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• 13 recipients share in over $51,000 in grant money

  28-03-2019 22:29 via baytoday.ca
  'The goal is to create sustainable funding for the charities in and around North Bay, and connect those donors with the causes that they are important to them'  Kate Merritt-Dupelle North Bay and Area Community Foundation
  
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• SNC warned of U.S. move, slashing workforce if no plea deal, documents show

  28-03-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Newly obtained documents show SNC-Lavalin warned federal prosecutors last fall about a possible plan to split the company in two, move its offices to the United States and eliminate its Canadian workforce if it didn't get a deal to avoid cri
  
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• Sinclair returns to the scene of the crime in Manchester -- or pretty close

  28-03-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  It's not quite the scene of the crime but Christine Sinclair will be just 7.5 kilometres away from Old Trafford when she leads Canada out against England on April 5.
  
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• QuickFacts: Quebec tables secularism bill

  28-03-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  Some key elements of Quebec's secularism bill, tabled Thursday by the Coalition Avenir Quebec government.
  
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• Movie set materials cited in firefighter's death in NYC

  28-03-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Highly combustible materials used to turn a former jazz club into a movie set contributed to the death of a veteran New York City firefighter last year, according to a fire department report released Thursday.
  
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• Bill Morneau acknowledges 'clouds' hanging over hopes for free trade deals

  28-03-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Finance Minister Bill Morneau is acknowledging "clouds" hovering over various trade talks, as Canada struggles to get U.S. tariffs removed and the trade war between the United States and China drags on.
  
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• West Ferris Caisse Populaire adds services, aims for May opening

  28-03-2019 21:49 via nugget.ca
  The Caisse Populaire in West Ferris is adding some services to the branch which is expected to open in early May.
  Norm St. Amour, regional manager for Caisse Populaire, said good progress is being made on the branch, and that enhanced financial planning services will be added to the services being offered.
  “That means we’ve had to rejig our plans,” St. Amour says. “We have added some offices and an entrance specifically for the financial planning services at our new locat
  
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• VIDEO: North Bay pelted by hail during 'Significant Weather Warning' - KGO-TV

  28-03-2019 21:45
  VIDEO: North Bay pelted by hail during 'Significant Weather Warning'  KGO-TVA cold-weather cocktail of hail, strong winds, and even lightning are sweeping through the North Bay Thursday.
  
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• O’BRIEN, Michael 'Mike'

  28-03-2019 21:16 via baytoday.ca
  It is with extreme sadness that I post this announcement. Michael “Mike”James O'Brien died suddenly on March 11, 2019.
  
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• Krzyzewski, Williams watching Canadian 'invasion' of NCAA with interest

  28-03-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Count Mike Krzyzewski and Buzz Williams among those watching the rise of Canada's basketball talent with great interest.
  
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• Dress code at B.C. legislature, women make short-sleeve fashion statement

  28-03-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — A dress code protest at British Columbia's legislature that prompted some women to roll up their sleeves in solidarity has resulted in the Speaker's office ordering a review of modern dress expectations at the building.
  
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• Ontario to expand beer, wine to corner stores, finance minister says

  28-03-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Ontario's finance minister says the province will be moving ahead with an expansion of beer and wine sales into corner stores, big box stores and more grocery stores, promising the move will cut prices and prevent any potential privatizatio
  
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• Grant big boost for North Stars

  28-03-2019 19:55 via nugget.ca
  Carley Tucker was all smiles Thursday as the North Bay and Area Community Foundation announced its list of grants for the year.
  Tucker, who plays defence with the North Bay North Stars special needs hockey team, was particularly proud of the fact that in this, her third year with they team, the North Stars recorded a perfect season, winning all of their games.
  It’s been a good year for her, as well, making new friends both on the team and with players on other teams they’ve faced.
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• North Bay group calling for ridesharing service - CTV News

  28-03-2019 19:35
  North Bay group calling for ridesharing service  CTV NewsThe pros and cons of bringing a ridesharing *service* to North Bay. Eric Taschner reports.
  
