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• Battalion top pick gets his first taste of North Bay - BayToday

  11-04-2019 23:30
  Battalion top pick gets his first taste of North Bay  BayTodayToday was the first visit to North Bay for Liam Arnsby. “I haven't been here before, but so far it is very nice,” said Arnsby. Liam and his dad were up in North Bay ...
  
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• Toronto's BMO Field undergoes transformation into a hybrid playing surface

  11-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Like an electronic caterpillar, a special machine is inching its way across the BMO Field pitch these days. It's going 24 hours a day stitching green artificial fibres into the natural grass.
  
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• Sundance Film Festival co-founder charged with sex abuse

  11-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced an Oscar-winning movie in the mid-1980s has been charged with sexual abuse of a young girl.
  
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• Israeli spacecraft crashes in attempt to land on moon

  11-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  YEHUD, Israel — An Israeli spacecraft crashed into the moon Thursday just moments before touchdown, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history as the first privately funded lunar landing.
  
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• Canadians divided on banning handguns, assault-style firearms: consultation

  11-04-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canadians have wildly diverging views on banning handguns and assault-style firearms, says a newly released summary of federal consultations.
  
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• A caring pharmacist named Citizen of the Year

  11-04-2019 22:11 via baytoday.ca
  'I will encourage other people to step up and do some of the things that I have done, by donating and being active in community events'
  
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• While Montreal sleeps, every minute counts for subway maintenance workers

  11-04-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — In the early hours of the morning, when most Montrealers are asleep, below the city's surface subway maintenance workers are in a race against time. Between approximately 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.
  
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• Postmedia posts bigger Q2 loss as revenue from print operations continues fall

  11-04-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Postmedia Network Canada Corp. lost nearly $5.1 million in its second quarter as revenue dropped 7.5 per cent compared with last year as a result of shifting advertising and circulation patterns.
  
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• NDP MP urges Goodale to get RCMP to investigate coerced sterilizations

  11-04-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — NDP MP Don Davies says Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has to use all "legitimate tools" at his disposal to ensure the RCMP investigates women's allegations of forced or coerced sterilizations.
  
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• Liberal MP Pam Damoff briefly faints at desk during question period

  11-04-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A Liberal MP walked out of the House of Commons on her own after collapsing at her desk during the daily question period.
  
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• Conners off to strong start at Masters, was last to qualify

  11-04-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  AUGUSTA, Ga. — The last guy into the Masters left no doubt he deserved his spot.
  
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• Parts of Almaguin, North Bay area under freezing rain warning - NorthBayNipissing.com

  11-04-2019 21:27
  Parts of Almaguin, North Bay area under freezing rain warning  NorthBayNipissing.comNORTH BAY — UPDATE (7:02 p.m. Thursday, April 11): Environment Canada continues a freezing rain warning for South River - Burk's Falls, North Bay ...
  
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• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. makes 2019 debut with triple-A Buffalo Bisons

  11-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MOOSIC, Pa. — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has played long enough since returning from an oblique injury that Buffalo Bisons manager Bobby Meacham said that at this point it's all about assessing quality of play, not health.
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays set to watch Guerrero make triple-A season debut

  11-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MOOSIC, Pa. — Top Toronto Blue Jays prospect Vladimir Guerrero will make his season debut for the triple-A Buffalo Bisons on Thursday night.
  
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• Top IMF official warns global economy facing various threats

  11-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The head of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund said Thursday the world is facing a time of high uncertainty with 70% of the global economy caught in a growth slowdown that could be worsened by self-inflicted wounds such as unnece
  
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• Liberals nix opposition motion for investigation into top-court selection leak

  11-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Federal Liberals have thwarted an opposition attempt to find out who leaked information about a dispute between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould over who should be chief justice of Canada's top c
  
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• Ex-Obama WH counsel charged with lying in lobbying probe

  11-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig was indicted Thursday on charges of making false statements and concealing information in a federal foreign lobbying investigation that intersected with the Russia probe.
  
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• Daisy Bates, Johnny Cash statues headed to US Capitol

  11-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Statues of civil rights leader Daisy Bates and country singer Johnny Cash — two of Arkansas' most celebrated icons — are headed to Washington, D.C., to represent the state in a U.S. Capitol display. Gov.
  
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• Civil rights and legal orgs urge Trudeau to drop asylum-eligibility changes

  11-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A group of civil-society and legal organizations is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to withdraw changes to asylum laws included in a Liberal budget bill tabled this week, calling them harsh and unnecessary.
  
