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• Drive to ratify new North American trade deal gets lift from U.S. TV exposure

  11-03-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The push for the speedy passage of the new NAFTA is getting a boost from a big advertising campaign in the United States. An alliance of U.S.
  
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• Crown, attorney general to appeal mosque gunman Alexandre Bissonnette's sentence

  11-03-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec's Crown prosecutors' office and the provincial attorney general will appeal the sentence handed down to the gunman who killed six worshippers in a Quebec City mosque in January 2017.
  
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• New big business coming to North Bay - BayToday

  11-03-2019 22:15
  New big business coming to North Bay  BayToday'We have a big business coming to North Bay and this is the official shout-out to the sellers on the 1.5 acre lot on Eloy Road beside North Bay KIA'
  
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• Chance the Rapper marries longtime girlfriend

  11-03-2019 22:06 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Chance the Rapper tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend in a star-studded ceremony. The Chicago-based rapper posted several photos of him and Kirsten Corley on his Instagram and Twitter accounts on Monday.
  
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• Canada's Milos Raonic rallies to knock off American qualifier Marcos Giron

  11-03-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Canada's Milos Raonic is heading to the round of 16 at the BNP Paribas Open after a come-from-behind victory on Monday. The No.
  
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• UPDATED: Search and Rescue finds bodies of Kapuskasing couple - My North Bay Now

  11-03-2019 21:53
  UPDATED: Search and Rescue finds bodies of Kapuskasing couple  My North Bay NowThe search for a missing northern Ontario couple has ended in tragedy. The OPP says their Emergency Response Team is at the scene of the wreckage of the ...
  
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• $10-million natural gas project in North Bay moving forward

  11-03-2019 21:44 via nugget.ca
  A project to extend natural gas services the North Shore and Peninsula roads area is moving ahead under a new provincial program.The $10-million project, which is being led by Enbridge Gas Inc., was announced Monday by Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli, Ontario’s finance minister, and company officials during a news conference at his constituency officer in North Bay.“It is estimated this project will extend natural gas to more than 130 households,” said Fedeli. “People deserve to
  
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• North Bay to see Natural Gas expansion - BayToday

  11-03-2019 21:15
  North Bay to see Natural Gas expansion  BayToday'I think it is significant because we continue to expand the access for clean, affordable natural gas to residents of the North Bay area'
  
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• Game on at the North Bay Museum - BayToday

  11-03-2019 21:11
  Game on at the North Bay Museum  BayTodayMuseum staff and volunteers are available to help gamers get started on over 15 consoles and hundreds of games.
  
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• Game on at the North Bay Museum

  11-03-2019 21:07 via baytoday.ca
  Museum staff and volunteers are available to help gamers get started on over 15 consoles and hundreds of games
  
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• Utah plaintiffs seek to force Omar Khadr to answer their questions

  11-03-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Relatives looking to collect on an American lawsuit against Omar Khadr are asking a Canadian court to force the former Guantanamo Bay prisoner to answer questions about his confession to purported war crimes.
  
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• Sabres captain Eichel disagrees with NHL's 2-game suspension

  11-03-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres captain Jack Eichel disputes the NHL's decision to suspend him for two games for an illegal check to the head of Carl Soderberg of the Colorado Avalanche.
  
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• Ottawa professor who died in Ethiopia plane crash remembered for public outreach

  11-03-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  Ottawa professor Pius Adesanmi, one of the 18 Canadians killed in Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines crash, is being remembered as a public intellectual whose outreach to Africans across the globe shaped the way Canada is seen abroad.
  
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• Increase wolf cull, pen pregnant cows to save endangered caribou: study

  11-03-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — An extensive study of caribou herds across British Columbia and Alberta suggests a way to reverse a long and steady decline of the endangered species — kill more wolves and moose and pen pregnant cows.
  
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• Updated: Bodies recovered. (Survivability 'less likely' due to number of factors as search for missing couple continues)

  11-03-2019 20:43 via baytoday.ca
  Investigation narrows down search area once again
  
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• Train and propane truck collide in Bonfield

  11-03-2019 20:31 via nugget.ca
  A propane truck and train collided on a portion of track on Sunnyside Road in Bonfield around 3:15 p.m. Monday.
  A witness to the collision said the truck was stuck on the track when the incident occurred.
  “The truck driver got out of the vehicle and was waving the train down, but there’s a bend just ahead and the train would have had only 300 yards to stop once he saw him.”
  “He is very lucky.”
  The witness said there are no injuries and there was no propane spillage.
  