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• Goldendoodle search now in its third day

  28-03-2019 18:56 via baytoday.ca
  He has a white tipped tail and a white underbelly
  
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• Staggering driver charged

  28-03-2019 18:35 via baytoday.ca
  The West Parry Sound Detachment arrested its thirteenth impaired driver of 2019
  
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• North Bay standpipe in West Ferris to undergo $2.3 million refurbishment - BayToday

  28-03-2019 18:27
  North Bay standpipe in West Ferris to undergo $2.3 million refurbishment  BayToday'the existing coating system is no longer properly protecting the steel and will continue to further deteriorate if it is not replaced' staff report.
  
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• Save yourself some cash. Fill up before Monday!

  28-03-2019 18:21 via baytoday.ca
  By 2022, the federal government plans to charge 11 cents per litre on gasoline and 16 cents per litre for diesel
  
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• UK leader Theresa May makes final push on EU divorce deal

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May made a final push Thursday to save her European Union withdrawal agreement after her promise to step down gained the deal some support but failed to win over lawmakers from Northern Ireland.
  
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• UK leader May rolling the dice again on Brexit deal

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May rolled the dice Thursday on another Brexit vote in Parliament, sending a tweaked and trimmed version of her EU divorce deal back to lawmakers who had rejected it twice before.
  
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• Trade panel: Boeing got unfair US tax breaks, hurting Airbus

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  GENEVA — Delivering final word in a nearly 14-year standoff, a World Trade Organization body has ruled Boeing received illegal U.S. subsidies via tax breaks from Washington state that damaged sales by European archrival Airbus.
  
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• Trade panel: Boeing got unfair US tax break, hurting Airbus

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  GENEVA — Delivering final word in a nearly 14-year standoff, a World Trade Organization body has ruled that Boeing received an illegal U.S. tax break from Washington state that damaged sales by European archrival Airbus.
  
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• Toronto Wolfpack loan outside back Nick Rawsthorne to York City Knights

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Wolfpack have loaned outside back Nick Rawsthorne to York City Knights. Rawsthorne first joined York City on loan from Hull FC in March 2017, scoring eight tries in five appearances.
  
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• Top bureaucrat wrote 60-page memo to Trudeau about Mark Norman case, lawyer says

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's lawyer says she wants to see a secret 60-page memo the federal government's top bureaucrat penned for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about her client's case.
  
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• Quebec teachers, religious groups denounce government's secularism bill

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Advocacy organizations and citizens are denouncing the Quebec government's secularism legislation, saying it turns religious minorities into second-class citizens.
  
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• Ostrich jacket, hard drives in Mueller's trove of evidence

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Democrats say they want "all of the underlying evidence" in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation .
  
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• Ontario's highest court sets 15-day cap on solitary confinement

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Ontario's top court says inmates cannot be placed in solitary confinement for more than 15 days, saying anything longer than that amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.
  
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• Life sentence issued for murder of Muslim teen in Virginia

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  FAIRFAX, Va. — A man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for raping and killing a Muslim teenager in Virginia as she walked back to a mosque with friends for pre-dawn religious services.
  
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• Legal hemp, pot's look-alike, creates quandary for police

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  PORTLAND, Ore. — Federal legalization of hemp arrived in the U.S. late last year and expanded an industry already booming because of the skyrocketing popularity of CBDs, a compound in hemp that many see as a health aid.
  
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• Legal hemp or illegal pot? Police can't tell shipments apart

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  PORTLAND, Ore. — Federal legalization of hemp arrived in the U.S. late last year and expanded an industry already booming because of the skyrocketing popularity of CBDs, a compound in hemp that many see as a health aid.
  
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• 'It doesn't open': Mosque survivors describe terror at door

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand — When the gunman began to attack the Al Noor mosque, Ahmed Alayedy scrambled to get to the nearest emergency exit. He was the first one there. "I tried to open the door," he said. "But it doesn't open.
  
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• Federal legalization of hemp creates quandary for US police

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  PORTLAND, Ore. — Federal legalization of hemp arrived in the U.S. late last year and expanded an industry already booming because of the skyrocketing popularity of CBDs, a compound in hemp that many see as a health aid.
  
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• Continental Cup of Curling returning to London for 2020

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON, Ont. — The Continental Cup of Curling will return to London, Ont., in 2020. Curling's Ryder Cup pitting a team of North American curlers against an international side will be played Jan. 9-12 at The Sport Centre at the Western Fair District.
  
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• Close advisers try to steer Trump away from issuing pardons

  28-03-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — The end of the special counsel's investigation sparked fresh speculation that President Donald Trump might pardon some of those charged in the probe.
  
