo as president of Montreal Impact

  22-01-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  Montreal Impact owner Joey Saputo is stepping down as president of the MLS club, handing those duties to Kevin Gilmore. A 54-year-old Saguenay, Que.
  
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• Google self-driving spinoff Waymo to put factory in Michigan

  22-01-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  LANSING, Mich.
  
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• Demolition underway on Lakeshore - The North Bay Nugget

  22-01-2019 16:27
  Demolition underway on Lakeshore  The North Bay NuggetDemolition got underway Monday on a long-vacant former bingo hall and one-time restaurant outside the North Bay Mall on Lakeshore Drive. Management at ...
  
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• Demolition underway on Lakeshore

  22-01-2019 16:25 via nugget.ca
  Demolition got underway Monday on a long-vacant former bingo hall and one-time restaurant outside the North Bay Mall on Lakeshore Drive. Management at the mall indicated earlier this month that the demolition work will make way for a new Jiffy Lube, which is expected to be constructed in the spring.
  
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• 'Roma,' 'The Favourite' lead Oscar nomination with 10 nods

  22-01-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Oscar voters on Tuesday showered Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" and Yorgos Lanthimos' "The Favourite" with a leading 10 nominations to the 91st Academy Awards, while two dominant but contentious Hollywood forces — Netflix and Marvel — each scored
  
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• 'Roma,' 'Cold War' among foreign-language Oscar nominees

  22-01-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — Films from Mexico, Poland, Lebanon, Japan and Germany are competing in the Academy Awards race for best foreign-language film.
  
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