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• Save The Children: 7 killed in airstrike on Yemen hospital

  26-03-2019 22:06 via baytoday.ca
  A hospital in a rural area of northwest Yemen was hit by an airstrike Tuesday killing seven people and wounding eight others, Save the Children said.
  
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• Study says B.C.'s housing policies mean drug users can be targeted for eviction

  26-03-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia's housing policies are allowing landlords to evict drug users in Vancouver's rooming houses and there's little or no recourse for people to defend themselves against a practice that is often illegal and creates a risk of
  
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• Blue Jays name rookie Trent Thornton to starting rotation in place of Borucki

  26-03-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — With opening day around the corner, the Toronto Blue Jays plugged a hole in their starting rotation.
  
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• CANADA: Ottawa ordered to pay $20M for placing mentally ill inmates in solitary

  26-03-2019 21:13 via baytoday.ca
  The money is earmarked to boost mental health supports in correctional facilities
  
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• Court rejects lawyer's bid to save dangerous pit bull from euthanasia

  26-03-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A legal bid to save a pit bull-type dog from euthanasia after it attacked six people, including four children, in Montreal last August has been rejected.
  
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• RANGER, Jobe Allen

  26-03-2019 20:40 via baytoday.ca
  It is with heavy hearts, the family announces Jobe passed away Friday March 22, 2019. At 19 years young, he touched the lives of many and will forever hold a special place in the hearts of his family and friends.
  
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• MONTGOMERY, Marie (nee Tyre)

  26-03-2019 20:21 via baytoday.ca
  (1954-2019) – Marie passed away peacefully at her residence in North Bay on Monday March 25th, 2019 at the age of 64 years. She was the beloved wife of 31 years to Mark. Dear mother of Lisa (Rob), Tina, Erin, Jennifer (Jay).
  
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• P.E.I. election speculation mounts as Liberals plan 'special announcement'

  26-03-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHARLOTTETOWN — P.E.I.'s governing Liberals are planning a "special announcement" tonight, amid mounting speculation of a spring election on the Island.
  
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• Liberal premier calls Prince Edward Island election for April 23

  26-03-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Islanders will be going to the polls on April 23, Premier Wade MacLauchlan announced Tuesday night. "This is Prince Edward Island's time," he told a nomination meeting for a local candidate at a Charlottetown hotel.
  
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• Independent probe sought in heavy-handed ticketing attempt by Montreal subway inspectors

  26-03-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A civil rights group is adding its voice to calls for an independent inquiry into the heavy-handed ticketing attempt by inspectors of a Montreal subway user who failed to pay his fare.
  
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• Former Amaya CEO David Baazov sues Quebec securities regulator for $2 million

  26-03-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The former head of online poker giant Amaya has launched a $2-million lawsuit against Quebec's securities regulator stemming from its unsuccessful insider trading lawsuit.
  
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• Former Afghanistan hostage Boyle made frantic 911 call about wife, court hears

  26-03-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle made a frantic, late-night 911 call in December 2017 to say his wife Caitlan Coleman had run screaming from their Ottawa apartment, threatening to kill herself.
  
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• Algerian army chief calls for president to be declared unfit

  26-03-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  ALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria's powerful army chief called Tuesday for starting the constitutional process to have President Abdelaziz Bouteflika declared unfit for office, possibly paving the way for the ailing president's ouster after 20 years in powe
  
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• 'Lucky to be alive': Lively teen walks away from head-on crash with alleged drunk driver

  26-03-2019 19:22 via baytoday.ca
  Noah Pasivirta sustains many injuries, but walks away from crash
  
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• Chinese student Wanzhen Lu found safe after abduction Saturday:police

  26-03-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  Chinese student Wanzhen Lu, who was violently taken from an underground parking garage in Markham, Ont., north of Toronto on Saturday, has been found safe, and in good health. Const.
  
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• Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime upsets Basilashvili to earn quarterfinal spot

  26-03-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  MIAMI — Canadian teen Felix Auger-Aliassime knows there are expectations that come with being a breakout star in pro tennis, but he also knows it's a burden he doesn't have to bear alone.
  
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• 'Anything is possible': Osheaga announces genre-spanning 2019 lineup - The North Bay Nugget

  26-03-2019 18:39
  'Anything is possible': Osheaga announces genre-spanning 2019 lineup  The North Bay NuggetChildish Gambino, J Balvin, Sharon Van Etten, Janelle Monae and Tame Impala are among the names set to appear at this summer's festival.
  
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• Fedeli says not all 25 licensed pot shops will be ready to open Monday in Ontario

  26-03-2019 18:11 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Ontario's first cannabis retail shops are set to open their doors next week, but some of the 25 licence holders are still wading through the lengthy approval process and might not be ready for business.
  
