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• More layoffs at Ontario Northland in North Bay - CTV News

  07-05-2019 23:26
  More layoffs at Ontario Northland in North Bay  CTV NewsFor the second time since last October, more layoffs are announced at Ontario Northland in North Bay.
  
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• Lake Nipissing and Mattawa River rising

  07-05-2019 23:20 via nugget.ca
  Water levels on Mattawa River and Lake Nipissing continue to rise in response to continued snowmelt in the Northern watersheds. Read More
  
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• Warawa bids emotional farewell to MPs, calls for more access to palliative care

  07-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative MP Mark Warawa used his farewell address to the House Commons today to call for changes that will ensure more Canadians have access to palliative care.
  
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• Teen who charged attackers was lone death in school shooting

  07-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo.
  
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• Slain teen charged attacker in Colorado school shooting

  07-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — When a gunman burst into his high school classroom, Kendrick Castillo did not hesitate.
  
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• Sheriff says shots fired at school in suburban Denver

  07-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Authorities say shots have been fired at a school in suburban Denver. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says it believes two people have been injured in the shooting at the school but says it's still gathering information.
  
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• Sharks hope for Pavelski's return before Game 7 against Avs

  07-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  SAN JOSE, Calif. — Captain Joe Pavelski was getting staples put into his bloody head when the San Jose Sharks staged an epic comeback in Game 7 of the opening round against Vegas.
  
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• Freedom Mobile hit by data breach, company says up to 15,000 customers affected

  07-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Freedom Mobile says the data of about 15,000 customers was exposed by a security breach that began in late March. The wireless service arm of Shaw Communications Inc.
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos register profit of $2.8-million for 2018 campaign

  07-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Eskimos posted a $2.8-million profit for the 2018 season. The Eskimos unveiled the surplus in treasurer Janice Agrios's report tabled Tuesday at the CFL club's annual general meeting.
  
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• Bags of cash, luxury car export scheme described in B.C. money laundering report

  07-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — An independent report released today suggests organized criminals are laundering money through British Columbia's luxury car sector and some are even receiving tax rebates from the province for the transactions. The B.C.
  
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• At least 2 handguns used in school shooting near Columbine

  07-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo.
  
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• Mayor says Mattawa was not given enough time to react to flooding

  07-05-2019 23:00 via baytoday.ca
  'We had been told for two weeks that things have peeked and nothing is going to happen and clean sailing and then 11th hour, bang, all hell broke loose'
  
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• Heavy rainfall expected Wednesday night, Thursday

  07-05-2019 22:19 via nugget.ca
  Significant rainfall is expected Wednesday night through Thursday in North Bay, Powassan, Mattawa and West Nipissing. Read More
  
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• 'Muzzle and constrain': Lawyer challenges limits on inquiry into Desmond deaths

  07-05-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Justice Department is trying to muzzle the inquiry into the death of an Afghan war veteran who killed his family and himself more than two years ago, a senior lawyer says.
  
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• Five students heading to Fredericton for CanadaWide Science Fair

  07-05-2019 21:58 via baytoday.ca
  The total award value is expected to be in excess of $500,000
  
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• Up to 50mm rain on way to Almaguin, North Bay; localized flooding possible - NorthBayNipissing.com

  07-05-2019 21:31
  Up to 50mm rain on way to Almaguin, North Bay; localized flooding possible  NorthBayNipissing.comALMAGUIN - NORTH BAY — UPDATE (4:35 a.m., Wednesday, May 8): A rainfall warning is in effect for for Bayfield Inlet - Dunchurch, South River - Burk's Falls, ...
  
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• Philadelphia 76ers centre Joel Embiid starts in Game 5 against Raptors

  07-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown wasn't giving much away on the subject of ailing centre Joel Embiid on the eve of Tuesday's playoff game with the Toronto Raptors.
  
