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• Canadore College notified of serious allegations of sex discrimination

  25-02-2019 23:39 via baytoday.ca
  The allegations includeengaging in sexual acts on campus
  
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• Olympian Dr. Barb Olmstead to address Warriors of Hope

  25-02-2019 23:19 via baytoday.ca
  She is from North Bay and is a Canadian sprint kayaker who competed in two Summer Olympics
  
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• Callander man charged with impaired - The North Bay Nugget

  25-02-2019 23:18
  Callander man charged with impaired  The North Bay NuggetA 33-year-old has been charged following a motor vehicle collision last fall on Highway 654 in Callander.Officers attended the scene around 12:15 a.m. to find a ...
  
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• Callander man charged with impaired - nugget.ca

  25-02-2019 23:18
  Callander man charged with impaired  nugget.caA 33-year-old has been charged following a motor vehicle collision last fall on Highway 654 in Callander.Officers attended the scene around 12:15 a.m. to find a ...
  
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• Callander man charged with impaired

  25-02-2019 23:11 via nugget.ca
  A 33-year-old has been charged following a motor vehicle collision last fall on Highway 654 in Callander.
  Officers attended the scene around 12:15 a.m. to find a single vehicle collision with two people inside the vehicle.
  The driver sustained life-altering injuries while the passenger sustained minor injuries.
  OPP Technical Collision Investigator (TCI) and an OPP Collision Reconstructionist conducted analysis of the scene and with the assistance of the Centre of Forensic Sciences.
  Brayden Brook
  
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• Agreement ratified between Ontario Northland and Unifor

  25-02-2019 23:10 via baytoday.ca
  'Optimistic this will bring more work to Ontario Northland, in turn creating more jobs in Northern Ontario'
  
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• Canucks deal Erik Gudbranson to Penguins for Tanner Pearson

  25-02-2019 23:06 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — General manager Jim Benning says the Vancouver Canucks were looking to add a proven goal scorer when they made a last-minute deal with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday.
  
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• Iran foreign minister resigns as his nuclear deal teeters

  25-02-2019 22:06 via baytoday.ca
  TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif resigned late Monday without warning, offering an "apology" to the nation as the nuclear deal he negotiated with world powers stands on the verge of collapse after the U.S.
  
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• Senators trade Stone to Golden Knights for package including Brannstrom

  25-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators shipped winger Mark Stone to the Vegas Golden Knights for defence prospect Erik Brannstrom, centre Oscar Lindberg and a second-round selection in the 2020 draft just minutes before the NHL's 3 p.m.
  
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• PMO ordered review that spawned measures that could help SNC-Lavalin: memo

  25-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Two policy moves that could help beleaguered SNC-Lavalin came out of public consultations on federal anti-corruption measures that a newly disclosed memo says were ordered by the Prime Minister's Office.
  
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• Freeland wants Venezuelan sanctions with 'bite,' and long-term rebuilding plan

  25-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada and its allies are well down the road to crafting a long-term, post-Maduro recovery plan for Venezuela's disastrous economic decline, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday night And she said Canada and its allies are
  
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• Globetrotters to bring hoops and hijinx to the city - The North Bay Nugget

  25-02-2019 21:38
  Globetrotters to bring hoops and hijinx to the city  The North Bay NuggetThe Harlem Globetrotters are bringing their new 2019 Fan Powered World Tour to North Bay. The world famous team, which recently set four new Guinness ...
  
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• Globetrotters to bring hoops and hijinx to the city

  25-02-2019 21:34 via nugget.ca
  The Harlem Globetrotters are bringing their new 2019 Fan Powered World Tour to North Bay.
  The world famous team, which recently set four new Guinness World Records, will showcase its basketball skills at Memorial Gardens April 1 at 7 p.m.
  According to a release, the latest Globetrotters’ tour, will give fans a chance to get closer than ever to the action and team’s stars.
  “At each Globetrotters game, there will be over 20 opportunities before, during and after each event w
  
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• Wilson-Raybould can speak about SNC-Lavalin affair at committee: Trudeau

  25-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould will be permitted to speak publicly about some of the details of the SNC-Lavalin affair.
  
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• Ukraine asks Canada to send message to Russia by extending military mission

  25-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Ukraine is asking the federal government to send a message to Russia by extending and expanding the Canadian Forces' training mission sooner rather than later.
  
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• Prime Minister Trudeau expresses love for Canadiens on trade deadline day

  25-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wasn't about to shy away from supporting his favourite Canadian hockey team on trade deadline day.
  
