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• Indigenous author to read a passage of his new book

  28-02-2019 23:45 via baytoday.ca
  He received the Anishinabek Nation’s Debwewin Citation for excellence in First Nation Storytelling
  
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• REMINDER/Media Advisory - North Bay-area community and labour activists meet to forge their resistance against Ontario PC government policies - Press Release - Digital Journal

  28-02-2019 23:30
  REMINDER/Media Advisory - North Bay-area community and labour activists meet to forge their resistance against Ontario PC government policies - Press Release  Digital JournalLabour and community allies are at the forefront of the growing resistance and fightback against this government. On Thursday, February 28, the Ontario ...
  
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• Cancer survivor prepared for 2019 Relay for Life - The North Bay Nugget

  28-02-2019 23:06
  Cancer survivor prepared for 2019 Relay for Life  The North Bay NuggetKim Kanmacher still remembers how it felt when she rang the bell.“It was an incredible feeling,” Kanmacher said Thursday as she was named the honorary ...
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays' Randal Grichuk homers in spring debut

  28-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Randal Grichuk homered in his spring debut as the Toronto Blue Jays lost 11-5 to the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.
  
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• Peter Abbandonato has No. 1 Huskies closing in on single-season win record

  28-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Forward Peter Abbandonato and the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies are closing in on history.
  
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• NDP MP Murray Rankin decides not to seek re-election in October campaign

  28-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — After seven years representing Victoria in Parliament as a New Democrat, Murray Rankin says he won't run for re-election this fall.
  
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• Johnston: Former CFL quarterback Manziel hasn't spoken to AAF Commanders yet

  28-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  Darryl Johnston says he's spoken to American Alliance of Football chairman Tom Dundon about Johnny Manziel, but not directly to the former CFL quarterback. The CFL terminated Manziel's contract with the Montreal Alouettes on Wednesday.
  
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• Canadian teen Auger-Aliassime downs Ramos-Vinolas, advances to Sao Paulo quarters

  28-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  SAO PAOLO, Brazil — Montreal teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime continued his impressive run on clay courts Thursday with a 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5) win over Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas at the Brasil Open.
  
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• Calling a snow day: How Halifax schools make the early morning call

  28-02-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — In this historic port city, the decision to call a snow day often starts in the middle of the night.
  
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• Cancer survivor prepared for 2019 Relay for Life

  28-02-2019 23:03 via nugget.ca
  Kim Kanmacher still remembers how it felt when she rang the bell.
  “It was an incredible feeling,” Kanmacher said Thursday as she was named the honorary survivor for the 2019 Relay for Life.
  “It was a day of celebration” that was shared by everyone who could hear the bell. Everyone knew what it meant.
  She had completed her cancer treatments, and “today I am healthy.”
  So healthy, in fact, that she is training for a half marathon in April in Nashville, Tenn.
  Her
  
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• LAURENCE, Terry

  28-02-2019 22:37 via baytoday.ca
  It is with sadness we announce the sudden and unexpected passing of a wonderful son, brother and uncle on February 20, 2019. He leaves behind his mom, Gisele Daigle-Laurence, sister, Patti Laurence-Pratte (Ron) and nieces, Sara and Camryn.
  
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• Repercussions of This Week's Major Storm as the North Bay Recovers - KSRO

  28-02-2019 22:35
  Repercussions of This Week's Major Storm as the North Bay Recovers  KSROThe Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, David Rabbitt, provides an overview of the damages so far as a result of the flooding from the Russian River, when it ...
  
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• Poverty means one in seven local households can't buy healthy food

  28-02-2019 22:19 via baytoday.ca
  Approximately 75 per cent of food insecure households are not able to use food banks
  
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• Paying full Bryce: Harper, Phils agree to record $330M deal

  28-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — It took a long time and a lot of money, but the Philadelphia Phillies finally landed Bryce Harper with a record contract.
  
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• AP source: Harper, Phillies agree to $330M, 13-year deal

  28-02-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a $330 million, 13-year contract, the largest deal in baseball history, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
  
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• Planning a trip? Need a passport?

