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• Troops' playoff hopes in jeopardy - The North Bay Nugget

  10-03-2019 23:38
  Troops' playoff hopes in jeopardy  The North Bay NuggetLiam Kirk scored three goals to pace the Peterborough Petes to a 6-5 Ontario Hockey League victory Sunday over the North Bay Battalion that left the Troops' ...
  
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• Brazeau hits another milestone but Battalion fall to Petes

  10-03-2019 22:54 via baytoday.ca
  Brazeau gets to 100 points in a 6-5 loss to the Petes
  
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• Blustery night on tap

  10-03-2019 22:43 via baytoday.ca
  Most areas will receive another 2 to 5 cm of snow tonight, which will be whipped up by the gusty westerly winds
  
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• English soccer field invasions see players punched, pushed

  10-03-2019 22:06 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — In a moment of malice, a pitch invader punches a player. In an apparent attempt to join goal celebrations, a fan pushes an opposition player.
  
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• Allred: Tape appears to show R. Kelly sexually abusing girls

  10-03-2019 22:06 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — A man who said he was cleaning out an old videotape collection found what he thought was a recording of R&B singer R.
  
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• Wild-card Bottcher advances to Brier final with 5-4 win over Northern Ontario

  10-03-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  BRANDON, Man. — Brendan Bottcher advanced to the final of the Canadian men's curling championship with a 5-4 semifinal win over Northern Ontario's Brad Jacobs on Sunday.
  
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• Shortstop prospect Bichette powers Blue Jays past Twins 10-1 in spring training

  10-03-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  FORT MYERS, Fla. — Shortstop Bo Bichette had two home runs and went 3 for 5 as the Toronto Blue Jays routed the Minnesota Twins 10-1 on Sunday afternoon in Grapefruit League action.
  
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• Scheer urges Trudeau to let Wilson-Raybould speak further on SNC-Lavalin affair

  10-03-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals must lift a "gag order" and ensure Jody Wilson-Raybould can speak the full truth about the circumstances around her decision to leave cabinet.
  
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• Ottawa Gee-Gees come from behind to beat Saskatchewan for women's bronze

  10-03-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Ottawa Gee-Gees won bronze at the U Sports women's basketball championships Sunday, roaring back from a 19-point first-half deficit to beat the Saskatchewan Huskies 63-62. Sarah Besselink scored 13 points for No. 4 Ottawa.
  
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• McMaster upsets Laval to win its first U Sports women's basketball title

  10-03-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The McMaster Marauders have captured their first Bronze Baby. Sarah Gates and Linnaea Harper scored 18 points apiece as the second-seeded Marauders upset No.
  
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• Bottcher to meet Koe in all-Alberta final at Canadian men's curling championship

  10-03-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  BRANDON, Man. — The 2019 Brier final turned into an intraprovincial battle. Kevin Koe ousted Brendan Bottcher in the semifinal of Alberta's provincial men's championship. They were to meet again Sunday evening with a Canadian title on the line.
  
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• Blustery night on tap for North Bay

  10-03-2019 22:05 via nugget.ca
  A blustery night is on tap for North Bay, Powassan, Mattawa and West Nipissing.
  A stiff westerly flow has developed across northeastern Ontario in the wake of a large Colorado low which will move over western Quebec tonight, Environment Canada says.
  Most areas will receive another two to five cm of snow tonight, which will be whipped up by the gusty westerly winds, resulting in occasional blowing snow in exposed areas.
  Motorists should allow extra time to reach their destination. Untreated roads
  
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• Alberta's Kevin Koe back in winner's circle at Canadian curling championship

  10-03-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  BRANDON, Man. — For Kevin Koe and Ben Hebert, winning the Canadian men's curling championship a year after missing the medals at the Winter Olympics felt sweet.
  
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• Special weather statement ends for Almaguin, North Bay - NorthBayNipissing.com

  10-03-2019 21:43
  Special weather statement ends for Almaguin, North Bay  NorthBayNipissing.comALMAGUIN - NORTH BAY — UPDATE (6:15 a.m. Monday, March 11): A special weather statement has ended for North Bay - Powassan, Mattawa, West ...
  
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• NHL Hall of Famer Howell, Rangers games leader, dies at 86

  10-03-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — NHL Hall of Fame defenceman Harry Howell, who played the most games in New York Rangers' history, has died. He was 86. Howell died Saturday night. He had been living at an assisted care facility near his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario.
  
