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• 29th annual Canadore Pow-wow

  02-02-2019 23:24 via nugget.ca
  More than 300 people attended Canadore’s 29th annual Pow-wow, Saturday.
  The cultural gathering included drumming, dancing, Indigenous arts and crafts, and a traditional feast at the Indigenous gathering space within The Village.
  Delegates included emcee Chris Pheasant, host drum the Ottawa River Singers, co-host drum High Ridge Singers, head female Meegwyn Alisappi, head male Eric Assinewai, arena director Roger Assinewai and Elder Peter Beaucage.
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• Sabres place Elie on waivers; Maple Leafs waive Marincin

  02-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  The Buffalo Sabres have placed under-performing forward Remi Elie on waivers, and the Toronto Maple Leafs pared their defensive depth by waiving Martin Marincin.
  
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• Patrick goal in OT, Flyers top Oilers 5-4 for 7th win in row

  02-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  PHILADELPHIA — Nolan Patrick scored 2:01 into overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers rallied past the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 Saturday, extending their winning streak to a season-best seven games. Edmonton has lost four in a row and 13 of 18.
  
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• Montreal Canadiens let one slip away in 3-2 overtime loss to New Jersey Devils

  02-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  Montreal Canadiens head coach Claude Julien said the best team did not come out on top Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Hischier scores OT winner to lift Devils in 3-2 win over Canadiens

  02-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Nico Hischier scored twice, including the overtime winner, as the New Jersey Devils came from behind to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• An extended period of freezing rain is expected

  02-02-2019 22:39 via baytoday.ca
  Freezing rain will likely be accompanied by snow and ice pellets.
  
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• Quebec doctors urged to look out for signs of syphilis in pregnant women

  02-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec's order of doctors is urging its members to watch out for signs of syphilis in pregnant women as rates of the sexually transmitted infection continue to rise.
  
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• Canada's Laurent Dubreuil fifth in men's 500 at speedskating World Cup

  02-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  HAMAR, Norway — Laurent Dubreuil was the top Canadian on the second day of competition at the speed skating World Cup, earning a fifth-place finish in the men's 500-metre race on Saturday. Dubreuil, of Levis, Que., posted a time of 34.812 seconds, 0.
  
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• Sarri gets immediate response from rampant Chelsea

  02-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  This time there was no need for Maurizio Sarri to get mad with his players.
  
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• O'HANLON, John Patrick

  02-02-2019 20:53 via baytoday.ca
  Passed away suddenly at the North Bay Regional Hospital, on January 29, 2019 at the age of 72, from complications following open heart surgery.
  
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• Integrating cultural practices helps in recovery of Indigenous women

  02-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — New research suggests that the health of Indigenous women recovering from the trauma of partner violence improves when the healing process integrates elder-led circles and other cultural elements.
  
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• Hamelin, Boutin, Cournoyer win silver medals at short track World Cup

  02-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  DRESDEN, Germany — Five-time Olympic medallist Charles Hamelin added to his trophy case with a silver medal on Saturday at a short-track speedskating World Cup.
  
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• Senators forward Zack Smith fined $5,000 for elbowing Penguins' Pettersson

  02-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Ottawa Senators forward Zack Smith has been fined $5,000 for elbowing Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Marcus Pettersson during Friday's game.
  
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• Canada's Matt Dunstone tied for first place at curling World Cup

  02-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  JONKOPING, Sweden — Canada's Matt Dunstone stayed tied for first place in the Group B standings at the third World Cup stop of the season, downing China 9-2 on Saturday.
  
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• Canada to play for 3rd place after loss to Dominicans in Pan Am qualifier

  02-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  IBIUNA, Brazil — Canada will play for third place at the Pan American Games baseball qualifying tournament after a 10-7 walkoff loss against the Dominican Republic in semifinal action on Saturday.
  
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• Bautista's bat-flip ball sells at auction for more than $28,000

  02-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  Jose Bautista's bat-flip ball has sold at auction for more than $28,000.
  
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• Teens advance Canada to Davis Cup final with 3-2 win over Slovakia

  02-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime lifted Canada into the Davis Cup final, downing Norbert Gombos of Slovakia 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday to win the best-of-five tie 3-2.
  
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• Gatineau mayor slams city councillor's statements on Islamophobia

  02-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  GATINEAU, Que. — The mayor of Gatineau, Que., says he's requesting that a city councillor be stripped of some of her duties after she reportedly said the word "Islamophobia" doesn't exist for her.
  