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• DESROSIERS, Lucienne

  11-03-2019 20:25 via baytoday.ca
  (1921-2019) - Passed away unexpectedly surrounded by her loving family at the North Bay Regional Health Centre in her 99th year. Predeceased by her first husband Alcide Levasseur and her second husband Oliver Desrosiers.
  
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• TURCOTTE, Raymond

  11-03-2019 20:12 via baytoday.ca
  Passed away peacefully at the North Bay Regional Health Centre on March 10, 2019 at the age of 77 years. Dearly loved husband of Ann.
  
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• North Bay to see Natural Gas expansion

  11-03-2019 19:57 via baytoday.ca
  'I think it is significant because we continue to expand the access for clean, affordable natural gas to residents of the North Bay area'
  
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• Dance for Dementia

  11-03-2019 19:43 via baytoday.ca
  Funds raised support Dementia Care at the North Bay Regional Health Centre
  
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• NDP leader Singh names Montreal MP Boulerice as deputy leader to 'reconnect' with Quebec

  11-03-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  Montreal MP Alexandre Boulerice is the NDP's new deputy leader and will be tasked with raising the party's profile in Quebec ahead of next fall's federal election, party leader Jagmeet Singh announced Monday.
  
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• NDP leader Singh hopes new deputy will help party 'reconnect' with Quebec

  11-03-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was barely a minute into his speech Monday announcing a deputy leader from Quebec when he invoked the memory of Jack Layton, who famously led the party to its 2011 sweep of the province that propelled the party to
  
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• Mattawa Voyageur Days? Here's your full lineup

  11-03-2019 18:46 via baytoday.ca
  Saturday is Rock Where the Rivers Meet with The Static Shift, Harlequin, Honeymoon Suite, and Platinum Blonde
  
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• Transport Minister says he would board a Boeing 737 despite crash

  11-03-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Transport Minister Marc Garneau said he would board "without hesitation" the type of aircraft that crashed in the Ethiopian Airlines tragedy on Sunday, stressing his confidence in the new plane.
  
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• OECD concerned about allegations Trudeau interfered in SNC-Lavalin case

  11-03-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development is monitoring the allegations the Liberal government tried to influence a criminal prosecution against SNC-Lavalin to determine whether Canada is violating its commitment to an inter
  
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• Mattawa Voyageur Days releases full lineup

  11-03-2019 16:40 via nugget.ca
  Mattawa Voyageur Days committee has released its complete lineup for its annual July festival.
  Friday’s country night, which takes place July 26 will feature Matt James, Johnson’s Creek and Lonestar.
  Taking to the stage on Saturday’s Rock Where the Rivers Meet, July 27, will include The Static Shift, Harlequin, Honeymoon Suite and Platinum Blonde. And Sunday’s Tribute Night will feature Roadhouse, Queen Flash, a tribute to Queen, and Destroyer, a tribute to Kiss.
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• Stolen vehicle lands on Callander snowbank

  11-03-2019 16:34 via nugget.ca
  OPP from the Powassan detachment came upon a motor vehicle Saturday that was up on a snowbank at Stone Road, near the southbound lanes of Highway 11, in Callander.Upon further inspection, the male driver was located, seated inside the car and had been consuming alcohol.Tristan Hynek, 18, was arrested and transported to the Powassan detachment. Further investigation revealed that the motor vehicle had been previously reported as stolen.Hynek is charged with:
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• North Bay invited to community drug strategy forum

  11-03-2019 16:13 via nugget.ca
  A push is underway to better educate and engage the community on issues of mental health and addiction.
  The Community Drug Strategy North Bay and Area is hosting a free community engagement forum from 6:30-9 pm Thursday at École publique l’Odyssee to help address the opioid problem and other related challenges in the community.
  “We have to have our community involved,” says drug strategy committee chairwoman Pat Cliche. “The police can only do so much by themselves
  
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• Wonder Woman to the rescue: Gal Gadot takes on Netanyahu

  11-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  JERUSALEM — Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot has come to the rescue of a fellow Israeli celebrity in a spat with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
  
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• Dems select Milwaukee for 2020 national convention

  11-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  MILWAUKEE — Democrats selected Milwaukee to host their 2020 national convention Monday, setting up the party's 2020 standard-bearer to accept the presidential nomination in the heart of the old industrial belt that delivered Donald Trump to the White
  
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• Dems pick Milwaukee for 2020 convention over Miami, Houston

  11-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  Milwaukee will host the 2020 Democratic National Convention, party leaders announced Monday, selecting a battleground state that unexpectedly helped deliver Donald Trump to the White House as the site of a presidential nomination that could oust him.
  