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• 'Captain Marvel' rockets to historic $153M debut

  10-03-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — "Captain Marvel," Marvel Studios' first female-fronted superhero movie, launched with $153 million domestically and $455 million globally, according to studio estimates Sunday, making it one of the biggest blockbusters ever led by a woman.
  
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• Canada's Kim Boutin places third overall at short-track speedskating worlds

  10-03-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  SOFIA, Bulgaria — Canada's Kim Boutin was third place overall at the world short-track speedskating championship on Sunday, skating to bronze in the 1,000 metres and sixth in the 3,000 metre super final to earn a cumulative total of 37 points.
  
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• Solskjaer's unbeaten EPL start at United ended by Arsenal

  10-03-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — Soaked by the rain swirling around Arsenal's stadium, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer watched helplessly as his dream Premier League start as Manchester United manager was brought to a halt on Sunday.
  
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• Canada's falls to Australia in Challenge Trophy final at Vancouver Sevens

  10-03-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A depleted Canadian team ran out gas, losing 35-21 to Australia in the Challenge Trophy final Sunday at the HSBC World Ruby Sevens tournament. Injuries reduced Canada's roster to 11 players from 13.
  
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• 10 years after Cougar chopper crash, families stress issue of workplace safety

  10-03-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Every March, Lori Chynn makes the same journey across Newfoundland, travelling from her Deer Lake home on the island's west coast to lay a wreath by a stretch of fence in St. John's.
  
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• Ombudsman flags gaps in bill of rights for victims of military crimes

  10-03-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Federal victims' ombudsman Heidi Illingworth is speaking out against what she says are worrying gaps in proposed legislation around victims' rights in the military justice system.
  
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• Netanyahu: Israel is the state of 'Jewish people alone'

  10-03-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is the homeland "only of the Jewish people," in a new jab at the country's Arab minority ahead of April's election.
  
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• Ontario professor studies the science behind spark in microwaved grapes

  10-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  Aaron Slepkov and his buddies first tossed grapes into a microwave back in the mid-1990s. Within seconds, the fruits spark like lightning. He was hooked and broke out the trick at parties.
  
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• Metis veterans from Second World War awaiting apology from federal government

  10-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The vice president of the Metis National Council is urging Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay and his staff to ensure an apology is issued soon to Metis veterans from the Second World War.
  
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• Investigators determining the cause of deadly Ethiopian plane crash

  10-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a deadly crash Sunday involving a new aircraft model touted for its environmentally friendly engine that is used by both Air Canada and WestJet.
  
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• Boeing sending technical team to site of deadly Ethiopian plane crash

  10-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  Boeing says it is sending a technical team to the site of the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that killed 157 people, including 18 Canadians.
  
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• Blue Jays prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. out three weeks with oblique strain

  10-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  FORT MYERS, Fla. — Highly touted Blue Jays prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr., will miss the next three weeks of Toronto's schedule with a Grade 1 left oblique strain. The team announced the injury to the 19-year-old third baseman on Sunday morning.
  
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• Parents rally against 'devastating' autism funding changes - The North Bay Nugget

  10-03-2019 18:00
  Parents rally against 'devastating' autism funding changes  The North Bay Nugget'It's not too late for the government to change its mind,' says North Bay rally organizer.
  
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• Parents rally against 'devastating' autism funding changes

  10-03-2019 17:57 via nugget.ca
  The fight isn’t over.
  That was the message Saturday at a rally outside Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli’s office protesting the province’s new funding formula for autism services.
  If the funding change is implemented April 1, families will have to make some tough decisions, says Lindsey Voisin, organizer and member of the Autism Avengers of Nipissing.
  “This is going to be a huge hit for a lot of families,” Voisin says. “They’re going to have to decide to pay the
  
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• BEYOND LOCAL Don't let 'tourist brain' endanger your life this march break

  10-03-2019 17:20 via baytoday.ca
  Going somewhere tropical for vacation? Be aware of your surroundings
  
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• A list of the 35 nationalities killed in Ethiopia crash

  10-03-2019 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Citizens from 35 countries were killed when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa en route to Nairobi on Sunday morning. Here is the latest list of nationalities as released by the airline.
  