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• ONTARIO: Bigger classes may negatively affect student learning, development

  02-02-2019 18:00 via baytoday.ca
  Experts in Early Childhood Studies say secure relationships between teachers and young children matter
  
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• High school suspension deadline approaches

  02-02-2019 17:30 via nugget.ca
  Nearly 1,000 area secondary school students will face suspension if they don’t get their immunization records up to date by March 6.
  The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit says it assessed a total of 5,996 secondary school student vaccination records and that there are currently 972 records that are not up to date.
  “This does not mean they have not been immunized, it means we do not have up to date information,” Andrea McLellan, the health unit’s program manager o
  
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• Racist yearbook photo becomes a test for 2020 Democrats

  02-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  A racist photo tied to Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam spurred the first major test for how Democratic presidential hopefuls will address racial tensions that have polarized American life.
  
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• Ontario government fines Costco $7 million after illegal kickbacks

  02-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  Ontario's government has fined Costco more than $7 million after an investigation into illegal kickbacks at 29 pharmacies in warehouses across the province.
  
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• Groundhog doesn't see his shadow, predicting early spring

  02-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — It may be hard to believe as a large swath of the U.S. thaws out from a bitter polar vortex, but spring is coming early, according to handlers for some of the country's most famous prognosticating groundhogs. Just before 7:30 a.m.
  
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• Democratic presidential candidates say Northam should resign

  02-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  JUPITER, Fla. — Most 2020 Democratic presidential candidates quickly joined the call for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to resign following the discovery of a racist photo in which he appeared more than 30 years ago.
  
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• Central African Republic, 14 armed groups reach peace deal

  02-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  JOHANNESBURG — A peace deal has been reached between the Central African Republic government and 14 armed groups after their first-ever direct dialogue aimed at ending years of conflict, the United Nations and African Union announced on Saturday.
  
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• Canada's Drouin feels for the London Olympic runner-up, whose moment was stole

  02-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Derek Drouin had the opportunity to stand on the top of the medal podium while "O Canada" played and the Maple Leaf went up at both the 2015 world championships and 2016 Rio Olympics. So when the 28-year-old from Corunna, Ont.
  
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• Opinion: Bill Walton, The Flat Earth Fable

  02-02-2019 16:13 via baytoday.ca
  It sure looks flat from here
  
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• Internal docs shows many federal departments not meeting gender analysis targets

  02-02-2019 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Trudeau Liberals' promise to examine how their plans affect women and men differently hasn't been fulfilled across the federal government, internal documents say.
  
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• Warming Centre closes for the weekend after record setting January

  02-02-2019 14:10 via baytoday.ca
  "It is not uncommon for us to have two or three people in chairs. It is not uncommon for us to have 15 people, maybe even 16 a night' Dennis Chippa executive director the Gathering Place
  
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• Powerful storm hits Southern California, flooding highways

  02-02-2019 12:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — The second in a string of powerful storms battered California on Saturday, shutting key highways after water and mud rushed into lanes from bare hillsides in wildfire burn areas where thousands of residents were under evacuation orders.
  
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• Powerful storm batters California, prompting evacuations

  02-02-2019 12:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — The second in a string of powerful storms battered California on Saturday, bringing down trees, flooding roadways and prompting evacuations in wildfire burn areas where intense downpours could loosen bare hillsides and cause mudslides.
  
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• Flood watches, evacuation orders as storm hits California

  02-02-2019 12:05 via baytoday.ca
  SAN FRANCISCO — A powerful storm descending on California Saturday threatened flooding in the entire San Francisco Bay Area and areas stripped bare by devastating wildfires.
  
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• Deadly Brazil dam collapse was disaster waiting to happen

  02-02-2019 12:05 via baytoday.ca
  SAO PAULO — Lax regulations, chronic short staffing and a law that muffled the voices of environmentalists on mining licenses made the devastating collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil all but destined to happen, experts and legislators say.
  
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• Trump is latest to give State of Union in time of turmoil

  02-02-2019 11:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is the latest chief executive to deliver a State of the Union address at a time of turmoil. But others may have had it even worse.
  
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• Trump is latest to give State of Union at time of turmoil

  02-02-2019 11:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is the latest chief executive to deliver a State of the Union address at a time of turmoil. But others may have had it even worse.
  
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• Russia to pull plug on nuclear arms pact after US does same

  02-02-2019 11:05 via baytoday.ca
  MOSCOW — Following in the footsteps of the U.S., Russia will abandon a centerpiece nuclear arms treaty but will only deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles if Washington does so, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday. U.S.
  
