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• Opinion | North Bay can't see new Canadians as dollar signs - NorthBayNipissing.com

  21-02-2019 23:16
  Opinion | North Bay can't see new Canadians as dollar signs  NorthBayNipissing.comWhile North Bay growing its population through immigration is a noble goal, local issues such as affordable housing and the labour market need support, says ...
  
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• 2 women accuse R. Kelly of sexual misconduct in 1990s

  21-02-2019 23:06 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Two women say singer R.
  
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• Top Trudeau adviser Telford targeted in ex-Israel envoy's lawsuit

  21-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — One week after losing his right-hand man Gerald Butts, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's top political aide — chief of staff Katie Telford — faces allegations she intentionally inflicted mental suffering on an ex-ambassador.
  
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• Shambhala Buddhist leader drops teaching in wake of report on sexual misconduct

  21-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — The Halifax-based spiritual leader of the Shambhala International Buddhist organization is stepping back from teaching and administrative duties several weeks after a report found allegations of sexual misconduct to be credible.
  
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• HBC to shutter Home Outfitters brand and likely some Saks Off Fifth locations

  21-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Hudson's Bay Co. says it will close its Home Outfitters business and estimates it will shutter 20 of its U.S. Saks Off Fifth locations.
  
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• Canadian running back Kienan Lafrance rejoins Saskatchewan Roughriders

  21-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  REGINA — Kienan Lafrance is back with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Canadian running back signed a one-year deal with Saskatchewan on Thursday.
  
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• Canada's Jennifer Jones hands Alberta's Chelsea Carey her first loss at Scotties

  21-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  SYDNEY, N.S. — Team Canada's Jennifer Jones handed Alberta's Chelsea Carey her first loss at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• A look at who could win CHL goaltender of the year honours for 2018-19

  21-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The three major junior leagues making up the Canadian Hockey League will name their top goaltenders at seasons end with individual awards, but only one can be crowned the best in Canada.
  
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• ONTARIO: Steak thief on the loose in Norfolk County

  21-02-2019 23:00 via baytoday.ca
  Family is left wondering, where's the beef?
  
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• GORDON, Margaret Jean (nee Nattress)

  21-02-2019 22:30 via baytoday.ca
  Formerly of Tilden Lake Passed away peacefully at the North Bay Regional Health Centre on Wednesday, February 20th, 2019. Margaret was the beloved wife of the late Lloyd J. Gordon, she was 97 years old.
  
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• 2019 North Bay Seed Exchange and Eco-Fair slated for Sunday - BayToday

  21-02-2019 22:30
  2019 North Bay Seed Exchange and Eco-Fair slated for Sunday  BayTodayThis event aims to bring community members together in the spirit of creating a healthy, sustainable community by promoting local food resiliency.
  
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• 'Our Youth, Our Future' to feature student speaakers

  21-02-2019 22:26 via baytoday.ca
  Ignite North Bay is focused on fostering community by giving those in the community a platform to share their wisdom, passion, and insight
  
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• Passenger rail plan runs out of steam

  21-02-2019 22:06 via baytoday.ca
  Most disheartening, he said, is the lack of support from his hometown of the City of North Bay, with whom he’s met “five or six times” with politicians and city staff, including Mayor Al McDonald
  
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• 2019 North Bay Seed Exchange and Eco-Fair slated for Sunday

  21-02-2019 22:02 via baytoday.ca
  This event aims to bring community members together in the spirit of creating a healthy, sustainable community by promoting local food resiliency
  
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• North Bay company's new technology driving innovation - BayToday

  21-02-2019 22:00
  North Bay company's new technology driving innovation  BayTodaySafeSight Exploration of North Bay is working at the Newmont Goldcorp Hoyle Pond mine in Timmins to map out the entire mine.
  
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• 'We didn't like it at all': CP Rail CEO objects to oil production curtailments

  21-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  The head of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.
  
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• CN still tallying amount of oil spilled in Manitoba train derailment

  21-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  ST. LAZARE, Man. — CN is still tallying up the amount of oil spilled in a train derailment on a ranch in western Manitoba. "We are still determining volume estimates at this time," company spokesman Jonathan Abecassis said in an email Thursday.
  
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• Boy isolated 400 days: Manitoba urged to end long solitary confinement for youth

  21-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Manitoba's children's advocate is urging the province to stop lengthy solitary confinement of youth in custody after a review that found one boy was isolated for 400 straight days in a cell no bigger than a parking stall.
  