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• Philadelphia 76ers centre Joel Embiid listed as probable starter for Game 5

  07-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown wasn't giving much away on the subject of ailing centre Joel Embiid on the eve of Tuesday's playoff game with the Toronto Raptors.
  
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• North Bay flood warning extended until Friday - BayToday

  07-05-2019 21:00
  North Bay flood warning extended until Friday  BayTodayNorth Bay has received substantial precipitation over the past several weeks and the combination of repeated rainfall and snowmelt has resulted in water levels ...
  
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• Team North Bay departs for Fredericton Saturday - The North Bay Nugget

  07-05-2019 20:39
  Team North Bay departs for Fredericton Saturday  The North Bay NuggetThe North Bay Regional Science Fair is sending three promising projects (five students) to the 2019 Canada-Wide Science Fair in Fredericton, NB., May 11-17.
  
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• Team North Bay departs for Fredericton Saturday

  07-05-2019 20:32 via nugget.ca
  The North Bay Regional Science Fair is sending three promising projects (five students) to the 2019 Canada-Wide Science Fair in Fredericton, NB., May 11-17. Read More
  
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• Former Saskatchewan finance minister advising Alberta government on fiscal plan

  07-05-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — A former NDP finance minister from Saskatchewan is heading a panel of experts looking into Alberta's finances.
  
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• Disney slates Fox films, 'Avatar' pushed another year

  07-05-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — The long wait for more "Avatar" films will go on a little longer. The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday laid out its plans for upcoming 20th Century Fox films.
  
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• Brandon Wheat Kings part company with general manager Grant Armstrong

  07-05-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  BRANDON, Man. — The Brandon Wheat Kings and general manager Grant Armstrong have parted ways after the Western Hockey League team announced it would not extend his contract.
  
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• Mattawa residents bracing themselves for the worst

  07-05-2019 19:08 via baytoday.ca
  'I am just sick and I look at all the houses around, it is really low and the water is high and people could lose everything especially those who don’t have insurance'
  
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• Work with U.S. and resist China, Scheer says in laying out foreign-policy plans

  07-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is set to deliver what is being billed as a major foreign-policy speech Tuesday afternoon, calling for Canada to join an American ballistic-missile shield and take a more aggressive attitude toward China.
  
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• 'She was slaughtered:' Winnipeg jury hears closing arguments in murder case

  07-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — A Crown prosecutor says a Winnipeg man on trial for killing an Indigenous woman committed a ghastly crime worse than any horror movie. "How did Christine Wood die? She was slaughtered," Brent Davidson said in his closing address Tuesday.
  
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• Scheer says he will move Canadian Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv

  07-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A Conservative government would move Canada's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, party leader Andrew Scheer said in a sometimes fiery foreign-policy speech on Tuesday that took personal aim at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  
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• Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin, wife expecting 9th child

  07-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  HAYWARD, Wis. — Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin has announced that he and his wife are expecting their ninth child.
  
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• Man charged with second-degree murder in deaths of Calgary woman, toddler

  07-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A man suspected of killing a woman and her toddler daughter has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Robert Andrew Leeming, 34, appeared via video before a justice of the peace in Calgary on Tuesday.
  
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• Iowa patrol lieutenant faces inquiry over move

  07-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  IOWA CITY, Iowa — An Iowa State Patrol supervisor received $40,000 in relocation benefits as part of a reassignment to western Iowa last year, even as he began claiming a newly built house 120 miles away as his home for tax purposes, a review by The
  
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• Defenceman Teemu Kivihalme signs with Toronto Maple Leafs

  07-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Teemu Kivihalme to a one-year, entry-level contract. The 23-year-old had nine goals and 21 assists in 60 games with Karpat of the Finnish league this past season.
  
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• Closing arguments in trial of man accused of killing missing Manitoba woman

  07-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — A Crown prosecutor says a Winnipeg man on trial for killing an Indigenous woman committed a ghastly crime, while the defence says he did not mean to cause her harm.
  