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• Official: 3 charged in France in Strasbourg attack probe

  02-02-2019 11:05 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — A French judicial official says three people detained over the investigation into the Christmas market attack in Strasbourg that left five dead have been handed preliminary terrorism charges.
  
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• Iran video shows test launch of cruise missile

  02-02-2019 11:05 via baytoday.ca
  TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Ministry of Defence has published a video purportedly showing the launch of a new cruise missile, saying it has a 1, 350-kilometre (840-mile) range.
  
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• Germany: Sausage museum reconsiders move to Nazi camp site

  02-02-2019 11:05 via baytoday.ca
  BERLIN — A German sausage museum apparently won't move to the site of a former Nazi camp for slave labourers after news of the plan triggered strong criticism.
  
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• French yellow vest protesters condemn injuries, blame police

  02-02-2019 11:05 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — France's yellow vest protesters were back on the streets Saturday to keep pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron's government and denounce the large number of people injured in demonstrations they say is the result of police violence.
  
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• French yellow vest protesters back on the streets

  02-02-2019 11:05 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — France's yellow vest protesters are taking to the streets to keep pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron's government, for the 12th straight weekend of demonstrations.
  
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• China calls on Washington, Moscow to preserve nuclear treaty

  02-02-2019 11:05 via baytoday.ca
  BEIJING — China called Saturday for Washington to negotiate with Russia instead of pulling out of a nuclear arms treaty the Trump administration sees as a restraint on its ability to compete with Beijing and Moscow.
  
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• Wiarton Willie predicts early spring; Shubenacadie Sam says there's more winter to come

  02-02-2019 10:05 via baytoday.ca
  There's conflicting predictions from Canada's two most famous forecasting groundhogs, with Wiarton Willie heralding an early spring while Subenacadie Sam claims there will be six more weeks of winter.
  
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• Quebec ticket wins Friday night's $26.6 million Lotto Max jackpot

  02-02-2019 10:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A ticket sold in Quebec claimed Friday night's $26.6 million Lotto Max jackpot. That means the jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Feb. 8 will be approximately $10 million. The Canadian Press
  
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• All eyes on the groundhogs today, despite their poor track record

  02-02-2019 10:05 via baytoday.ca
  For winter-weary Canadians, today is the day when a pair of celebrity rodents are called upon to offer a sign that spring-like weather is just around the corner — or not.
  
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• East Ferris neighbours come to horse's rescue - The North Bay Nugget

  02-02-2019 08:28
  East Ferris neighbours come to horse's rescue  The North Bay NuggetDrone spots him hiding in the bush, seeking protection from the elements.
  
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• East Ferris neighbours come to horse's rescue

  02-02-2019 08:27 via nugget.ca
  A group of Johnson Road residents and a drone are being been credited with rescuing a horse that had been missing for three days.
  Striker, a grey Arabian rescued by Tracy Johnson in December, went missing Wednesday at about 5 p.m.
  “It wasn’t too long when we noticed that there were only three horses in the field. We went out looking, but couldn’t find him,” Johnson told The Nugget Friday.
  She said Striker, who was rescued from a farmer who couldn’t take care of him,
  
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• 266 new child care spaces in the works - The North Bay Nugget

  02-02-2019 08:23
  266 new child care spaces in the works  The North Bay NuggetParents anxiously waiting for a child care space could soon be in luck. As of Feb. 1, there were 988 children on the waiting list for care and another 1,299 on a ...
  
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• 266 new child care spaces in the works

  02-02-2019 08:19 via nugget.ca
  Parents anxiously waiting for a child care space could soon be in luck.
  As of Feb. 1, there were 988 children on the waiting list for care and another 1,299 on a list for a change of child-care providers.
  However, the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board intends to add 266 spaces throughout the district, says CAO Joe Bradbury.
  “There’s a high demand for child care,” he said. “Individuals are being forced to find private solutions. They either find an
  
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• North Bay taxes hotel visitors 4%

  02-02-2019 08:15 via nugget.ca
  An accommodation tax on overnight hotel and motel stays is now in effect in North Bay.
  The four per cent tax, which local operations started charging Friday, will be used to help fund tourism initiatives and infrastructure. The tax is expected to generate as much as $890,000 annually and will be split 60/40 between Tourism North Bay and the city. Numerous communities across Ontario are already charging a similar tax.
  Steve Dreany, director of Tourism North Bay, said the fee appears as line item
  
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