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• Serial killer Bruce McArthur plucked his victims from margins of society

  05-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — When Bruce McArthur chose to kill, he looked to the margins of society to find his prey.
  
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• Blair says federal officials dealing with backlog of refugee security screens

  05-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's border-security minister says there is a backlog in the screening of asylum seekers, including those who are considered irregular border-crossers walking into the country from the United States, but it doesn't constitute a security
  
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• Appeals Court to weigh Planned Parenthood's Texas case

  05-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  AUSTIN, Texas — The full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will reconsider whether Texas can eliminate Planned Parenthood from the state Medicaid program.
  
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• Busy day for Hydrant snow removal

  05-02-2019 22:47 via baytoday.ca
  A total of 12 sewer and water truck crews were out in full force trying to shovel out many of the fire hydrants in the city
  
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• Opinion: We face a crisis in long term care in this city

  05-02-2019 22:29 via baytoday.ca
  As for our Mayor’s “Population Growth” idea, shouldn’t he start by addressing this LTC crisis before creating a larger one?
  
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• Show of Hands Youth Art Contest 2019 now open

  05-02-2019 22:19 via baytoday.ca
  The goal is to raise awareness about intimate partner violence in our community
  
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• Teen looks to reduce Canadian's food waste

  05-02-2019 22:07 via baytoday.ca
  Nearly one million Canadians rely on food banks each month
  
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• Ex-Penn State assistant coach Sandusky gets new sentencing

  05-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  HARRISBURG, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky lost a bid for a new trial Tuesday but a Pennsylvania appeals court ordered him to be resentenced for a 45-count child molestation conviction.
  
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• Creativity key for the future of HMV and Sunrise: music industry experts

  05-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — If Sunrise Records and Entertainment Limited wants the 100 HMV stores it just purchased across the UK to succeed, industry experts say it will need to get creative and quick.
  
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• Special weather statement issued for North Bay and Area - The North Bay Nugget

  05-02-2019 21:47
  Special weather statement issued for North Bay and Area  The North Bay NuggetA special weather statement has been issued for North Bay and Area. Environment Canada is warning travellers a mix of wintry precipitation is expected for ...
  
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• Special weather statement issued for North Bay and Area

  05-02-2019 21:41 via nugget.ca
  A special weather statement has been issued for North Bay and Area.
  Environment Canada is warning travellers a mix of wintry precipitation is expected for North Bay, Powassan, Mattawa, West Nipissing and French River Thursday into Friday.
  “A period of ice pellets and freezing rain is expected to begin around midday Thursday and continue through the evening hours. Ice pellet and freezing rain amounts will vary widely,” according to Environment Canada.
  “Hazardous winter travellin
  
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• Quebec Education Department admits to surveying schools on religious symbols

  05-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec's Education Department is admitting it began surveying schools months ago about how many employees wear religious symbols on the job.
  
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• Ottawa moving up construction of new naval support ship in Vancouver

  05-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — In a move likely to send shockwaves through Quebec and its shipbuilding industry, the federal government has decided to speed construction of one of its permanent new naval support vessels.
  
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• N.S. group seeks data on October effluent leak from Northern Pulp pipeline

  05-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  PICTOU, N.S. — A group opposing a plan to pump millions of litres of treated effluent through a pipeline into the Northumberland Strait is calling on the Nova Scotia government to answer questions about an Oct. 21 leak from the existing system.
  
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• New gun-control recommendations due 'in the coming weeks,' minister says

  05-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Federal minister Bill Blair says his ideas for new gun-control rules might come within weeks.
  
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• Khadr trying new way to get out from under 'indefinite' sentence and bail

  05-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr is asking Alberta youth court to order his release and declare his eight-year sentence — imposed by a widely maligned military commission in the United States — to have expired.
  
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• Fiat Chrysler recalls over 660K trucks; steering could fail

  05-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler is recalling over 660,000 heavy-duty trucks worldwide because a loose nut can cause a loss of steering control.
  