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• Mattawa area under flood warning

  07-05-2019 18:55 via nugget.ca
  The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry – North Bay District is advising residents in the Ottawa River area, from the City of Temiskaming Shores south to Papineau-Cameron Township, that a special flood warning for the area is in effect until Monday. Read More
  
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• Flood warning extends from Temiskaming Shores to Mattawa

  07-05-2019 18:48 via baytoday.ca
  Water levels along the Ottawa River Watershed are seeing an increased rate of flow well above normal conditions
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie lands ferrochrome processing facility

  07-05-2019 18:25 via baytoday.ca
  News breaking at this hour at the Civic Centre
  
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• Stock markets fall on rising concerns about trade war between U.S. and China

  07-05-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — North American stock markets sustained deep losses Tuesday over rising concerns about a looming trade war between the U.S. and China. Markets mostly recovered Monday from early losses after U.S.
  
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• Gunman takes 4 hostages in southern France

  07-05-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — A gunman took four hostages in a convenience store on the outskirts of the southern French city of Toulouse on Tuesday, police said. Authorities weren't certain of the hostage-taker's identity or what he is demanding.
  
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• Government, school officials agree to resume high school rugby in Nova Scotia

  07-05-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — High school rugby players in Nova Scotia will be returning to the pitch to finish their season following a meeting today between the provincial government and school officials.
  
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• Freeland affirms Arctic co-operation with U.S. despite differences on climate

  07-05-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Canada is disappointed the United States has blocked the Arctic Council from issuing a unanimous declaration acknowledging climate change but has no choice but to keep working with a key ally, says Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freelan
  
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• Edmonton Oilers name Ken Holland as general manager and president of hockey ops

  07-05-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have officially named Ken Holland as their new general manager and president of hockey operations.
  
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• ReCycle Bikes accepting donations - The North Bay Nugget

  07-05-2019 17:35
  ReCycle Bikes accepting donations  The North Bay NuggetNorth Bay volunteers have tuned up and distributed 200 bicycles since 2015.
  
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• ReCycle Bikes accepting donations

  07-05-2019 17:30 via nugget.ca
  The Discovery Routes ReCycle Bikes Program has returned for the season. Read More
  
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• 'Pink slip rally' planned for Wednesday - The North Bay Nugget

  07-05-2019 17:06
  'Pink slip rally' planned for Wednesday  The North Bay NuggetThe union representing the 114 secondary teachers declared redundant by the Near North District School Board will hold a rally in front of Nipissing MPP Vic ...
  
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• RCMP not fully prepared for active shooters five years after Moncton: auditor

  07-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The RCMP isn't sure that all its officers have access to the rifles and body armour needed to respond to an active shooter, almost five years after three Mounties were gunned down in New Brunswick, Canada's auditor general has found.
  
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• MEG Energy reports $48 million loss despite 56% bitumen price increase

  07-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Oilsands producer MEG Energy Corp. is reporting a larger-than-expected first-quarter net loss despite a rise in revenue as its average price for blended bitumen rose by 56 per cent compared with the fourth quarter of 2018.
  
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• Highlights of the auditor general's reports released Tuesday

  07-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Highlights of the auditor general's reports released Tuesday: — Millions of people had trouble getting through to agents at federal call centres.
  
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• Finnish defenceman Otto Leskinen signs with Montreal Canadiens

  07-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have signed Finnish defenceman Otto Leskinen to a two-year, entry-level contract.
  
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• Dead end: millions of calls to government go unanswered, AG finds

  07-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Half of the 16 million Canadians trying to reach one of three government agencies by telephone are unable to speak to live humans, according to Canada's interim auditor general.
  
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• Canada's asylum system unable to respond to spikes in claims, AG finds

  07-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's refugee system is plagued with a backlog of asylum claims that is worse now than it has ever been, caused in part by systemic inefficiencies, according to findings from acting auditor general Sylvain Ricard.
  
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