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• Government to review flood mitigation says Ford

  10-05-2019 23:43 via baytoday.ca
  An internal task force will consult with municipal partners and other stakeholders
  
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• 62 elementary teachers declared redundant

  10-05-2019 23:11 via nugget.ca
  The Near North District School Board has issued redundancy notices to 62 elementary school teachers. Read More
  
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• Trump says voters don't care about his personal tax returns

  10-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is scoffing at Democrats' attempts to pry loose his tax returns, saying his refusal to release the records as a candidate didn't hurt him in 2016 and voters "didn't care" about the issue.
  
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• Trudeau says Alberta carbon tax fight won't affect Trans Mountain line decision

  10-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Alberta's opposition to a carbon tax won't influence his cabinet's decision on whether to approve the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  
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• Pentagon: US moving Patriot missile battery to Mideast

  10-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says the U.S. will move a Patriot missile battery into the Middle East region to counter threats from Iran.
  
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• Layoff notices continue to be delivered by Near North Board, this time elementary teachers

  10-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  'This is education week and unfortunately it ended on a sour note for the teachers and our students'
  
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• House Democrat issues subpoenas for Trump tax returns

  10-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — A top House Democrat has issued subpoenas for six years of President Donald Trump's tax returns, giving Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig a deadline of next Friday to deliver them.
  
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• Canadian divers Benfeito, McKay struggle to fifth place at World Series stop

  10-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  KAZAN, Russia — Canadians Meaghan Benfeito and Caeli McKay finished fifth in the women's 10-metre synchro platform at a diving World Series event.
  
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• BEDARD, Marie-Jeanne (nee Laporte)

  10-05-2019 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  Peacefully passed away at the North Bay Regional Health Centre on May 9, 2019 at the age of 79 years. Predeceased by her husband Garfield ‘Gary’ Bedard and daughter Brigitte. Loving mother of Garfield Jr. (Cindy).
  
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• OPP seeing decrease in road deaths

  10-05-2019 22:38 via nugget.ca
  The Ontario Provincial Police North East Region is reporting that three people have died on OPP-roads so far this year. Read More
  
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• Launch of a long term commitment to make North Bay "the most beautiful city in Northern Ontario" - BayToday

  10-05-2019 22:30
  Launch of a long term commitment to make North Bay "the most beautiful city in Northern Ontario"  BayToday'A true indicator of the strength, health, beauty and prosperity of any city, is the active participation of the individuals who work, play and live there' Harriet ...
  
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• Chippewa musician 'accidentally' earns national honour

  10-05-2019 22:19 via nugget.ca
  They say hard work pays off, and for Chippewa student musician Kateria Pankrantz it’s paying off in a huge way. Read More
  
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• Ex-Fugees rapper charged in campaign finance case

  10-05-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — One of the founding members of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees has been charged in a campaign finance conspiracy that took place during the 2012 U.S. presidential election, the Justice Department said Friday.
  
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• North Bay District Flood Warning - CTV News

  10-05-2019 21:43
  North Bay District Flood Warning  CTV NewsAn update from Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry on the North Bay District Flood Warning.
  
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• Lake Nipissing, Mattawa River still rising - The North Bay Nugget

  10-05-2019 21:37
  Lake Nipissing, Mattawa River still rising  The North Bay NuggetLake Nipissing water levels are currently sitting at 196.40 m, well above the maximum 'non-damage' water level of 196.22 m, the Ministry of Natural Resources ...
  
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• Lake Nipissing, Mattawa River still rising

  10-05-2019 21:33 via nugget.ca
  Lake Nipissing water levels are currently sitting at 196.40 m, well above the maximum ‘non-damage’ water level of 196.22 m, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says in a flood warning update issued Friday afternoon. Read More
  
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• Zito book to detail career, intensified religious belief

  10-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Barry Zito has written a book detailing his rise and fall as a baseball pitcher and his intensifying belief in religion. "Curveball" will be published Sept. 17 by Thomas Nelson, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing.
  