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• Loyalty program Aimia expects big tax bill after audit by Canada Revenue Agency

  25-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Loyalty program Aimia Inc. says it expects to pay a bill of about $30 million plus another $5 million in interest following an audit by the Canada Revenue Agency.
  
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• Flames add depth to their blue line by acquiring Oscar Fantenberg from Kings

  25-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — The Calgary Flames added some depth to their blue line ahead of Monday's NHL trade deadline, acquiring defenceman Oscar Fantenberg from the Los Angeles Kings for a conditional fourth-round draft pick in 2020.
  
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• Buffett praises potential successors, but no plans to retire

  25-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire Warren Buffett says the economy continues growing although the rate of improvement has slowed, and the ongoing U.S. trade dispute remains a concern.
  
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• Alberta Ponzi scheme operators ordered to pay more than $4 million

  25-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — The Alberta Securities Commission says the owner and an employee of a mortgage company that attracted $137 million from investors while operating as a Ponzi scheme must pay more than $4 million in penalties, disgorgements of ill-gotten gain
  
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• Mail delivery suspended in North Bay

  25-02-2019 20:52 via nugget.ca
  Canada Post has suspended delivery.
  The corporation issued a red alert for Northern Ontario. A red alert is when mail delivery has been suspended for the day because weather conditions have made it unsafe.
  “As you know January’s conditions have been especially severe, in both Northern Ontario, as well as across the country,” said Hayley Magermans media relations spokeswoman for Canada Post.
  “When service resumes, we are asking homeowners to help keep our people – an
  
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• Smollett lawyer asking judge to OK 'Empire' actor travel

  25-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — A lawyer for Jussie Smollett is asking a judge in Chicago to allow the "Empire" actor to travel while he is free on bond on charges he falsely reported being attacked by two masked men.
  
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• Judge allows Smollett to travel to meet with attorneys

  25-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — A Chicago judge says "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett can travel out-of-state to meet his lawyers while he's free on bond on charges he falsely reported being attacked by two masked men.
  
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• Canada must pay $7M over botched assessment of N.S. quarry project

  25-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A North American free trade panel says Canada has to pay an American company $7 million over a botched environmental review of a quarry it wanted to build in Nova Scotia.
  
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• New three-day festival being launched in North Bay

  25-02-2019 19:28 via nugget.ca
  Tourism North Bay, North Bay & District Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Improvement Area, and Creative Industries have joined forces to announce a free three-day festival.
  The event is being built on the success of Armed Forces Day, according to a media release issued by Tourism North Bay.
  “While the initial motivation behind the collaboration was rooted in promoting everything great that is local, the group has listened to the needs and wants of the community and collectively believes t
  
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• Syria's Assad visits Iran in rare trip abroad

  25-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  TEHRAN, Iran — Syrian President Bashar Assad has made an unannounced trip to Iran, where he met with the supreme leader and other top officials to discuss the planned U.S.
  
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• Fire deaths could prompt new safety measures, upgraded building code: experts

  25-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Experts say the deaths of the seven Barho children in a ferocious Halifax house fire last week could lead to new fire safety measures and changes to the country's building code.
  
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• Ex-pastor charged in wife's death sedated her so he could continue affair: Crown

  25-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A former pastor accused in the drowning death of his pregnant wife did not mean to kill her but wanted her incapacitated so he could carry on with his double life, prosecutors argued Monday.
  
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• Trappers off to GNML finals starting this weekend

  25-02-2019 18:27 via baytoday.ca
  'It is going to be a very interesting series and the guys better be up for the challenge'
  
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• Man arrested after throwing beer bottle at woman

  25-02-2019 18:13 via nugget.ca
  A 51-year-old North Bay man is facing charges after police responded to a report of a domestic dispute Saturday in the Thibeault Terrace area.
  Police say an argument turned violent when a man threw a bottle at his female companion. The man is charged with assault with a weapon; public mischief; and breach a recognizance.
  Police say the man initially alleged that he was assaulted by the woman, but officers determined that was not the case. The victim’s suffered a non-life threatening injury
  
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• Trudeau should be ordered to committee to explain his actions: Scheer

  25-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canadians should be outraged that Liberal politicians made any attempt to influence the outcome of a criminal case, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says.
  
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• Trudeau partially waives solicitor-client privilege for Wilson-Raybould

  25-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is partially waiving solicitor-client privilege with his former attorney general, paving the way for Jody Wilson-Raybould to finally tell some of her side of the SNC-Lavalin saga.
  