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• Chicago building once home to Al Capone and family sold

  11-04-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — A red brick two-flat on Chicago's South Side that once belonged to gangster Al Capone has been sold after being on the market for years.
  
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• Snowmelt, upcoming rain prompt Water Safety alert for North Bay area - NorthBayNipissing.com

  11-04-2019 21:00
  Snowmelt, upcoming rain prompt Water Safety alert for North Bay area  NorthBayNipissing.comNORTH BAY — Snowmelt, forecast rainfall, and water levels slightly above average in area creeks and rivers have prompted the North Bay-Mattawa ...
  
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• North Bay drill team finishes top seven - BayToday

  11-04-2019 20:42
  North Bay drill team finishes top seven  BayTodayThis is the first time North Bay has taken home medals from Provincials in quite a while.
  
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• Transcontinental fires back over sale of Atlantic Canada media assets

  11-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Montreal-based Transcontinental Inc. is defending its handling of the sale of its East Coast media assets to SaltWire Network, and says it's considering a counter-suit against Atlantic Canada’s largest media company.
  
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• Postmedia posts bigger Q2 loss as revenue from print operations continues decline

  11-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Postmedia Network Canada Corp. says it lost nearly $5.1 million in the second quarter as its revenue dropped 7.5 per cent compared with last year as a result of shifting advertising and circulation patterns.
  
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• Police: Firefighter went into store nude on dare to buy soda

  11-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MIDDLETOWN, R.I. — A firefighter who police say walked naked into a Rhode Island convenience store on a dare has been placed on leave. Police responded to a 7-Eleven in Middletown the afternoon of April 3 for a report of a naked customer.
  
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• 'NDN CAR:' Manitoba man fights to keep personalized plate referencing song

  11-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg man is heading to court to have his personalized "NDN CAR" licence plate returned after it was deemed offensive by Manitoba Public Insurance.
  
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• Leafs hoping to write a different script against Bruins heading into Game 1

  11-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  BOSTON — Nazem Kadri has plenty of bad memories inside TD Garden. He's hoping this spring will be different.
  
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• Lawyers seek 25 years for Montreal man in Michigan airport stabbing

  11-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  DETROIT — A Montreal man convicted of stabbing a police officer at a Flint, Michigan, airport was in debt and saw the attack as a way to become a martyr while benefiting his wife and children financially through a life insurance policy, his attorneys
  
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• Koepka, DeChambeau share lead at the Masters

  11-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  AUGUSTA, Ga. — No need to wait until Sunday for the Masters to come to life. Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson delivered enough excitement over the final two hours Thursday for quite an opening act at Augusta National.
  
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• Hamilton Tiger-Cats pick France's Gnahoua first in CFL European draft

  11-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — France's Valentin Gnahoua was the first player taken Thursday in the CFL's first-ever European player draft. The six-foot-one, 235-pound defensive lineman from Le Mans, France, was selected first overall by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
  
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• Few SNC-Lavalin rivals have been granted DPAs, contrary to CEO's claims

  11-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — It was a sunny Wednesday in March, and Neil Bruce was making his case for why SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. deserved a negotiated settlement over corruption charges tied to alleged dealings in Libya.
  
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• Canada's Corey Conners vaults into early tie for lead at Masters

  11-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  AUGUSTA, Ga. — Canadian Corey Conners has continued his improbable roll at one of golf's biggest tournaments. The 27-year-old native of Listowel, Ont., found himself tied for the lead of the Masters after teeing off in the first group Thursday.
  
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• Bloc Quebecois tells Ottawa to stay out of debate over Quebec secularism bill

  11-04-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Bloc Quebecois is taking its defence of the provincial government's secularism bill to English Canada with a billboard along an Ottawa highway. The message in English reads, "Quebec knows what's right for Quebec. Thank you.
  
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• Chute named citizen of the year - The North Bay Nugget

  11-04-2019 19:47
  Chute named citizen of the year  The North Bay NuggetBrian Chute is someone who doesn't like to toot his own horn.But there are plenty of others anxious to sing his praises.“He's an awesome person,” Peter Schoen ...
  
