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• CANADA: Poll shows most Canadians back 'compulsory treatment' to combat opioid crisis

  17-02-2019 23:30 via baytoday.ca
  Most divisive for respondents was the issue of decriminalizing all drugs
  
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• Troops hit snag while fishing for Trout

  17-02-2019 23:17 via baytoday.ca
  Alan Lyszczarczyk scored OT winner for Steelheads at Battalion Leafs Alumni game
  
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• Deported man who came to Canada as a baby granted chance at return

  17-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  A British Columbia man who was deported at 59 despite living in Canada since he was seven months old has won a shot at returning home. A federal court has granted Len Van Heest a judicial review of his permanent and temporary residency applications.
  
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• Chicago police seek follow-up interview with Jussie Smollett

  17-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  Chicago police and representatives for Jussie Smollett aren't speaking publicly about the investigation into a reported attack on the "Empire" actor.
  
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• Malkin, Letang each score twice, Penguins beat Rangers 6-5

  17-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang each had two goals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins climbed back into playoff position with a 6-5 win over the New York Rangers on Sunday.
  
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• Man charged in daughter's death in hospital with self-inflicted gunshot wound: police

  17-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  Police say a man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his daughter is in hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
  
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• Justin Thomas opens up a 4-shot lead at Riviera

  17-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Justin Thomas, playing so well that even a shank turned into a par, finished off his third round Sunday morning with a 6-under 65 to build a four-shot lead over Adam Scott and J.B.
  
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• Canadian women beat US 2-0 to win inaugural Rivalry Series

  17-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  DETROIT — Brianne Jenner and Blayre Turnbull scored, Shannon Szabados made 38 saves, and Canada beat the United States 2-0 on Sunday to win the inaugural Rivalry Series.
  
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• Cabinet likely to extend deadline to reconsider Trans Mountain pipeline

  17-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's energy regulator will tell the federal government on Friday whether it still thinks the Trans Mountain pipeline should be expanded, but cabinet's final say on the project's future is not likely to come before the summer.
  
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• Cabinet expected to extend deadline to reconsider Trans Mountain pipeline

  17-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's energy regulator will tell the federal government this week whether it still thinks the Trans Mountain pipeline should be expanded, but cabinet's final say on the project's future is still several months away.
  
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• A silver medal to open trampoline season for Canada's Rosie Maclennan

  17-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  BAKU, Azerbaijan — Canada's Rosie Maclennan opened her season with a silver medal in individual trampoline at a World Cup on Sunday. The reigning world and Olympic champion from King City, Ont.
  
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• BEATTY, Linda (nee Kormann)

  17-02-2019 20:44 via baytoday.ca
  Linda lost her recent battle with cancer on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at the North Bay Regional Health Centre. She was 62.
  
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• Right-hander Marcus Stroman laments Jays' lack of veteran presence

  17-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Marcus Stroman is ready to embrace a leadership role with the Blue Jays this season, but he's concerned the lack of veteran presence on the team's roster will do a disservice to Toronto's young stars.
  
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• Beckham family steals the show at London Fashion Week

  17-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — Victoria Beckham doesn't need celebrities at her fashion shows — her A-list family provides more than enough star power.
  
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• 'Alita' leads a slow Presidents Day box office weekend

  17-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — The sci-fi fantasy "Alita: Battle Angel" topped the charts and beat out a number of newcomers including the meta romantic comedy "Isn't It Romantic" and the horror sequel "Happy Death Day 2U" in its first weekend in theatres , but it is
  
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• Wolverhampton hangs on to beat Bristol City in FA Cup

  17-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — Wolverhampton held on to beat Championship side Bristol City 1-0 to reach the quarterfinals of the FA Cup on Sunday.
  
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• Sharpe could laugh about 'brain-dead moment' after getting first win at Scotties

  17-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  SYDNEY, N.S. — Some surprising results and a couple eyebrow-raising moments made for an interesting opening weekend at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
  
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• Manitoba's Fleury falls to 0-2 at Scotties after loss to B.C.'s Wark

  17-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  SYDNEY, N.S. — Manitoba's Tracy Fleury fell into an early 0-2 hole at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Sunday after dropping a 7-5 decision to British Columbia's Sarah Wark.
  
