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• DNSSAB CAO stepping down - The North Bay Nugget

  05-04-2019 23:37
  DNSSAB CAO stepping down  The North Bay NuggetThe Chief Administrative Officer of the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board is moving on.Joseph Bradbury, who has been at the head of ...
  
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• DNSSAB CAO stepping down

  05-04-2019 23:37 via nugget.ca
  The Chief Administrative Officer of the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board is moving on.
  Joseph Bradbury, who has been at the head of DNSSAB for almost five years, has taken a position as CAO of the District of Parry Sound Social Services Administration Board.
  “Mr. Bradbury moved this organization ahead, far beyond where it was when he first began as CAO nearly five years ago,” DNSSAB chair Mark King said.
  “Mr. Bradbury was instrumental in establishing a
  
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• Fedeli shows off his Budget Boots to the Premier

  05-04-2019 23:25 via baytoday.ca
  Fedeli follows a longtime Canadian budget tradition
  
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• Students ‘pawns’ of teacher unions – Ford

  05-04-2019 23:13 via nugget.ca
  Students who walked out of class to protest proposed changes to the education system Thursday are tools of teachers’ unions which want to line their pockets, according to Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
  The province, Ford said in a surprise visit to North Bay, is actually putting more money into education, while students are being fed “untruths” about funding and class sizes by teacher unions.
  “Rather than walking out they should be in the classes” to make sure Ontario s
  
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• Debilitating injuries described in mounting lawsuits against alleged van attacker

  05-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Traumatic brain injuries, spinal fractures and internal bleeding are among the litany of ailments described in a mounting number of lawsuits against a man accused of killing 10 people and injuring 16 others in a van attack in Toronto last y
  
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• CPSC warns against Rock 'n Plays for babies over 3 months

  05-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  The Consumer Product Safety Commission says infants older than 3 months, or those who can roll over, should not use Fisher-Price Rock 'n Plays because of multiple deaths. The agency and Fisher-Price parent Mattel Inc.
  
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• Canada captain Christine Sinclair scores goal No. 180 in 1-0 win over England

  05-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  MANCHESTER, England — Cometh the hour, cometh the woman. Christine Sinclair stepped up when it counted Friday, scoring career goal No. 180 to lift Canada to a 1-0 victory over England in a women's soccer friendly.
  
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• Canadore will not act on 'vague' rumours – Burton

  05-04-2019 22:52 via nugget.ca
  ‘Vague’ rumours and innuendos are insufficient grounds to take action against a senior college administrator, Canadore president George Burton said Friday in an email to staff, which also was sent to the media.
  Burton sent the email just prior to the planned Rally for a respectful Canadore workplace.
  Organizers, including several women who have testified to a third-party investigator hired by the college, are demanding the staff member under investigation for inappropriate behav
  
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• B.C. man convicted in harassment of ex-wife charged with breaching probation

  05-04-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A man convicted of criminally harassing his ex-wife through a revenge website has been charged with breaching a probation order. The RCMP say Patrick Fox was arrested Thursday in Burnaby, B.C.
  
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• MacPHERSON, Dwyla (nee Dunn)

  05-04-2019 21:41 via baytoday.ca
  It is with great sadness, we announce the peaceful passing of Dwyla MacPherson at Cassellholme on April 4, 2019 at the age of 98 years. Predeceased by her husband James MacPherson and her daughter Heather Gooch (Robert-predeceased).
  
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• Local business ‘honoured’ to be part of budget tradition

  05-04-2019 21:36 via nugget.ca
  It’s the third time Vic Pettella has resoled Vic Fedeli’s cowboy boots.
  And at least the fifth time he’s put new heels on the boots Nipissing’s MPP is as known for as his trademark yellow ties.
  But there was something special about the latest work he did for Fedeli. Next Thursday, when the provincial finance minister rises in the provincial legislature to deliver Ontario’s budget, he’ll be wearing those same boots.
  “It’s quite an honour to be part
  
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• CANADA: Freeland says foreign election meddling in October federal vote is likely

  05-04-2019 21:21 via baytoday.ca
  Canada has learned important lessons from countries like Ukraine
  
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• Oh Baby! Legendary broadcaster Bob Cole set to make one final call

  05-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  Bob Cole still remembers the butterflies flapping in his stomach as he walked into the old Boston Garden in the spring of 1969. Calling games on "Hockey Night in Canada" was his dream. This was the opportunity, one he wasn't about to let pass him by.
  