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• First tapping draws crowd to Powassan

  10-03-2019 16:37 via nugget.ca
  Jerilyn Cottrell holds her grandson Nolan Smetana, 2, up to pet a horse at Matthews Maple Syrup in Powassan, Saturday, where about 75 people attended the annual first tapping ceremony.
  Matthews and his wife, Audrey, have been operating the sugar bush since 1979. Workers there have been busy cleaning up the 200 acres after a windy fall and winter, which pulled a number of pipes out of the trees.
  Matthews figures the sap will start really running closer to the middle of the month – close to
  
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• The Latest: UN chief says looking into UN staffers in crash

  10-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 8:40 p.m.
  
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• The Latest: UN agencies to fly flags at half-staff

  10-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 11:17 p.m. The United Nations migration agency says the U.N. and its agencies on Monday will fly flags at half-staff after early indications show 19 employees of U.N.
  
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• The Latest: Boeing model grounded in China after crash

  10-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 6 a.m.
  
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• The Latest: 2 Italy victims in Ethiopia crash worked for WFP

  10-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 10:30 p.m. The World Food Program is confirming that two of the eight Italian victims aboard the Ethiopian Airlines jet worked for the Rome-based U.N. agency.
  
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• Fan runs onto field, punches player in English soccer derby

  10-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  BIRMINGHAM, England — A spectator ran onto the field and threw a punch at Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish 's face during a derby game at Birmingham City on Sunday.
  
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• Correction: Ethiopia-Plane-Crash-The Latest story

  10-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — In a story March 11 about the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft after a crash in Ethiopia, The Associated Press reported erroneously that China grounded its models of the same plane for nine hours.
  
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• Canadian driver Robert Wickens feted before IndyCar's season-opening race

  10-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The IndyCar field surprised Robert Wickens with an early 30th birthday celebration before Sunday's race at St. Petersburg. The Canadian is at a track for the first time since he suffered a spinal cord injury in an August race.
  
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• Ontario mulls single-use plastics ban in waste diversion strategy

  10-03-2019 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Ontario is weighing a ban on single-use plastics as part of a broader strategy to send less waste to landfills.
  
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• NewsAlert: Mother and daughter from Edmonton killed in Ethiopian plane crash

  10-03-2019 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A Toronto man has confirmed his sister and her daughter have died in a deadly plane crash in Ethiopia.
  
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• Eighteen Canadians in deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash

  10-03-2019 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Eighteen Canadians are among the victims of an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that killed all 157 people thought to be on board Sunday, the airline's CEO and Kenya's transport minister said.
  
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• Eighteen Canadians among 157 people killed in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

  10-03-2019 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  Ethiopian Airlines says it has contacted the families of the victims of a plane crash Sunday that killed 157 people, including 18 Canadians.
  
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• 'Don't talk to each other:' Inside Manitoba's child protection hearings

  10-03-2019 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — A nervous father walks into a courtroom and sits down. Over the next few minutes, he's quiet as two lawyers discuss his children and decide on the Indigenous family's future.
  
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• Canadians mourn as victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash identified

  10-03-2019 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  A mother and daughter from Edmonton, a renowned Carleton University professor and an accountant with the City of Calgary were among the 18 Canadians who died Sunday when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 aboar
  
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• 'A matter of principle:' Family of slain CFL player files lawsuit against bar

  10-03-2019 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — The family of a pro football player gunned down outside a Calgary bar has filed a lawsuit against the nightclub and its staff alleging they let a disagreement over a spilled drink escalate into a shooting.
  
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• Indian elections to begin April 11 as Modi seeks re-election

  10-03-2019 14:06 via baytoday.ca
  NEW DELHI — India's Election Commission announced Sunday that national elections will begin April 11, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party seeks a second term.
  
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• India says election to be held in 7 phases in April, May

  10-03-2019 14:06 via baytoday.ca
  NEW DELHI — India's Election Commission announced Sunday that the upcoming national election will be held in seven phases in April and May, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party seeks a second term.
  
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• Carleton professor among 18 Canadians killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash

  10-03-2019 14:06 via baytoday.ca
  A Carleton University professor was one of 18 Canadians killed Sunday in an Ethiopian Airlines crash that left 157 people dead.
  
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• Canadian Press NewsAlert: 18 Canadians among plane crash victims

  10-03-2019 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Ethiopian Airlines CEO and Kenya's transport minister say 18 Canadians are among the victims of Sunday morning's deadly plane crash after takeoff from Addis Ababa.
  
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