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• Alberta missionaries among the Canadians heading home from riot-stricken Haiti

  17-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A group of Canadian missionaries who were trapped in Haiti due to violent street protests are on their way home to Canada.
  
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• Still-active human rights case speaks to lasting homophobia in Canada: activists

  17-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Just over 14 years ago, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador issued the province's marriage commissioners an ultimatum: agree to perform same-sex marriages or resign.
  
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• Saudi crown prince arrives in Pakistan for regional visit

  17-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  ISLAMABAD — Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman began his four-day regional visit on Sunday, arriving in Pakistan where he is expected to sign agreements worth billions of dollars to help the Islamic nation overcome its financial
  
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• Canada's Sharp seventh in Australian Open, best finish since 2017

  17-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  ADELAIDE, Australia — Canada's Alena Sharp credits her mental game with her best LPGA finish in nearly two years. The 37-year-old from Hamilton, Ont.
  
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• MacLAURIN, Felicity Mary Elizabeth

  17-02-2019 17:58 via baytoday.ca
  It is with sadness that the family announces the passing of Felicity on Thursday February 14th, 2019 at the North Bay Regional Health Centre at the age of 83 years.
  
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• Earthquake: 3.7 quake felt across North Bay - Los Angeles Times

  17-02-2019 17:50
  Earthquake: 3.7 quake felt across North Bay  Los Angeles TimesA magnitude-3.7 earthquake was reported Sunday morning near Napa, Calif. It was felt across the North Bay as well as parts of San Francisco and the East Bay.
  
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• Nuclear-waste bunker decision to likely to fall to next federal government

  17-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The much-delayed and politically fraught decision on a proposed multibillion-dollar nuclear-waste storage bunker near Lake Huron now appears certain to fall to Canada's next government.
  
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• 'Black Panther' costume designer blazes trail to inspire

  17-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Ruth E. Carter is a black woman blazing a trail as a costume designer in a film industry with not many who look like her.
  
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• ONTARIO: PCs promise 'action' if Hydro One doesn't cut proposed CEO pay

  17-02-2019 17:00 via baytoday.ca
  When the Progressive Conservatives came to power last spring, one of the government's first acts was to force the resignation of former Hydro One CEO Mayo Schmidt, whom Premier Doug Ford had dubbed "the six-million-dollar man"
  
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• Truck convoy delayed

  17-02-2019 16:49 via baytoday.ca
  The convoy is now 75 vehicles long but could swell to 100 by the time it reaches Ottawa
  
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• Lakers basketball teams in tough in Ottawa

  17-02-2019 16:21 via baytoday.ca
  Lakers struggles against Ravens and Gee-Gees
  
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• Homes sales, prices up in North Bay region

  17-02-2019 16:07 via nugget.ca
  Home sales jumped to a nine-year high to start 2019 despite record-low inventory, the North Bay Real Estate board reports.
  Residential sales activity recorded through the MLS system for the North Bay region numbered 73 units in January. This was an increase of 28.1 per cent from January 2018 and the best month of January since 2010.
  That’s in sharp contrast to January home sales nationally.
  The Canadian Real Estate Association says this year began with the weakest January for residential p
  
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• OUA Nordic Championships continue today

  17-02-2019 16:06 via baytoday.ca
  Lakers veteran Jordan Cascagnette was less than a minute off the leader’s time, earning a silver medal – Nipissing’s first of the three-day event
  
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• RRSP-to-RRIF conversion deadline needn't be so scary, experts advise

  17-02-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — For Canadians who've made faithful contributions to an RRSP for most of their working lives, converting it to an RRIF may seem a terrifying milestone.
  
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• Ontario ticket takes $1M prize - The North Bay Nugget

  17-02-2019 15:49
  Ontario ticket takes $1M prize  The North Bay NuggetTORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $5-million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1-million prize went to a ticket ...
  