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• Supreme Court stresses jail should be 'last resort' for people awaiting trial

  28-03-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Making an accused person wait in jail before trial should be the exception, not the rule, the Supreme Court of Canada says in a decision that affirms a key legal safeguard intended to ensure speedy justice.
  
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• Canadian dollar falls to three-week low on sliding oil and gold prices

  28-03-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canada's main stock index bounced higher but lower energy and gold prices drove the loonie to a three-week low. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 22.96 points to 16,155.49. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 91.
  
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• North Bay father passionate about Light it up Blue - BayToday

  28-03-2019 17:00
  North Bay father passionate about Light it up Blue  BayTodayMark Lyons admits he gets emotional talking about the support his son receives in the community. His son Jack has Autism. Mark does not complain about it, ...
  
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• Trudeau says sorry for sarcastic thank you comment to Indigenous protester

  28-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is sorry for disrespecting an Indigenous protester during a Liberal fundraising event Wednesday in Toronto.
  
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• Sources: 3 Saudi rights activists temporarily released

  28-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Sources familiar with the case have told The Associated Press that three Saudi women's rights activists have been temporarily released after 10 months in prison.
  
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• Much of East Coast is one 'perfect storm' away from being cut off from Canada

  28-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  AMHERST, N.S. — First of a two-part series on the stunning potential impact that climate change could have on the low-lying, narrow band of land connecting Nova Scotia to the rest of Canada.
  
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• CannTrust shares slip as it posts Q4 revenue surge and net loss, missing estimates

  28-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  VAUGHAN, Ont. — Shares of CannTrust Holdings Inc. slipped as much as 16 per cent after it reported a fourth-quarter revenue bump on the legalization of recreational cannabis but missed expectations and swung to a net loss. The Vaughan, Ont.
  
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• Buffalo Sabres demote centre Tage Thompson to minors

  28-03-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres have demoted centre Tage Thompson to the minors. Thompson is being sent down to AHL Rochester while in the midst of a 23-game goal drought.
  
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• BEYOND LOCAL: New online platform brings coding to Canada's Indigenous youth

  28-03-2019 15:44 via baytoday.ca
  A new web portal launched by Elephant Thoughts highlights Indigenous people working and creating in cyberspace and provides educational components for Indigenous youth interested in learning coding and other digital skills
  
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• North Bay standpipe in West Ferris to undergo $2.3 million refurbishment

  28-03-2019 15:39 via baytoday.ca
  'the existing coating system is no longer properly protecting the steel and will continue to further deteriorate if it is not replaced' staff report.
  
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• North Bay's Laporte stranded in Toronto as airline announces bankruptcy

  28-03-2019 15:22 via nugget.ca
  Olympic athlete hopeful Nick Laporte is stranded in Toronto after the plane he was expected to board never got off the runway.
  Laporte is travelling to Sweden to train with other elite athletes for a shot to compete in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
  Early this morning he was informed along with hundreds of other passengers that the flight was cancelled and customers would have to find alternate arrangements.
  Icelandic budget airline, WOW Air, made the official announcement today that WOW Air has ce
  
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• Woman details alleged 2003 abuse by R. Kelly in TV interview

  28-03-2019 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — A woman is publicly accusing R&B singer R. Kelly of sexually abusing her in 2003 while she worked as his hairdresser. Lanita Carter says in an interview aired Thursday on "CBS This Morning" that on Feb.
  
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• Understanding last-resort options when you can no longer pay your debts

  28-03-2019 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — If you've found yourself with an overwhelming amount of debt, you can at least take comfort in knowing you're not alone. Canadian debt levels have been rising for decades , with the average family now owing $1.
  
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• Travellers stranded after Icelandic airline collapses

  28-03-2019 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Icelandic budget airline WOW Air collapsed under its financial problems on Thursday, leading it to ground planes and leave passengers stranded across two continents.
  
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• Pope explains reluctant ring kiss: Fear of spreading germs

  28-03-2019 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has set the record straight about why he pulled his hand away when throngs of people lined up this week to kiss his ring: for fear of spreading germs.
  
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• NHL embraces more betting with 3rd gambling operator

  28-03-2019 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  OXON HILL, Md. — The NHL has announced its third partnership with a sports gambling operator, a deal with William Hill. The league previously into entered deals with FanDuel and MGM.
  
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