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• Former Winnipeg broadcaster get prison time after admitting to bank holdups

  05-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  REGINA — A former Winnipeg television sports anchor has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison after pleading guilty to a string of bank robberies in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Premier Ford in North Bay

  05-04-2019 21:01 via baytoday.ca
  Ford's visit was unannounced
  
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• Premier Doug Ford in North Bay Friday - CTV News

  05-04-2019 20:09
  Premier Doug Ford in North Bay Friday  CTV NewsPremier Doug Ford visits North Bay with Finance Minister and Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli Friday.
  
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• O'Regan says Cat Lake housing money will not be spent on consultant fee

  05-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan says the government is "deeply disturbed" by a report that a consultant working for Cat Lake First Nation is demanding a fee of more than $1 million for helping negotiate the band's recent housing
  
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• Former sports radio co-host Carton gets 3 1/2 years in prison

  05-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Sports radio personality Craig Carton has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for a ticket reselling scam that ended his decade-long show with ex-NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason.
  
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• Filings: Bill Cosby agrees to settle 7 defamation lawsuits

  05-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  Bill Cosby has agreed to settle lawsuits filed by seven women who say he defamed them when he accused them of lying about sexual misconduct allegations.
  
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• Filings: Bill Cosby agrees to settle 7 defamation cases

  05-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  Bill Cosby has agreed to settle lawsuits filed by seven women who say he defamed them when he accused them of lying about sexual misconduct allegations, according to court documents filed Friday in Massachusetts.
  
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• Eric Lapointe's group won't be buying Alouettes from Robert Wetenhall

  05-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  The CFL says American businessman Robert Wetenhall still owns the Montreal Alouettes but if the franchise goes up for sale, a group headed by former player Eric Lapointe won't be in the running.
  
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• Court extends order suspending legal proceedings against big tobacco companies

  05-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — An Ontario court has extended an order that suspended legal proceedings against three big tobacco companies. JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.
  
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• B.C. public schools to provide free menstrual products for students

  05-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  BURNABY, B.C. — Free menstrual products are being made available in every British Columbia public school.
  
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• After eight games on the road, the Arrows bring pro rugby union to Toronto

  05-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — After eight straight games on the road, the Toronto Arrows are finally coming home. The Arrows host New Orleans' NOLA Gold, the top team in Major League Rugby, on Sunday as pro rugby union debuts in Toronto.
  
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• 7 who accused Cosby of sex abuse settle defamation suits

  05-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  Seven women who said Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them decades ago and then labeled them liars by denying it have settled defamation lawsuits against the imprisoned actor.
  
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• College abuse allegations are ' vague and generalized rumours' says Canadore prez

  05-04-2019 19:46 via baytoday.ca
  The College has been limited in its ability to respond in the absence of anything but vague and generalized rumours
  
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• Dire affordable housing situation expected to get worse

  05-04-2019 19:19 via nugget.ca
  The situation is dire for affordable housing in North Bay, says Coun. Mark King.
  “The crisis centre has been at capacity for three to four months straight,” said King, chairman of the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board. “And all overflows are being sent to hotels. There’s just so many people.”
  It’s not known how much money the Crisis Centre of North Bay is spending to put people up in hotels while they wait for permanent housing.
  King a
  
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• Prosecutor cited 'gravity' of alleged SNC-Lavalin offences: court documents

  05-04-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's director of public prosecutions cited the "nature and gravity" of SNC-Lavalin's alleged corruption in Libya in making a preliminary decision not to negotiate a special plea agreement on the criminal charges it faces, the company say
  
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• Canada's Koe secures playoff spot at world men's curling championship

  05-04-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The parity among the elite teams has been on full display this week at the world men's curling championship. It has resulted in a playoff picture that remained unsettled after Friday's early draw at the Enmax Centre.
  
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• Canada's Koe beats Switzerland's De Cruz at world men's curling championship

  05-04-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The parity among the elite teams has been on full display this week at the world men's curling championship. It has resulted in a playoff picture that remained quite unsettled after Friday's early draw at the Enmax Centre.
  