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• Controversial Gatineau city councillor questions whether the Earth is round

  05-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A Quebec municipal councillor who was already under fire for denying the existence of Islamophobia is drawing new scrutiny for recent comments questioning whether the Earth is round. Nathalie Lemieux of Gatineau, Que.
  
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• ABC's 'Modern Family' to end next year after 11 seasons

  05-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  PASADENA, Calif. — ABC's "Modern Family," the five-time Emmy Award winner for best comedy, will end its run next year after 11 seasons.
  
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• Freezing rain turns city streets into rinks...literally

  05-02-2019 20:10 via baytoday.ca
  Algonquin students prove you don't need a backyard rink to lace 'em up.
  
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• TSB says derailed train began to move on its own; three crew members killed

  05-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Investigators say a Canadian Pacific freight train was parked and began to move on its own before it derailed and killed three crew members on the Alberta-British Columbia boundary.
  
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• Reaction to Liberals' Indigenous languages law: 'landmark' and 'colonial'

  05-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A national Inuit organization says it is disappointed in the Liberals' new legislation meant to protect Indigenous languages.
  
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• Peladeau may be interested in restarting Teo Taxi if industry rules changed

  05-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The head of media conglomerate Quebecor Inc. has confirmed his personal financial interest in restarting insolvent electric transportation firm Teo Taxi, provided that certain rules about the industry are changed.
  
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• Parliament's security service looks for cyber guru

  05-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The organization in charge of providing physical security to Parliament is looking to up its cybersecurity.
  
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• 'Not anything the crew did:' TSB says fatal train derailment started on its own

  05-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A Canadian Pacific freight train parked on a frigid night in the Rocky Mountains began to move on its own before a derailment that killed three workers and sent 99 grain cars and two locomotives hurling off the track.
  
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• Model-actress Dayanara Torres says she has skin cancer

  05-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Actress Dayanara Torres says she has skin cancer and is awaiting news on the treatment to follow after having undergone two surgeries.
  
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• Jolie urges Myanmar to end violence against Rohingya Muslims

  05-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Angelina Jolie on Tuesday urged Myanmar to show a genuine commitment to ending violence and displacement in its Rakhine state, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh for safety.
  
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• B.C. Speaker's report prompts accountability change at legislature

  05-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is promising to implement major accountability and transparency reforms at the legislature following a call by three independent watchdogs for sweeping change to restore public confidence.
  
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• Cryptocurrency exchange gets court orders amid hunt for elusive assets

  05-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange was granted protection from its creditors Tuesday as it deals with the fallout from its founder's death and the virtual company's inability to gain access to $180 million in digital assets believed t
  
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• Economic development initiative during world curling earns city award

  05-02-2019 18:36 via nugget.ca
  Investment attraction and awareness activities that took place during the 2018 Ford World Women’s Curling Championships in North Bay has won the city an award of excellence.The City of North Bay has been recognized by the Economic Developers Council of Ontario (EDCO) for economic development leadership in the category of special events for communities with populations between 50,000 and 250,000.The winners were recently announced during the ECCO’s 62nd Annual Conference & Showcas
  
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• Toronto stock market posts triple-digit gain ahead of results from oilpatch

  05-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canada's main stock index posted a triple-digit gain ahead of the start of quarterly corporate reporting by the country's oilpatch. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 100.37 points to 15,702.69.
  
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• Smollett told police attackers knew he was on 'Empire'

  05-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett told Chicago police that his attackers seemed to know who he was before they beat him and tied a rope around his neck. The detail about the Jan.
  
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• North American stock markets trade higher, loonie edges down against U.S. dollar

  05-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canada's main stock index headed higher in late-morning trading, boosted by the industrial, technology and consumer staple sectors. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 46.51 points at 15,648.83.
  
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• U.S., Mexico surpass Canada in efforts to restore monarch butterfly habitat

  05-02-2019 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  One of nature's greatest migrations may be returning to health after a stunning growth in the number of monarch butterflies that fluttered across North America last year.
  