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• Search underway for Baltimore mayor's books sold to hospital

  26-03-2019 18:06 via baytoday.ca
  BALTIMORE — There's a search underway in Maryland for "Healthy Holly" — not a fugitive or a missing citizen, but an obscure children's book authored by Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh.
  
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• Baltimore mayor's $500K book deal draws intense criticism

  26-03-2019 18:06 via baytoday.ca
  BALTIMORE — A search is underway in Maryland for "Healthy Holly" — not a fugitive or a missing citizen, but a self-published children's book series authored by Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh and sold for half a million dollars to a health care system
  
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• U.S. activist investors nominate TransAlta directors to stymie Brookfield deal

  26-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — U.S. activist investors trying to use their stake in TransAlta Corp. to force change are nominating five new directors to the company's board in an effort to interrupt a $750-million investment in the power utility.
  
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• SNC-Lavalin considering all options after Codelco contract cancellation

  26-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is leaving the door open to a lawsuit against Chile's state-owned copper mining company, which has terminated its contract with the construction giant.
  
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• Ottawa ordered to pay $20M for placing mentally ill inmates in solitary

  26-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  An Ontario judge has ordered the federal government to pay $20 million for placing mentally ill inmates in solitary confinement, with the money earmarked to boost mental health supports in correctional facilities.
  
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• Highlights of the 2019-20 Nova Scotia provincial budget

  26-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Highlights of the 2019-20 Nova Scotia budget introduced Tuesday: - A surplus of $33.6 million is projected on a spending program of about $11 billion, with a $15.3-billion debt.
  
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• Two-time Brier curler to be inducted into North Bay Sports Hall of Fame - BayToday

  26-03-2019 18:00
  Two-time Brier curler to be inducted into North Bay Sports Hall of Fame  BayTodayNorth Bay's John McClelland will be recognized for his impressive curling career. The North Bay Sports Hall of Fame has announced that he will be inducted into ...
  
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• POLICE BRIEFS: Naloxone helps save restaurant patron

  26-03-2019 17:58 via nugget.ca
  Naloxone helps save restaurant patron
  West Nipissing police helped save a man’s life March 22 at the Mr. Sub on Front Street in Sturgeon Falls.Police were called after a patron locked himself in the restaurant’s washroom. He was unconscious on the floor showing signs of an overdose.
  The responding officer administered two doses of naloxone to inhibit the possible effects of opiates. Paramedics attended to provide further treatment and transported the man to hospital.Police identified
  
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• "Clearview Midgets win North Central title over North Bay" - New Tecumseth Free Press

  26-03-2019 17:40
  "Clearview Midgets win North Central title over North Bay"  New Tecumseth Free PressThe Clearview Midgets defeated the North Bay Ice Boltz Sunday night to win the North Central Championship of their Lower Lakes League.
  
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• Worst roads campaign is underway

  26-03-2019 17:39 via baytoday.ca
  arshall Avenue East in North Bay finished 9th in the CAA North and East Regional list
  
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• Prosecutors drop criminal charges against Jussie Smollett

  26-03-2019 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — Prosecutors on Tuesday abruptly dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett, the "Empire" actor who was accused of lying to police about being the target of a racist, anti-gay attack in downtown Chicago, his attorneys said.
  
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• Prosecutors dismiss charges against Smollett, draw backlash

  26-03-2019 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — Infuriating Chicago's mayor and police chief, prosecutors abruptly dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett on Tuesday after the "Empire" actor accused of faking a racist, anti-gay attack on himself agreed to do volunteer service and to
  
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• Prosecutors abandon criminal case against Jussie Smollett

  26-03-2019 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett, an astonishing reversal that the "Empire" actor called vindication, but that the Chicago mayor angrily dismissed as a "whitewash" of allegations that Smollett lied about be
  
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• Dismissal of Smollett case brings backlash, more questions

  26-03-2019 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — Prosecutors still insist Jussie Smollett faked a racist, anti-gay attack on himself in the hopes that the attention would advance his acting career. The "Empire" star still says he was assaulted by two men late at night in downtown Chicago.
  
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• Backlash, questions follow dismissal of Jussie Smollett case

  26-03-2019 17:06 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — Prosecutors still insist Jussie Smollett faked a racist, anti-gay attack on himself in the hopes that the attention would advance his acting career. The "Empire" star still says he was assaulted by two men late at night in downtown Chicago.
  