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• High winds, blowing snow cause highway chaos, power outages in parts of Ontario

  25-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  A blast of winter weather that included damaging winds and blowing snow caused chaos on highways in southern Ontario and left thousands of people without power, authorities said Monday. A major crash on Highway 400 near Barrie, Ont.
  
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• Bantam Ice Boltz win gold in Brantford

  25-02-2019 17:53 via baytoday.ca
  North Bay Bantam A Ice Boltz beat the Brampton Ice Cats #6th ranked team in Ontario on home ice 3-0 in the Gold Medal Game at the Wayne Gretzky Centre in Brantford
  
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• Between 50 and 70 vehicles involved in major pileup on Hwy. 400 in Barrie

  25-02-2019 17:45 via baytoday.ca
  Highway is closed in the area in both directions
  
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• New community summer festival planned

  25-02-2019 17:26 via baytoday.ca
  It appears a number of city groups are preparing a summer festival to replace the ill-fated Summer in the Park.
  
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• Reports: Winnipeg Jets acquire Kevin Hayes from the New York Rangers

  25-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have reportedly acquired centre Kevin Hayes from the New York Rangers for Brendan Lemieux, a first-round pick in the 2019 NHL draft and a conditional selection ahead of Monday's 3 p.m. ET trade deadline.
  
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• More money needed to deal with civil service pay problems, unions say

  25-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The upcoming federal budget must include more money to stabilize the disastrous Phoenix pay system for government employees, and to launch its replacement, the country's biggest civil service unions demanded Monday.
  
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• Loading Up: Winnipeg Jets acquire Kevin Hayes from the New York Rangers

  25-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Kevin Hayes used to sport a Winnipeg Jets jersey as a kid. Now the centre will get to pull on similar threads for real.
  
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• Loading Up: Winnipeg Jets acquire Hayes from Rangers in one of six trades

  25-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Kevin Cheveldayoff made a league-high six trades on Monday, but whether quantity produces quality on the ice remains to be seen.
  
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• 'Fixer Upper' couple buys historic castle in Texas

  25-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  WACO, Texas — Chip and Joanna Gaines' latest home project is quite the fixer-upper. The Texas couple made famous by HGTV's "Fixer Upper" home improvement show closed last week on the historic but rundown Cottonland Castle in Waco.
  
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• Coroner calls for seatbelts on buses following Humboldt crash

  25-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  REGINA — The coroner's service in Saskatchewan has released its report on the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash, calling for tougher enforcement of trucking rules and mandatory seatbelts on highway buses.
  
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• ONR and Unifor ratify five-year deal

  25-02-2019 16:18 via nugget.ca
  A five-year agreement between Ontario Northland Transportation Commission and Unifor Local 103 has been ratified.
  “Having a five-year agreement with our largest union is a significant competitive advantage for Ontario Northland and provides labour stability for employees,” said Corina Moore, ONTC president and chief executive officer, said in a release. “I would like to thank the employees for supporting this agreement. I look forward to sharing this news with our current and p
  
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• NDA hockey finals set

  25-02-2019 16:14 via baytoday.ca
  The West Ferris Trojans will meet the Algonquin Barons in the NDA hockey finals which start later this week. The West Feris Trojans eliminated the St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Bears 6-1 in game three of the best-of-three series.
  
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• California news crew robbed, guard shot; suspect arrested

  25-02-2019 16:06 via baytoday.ca
  OAKLAND, Calif. — Authorities arrested a man suspected of shooting the security guard of a news crew that was robbed while covering the Oakland teachers strike, according to a statement by the CBS affiliate.
  
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• 2 arrested in robbery of California news crew

  25-02-2019 16:06 via baytoday.ca
  OAKLAND, Calif. — Two men have been arrested in the shooting of the security guard for a news crew that was robbed while covering the Oakland teachers' strike, authorities said Monday.
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays' spring training home also becoming known for craft beer

  25-02-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Blue Jays baseball has become synonymous with Dunedin in the decades since the team set up its spring training camp there in 1977.
  
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• Environmental groups go to court today over Old Harry oil exploration

  25-02-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Environmentalists fearing the consequences of an oil spill in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, home to thousands of marine species, will have their say in court Monday.
  
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• Devils trade Kinkaid to Blue Jackets for 5th-round pick

  25-02-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils traded goaltender Keith Kinkaid to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a fifth-round draft pick in 2022. The Devils announced the deal Monday, hours before the NHL trading deadline expires.
  
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• Canada's Milos Raonic loses first-round match to unseeded opponent in Dubai

  25-02-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Canada's Milos Raonic lost 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff in a first-round upset at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Monday. The seventh-seeded Raonic, of Thornhill, Ont.
  
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