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• Democrats: Milwaukee convention choice shows party values

  11-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  Milwaukee will host the 2020 Democratic National Convention, party leaders announced Monday, highlighting the battleground state of Wisconsin that helped elect President Donald Trump and now will launch an opponent who could oust him.
  
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• Chicago Symphony musicians on strike in contract dispute

  11-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — Striking musicians at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are grabbing picket signs instead of piccolos after a lack of progress in contract talks.
  
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• City buses to get priority at traffic lights

  11-03-2019 15:50 via baytoday.ca
  'The green light will be extended, but it's not like for 30 seconds, we're talking an additional seven to 10 seconds'
  
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• ONTARIO: Province appoints new OPP commissioner

  11-03-2019 15:40 via baytoday.ca
  Thomas Carrique brings 29 years experience to the role
  
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• Strategy to concentrate on mental health and addictions

  11-03-2019 15:18 via baytoday.ca
  The public is invited to the Community Engagement Forum to be held on Thursday, March 21, at Odyssee High School from 6:30-9:00 p.m.
  
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• Russia remains banned from international track for doping

  11-03-2019 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  DOHA, Qatar — Russia's doping ban from international track and field will remain in place until the Moscow laboratory data has been analyzed, a process that could lead to the country's reinstatement before this year's world championships.
  
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• Memorial Drive closed due to weather

  11-03-2019 14:14 via nugget.ca
  The city is advising that Memorial Drive between Main Street W and Judge Avenue will be closed until further notice due to poor visibility and blowing and drifting snow.
  
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• Six members of Ontario family killed in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

  11-03-2019 14:06 via baytoday.ca
  Six members of an Ontario family, including two teenage sisters, were among the 18 Canadians killed in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
  
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• Moviegoers gets to see 'Captain Marvel' in the flesh

  11-03-2019 14:06 via baytoday.ca
  CLIFTON, N.J. — Moviegoers in New Jersey got a surprise visit over the weekend from a super-hero.
  
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• More Canadians identified as victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash

  11-03-2019 14:06 via baytoday.ca
  A senior UN official and a New Brunswick forester were among the 18 Canadians who died Sunday when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 aboard.
  
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• Barrick, Newmont say they'll work together through Nevada joint venture

  11-03-2019 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. dropped its hostile takeover offer for Newmont Mining Corp. on Monday in favour of a friendly deal to create a joint-venture that will combine the two companies' mining operations in Nevada.
  
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• Aspin appointed to powerful new health board

  11-03-2019 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  This is a real challenge and I'm just humbled to be a member of this board
  
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• Road Open in North Bay - CTV News

  11-03-2019 13:38
  Road Open in North Bay  CTV NewsUpdate: Police in North Bay say Memorial Drive is now open to traffic. Police in North Bay have closed off Memorial Drive due to blowing snow and low visibility ...
  
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• Road Closure in North Bay - CTV News

  11-03-2019 13:38
  Road Closure in North Bay  CTV NewsPolice in North Bay have closed off Memorial Drive due to blowing snow and low visibility until further notice. Photos. ROAD CLOSED WINTER. Most Watched.
  
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• Imperial Metals selling 70 per cent stake in Red Chris mine to Newcrest

  11-03-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Shares in Imperial Metals Corp. soared in early trading after the company announced a deal to sell a 70 per cent interest in its Red Chris copper and gold mine in B.C. to Australia's Newcrest Mining Ltd. for US$806.5 million in cash.
  
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• North Bay college building world-class genetics lab - Northern Ontario Business

  11-03-2019 13:00
  North Bay college building world-class genetics lab  Northern Ontario BusinessPartnership between Canadore College and The DNA Company will train students and facilitate research into preventing and treating diseases through ...
  
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• Memorial Drive in North Bay reopens March 11 - NorthBayNipissing.com

  11-03-2019 12:53
  Memorial Drive in North Bay reopens March 11  NorthBayNipissing.comNORTH BAY — UPDATE (2:54 p.m. Monday, March 11): Memorial Drive in North Bay has reopened to public vehicle traffic, according to staff sergeant Richard ...
  
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• In the news today, March 11

  11-03-2019 11:05 via baytoday.ca
  Five stories in the news for Monday, March 11 ——— CANADIANS MOURN PLANE CRASH VICTIMS A mother and daughter from Edmonton, a renowned Carleton University professor and an accountant with the City of Calgary are among the 18 Canadians who died Sunday
  
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• Support for climate change action could wane if no help for coal workers: report

  11-03-2019 09:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government has to prepare communities that are economically dependent on coal for a future when their products aren't needed if it wants to maintain public support for climate-change action, says a task force on making that trans
  
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