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• Benetton makes its Milan runway debut with Lagerfeld tribute

  19-02-2019 23:06 via baytoday.ca
  Milan Fashion Week promised to be a running tribute to Karl Lagerfeld, who died Tuesday as collateral events got unde way.
  
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• Wiltjer, Ejim & Co., have logged millions of kilometres to play for Canada

  19-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  With a few hours to kill during a recent layover in Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, Kyle Wiltjer was wondering aloud.
  
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• Retraumatized: Inuit leaders say sex charges stay for priest hurts victims

  19-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's decision to stay charges against a priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children and believed to be in France is traumatizing victims all over again, Arctic leaders say.
  
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• B.C. budget includes child fund, climate plan, Indigenous revenue sharing

  19-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The B.C.
  
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• Man 'tired' of ex-wife

  19-02-2019 22:12 via baytoday.ca
  The man proceeded to puncture three of his ex-wife's vehicle tires before fleeing
  
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• West Nipissing police on lookout for tobacco thief

  19-02-2019 22:08 via nugget.ca
  West Nipissing police are searching for a man who stole an undisclosed amount of tobacco products Sunday evening.
  Police said that at about 8:30 p.m. a lone male entered the store wearing a mask and requested cigarettes. The male refused to provide identification and went behind the counter, bullying his way to the cigarette case.
  The man took what he could and left the store.
  The suspect is described as between six feet and six-feet, three-inches tall, thin build with a blue jacket, dark pants,
  
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• Roof collapse leads to fire that destroys First Nation arena

  19-02-2019 22:07 via nugget.ca
  Timiskaming First Nation’s arena and community centre has been destroyed by fire.Chief Wayne McKenzie says the fire broke out Monday afternoon, several hours after the facility’s roof collapsed.Thankfully, he says no one was inside when the building’s roof gave way, noting the facility had been in use during the weekend. He says the cause of the fire is still under investigation, although it is believed to have been electrical.McKenzie says that despite the fact that power to t
  
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• 'We take action:' Alberta investing $3.7B to move oil by rail, leasing cars

  19-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it's investing $3.7 billion to move the province's land-locked oil to market by rail. It says 4,400 leased railway cars will move up to 120,000 barrels of oil per day by 2020.
  
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• Venezuela shutting sea links to Dutch Caribbean amid turmoil

  19-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  CARACAS, Venezuela — A Venezuelan official said Tuesday that the country is banning sea trips to and from three Dutch Caribbean islands — a region that has been linked to efforts to undermine President Nicolas Maduro by sending emergency aid to the S
  
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• TSB says improved tankers involved in Manitoba derailment that spilled crude

  19-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  ST. LAZARE, Man. — Federal investigators say CN rail cars that spilled crude after derailing on farm land in western Manitoba were upgraded tankers. The Transportation Safety Board says 37 of 110 cars went off the tracks early Saturday near St.
  
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• Law firms selected to represent users owed millions from QuadrigaCX platform

  19-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia judge has selected two law firms to represent users of the insolvent QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange who are owed about $260 million.
  
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• Feeling good? How about training like a super-hero in the boxing gym?

  19-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  Feeling on top of your game? A new product from a Canadian company can help aspiring fighters train like a super-hero.
  
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• Case thrown out against former SNC-Lavalin exec Stephane Roy due to delays

  19-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A judge has thrown out fraud and bribery charges against a former SNC-Lavalin executive after concluding delays in his trial had become unreasonable. Quebec court Judge Patricia Compagnone stayed proceedings against Stephane Roy Tuesday.
  
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• Canadian retaliation to U.S. metal tariffs causing pain: ambassador

  19-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's ambassador to the United States says he's hearing complaints from some Americans about the pain caused by Ottawa's retaliation against the Trump administration's steel and aluminum tariffs.
  
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• CANADA: How pot is being purchased and consumed now that it's legal

  19-02-2019 22:00 via baytoday.ca
  Data from provinces vary, but generally shows Canadian cannabis users prefer to buy dry flowers (to smoke or vape their weed), want high-quality products and prefer shopping in bricks-and-mortar stores than online
  
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• You Matter concert, auction support suicide prevention

  19-02-2019 21:52 via nugget.ca
  Because ‘You Matter,’ a host of musicians, artists and supporters of suicide prevention in North Bay are throwing a fundraising party at The Raven and Republic Friday night.
  There’s a silent auction upstairs while Jake Thomas and the Fundamentals headline a concert that boasts a string of talent, including JW Stevens at 10 p.m. with Jen Chevrier, Jodi Taylor, Ben Hermann, and Rose-Erin Stokes also featured. Dave Dale, a local media personality, is emcee.
  As an extra highlight,
  
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• Halifax fire claims seven Syrian refugee children - The North Bay Nugget

  19-02-2019 21:20
  Halifax fire claims seven Syrian refugee children  The North Bay NuggetHALIFAX — Seven children, all members of a Syrian refugee family, died early Tuesday in a fast-moving house fire described as Nova Scotia's deadliest blaze ...
  