  28-02-2019 21:40 via baytoday.ca
  Two special clinics will be held in North Bay and Temiskaming Shores
  
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• Students compete in Canadore kitchen

  28-02-2019 21:30 via nugget.ca
  Not all competitions take place in a gym, field or rink.
  The Canadore College kitchen was filled with the same emotions that happen in any competition where a winner is crowned.
  This time the competition was based on time and product utilization, preparation, presentation and taste.
  Culinary teams comprised of two students from Pembroke, Parry Sound, Sturgeon Falls, Englehart and Almaguin Highlands were each tasked with creating the best overall culinary presentation of a three course meal to in
  
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• Kepler already a winner

  28-02-2019 21:23 via nugget.ca
  It’s always a bit sad when it comes time to say goodbye to your robot.
  Just ask Nickolas de Boer. The Grade 12 student at Widdifield Secondary School has been with FIRST Team 1305 – Ice Cubed – for going on seven years.
  Which means he has built, and disassembled, seven of his robotic teammates over the years.
  “It’s always sad when you have to dismantle them,” he said Thursday as he and teammates Dylan Lebel – like de Boer one of the drivers on the team &
  
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• Kids join forces to rescue eight-year-old boy dangling from chairlift in B.C.

  28-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Five quick-thinking boys are being hailed as heroes for rescuing a screaming eight-year-old child dangling from a chairlift at Grouse Mountain ski resort in North Vancouver.
  
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• Canadian Ben Silverman within striking distance of lead at Honda Classic

  28-02-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Canada's Ben Silverman was tied for second after the morning wave during the first round of the PGA Tour's Honda Classic. The native of Thornhill, Ont.
  
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• Senate confirms acting EPA chief for permanent role

  28-02-2019 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed former coal industry lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, despite concerns by Democrats and one Republican about regulatory rollbacks he's made in eight months as the agenc
  
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• Police: Car bomb from failed assassination of Somali judge

  28-02-2019 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  NAIROBI, Kenya — At least one person was injured in a powerful explosion late Thursday in the Somalia capital, Mogadishu, in what police said was a failed bid to assassinate the chief judge of the country's appeals court.
  
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• NY poised to join 41 states in criminalizing revenge porn

  28-02-2019 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  ALBANY, N.Y. — Lawmakers in New York have voted to join 41 other states in criminalizing revenge porn.
  
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• German town defends seizing family's pet, selling it on eBay

  28-02-2019 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  BERLIN — Officials in Germany are defending their decision to seize an indebted family's pet pug and sell it on eBay, saying the move was a last resort because authorities were unable to find anything else to take.
  
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• Bomb kills 4 near judge's home, hotel in Somali capital

  28-02-2019 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  NAIROBI, Kenya — A powerful explosion killed at least four people in the Somali capital Thursday, police said.
  
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• Vancouver port traffic hits record high on Asian demand for grain and potash

  28-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver port saw record cargo numbers in 2018, driven by hunger for grain and potash overseas and a thirst for consumer products in Canada. Cargo volume grew to a record 147 million tonnes last year, up 3.
  
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• Prisons not meeting health, end-of-life needs of older inmates, report says

  28-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's prison ombudsman says some older, long-serving inmates are being "warehoused" in prisons not equipped to handle end-of-life care.
  
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• Peter Frampton's doctors hope to highlight rare disease

  28-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  BALTIMORE — Doctors at Johns Hopkins University hope to raise awareness and funds for research following famed guitarist Peter Frampton's announcement that he has a rare muscular disease.
  
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• Patriots owner pleads not guilty to prostitution charges

  28-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has pleaded not guilty to two counts of misdemeanour solicitation of prostitution in a Florida case.
  
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• Legault worried about SNC's Quebec jobs amid fallout from Wilson-Raybould claims

  28-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he's concerned about potential job losses at SNC-Lavalin, a day after claims by Canada's former attorney general that she was pressured to intervene in the file.
  
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• Jewish-Indigenous inmate alleges prison guard 'brutality' in new lawsuit

  28-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A Jewish-Indigenous inmate is suing prison authorities for alleged brutality by guards that he says has cost him income and left him with permanent injuries.
  
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• Huawei pleads not guilty to trade secrets charges in Seattle

  28-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  SEATTLE — The Chinese tech giant Huawei has pleaded not guilty to U.S. charges that it stole trade secrets from T-Mobile.
  
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• Federal government to regulate controversial Alton Gas cavern project

  28-02-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — The federal government is stepping in to regulate a company's controversial plan to use water from one of Nova Scotia's major rivers to create huge underground caverns to store natural gas.
  
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• CANADA: Trudeau says ethics watchdog to decide truth in SNC-Lavalin affair

  28-02-2019 20:00 via baytoday.ca
  This follows troubling testimony yesterday from former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould
  
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• MOORE, Orville Kenneth

  28-02-2019 19:55 via baytoday.ca
  It is with great sorrow the family announces his passing at the Au Chateau in Sturgeon Falls, on Tuesday February 26th, 2019 at the age of 90 with his son by his side
  
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• Hospital CEO optimistic integration will help

  28-02-2019 19:54 via baytoday.ca
  Paul Heinrich, North Bay Regional Health Centre CEO is hoping the news of changes to health care by the province are a step in the right direction. Heinrich says the hospital is working above its capacity.
  