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• Single tax form in Quebec a no-go for federal Liberals, Trudeau says

  05-02-2019 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are throwing more cold water on the idea of amalgamating federal and Quebec provincial tax return forms.
  
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• Sherbrooke to consider holding Francophonie Games after New Brunswick pulls plug

  05-02-2019 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  SHERBROOKE, , Que. — After losing out to New Brunswick in the race to hold the 2021 Francophonie Games and then seeing the winner withdraw last week, Sherbrooke, Que. is contemplating a pinch-hitting role.
  
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• Loved ones of Bruce McArthur's victims say they are shattered by his crimes

  05-02-2019 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Family and friends of men murdered by serial killer Bruce McArthur say they are emotionally shattered by his crimes. McArthur's sentencing hearing is continuing today with many reading out their victim impact statements to the court.
  
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• Dalhousie profs ask university to confirm blackface violates code of conduct

  05-02-2019 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — A group of law professors at Dalhousie University is asking the school's senior academic administrator to confirm that blackface violates the code of student conduct and personal harassment policy.
  
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• Court hears Dennis Oland asked for cash advances before father's murder

  05-02-2019 17:49 via baytoday.ca
  SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Dennis Oland's former boss says he asked for cash advances in the weeks before his multimillionaire father was murdered in his New Brunswick office.
  
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• Court hears Dennis Oland asked for cash advances before father's killing

  05-02-2019 17:49 via baytoday.ca
  SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Dennis Oland was deeply in debt on the day his multimillionaire father, Richard, was beaten to death, a Saint John court has been told.
  
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• Asbestos found at Chippewa school

  05-02-2019 17:45 via baytoday.ca
  It poses no hazard say school officials
  
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• Women's World Curling scores award for North Bay - BayToday

  05-02-2019 17:39
  Women's World Curling scores award for North Bay  BayTodayThe Ford World Women's Curling event that brought so much excitement to the city this spring, has also brought a provincial award. The Economic Developers ...
  
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• Women's World Curling scores award for North Bay

  05-02-2019 17:37 via baytoday.ca
  Submissions were received and evaluated by an expert panel of judges
  
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• Michigan man gets life without parole in 6 shooting deaths

  05-02-2019 17:12 via baytoday.ca
  KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A southwestern Michigan man who fatally shot six strangers in between picking up passengers for Uber was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with no chance of parole.
  
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• AP source: Trump to tap critic of agency to lead World Bank

  05-02-2019 17:12 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to nominate David Malpass, a Trump administration critic of the World Bank, to lead the institution.
  
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• Third of Himalayan glaciers can no longer be saved: study

  05-02-2019 17:11 via baytoday.ca
  KATHMANDU, Nepal — One-third of Himalayan glaciers will melt by the end of the century due to climate change, threatening water sources for 1.9 billion people, even if current efforts to reduce climate change succeed, an assessment warns.
  
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• Pope caps visit to Arabian Peninsula with historic Mass

  05-02-2019 17:11 via baytoday.ca
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The soft hymns of "Hallelujah" boomed from speakers Tuesday as Pope Francis celebrated the first papal Mass in the Arabian Peninsula for about 180,000 people, capping a visit to the United Arab Emirates that emphasiz
  
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• Liam Neeson says he's not racist, explains rage after attack

  05-02-2019 17:11 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Liam Neeson says violence breeds violence and bigotry breeds bigotry.
  
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• 21 Savage's English origins stun fans of the Atlanta rapper

  05-02-2019 17:11 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — It was a shock for fans when 21 Savage was taken into custody by U.S. immigration agents in Georgia. It was an even bigger shock to learn he had been an immigrant in the first place.
  
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• 'We want seven!' Huge crowds fete Patriots on Super Bowl win

  05-02-2019 17:10 via baytoday.ca
  BOSTON — Hundreds of thousands of jubilant fans jammed downtown Boston on Tuesday for a parade celebrating the New England Patriots' sixth Super Bowl title, clamouring for more with cheers of "We want seven!" and "Next year, right here!" A party atmo
  
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