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• Toronto Arrows bring pro rugby union to Canada, losing heartbreaker to NOLA Gold

  07-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Pro rugby union arrived in Canada on Sunday, complete with a sellout crowd, a run on beer and a heartbreaking ending for the Toronto Arrows.
  
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• Thousands march in Montreal to denounce Quebec government's secularism bill

  07-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Thousands of Montrealers chanted for solidarity and loudly denounced Premier Francois Legault on Sunday as they took to the streets to oppose the Quebec government's proposed secularism bill.
  
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• Switzerland beats Japan 8-4 to win bronze at world men's curling championship

  07-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Switzerland's Peter De Cruz defeated Japan's Yuta Matsumura 8-4 on Sunday afternoon to win the bronze medal at the world men's curling championship.
  
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• Maryland House Speaker Busch dies, a Chesapeake Bay defender

  07-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Michael Busch, a champion of the Chesapeake Bay and progressive causes during his record-tenure as Maryland's Democratic House speaker, battled for the environment up until the end of his life. He died Sunday at age 72.
  
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• Long-serving Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch dead at 72

  07-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Michael Busch, the longest-serving Maryland House speaker in the state's history, died Sunday. He was 72.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canada's Koe settles for silver at world curling championship

  07-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Canada's Kevin Koe settled for silver at the world men's curling championship after dropping a 7-2 decision to Sweden's Niklas Edin. Koe gave up a steal of three in the ninth end after trying a quadruple takeout.
  
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• Clevinger strikes out 10 as Indians top Jays 3-1 for sweep

  07-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  CLEVELAND — Toronto was no match for Mike Clevinger, who was stopped Sunday only by upper back tightness that forced him from the game after five scoreless innings.
  
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• Canada's Koe settles for silver after falling to Edin at world championship

  07-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Canada skip Kevin Koe put on a master class of exquisite shotmaking during the world men's curling championship, providing a bevy of highlight-reel shots that helped his team reach the final. A magical in-off.
  
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• 'Best time of year:' NHL playoff matchups set

  07-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  The team expected to win it all faces an opponent that loaded up for the same thing, the defending champions go up against a playoff newcomer and the wild West is wide open in the quest for the Stanley Cup.
  
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• A look at the first round of the NHL playoffs

  07-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  With the NHL playoffs set to begin Wednesday, The Canadian Press takes a look at all eight first-round series.
  
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• Sid for Selke? Crosby's versatile game expanding for Pens

  07-04-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH — Casey DeSmith has seen it at every stop of his hockey career. Practice comes, the focus shifts to defending and the guys paid lavishly to score goals take their foot off the gas.
  
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• No Canada: Nation's Stanley Cup drought approaches 26 years

  07-04-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  Whenever Eric Desjardins reunites with his 1993 Montreal Canadiens teammates, the topic of Canada's ongoing Stanley Cup drought doesn't come up in conversation. "We don't see it that way.
  
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• Kings begin coaching search after letting go of Desjardins

  07-04-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Kings said Sunday that Willie Desjardins is not a candidate to become the next head coach after serving in an interim role for most of the season.
  
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• Dietrich's admiration of home run leads to brawl

  07-04-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH — Cincinnati's Derek Dietrich admired a home run off Chris Archer in the second inning, and two innings later the Pittsburgh Pirates starter threw a 93 mph fastball behind Dietrich's waist, setting off a brawl Sunday that led to the ejecti
  
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• Bobrovsky comes back strong in Blue Jackets' playoff chase

  07-04-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Through an odd, erratic season for the Columbus Blue Jackets, nobody has had a bumpier ride than star goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. A high-profile contract issue, a slump, a disciplinary suspension and a humiliating healthy scratch.
  
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• Raptors edge Heat 117-109 in OT in final home game of regular season

  07-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Pascal Siakam had 23 points and 10 rebounds and the Toronto Raptors edged the Miami Heat 117-109 in overtime on Sunday, in their final home game of the regular season.
  
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• R. Kelly makes brief paid appearance at Illinois club

  07-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — R&B singer R. Kelly made a paid appearance early Sunday at a club in Illinois' capital city, but the fans who each shelled out $50 to $100 for tickets got only a 28-second performance, followed by a half-hour meet-and-greet.
  
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• Oilers McDavid says leg update seems "positive" following scary injury

  07-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Oilers captain Connor McDavid said he seems to be OK following a scary leg injury in Edmonton's season finale against the Calgary Flames on Saturday night.
  