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• Snowmobilers surprised to find boat on Trout Lake

  21-02-2019 20:38 via nugget.ca
  Those anxious to be the first on Trout Lake come spring might be shocked to find out they’ve already been beat.
  Snowmobilers were surprised to find a cabin cruiser on Trout Lake last weekend.
  The boat is located off the D snowmobile trail near Birchhaven Cove.
  Cody Vezina said the boat is equipped with a bubbler which enables water to keep moving so the ice doesn’t freeze and the boat becomes encased in ice.
  “Someone is certainly living in there,” he said Thursday. &ldquo
  
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• Bears win NDA jr boys basketball crown

  21-02-2019 20:17 via baytoday.ca
  Bears edge Northern Braves in a tight contest
  
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• Ex-Lion gets preliminary approval for medical pot dispensary

  21-02-2019 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  LANSING, Mich. — Former Detroit Lions star receiver Calvin Johnson has received preliminary approval of his license application for a medical marijuana dispensary in suburban Detroit.
  
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• Using trade as a cudgel makes passing USMCA a challenge, says former congressman

  21-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Former lawmakers, diplomats and business leaders from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico are gathering in Washington to explore an enduring political conundrum in Washington — the likely fate of the new North American trade pact.
  
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• Huawei to continue to work with consumers even if banned in Canada: chairman

  21-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Huawei Technologies Inc. says it will continue to work with consumers and telecommunications partners including if Canada bans its 5G technology from the country, and won't pull out of its investments in Canadian research or universities.
  
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• Huawei to continue to work with consumers even if 5G banned in Canada: chairman

  21-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Huawei Technologies Inc. is adamant that it won't abandon Canadian consumers, telecommunications companies and universities, even if the country's government bans its 5G technology.
  
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• GM Canada takes Unifor to labour board over allegations of unlawful striking

  21-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OSHAWA, Ont. — General Motors Canada and Unifor are squaring off before the Ontario Labour Relations Board about whether union workers have engaged in illegal strikes as part of a campaign to stop the closure of GM's assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont.
  
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• Felix Auger-Aliassime takes big step with run to quarterfinals in Brazil

  21-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  RIO DE JANEIRO — Felix Auger-Aliassime has entered uncharted territory after an uneven start to 2019.
  
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• Federal NDP loses another incumbent as Quebec MP says she won't seek re-election

  21-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal NDP is losing another incumbent, as Quebec MP Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet says she will not be seeking re-election later this year.
  
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• CANADA: This Canadian-made drone can carry 400 pounds and travel 200 km

  21-02-2019 20:00 via baytoday.ca
  Unveiled to the public in Toronto on Feb. 19, the Condor has a wing span of about 20 feet and is powered by a gas propulsion engine
  
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• Warming Centre needs help

  21-02-2019 19:42 via nugget.ca
  The Warming Centre is in desperate need of volunteers.
  In the last 20 days in February, the shelter has had to close its doors down for seven nights due to lack of volunteers.
  “I went through our volunteer list of 250 yesterday and removed anyone who hasn’t worked a shift this season. We are now down to 70 active volunteers, however some have only worked a shift or two this season,” said Tiffany Fournier of the Warming Centre.
  “Realistically, it takes 64 people to fill th
  
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• Fire Chief warns high snow levels present a danger

  21-02-2019 19:36 via baytoday.ca
  A gas meter covered in snow or ice can impede its function of controlling the pressure of the gas supplied to your home, which could lead to serious risks
  
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• North Bay Fire Department issues warning

  21-02-2019 19:11 via nugget.ca
  With the heavy snowfall the area has received North Bay Fire and Emergency Services is reminding residents to keep snow and ice from building up and covering your gas meter and the external exhaust outlets for furnaces, fireplaces, water heaters and clothes dryers.
  “Plugged external exhaust vents can cause the carbon monoxide emitted from fuel burning appliances to build up in your home, which of course is a safety hazard,” said Fire Chief Jason Whiteley.
  Carbon monoxide is an odourl
  
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• Ben is Back, Sunday at the Capitol Centre

  21-02-2019 19:11 via nugget.ca
  By Cindy Forth / Special to The Nugget
  On Sunday, the Capitol Centre has a full day with the North Bay Symphony Orchestra’s Presto Mambo at 2:30 p.m. followed by Sunday Cinema at 7 p.m. with Ben is Back.
  This week’s film is a family drama starring Julia Roberts as a mother whose 19-year-old son, in the midst of a rehab stay, returns home unexpectedly on Christmas Eve for just one day. It’s a compelling and empathetic look at drug addiction and its impact on family.
  Have you sna
  
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• White House ends California talks on mileage standards

  21-02-2019 19:06 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration broke off vehicle mileage standards talks with California on Thursday, moving the two closer to a possible court battle that threatens to unsettle the auto industry.
  
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• Washington Capitals acquire forward Carl Hagelin from Kings

  21-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  The defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals got faster ahead of the NHL trade deadline by acquiring speedy winger Carl Hagelin from the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.
  