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• CONTANT, Emile

  28-02-2019 19:54 via baytoday.ca
  It is with sorrow that the Contant family announces the passing of Emile on Monday February 25th at the West Nipissing General Hospital at the age of 80 years
  
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• Food and theatre a tasty combo in SkirtsAfire mainstage kickoff - The North Bay Nugget

  28-02-2019 19:53
  Food and theatre a tasty combo in SkirtsAfire mainstage kickoff  The North Bay NuggetA host of talented women on stage at the 7th annual festival.
  
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• Kim Kardashian pleads with YouTube to ban 'Momo' challenges - The North Bay Nugget

  28-02-2019 19:43
  Kim Kardashian pleads with YouTube to ban 'Momo' challenges  The North Bay NuggetKim Kardashian has pleaded with YouTube to step in and ban the disturbing “Momo” challenges from appearing in videos on the sharing platform.
  
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• Horgan hopes to avoid 'hot potato' of Sir John A. Macdonald statue

  28-02-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier John Horgan is keeping his hands behind his back as the City of Victoria mulls where to pass the political "hot potato" of its Sir John A. Macdonald statue.
  
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• MP hosts North Bay passport clinic

  28-02-2019 18:42 via nugget.ca
  Planning a trip? Or maybe you just want to make sure you’re ready for a spontaneous getaway? Need to apply for or renew your Canadian passport?
  Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Anthony Rota is hosting a passport clinic in North Bay to help. Think of it as a one-stop opportunity for all your passport application needs.
  Members of Rota’s staff will be on hand to answer any questions you may have and check over your paperwork. They also will send off the applications for processing.
  The passpor
  
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• Food insecurity widespread in Nipissing District, says health unit - The North Bay Nugget

  28-02-2019 18:29
  Food insecurity widespread in Nipissing District, says health unit  The North Bay NuggetOne in seven households in the Nipissing and Parry Sound districts are food insecure, according to the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit.
  
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• Food insecurity widespread in Nipissing District, says health unit

  28-02-2019 18:25 via nugget.ca
  One in seven households in the Nipissing and Parry Sound districts are food insecure, according to the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit.
  Food insecurity means a household does not have enough money to buy healthy food, highlighting low income as the underlying issue. Food insecurity ranges from worrying about running out of food, to relying on less healthy, lower-cost foods, to skipping meals due to financial constraints.
  The 2018 Cost of Healthy Eating Report shows that it costs a loc
  
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• Toronto man sentenced to 4 years for trying to get into Syria to join ISIL

  28-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A Toronto man who tried to join Islamic State militants in Syria was sentenced to just over four years in prison on Thursday after a judge found he had taken responsibility for his actions and abandoned his radical views.
  
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• Jill Officer to serve as a fifth on Chelsea Carey's team at world championship

  28-02-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  Jill Officer wore the Canada jersey as a fifth for defending champion Jennifer Jones at the recent Scotties Tournament of Hearts. She'll soon be sporting national colours again for Chelsea Carey's team at the world women's curling championship.
  
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• Snow days 'a nightmare this winter’ - The North Bay Nugget

  28-02-2019 18:04
  Snow days 'a nightmare this winter’  The North Bay NuggetIt's a decision that sparks joy for some, and chaos for others: The snow day. Parents across the country have been forced to scramble in recent weeks as wintry ...
  
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• Review: Hill's solo performance is a marvel in Globe Theatre's Gracie - The North Bay Nugget

  28-02-2019 18:02
  Review: Hill's solo performance is a marvel in Globe Theatre's Gracie  The North Bay NuggetWhen one actor can hold an audience's attention for 90 minutes, it's the sign of a good actor and a good script. Gracie has both.
  
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• Trudeau says ethics watchdog to decide truth in SNC-Lavalin affair

  28-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it will be up to the country's ethics watchdog to decide who is telling the truth in the SNC-Lavalin affair — Trudeau, or former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould.
  
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• PM's former top adviser asks to testify after Wilson-Raybould bombshell

  28-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's former principal secretary, Gerald Butts, wants to give his side of the story in the SNC-Lavalin affair. Butts wrote the House of Commons justice committee Thursday, requesting he be called as a witness.
  
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• Notley says new energy assessment bill conflicts with purchase of pipeline

  28-02-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says it makes no sense for Ottawa to use one hand to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.5 billion, and another to push legislation that would deter investors from future energy projects.
  
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