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• Flames and Jets fans rally around teams on Twitter ahead of NHL playoffs

  07-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  The Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets are being rewarded for their on-ice success with growing online fanbases.
  
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• Deulofeu double stuns Wolves, puts Watford in FA Cup final

  07-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — Substitute Gerard Deulofeu sent Watford into the FA Cup final for the first time in 35 years, scoring twice as Wolverhampton's two-goal lead was wiped out in a 3-2 victory for the Hornets on Sunday.
  
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• After beating England , Canadian women back in action Monday against Nigeria

  07-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  Just three days after dispatching England, Canada is back in action Monday as it takes on Nigeria in a women's soccer friendly in Spain. The game is intended to provide the fifth-ranked Canadian women a look at an African team.
  
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• Opinion:: Government reaction a slap in the face to students and our education system

  07-04-2019 20:22 via baytoday.ca
  The most recent example of students demonstrating over cuts they feel very strongly about is tragic, given the government replies
  
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• 'Shazam!' debuts with $53.5M, handing DC Comics another win

  07-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Seven films in, the DC Extended Universe is finally flying with some wind behind its back. The well-reviewed, relatively modestly budgeted "Shazam!" debuted with $53.
  
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• More cases of women who received labour-inducing drug emerging: lawyer

  07-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONCTON, N.B. — A lawyer retained by women who suspect they were improperly given a labour-inducing drug says the number of alleged victims of a Moncton nurse's inappropriate treatment is growing.
  
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• Canadian team mainstay Kelly Olynyk hopes coaching decision comes soon

  07-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Kelly Olynyk knows Canada has a crucial coaching decision to make — and he hopes it comes soon. "Hopefully they figure it out sooner rather than later so that we have a little time to get things rolling," Olynyk said Sunday morning.
  
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• Cameranesi leads U.S. in 8-0 win over Swiss at women's world hockey championship

  07-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  ESPOO, Finland — Dani Cameranesi had two goals and an assist to pace the United States to an 8-0 shutout of Switzerland in the group stage at the women's world hockey championship Sunday. The U.S.
  
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• Buffalo Sabres fire coach Phil Housley after 2 seasons

  07-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres' dreadful second-half free-fall left general manager Jason Botterill no choice but to fire coach Phil Housley after his second year on the job.
  
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• Baltimore's embattled mayor intends to return to work

  07-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  BALTIMORE — A spokesman for the embattled mayor of Baltimore says she'll return from her leave of absence as soon as her health allows. Spokesman James Bentley told The Baltimore Sun on Saturday that Catherine Pugh's health is improving.
  
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• Wrestler Bret Hart tackled during WWE Hall of Fame speech

  07-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Canadian wrestler Bret "The Hitman" Hart was tackled by a spectator Saturday while he was giving a speech during the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
  
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• Gov. Gen. Julie Payette visits Rwanda to mark 25th anniversary of genocide

  07-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  KIGALI, Rwanda — Gov. Gen. Julie Payette laid a wreath at a memorial in Rwanda's capital today to mark 25 years since the start of a genocide that left an estimated 800,000 people dead.
  
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• Film explores rural health care amid poverty, opioid crisis

  07-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Northern New Mexico is known for tourist attractions such as artsy Santa Fe, eclectic Taos and the healing dirt of El Santuario de Chimayó.
  
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• Panthers fire coach Bob Boughner after 2 seasons

  07-04-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  SUNRISE, Fla. — Bob Boughner has become the latest coach to pay for Florida's almost-annual inability to reach the Stanley Cup playoffs.
  
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• Ottawa to pay more than $400,000 in compensation to Roxham Road residents

  07-04-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebecers living near the Canada-United States border, where thousands of migrants have crossed irregularly into the country since 2017, will receive more than $400,000 to compensate them for increased traffic and noise.
  
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• Jets open first-round playoff series Wednesday, Leafs, Flames begin Thursday

  07-04-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — The Winnipeg Jets will begin their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series Wednesday while the Toronto Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames play their respective Game 1's on Thursday.
  
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• Fiji beats France to win record 5th Hong Kong Sevens trophy, Canada ties for 15th

  07-04-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  HONG KONG — Fiji won a record fifth Hong Kong Sevens on Sunday, beating France 21- 7 in the final at Hong Kong Stadium. Canada finished at the other end of the standing, tied for 15th after losing 29-14 to Wales in the 13th-place semifinal.
  