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• Ontario ticket takes $1M prize

  17-02-2019 15:46 via nugget.ca
  TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $5-million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.
  However, the guaranteed $1-million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario.
  There were also 25 guaranteed prizes of $100,000 each.
  The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Feb. 20 will be approximately $7 million.
  The winning numbers in Saturday’s Lotto 6-49 draw were: 03, 09, 10, 20, 21, 35.
  Bonus 31.
  Guaranteed $1 million prize
  48295659-01
  In the event of any discrepancy bet
  
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• Iran points to Pakistan after deadly attack on Guard

  17-02-2019 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's parliament speaker said Sunday that an attack that killed 27 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard was "planned and carried out from inside Pakistan," which he said should answer for it.
  
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• US-backed Syria force says IS holding 1,000 civilians

  17-02-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  AL-OMAR OIL FIELD BASE, Syria — Islamic State militants are preventing more than 1,000 civilians from leaving a tiny area still held by the extremist group in a village in eastern Syria, a spokesman for the U.S.
  
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• 'Taking their last breath': IS hides among Syrian civilians

  17-02-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  BAGHOUZ, Syria — From a self-proclaimed caliphate that once spread across much of Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State group has been knocked back to a speck of land on the countries' shared border.
  
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• State Department: Nauert out as pick for UN ambassador

  17-02-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Heather Nauert, picked by President Donald Trump to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations but never officially nominated, has withdrawn from consideration, the State Department said.
  
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• Sex abuse survivors to meet with Vatican summit organizers

  17-02-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  VATICAN CITY — Organizers of Pope Francis' summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a dozen survivor-activists who have come to Rome to protest the Catholic Church's response to date and demand an end to decades of coverup by ch
  
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• Pope asks for prayers for sex abuse summit at Vatican

  17-02-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is asking for prayers for this week's sex abuse summit at the Vatican, calling abuse an "urgent challenge of our time.
  
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• Israeli leader pledges funds for museum for Jewish WWII vets

  17-02-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Sunday that his government would allocate the necessary funds to complete a long-promised museum honouring Jewish World War II veterans.
  
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• Iran pressures Europe to do more to save the nuclear deal

  17-02-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  MUNICH — Europeans need to do more than talk if they want to preserve a deal meant to keep Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon after the unilateral withdrawal of the United States, Iran's foreign minister said Sunday, slamming Washington as the "b
  
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• Iran pressures Europe for more effort to save nuclear deal

  17-02-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  MUNICH — Europeans need to do more than talk if they want to preserve a deal meant to keep Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon after the unilateral withdrawal of the United States, Iran's foreign minister said Sunday, slamming Washington as the "b
  
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• In Brexit limbo, UK veers between high anxiety, grim humour

  17-02-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — It's said that history often repeats itself — the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. Many Britons feel they are living through both at the same time as their country navigates its way out of the European Union.
  
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• Fire in slum kills 9 in southeastern Bangladesh

  17-02-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  DHAKA, Bangladesh — A devastating blaze raced through a crammed slum in southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, killing at least nine people and injuring several others, a fire official said.
  
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• Aurora shooting raises questions over gun permit checks

  17-02-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  AURORA, Ill.
  
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• Aurora shooter's permit was revoked but gun wasn't seized

  17-02-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  AURORA, Ill. — An initial background check failed to detect a felony conviction that would have barred the man who killed five co-workers and wounded six others at a suburban Chicago manufacturing plant from buying the gun.
  
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• Hundreds stranded as British airline Flybmi collapses

  17-02-2019 11:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — Hundreds of passengers have been stranded by the abrupt collapse of the British regional airline Flybmi.
  
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• Pavelski's 31st goal helps Sharks top Canucks 3-2

  17-02-2019 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  SAN JOSE, Calif. — Joe Pavelski was in the right place at the right time at a big moment for the San Jose Sharks. Again. Pavelski snapped a tie 13:06 into the third period, helping San Jose top the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Saturday night.
  
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• Bruins knock off Kings 4-2 for 5th straight win

  17-02-2019 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Charlie McAvoy scored with 1:13 remaining, and the Boston Bruins beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Saturday night for their fifth consecutive victory.
  
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