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• Police say fatal Calgary house explosion not considered suspicious

  19-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Police say the death of a man whose remains were found after a house explosion in Calgary on the weekend is not suspicious.
  
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• Dessau to pay $1.9 million in settlement over bid-rigging on public contracts

  19-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  Defunct engineering firm Dessau will pay $1.9 million in a settlement over bid-rigging on public contracts in Quebec, says Canada's competition watchdog.
  
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• Tories to replace 'most anti-police piece of legislation in Canadian history'

  19-02-2019 20:55 via baytoday.ca
  The government says the Act would streamline the SIU investigation process but critics say it will just narrow the scope of mandatory probes into police conduct
  
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• Chemical deicing puts a chill in Northern airport operators

  19-02-2019 20:24 via baytoday.ca
  Some Northern airports such as Sudbury, North Bay, and Thunder Bay already use the chemical.
  
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• Despite bill's demise, W.Va. teachers to strike for 2nd day

  19-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia teachers will remain on strike for a second day despite a move by the House of Delegates to effectively kill a complex education bill that had sent them to the picket lines.
  
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• Defence suggests manslaughter conviction in case of man who killed ailing wife

  19-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The murder trial of a Montreal man for the death of his Alzheimer's-stricken wife neared its end Tuesday as lawyers made their final arguments ahead of jury deliberations.
  
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• AP source: Machado, Padres agrees to $300M, 10-year deal

  19-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  SAN DIEGO — With their city's long-suffering fans desperate for a winner, the rebuilding San Diego Padres delivered their splashiest free agent signing ever by agreeing with All-Star infielder Manny Machado on a $300 million, 10-year deal.
  
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• AP source: Machado, Padres agree to $300M, 10-year deal

  19-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  SAN DIEGO — With their city's long-suffering fans desperate for a winner, the rebuilding San Diego Padres delivered their splashiest free agent signing ever by agreeing with All-Star infielder Manny Machado on a $300 million, 10-year deal.
  
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• Fire destroys new arena in the region

  19-02-2019 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  'It was like a central hub for us'
  
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• UN envoy says Yemen ports deal is chance for peace talks

  19-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  The U.N. envoy for Yemen says the beginning of the pullout of forces from three key ports provides an opportunity to move to the major goal of ending the four-year conflict that has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
  
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• Police: Tip that Smollett, 2 brothers together in elevator

  19-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  Chicago police are investigating a tip that on the night "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett reported being attacked by two masked men he was in an elevator of his apartment building with two brothers later arrested and released from custody in the probe.
  
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• Police dismiss tip Smollett, 2 brothers together in elevator

  19-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  Chicago police investigated but dismissed a tip that on the night "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett reported being attacked by two masked men he was in an elevator of his apartment building with two brothers later arrested and released from custody in t
  
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• Payless to close 248 Canadian stores, saying its 'ill-equipped' for market

  19-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Payless ShoeSource Canada Inc. says it will soon file for creditor protection in Canada and close all 2,500 of its North American stores this spring.
  
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• Fencing body 'interested' in France's embrace of lightsaber

  19-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — The international governing body of fencing is giving a qualified thumbs-up to France's embrace of lightsaber duels.
  
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• B.C. man says he owns copyright, trademark for People's Party of Canada name

  19-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Former federal Conservative party cabinet minister Maxime Bernier may have to find a new name for his fledgling People's Party of Canada, if a British Columbia businessman wins two lawsuits filed in Federal Court.
  
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• A list of deadly Canadian fires

  19-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  Seven children, all members of a Syrian family who arrived in Canada about two years ago, died in an early morning house fire Tuesday in Halifax, the worst fire toll in recent memory in Nova Scotia.
  
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• 3 more arrested in connection with robbery, police shooting

  19-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — Three more people have been arrested in connection with a robbery and the shooting of a Kentucky police officer.
  