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• Zito book to detail baseball career, religious belief

  10-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Barry Zito has written a book detailing his rise and fall as a baseball pitcher and his intensifying belief in religion. "Curveball" will be published Sept. 17 by Thomas Nelson, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing.
  
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• Zito book to detail baseball career, discovery of religion.

  10-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Barry Zito has written a book detailing his rise and fall as a baseball pitcher and his discovery of religion. "Curveball" will be published Sept. 17 by Thomas Nelson, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing.
  
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• Trudeau says B.C. money laundering report is 'extremely alarming'

  10-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a report out of British Columbia on the extent that criminals are laundering their dirty money in Canada is extremely alarming and absolutely unacceptable. The report, done by a B.C.
  
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• Toronto FC looks to ground high-flying Philadelphia Union on Saturday

  10-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Squeezed between do-or-die NBA playoff games between the Raptors and 76ers, Toronto FC hosts a high-flying Philadelphia team of its own Saturday when the Union visit BMO Field.
  
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• Rihanna to launch groundbreaking new fashion label with LVMH

  10-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Rihanna certified her status as a cultural fashion icon with her groundbreaking new deal with LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world's largest luxury group.
  
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• RCMP defends 'thorough, independent' investigation into Vice-Admiral Mark Norman

  10-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The RCMP is defending its investigation of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman after the case against the military's former second-in-command collapsed this week.
  
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• PSAC rejects government offer, setting up potential post-election strike

  10-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — There could be a federal public-service strike later this year, but it will be up to whoever forms government after the October election to deal with it.
  
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• Manitoba reducing number of people in jail, still has highest prison rates

  10-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Manitoba government statistics show that there are fewer people behind bars in the province, but the justice minister says there's still a lot of work to do, especially when it comes to keeping youth out of prison.
  
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• Man accused of killing 4 people in Fredericton shooting spree returns to court

  10-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick man accused of murdering four people, including two police officers, in a shooting spree last August was back in a Fredericton courtroom Friday.
  
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• Canadian Press NewsAlert: 16-month-old dies in hot car in Burnaby, B.C.

  10-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  BURNABY, B.C. — RCMP say a toddler has died after being left in a vehicle in Burnaby, B.C., during a spring heat wave. Mounties say at 5:45 p.m.
  
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• 'Absolutely heartbreaking:' 16-month-old boy dies in hot vehicle in B.C.

  10-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  BURNABY, B.C. — RCMP in British Columbia say an "absolutely heartbreaking" set of circumstances led to the death of a 16-month-old boy who was left alone in a hot vehicle for hours.
  
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• WILLIAMS, Janet

  10-05-2019 20:55 via baytoday.ca
  The Williams family sadly announces Janet’s death on Tuesday May 7, 2019, at the age of 88 years
  
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• Road deaths down says OPP

  10-05-2019 20:54 via baytoday.ca
  More than half, 63 per cent of the deaths arelinked to speed, alcohol/drugs, inattentive driving and lack of seat belt use'
  
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• Launch of a long term commitment to make North Bay "the most beautiful city in Northern Ontario"

  10-05-2019 20:46 via baytoday.ca
  'A true indicator of the strength, health, beauty and prosperity of any city, is the active participation of the individuals who work, play and live there' Harriet Madigan North Bay Clean Green and Beautiful .   
  
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• ONTARIO: Nickel Belt MPP introduces bill to ban reprisals against health-care workers who report violence

  10-05-2019 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  'Violence should never be part of the job,' says Nickel Belt MPP
  
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• Big funding to promote the use of wood

  10-05-2019 20:16 via baytoday.ca
  'The industry is evolving and wood is becoming a hot building material, and right now it is a rage in Toronto'
  
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• Pembroke declares state of emergency

  10-05-2019 20:15 via baytoday.ca
  'We are asking interested volunteers and community organizations register at the Pembroke & Area Community Centre'
  
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• Waters to rise again in Ottawa area, even as N.B. turns to flood recovery mode

  10-05-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  Water levels are expected to rise again this weekend between Ottawa and Montreal, even as New Brunswick's floods are effectively over.
  