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• Chute named citizen of the year

  11-04-2019 19:45 via nugget.ca
  Brian Chute is someone who doesn’t like to toot his own horn.
  But there are plenty of others anxious to sing his praises.
  “He’s an awesome person,” Peter Schoen said Thursday after the Kiwanis Club of Nipissing announced Chute as the club’s 35th Citizen of the Year.
  “He’s the nicest, kindest, most humble, generous person. There are very few people who could fit all the attributes of Brian.
  “And he does it all out of the goodness of his heart. He&rs
  
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• BEYOND LOCAL: Expert says parents need to be careful about gifting money or a house

  11-04-2019 19:42 via baytoday.ca
  Buying a home is big step - financially and psychologically
  
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• Loaded handgun and drugs found after car stopped for a traffic offense

  11-04-2019 19:38 via baytoday.ca
  After speaking with the vehicle occupants, police began an investigation and discovered a loaded handgun and drugs
  
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• Fans arrive for rapper Nipsey Hussle's Los Angeles memorial

  11-04-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Fans poured into the Staples Center on Thursday to pay tribute to Nipsey Hussle, the rapper and community activist slain last month in front of a store that he tried to use to empower his South Central neighbourhood .
  
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• North Bay OPP seize drugs, loaded gun in Powassan - The North Bay Nugget

  11-04-2019 18:43
  North Bay OPP seize drugs, loaded gun in Powassan  The North Bay NuggetOfficers from the North Bay detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police stopped a vehicle for a traffic offence on Highway 11 in Powassan at about 1:25 p.m. ...
  
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• North Bay OPP seize drugs, loaded gun in Powassan

  11-04-2019 18:41 via nugget.ca
  Officers from the North Bay detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police stopped a vehicle for a traffic offence on Highway 11 in Powassan at about 1:25 p.m. Wednesday.
  Upon speaking to the vehicle occupants, police began an investigation. Officers located a loaded handgun and drugs suspected to be cocaine, crack, morphine and cannabis. As a result, the driver and passenger were arrested.
  Rafael Deleon, 22, of Mississauga, Ont., has been charged with:
  • Possess firearm or ammunition con
  
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• Winger Nick DeLeon signs new contract, finds new home with Toronto FC

  11-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Winger Nick DeLeon was one of several Toronto FC players to take their kids onto the field last Saturday for the anthems before facing the Chicago Fire.
  
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• Western Canada oil and gas producer count down by nearly 300 names since 2014

  11-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A lack of capital for drilling coupled with rising exploration costs make it unsurprising that fewer players are operating in Western Canada's oil and gas fields, analysts say.
  
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• Toddler survives 60-foot fall from apartment, lands on car

  11-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  REDMOND, Wash. — A 20-month-old boy survived a six-story fall from a suburban Seattle apartment window after the toddler landed on the roof of a parked car that cushioned the impact of the plunge, authorities said.
  
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• Newmont shareholders vote in favour of US$10 billion Goldcorp takeover

  11-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Newmont Mining Corp.'s US$10-billion all-share takeover deal of Goldcorp Inc. is almost complete after shareholders of the Denver-based company voted in favour of the merger Thursday.
  
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• Gloves come off as Canadian TV rivals battle over fees for carrying NHL games

  11-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebecor has proposed putting a corporate dispute with BCE's Bell Canada on ice until at least April 23 — a move that offers possible relief for hockey fans who prefer their NHL games to be televised in French.
  
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• Chelsea Carey reflects on her team's wild up-and-down curling season

  11-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Calgary skip Chelsea Carey took a break from curling after coming home from a disappointing performance at the recent world women's championship in Denmark. She didn't throw stones for almost a week once she returned.
  
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• Canadian women hone "blue-collar" identity in 5-0 quarterfinal win over Germany

  11-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  ESPOO, Finland — In an unfamiliar game against an unfamiliar foe, Canada summoned the brand of hockey the team believes can win gold at the women's world championship.
  
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• Brexit delay makes time for Canada, Britain to craft trade deal, envoy says

  11-04-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Britain's prolonged divorce proceeding from the European Union will give it more time to forge a proper free-trade deal with Canada, says the country's envoy to Ottawa.
  
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• Sudbury pot store owners fined $12,500 for not opening April 1

  11-04-2019 17:59 via baytoday.ca
  Anton Lucic, Saturnius partners penalized $12,500, will lose $50K if they don't open by end of the month
  
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• US: Avenatti deceived to prevent 'house of cards' collapse

  11-04-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors painted a picture of attorney Michael Avenatti on Thursday as a scheming operator who stole millions of dollars from clients, cheated on his taxes, lied to investigators and tried to hide money from debtors in bankru
  
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