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• Police make arrest in multiple break-ins

  19-02-2019 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  Once in custody, video evidence showed the man was responsible for a number of thefts occurring in North Bay
  
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• Monuments to honour survivors of sexual violence

  19-02-2019 18:44 via nugget.ca
  What began as a request by one sexual assault centre in rural Ontario has evolved into a quest to dignify the experiences and visibility of survivors across the province.
  From Feb. 28 to March 30, Toronto’s community arts non-profit Red Dress Productions will lead the Countdown Public Art Legacy Project — a series of pebble mosaic workshops to create monuments that honour survivors of sexual violence.
  In collaboration with Amelia Rising Sexual Assault Centre of Nipissing, Lanark Coun
  
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• Correctional officers asking you to bring a can to fill a van

  19-02-2019 18:22 via baytoday.ca
  Correctional facility officials will be gathering non-perishable food donations until 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday night
  
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• Sabres' Kyle Okposo diagnosed with another concussion

  19-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres forward Kyle Okposo has sustained his third concussion in less than three years. The team announced the diagnosis on its Twitter account Tuesday, a day after Okposo was sent home for follow-up medical tests.
  
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• Pillars of Toronto stock market help it to continue strong 2019 run

  19-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canada's main stock index continued its strong run this year on the back of the pillars of the market — energy, materials and financials. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 99.20 points to 15,937.
  
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• Nova Scotia liquefied natural gas project signs agreements with unions, Mi'kmaq

  19-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — A proposed liquefied natural gas project says it has signed agreements with the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs, the Nova Scotia Construction Labour Relations Association, and unions in Cape Breton.
  
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• Montreal native Justin Senior announces he's signed with Kansas City Chiefs

  19-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  There's another Canadian offensive lineman with the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs. Montreal native Justin Senior announced on Twitter that he's signed with the Chiefs as a free agent. He joins Laurent Duvernay-Tardiff of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Que.
  
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• Manitoba's Tracy Fleury upsets previously unbeaten Rachel Homan of Ontario

  19-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  SYDNEY, N.S. — Rachel Homan has suffered her first loss at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
  
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• Make sure measles shots up to date, Public Health Agency says in wake of B.C. outbreak

  19-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Public Health Agency of Canada has issued a statement aimed at reminding Canadians that measles is a serious and highly contagious disease and that getting vaccinated is the best protection.
  
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• Flynn pushed to share nuclear tech with Saudis, report says

  19-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Senior White House officials pushed a project to share nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia despite the objections of ethics and national security officials, according to a new congressional report citing whistleblowers within the
  
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• Main Street break-in arrest linked to 4 more thefts

  19-02-2019 17:49 via nugget.ca
  A North Bay man faces multiple property crime charges in relation to a Feb. 4 break-in at a Main Street West business in North Bay.
  North Bay police officers called to the scene in the early morning hours of Feb. 4 observed signs of forced entry. It was determined that two suspects entered the store and multiple items were stolen, including collectible coins, money and jewelry. The value is yet to be determined.
  The first suspect was described as a white male wearing a black winter coat with fur
  
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• Police investigating Algonquin break-ins

  19-02-2019 17:43 via baytoday.ca
  An image of the suspect was captured and the police are asking for assistance in identifying the person
  
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• Police looking for suspect in North Bay business break-ins - NorthBayNipissing.com

  19-02-2019 17:33
  Police looking for suspect in North Bay business break-ins  NorthBayNipissing.comNORTH BAY — Police are appealing to the public after two local businesses were broken into last weekend.
  
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• One arrested in Feb. 4 North Bay break-in; 2nd suspect still at large - NorthBayNipissing.com

  19-02-2019 17:33
  One arrested in Feb. 4 North Bay break-in; 2nd suspect still at large  NorthBayNipissing.comNORTH BAY — A North Bay man faces multiple property crime-related charges following his arrest in connection with a Main Street West business break-in on ...
  
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• Justice Thomas calls for re-examining landmark libel case

  19-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas says the Supreme Court should consider overturning a 55-year-old landmark ruling that makes it hard for public figures to win libel suits, writing in a case involving a woman who says Bill Cosby raped her.
  
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• Bad weather halts search for missing B.C. snowshoer until at least Wednesday

  19-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — North Vancouver RCMP say the search for a missing snowshoer in the rugged North Shore backcountry will resume when weather and snow conditions allow for a safe and thorough air and ground search. Cpl.
  
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