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• Province creating flooding task force

  10-05-2019 19:21 via nugget.ca
  TORONTO — Ontario is creating a task force on improving the province’s resilience to flooding.
  Premier Doug Ford and Natural Resources Minister John Yakabuski say in a statement that floods over the past few weeks have had devastating effects on Ontario communities.
  They say Ontarians can’t endure that every year and something needs to change.
  The task force will consult with municipalities and other stakeholders on how to better plan for flooding and reduce the impacts of it.
  
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• Rural Canada's voice in cabinet says feds looking at funding community ISPs

  10-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A new plan to help rural Canada thrive will focus on expanding internet and cellphone coverage, even funding communities that want to be their own service providers, the minister in charge of it says.
  
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• Recipe Unlimited to add plant-based burger to Kelsey's menu, tests salad buffet

  10-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  Kelsey's Original Roadhouse will launch a plant-based burger from a Canadian manufacturer next month as its parent company Recipe Unlimited Corp. looks to capitalize on the alternative protein trend. "There's been a lot of hype around some other U.S.
  
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• Quebec targets three English Montreal schools for transfer to French board

  10-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec says the English school board serving Montreal must come up with a suitable solution to overcrowding in the French-language system or the education minister will unilaterally transfer three anglophone schools to the French board wit
  
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• Projected high draft pick Kaapo Kakko leads Finland to win over Canada

  10-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  KOSICE, Slovakia — Finland continued its recent domination of Canada in international hockey on Friday, winning 3-1 in the opening game for both teams at the world men's championship.
  
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• House passes $19B disaster aid bill over Trump opposition

  10-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The House on Friday passed a $19 billion disaster aid bill that would deliver long-sought relief to farmers, victims of hurricanes and floods, and rebuild southern military bases, as Democrats try to dislodge the legislation from a Senat
  
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• Federal Court of Appeal narrows release of Senate-scandal documents

  10-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The government does not have to release parts of a memo about the Senate's expense scandals in 2013 because it constituted legal advice for then prime minister Stephen Harper, the Federal Court of Appeal says.
  
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• Could Northern Ontario produce its own stainless steel?

  10-05-2019 18:51 via baytoday.ca
  Attendees ponder possibilities at Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities conference
  
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• Orphaned baby squirrels rescued from flooded Mattawa - The North Bay Nugget

  10-05-2019 18:35
  Orphaned baby squirrels rescued from flooded Mattawa  The North Bay NuggetMATTAWA — Jane Lagassie has made a name for herself when it comes to caring for animals, whether it's baby racoons or the small bird she released back ...
  
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• Orphaned baby squirrels rescued from flooded Mattawa

  10-05-2019 18:33 via nugget.ca
  MATTAWA — Jane Lagassie has made a name for herself when it comes to caring for animals, whether it’s baby racoons or the small bird she released back into the wild just yesterday. Read More
  
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• 'It's my nature to say yes'

  10-05-2019 18:33 via nugget.ca
  MATTAWA — Jane Lagassie has made a name for herself when it comes to caring for animals, whether it’s baby racoons or the small bird she released back into the wild just yesterday. Read More
  
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• Students pitch in to fight flooding - The North Bay Nugget

  10-05-2019 18:24
  Students pitch in to fight flooding  The North Bay NuggetStudents from Northern Secondary School and Franco Cite in West Nipissing pitched in Friday morning to help their neighbours.The students were filling and ...
  
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• Water recedes in Jocko Point

  10-05-2019 18:23 via nugget.ca
  Nipissing First Nation (NFN) is experiencing severe flooding in Jocko Point, and crews are sandbagging dwellings in the nearby community of Beaucage to prevent similar damages, the community stated in a release early Friday afternoon. Read More
  
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• Students pitch in to fight flooding

  10-05-2019 18:18 via nugget.ca
  Students from Northern Secondary School and Franco Cite in West Nipissing pitched in Friday morning to help their neighbours. Read More
  
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• At least 150 homes and cottages in Jocko Point affected by flooding says NFN

  10-05-2019 18:18 via baytoday.ca
  'Minimal precipitation is expected over the weekend, but we are concerned about inflows into Lake Nipissing as efforts are being made to alleviate flooding to the north of us'
  
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