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• Gruesome discovery made by Simcoe resident

  05-04-2019 18:47 via baytoday.ca
  Six dead puppies located with paws tied together
  
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• Should We Cry at Work?

  05-04-2019 18:37 via baytoday.ca
  Can you master your emotions all the time? Watching Dragon’s Den one day, Barbara Corcoran, one of the female dragons told a weeping female entrepreneur that she should only cry privately. Corcoran hates when women cry in business situations because
  
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• Driving south? Huntsville may get freezing rain

  05-04-2019 18:24 via baytoday.ca
  The freezing rain could last for a few hours before temperatures rise above the freezing mark. 
  
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• Trappers finish unbeaten in round robin play at Central Regionals

  05-04-2019 18:10 via baytoday.ca
  Zach Lefebvre, Robert Brisson and Cameron Pariseau scored in the win
  
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• With Brexit, Britain is in crisis and not for the first time

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — Few would argue that Britain is in what is often referred to as a bit of a pickle. A crisis in fact, undoubtedly of historic proportions.
  
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• West Virginia mother charged in false abduction report

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A woman who told police that an Egyptian man had tried to kidnap her daughter from a West Virginia shopping mall was jailed Friday after the accusation unraveled, a police detective said.
  
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• Two dead after salmonella outbreak at personal care home in Winnipeg

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — An official at a personal care home in Winnipeg says two people have died after testing positive for salmonella during an outbreak of the bacterial infection.
  
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• Public Health Agency of Canada says salmonella outbreak in 6 provinces, 63 sick

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Health officials are investigating an outbreak of salmonella in six provinces that has sickened 63 people, including 18 who have been hospitalized.
  
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• Police to charge W.Va. mom after abduction tale

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A woman will be criminally charged for falsely reporting that an Egyptian man tried to kidnap her daughter from a West Virginia shopping mall, a police detective told The Associated Press on Friday.
  
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• New Zealand mosque suspect to undergo mental health check

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — A New Zealand judge on Friday ordered that the man accused of killing 50 people at two Christchurch mosques undergo two mental health assessments to determine if he's fit to stand trial.
  
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• Gone in 6 minutes: an Ethiopian Airlines jet's final journey

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  From nearly the moment they roared down the runway and took off in their new Boeing jetliner, the pilots of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 encountered problems with the plane.
  
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• Gerard Bouchard warns Quebec government against perils of religious symbols ban

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec's proposed legislation banning religious symbols for some public servants is drawing criticism from one of the province's leading public intellectuals.
  
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• Freeland says foreign election meddling in October federal vote is likely

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says it is likely that malign foreign actors will meddle in Canada's federal election in October.
  
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• Florida businessman convicted in $1B Medicare fraud case

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  MIAMI — A federal jury has convicted a Florida health care executive on 20 criminal counts in a $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme.
  
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• FBI: Man jailed after claim has twice made similar claims

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  CINCINNATI — A man who authorities say claimed to be an Illinois boy who disappeared eight years ago has twice made similar claims in which he falsely portrayed himself as a juvenile sex trafficking victim, according to an FBI affidavit filed in fede
  
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• Ex-convict charged with pretending to be long-missing boy

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  CINCINNATI — A 23-year-old ex-convict accused of pulling a cruel hoax by pretending to be a long-missing Illinois boy was charged Friday with making false statements to federal authorities.
  
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• Energy sector leads rally in Toronto, U.S. markets also head higher

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The energy sector led a broad-based rally on the Toronto Stock Exchange as Canada's main stock index moved higher in late-morning trading. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 62.14 points at 16,373.75.
  
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• Biden jokes about accusations, targets union voters

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Former Vice-President Joe Biden on Friday made light of his recent controversy about crossing physical boundaries with women, and he signalled in a resolute speech to union activists that's he's ready to run for president as a moderate D
  
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• Biden hugs union leader, quips 'I had permission'

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — In his first public appearance since several women said he had behaved physically inappropriately, former Vice-President Joe Biden on Friday made light of his tendency to be affectionate while delivering a nostalgia-drenched speech aimed
  
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• Attorney general defends handling of Mueller's Russia report

  05-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr is defending his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation, saying the confidential document contains sensitive grand jury material that prevented it from being immediat
  
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