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• CNN anchor Don Lemon engaged to real estate agent Tim Malone

  07-04-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — CNN anchor Don Lemon has announced his engagement to New York real estate agent Tim Malone. Lemon, who has two dogs with Malone, posted on Instagram photos of customized canine tags that read: "DADDY WILL YOU MARRY PAPA?" on Saturday.
  
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• 'Significant' teacher layoffs coming to the Near North – union - The North Bay Nugget

  07-04-2019 16:55
  'Significant' teacher layoffs coming to the Near North – union  The North Bay NuggetEducators rally at Queen's Park against education system changes.
  
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• 'Significant' teacher layoffs coming to the Near North – union

  07-04-2019 16:50 via nugget.ca
  The union representing secondary school teachers in the Near North expects “significant” layoffs.
  “When we use the math the provincial government is using, I absolutely expect layoffs,” Glen Hodgson, District 4 president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, says in response to a provincial memo obtained and reported by CBC Toronto, Friday.
  “At this time, I can’t say how many teachers, but it is significant. And this doesn’t even ta
  
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• North Bay and area students test their skills - The North Bay Nugget

  07-04-2019 16:20
  North Bay and area students test their skills  The North Bay NuggetNorth Bay welding student and judge Ashley Cushing peaks in to check on a competitor in the Skills Ontario qualifying competition, Saturday at Canadore ...
  
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• North Bay and area students test their skills

  07-04-2019 16:16 via nugget.ca
  The future of skilled trades and technology were in the spotlight Saturday when dozens of secondary school students from across the region competed at Canadore College.
  Students competed in carpentry, culinary arts, TV and video production, and welding. The Skills Ontario competition was one of seven held across the province, with the top three finishers in each event becoming eligible to compete at the 30th Skills Ontario Competition May 6-8 at the Toronto Congress Centre. More than 35,000 spec
  
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• Scheer urges PM to follow through on libel threat over SNC, testify in court

  07-04-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Andrew Scheer is challenging Justin Trudeau to follow through on a threat to sue him over his assertion that the prime minister politically interfered with the criminal prosecution of Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavlin.
  
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• Scheer promises to release new documents related to SNC-Lavalin affair

  07-04-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer plans to present new documents related to the SNC-Lavalin controversy this afternoon. His announcement is set for 2 p.m. eastern time at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa.
  
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• New wave of telemedicine uses mobile phone video to link patients, doctors

  07-04-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  Stick out your smartphone and say AHHHHH. Although it's early days for a new wave of telemedicine, some Canadians can now avoid trips to the doctor's office by using their mobile phone's video camera.
  
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• France takes torch passed by Canada, will focus on gender equality at G7 summit

  07-04-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's work to make gender equality a centrepiece of its G7 presidency last year has been adopted by French President Emmanuel Macron, who has pledged that combating inequality — particularly gender inequity — will be a priority as France
  
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• CANADA: Here is what you need to know about the carbon tax

  07-04-2019 15:25 via baytoday.ca
  Carbon taxes on fossil fuels such as gasoline help lower greenhouse gas emissions
  
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• Stars to celebrate British stage at Olivier theatre awards

  07-04-2019 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — Actors and other theatre professionals are preparing for Britain's annual Olivier Awards ceremony, where musicals "Come From Away" and "Company" lead the nominations with nine apiece.
  
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• Bronzed plaque honours pioneering surveyor - The North Bay Nugget

  07-04-2019 14:46
  Bronzed plaque honours pioneering surveyor  The North Bay NuggetHave you ever wondered where those dark blue, bronzed highway plaques come from. There is one plaque that has much to do about our back roads and it's ...
  
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• Bronzed plaque honours pioneering surveyor

  07-04-2019 14:44 via nugget.ca
  Have you ever wondered where those dark blue, bronzed highway plaques come from. There is one plaque that has much to do about our back roads and it’s very specific location tells us why the byways appear as straight lines, running north-south for the most part.
  The plaque is located three kilometres west of Cochrane on the north side of Highway 11. It’s on the 49th parallel of latitude north of the equator. It is the 81st line of longitude, west of the Prime Meridian, crossing Highw
  
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• UK holds out hope for Brexit compromise by Friday deadline

  07-04-2019 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — Cross-party talks to jumpstart plans for Brexit are expected to resume before the U.K.
  
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• UK government, opposition cling to hope of Brexit compromise

  07-04-2019 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — Britain's government and the main opposition party were clinging to hope Monday of finding a compromise Brexit deal, two days before Prime Minister Theresa May must try to persuade European Union leaders to grant a delay to the U.K.
  
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