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• Stabbed B.C. cop who tackled knife-wielding man called hero by police chief

  21-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  DELTA, B.C. — An off-duty British Columbia police officer who was stabbed several times in the stomach while picking up his children outside an elementary school is being called a hero by his police chief.
  
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• PCO Clerk fears 'somebody's going to be shot' during coming election campaign

  21-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's top public servant says he is worried someone will be assassinated during the coming federal election campaign given the disturbing tenor of recent public discussion.
  
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• Tony Clement returns to Parliament from ’dark valley’ of sexting - The North Bay Nugget

  21-02-2019 19:04
  Tony Clement returns to Parliament from ’dark valley’ of sexting  The North Bay NuggetOTTAWA — MP Tony Clement is breaking his social media silence for the first time since a sexting scandal forced him to out of the Conservative Party. Clement ...
  
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• Tony Clement returns to Parliament from ’dark valley’ of sexting

  21-02-2019 19:01 via nugget.ca
  OTTAWA — MP Tony Clement is breaking his social media silence for the first time since a sexting scandal forced him to out of the Conservative Party.
  Clement made his first post to Instagram Wednesday since he resigned as a Conservative MP in November.
  Wednesday’s post includes a picture of him standing in the new House of Commons with a statement thanking his followers for getting him through the “dark valley” after the scandal broke.
  In November Clement admitted he shar
  
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• North Bay OPP attend Hwy 17 single vehicle collision Thursday morning - NorthBayNipissing.com

  21-02-2019 19:00
  North Bay OPP attend Hwy 17 single vehicle collision Thursday morning  NorthBayNipissing.comNORTH BAY — No one was injured as a result of an early morning collision in North Bay.
  
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• Polygraph launched probe of deputy suspected in sex assaults

  21-02-2019 18:06 via baytoday.ca
  OMAHA, Neb. — A Nebraska sheriff's deputy charged with sexually assaulting a woman more than a decade ago now is linked to at least five other potential victims, and the investigation began with a polygraph test for a state patrol job he was seeking.
  
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• North American stock markets close lower along with loonie and key commodities

  21-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canada's main stock index closed lower along with U.S. markets as key commodities fell, while the loonie slipped lower as the Bank of Canada governor gave mixed commentary on the economy.
  
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• Feds promise $10 million for housing for troubled Cat Lake First Nation

  21-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  The Canadian government is promising more than $10 million to build new homes, repair others, and put portables in place for a remote Indigenous community in northern Ontario where substandard mould-infested housing has sparked a health crisis, accor
  
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• Feds promise $10 million for housing for benighted Cat Lake First Nation

  21-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  The Canadian government is promising more than $10 million to build new homes, repair others, and put portables in place for a remote Indigenous community in northern Ontario where substandard mould-infested housing has sparked a health crisis, accor
  
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• A night at North Bay's Warming Centre - The North Bay Nugget

  21-02-2019 17:10
  A night at North Bay's Warming Centre  The North Bay NuggetThe day Tim turned 64 he finally got a place to call home.And the first thing he did was turn on the shower.“It's been a long time since I washed my entire body in ...
  
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• A night at North Bay's Warming Centre

  21-02-2019 17:09 via nugget.ca
  The day Tim turned 64 he finally got a place to call home.
  And the first thing he did was turn on the shower.
  “It’s been a long time since I washed my entire body in warm water and with soap and did it ever feel good,” he told The Nugget reporter.
  “I’ve spent too many years living on the streets, I’m getting too old for that now.”
  Despite having a home, Tim spends several evenings at the Warming Centre where he says he’s treated like family.
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• Wilson-Raybould wasn't pressured, is free to talk, top bureaucrat says

  21-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's top bureaucrat launched a vigorous defence Thursday of the government's handling of the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, bluntly declaring allegations of political interference to be false and even defamatory.
  
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• Syracuse coach Boeheim strikes, kills pedestrian on highway

  21-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a man walking on an interstate late Wednesday night as he tried to avoid hitting the man's disabled vehicle, police say.
  
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• Some disabled veterans to receive less financial support under Liberal plan: PBO

  21-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — While most disabled veterans will see a small boost in financial support when the Trudeau government implements a new pension system in April, a new analysis shows some of the most severely injured will end up with less than under the curren
  
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• PM not budging on SNC-Lavalin controversy dogging his government

  21-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is signalling that his view of the SNC-Lavalin controversy has not budged despite a swirl of developments in the last week.
  
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• Ottawa trying to reunite Syrian family after fire claims seven children: PM

  21-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Thursday his government is responding to a desperate plea from the grieving mother who lost all seven of her children in a recent house fire, saying he wants to "give this family a little solace in a
  
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