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• MPs denounce leaked reports of Trudeau-JWR clash over Supreme Court pick

  26-03-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Leaked reports about a dispute between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould over a Supreme Court appointment drew condemnation from MPs of all parties Tuesday as the controversy surrounding the SNC-L
  
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• Liberals deny second committee request to investigate political interference

  26-03-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Opposition parties have failed to convince the Liberals to let the House of Commons ethics committee probe further into allegations of political interference in the criminal prosecution of Quebec engineering and construction firm SNC-Lavalin
  
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• In The Rings: Brier/Scotties format still a talking point two years in

  26-03-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  Two years into the latest competition format change at the Canadian men's and women's curling championships, the subject remains as polarizing as ever. "There's no right or wrong," said reigning Tim Hortons Brier champion Kevin Koe.
  
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• Hockey Canada names three-man management team for world championship squad

  26-03-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Buffalo Sabres general manager Jason Botterill, former Carolina Hurricanes GM Ron Francis and ex-Philadelphia Flyers GM Ron Hextall will serve as the management team for Canada's 2019 world hockey championship squad.
  
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• China blocks canola shipments from Viterra, saying pests found among the grain

  26-03-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  China blocked canola shipments from a second Canada-based producer on Tuesday over alleged contamination issues, a move that has prompted Ottawa to consider dispatching a delegation to the Asian country.
  
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• North Bay getting big transit cash from the province - BayToday

  26-03-2019 17:00
  North Bay getting big transit cash from the province  BayToday'Our government's investment will make public transit infrastructure better, safer, and more accessible'
  
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• Adopt Me: Min Min is ready for a relaxing home

  26-03-2019 17:00 via baytoday.ca
  She would benefit from diet food and maybe a playtime program in her new home to keep her engaged and enriched.
  
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• North Bay getting big transit cash from the province

  26-03-2019 16:46 via baytoday.ca
  'Our government’s investment will make public transit infrastructure better, safer, and more accessible'
  
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• Spain: FBI was offered stolen data from NKorea embassy raid

  26-03-2019 16:06 via baytoday.ca
  MADRID — A Spanish court on Tuesday accused an American, Mexican and South Korean of being part of a 10-member group that led a mysterious attack on the North Korean Embassy in February, saying the assailants then offered the FBI stolen data from the
  
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• Spain: FBI offered data stolen in North Korean Embassy raid

  26-03-2019 16:06 via baytoday.ca
  MADRID — Spain has issued at least two international arrest warrants for members of a self-proclaimed human rights group who allegedly led a mysterious raid at the North Korean Embassy in Madrid last month and offered the FBI stolen data from the bre
  
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• Family of late DJ Avicii to launch foundation in his memory

  26-03-2019 16:06 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — The family of the Grammy-nominated Swedish electronic dance DJ Avicii (ah-VEE'-chee) is launching a foundation in his memory. The international pop star, whose name was Tim Bergling, died in Muscat, Oman, on April 20, 2018.
  
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• Algerian army chief wants president declared unfit to lead

  26-03-2019 16:06 via baytoday.ca
  ALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria's powerful army chief said Tuesday he wants to trigger the constitutional process that would declare President Abdelaziz Bouteflika unfit for office, after more than a month of mass protests against the ailing leader's long
  
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• New North Bay Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic to open downtown in early April - BayToday

  26-03-2019 16:00
  New North Bay Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic to open downtown in early April  BayToday'We're looking forward to making an impact on the community for people who need primary care' clinic director Jaymie-lynn Blanchard.
  
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• Bay Area's second Shake Shack opens this week in North Bay - KRON4

  26-03-2019 15:57
  Bay Area's second Shake Shack opens this week in North Bay  KRON4LARKSPUR (KRON) - Shake Shack lovers, rejoice! The Bay Area's second Shake Shack opens this week in the North Bay. The newest addition to the burger ...
  
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• Teen charged after pedestrian struck by vehicle in North Bay

  26-03-2019 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  North Bay OPP say at around 8:45 p.m., on Monday, a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Highway 17, east of Highway 17B.
  
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• West Nipissing pair face drug charges

  26-03-2019 15:22 via nugget.ca
  Two West Nipissing people faces drug charges after the Ontario Provincial Police Community Street Crime Unit with assistance from the Warren OPP detachment and West Nipissing police executed a warrant March 20.
  Officers seized a quantity of drugs suspected to be methamphetamine and hydromorphone, as well as $435 of Canadian currency.
  As a result of the investigation Richard Danis, 39, and Bryanna Dasilva, 19, of West Nipissing were charged with:
  • Possession of a Schedule I substance f
  
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• Pedestrian struck on Highway 17

  26-03-2019 14:59 via nugget.ca
  A 33-year-old female pedestrian from Nipissing First Nation suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries and was taken to hospital after being struck by a vehicle at about 8:45 pm Monday on Highway 17, east of Highway 17B.
  The vehicle involved in the collision failed to stop at the scene. Police located it a short time later.
  A 17-year-old female from West Nipissing has been charged with fail to stop at accident resulting in bodily harm. The unidentified female has been released on a promi
  
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