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• FC Cincinnati ends drought, beating Montreal Impact 2-1

  11-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  CINCINNATI — Allan Cruz and Fatai Alashe scored Saturday to help expansion FC Cincinnati end a five-game losing streak in interim coach Yoann Damet's debut, a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Impact.
  
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• Alyssa Milano calls for sex strike, ignites social media

  11-05-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  Actress Alyssa Milano ignited social media with a tweet calling for women to join her in a sex strike to protest strict abortion bans passed by Republican-controlled legislatures.
  
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• Lowry, Toronto Raptors traditionally follow up losses with big games

  11-05-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Kyle Lowry had a massive Game 7 against the Miami Heat in 2016, scoring 35 points and flirting with a triple-double to carry the Raptors to their first appearance in the Eastern Conference finals.
  
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• Canada opens World Rugby Sevens Series with two wins, loss to top-ranked Australia

  11-05-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  LANGFORD, B.C. — Canada is into the Cup quarterfinals of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series after posting a 2-1 record on Saturday at Westhills Stadium.
  
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• Canada opens World Rugby Sevens Series with 38-7 win over Brazil at home field

  11-05-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  LANGFORD, B.C. — Canada's women's rugby sevens team opened its weekend action Saturday with a 38-7 win over Brazil on home field at Westhills Stadium.
  
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• Blue Jays shore up rotation by acquiring Edwin Jackson in trade with A's

  11-05-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have shored up their injury-riddled starting rotation by acquiring right-hander Edwin Jackson from the Oakland Athletics for cash considerations.
  
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• City of North Bay gives flood update - BayToday

  11-05-2019 21:01
  City of North Bay gives flood update  BayTodayThe City of North Bay is advising residents that Lake Nipissing water levels remain high and are expected to continue to rise daily over the next week. The lake ...
  
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• French River dams opening as Nipissing rises

  11-05-2019 20:11 via nugget.ca
  With Lake Nipissing water levels expected to rise daily over the next week, Public Works Canada is slowly opening dams along the French River to alleviate some of the pressure, the City of North Bay reports. Read More
  
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• City of North Bay gives flood update

  11-05-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  The City of North Bay is advising residents that Lake Nipissing water levels remain high and are expected to continue to rise daily over the next week. The lake level now sits at 196.
  
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• A glossy ibis drifts off course to a Nova Scotia marsh and draws a crowd

  11-05-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  BROOKFIELD, N.S. — Nature photographers are gathering in a marsh in the centre of Nova Scotia this weekend to capture images of the latest species of bird to fly off course and find itself in a foreign — but nourishing — location.
  
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• OPP still investigating Friday night fatal collision on Highway 63

  11-05-2019 19:51 via baytoday.ca
  80-year-old woman died in the collision
  
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• Quebec non-profit launches public awareness campaign for 35 missing children

  11-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A Quebec non-profit group is launching a public awareness campaign for the cases of 35 missing children through a partnership with MSN Quebec.
  
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• Leafs say injured Tavares to return to off-season training program in one month

  11-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs say centre John Tavares is expected to return to his full off-season training program in a month after suffering an oblique injury. The team announced the news Saturday.
  
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• Police investigate after young man killed in Brossard, Que., restaurant shooting

  11-05-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  BROSSARD, Que. — Police say a murder investigation is underway after a young man was shot to death at a restaurant in Brossard, Que.
  
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• PBS film tackles Mexican Americans' role in winemaking

  11-05-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For generations, Mexican-born Gustavo Brambila's family has worked in the wine industry of California's Napa Valley in some form.
  
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• BEYOND LOCAL: Collingwood hospital opens Canada's first self-sanitizing patient rooms (5 photos)

  11-05-2019 17:20 via baytoday.ca
  UV light, ozonated water, copper-infused surfaces, and titanium dioxide have all come together to make Canada's first self-sanitizing patient room and bathroom at Collingwood General and Marine Hospital
  
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• Swiss thrash Italy, Denmark beat France at ice hockey worlds

  11-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Kevin Fiala scored a hat trick and added an assist as Switzerland thrashed Italy 9-0 in their first game at the world hockey championship on Saturday. It was Switzerland's biggest victory over Italy at the worlds.
  
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• Kakko scores 3 as Finland beats Slovakia; Czechs rout Norway

  11-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Kaapo Kakko scored a hat trick to lift Finland to a 4-2 win over host Slovakia at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday.
  
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• Germany beats Britain, Latvia tops Austria at hockey worlds

  11-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Germany star forward Leon Draisaitl scored a goal on the way to a 3-1 victory over Britain on Saturday in a return for the British team to the world hockey championship after 25 years.
  
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• Canada to play in all three finals at Curling World Cup Grand Final

  11-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  BEIJING — Canadian teams will play for all three championships at the Curling World Cup Grand Final.
  
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• Visa rejections frustrate efforts to bring in more international students

  11-05-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — At a time when Canada is attracting more students from around the world, there are concerns qualified applicants from certain countries are getting turned away because of its visa process.
  
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• PM to attend Margaret Trudeau's autobiographical show at Chicago's Second City

  11-05-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family are headed to Chicago this weekend to check out Margaret Trudeau's autobiographical one-woman show.
  
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• North Bay OPP investigating fatal Friday evening, May 10, collision - NorthBayNipissing.com

  11-05-2019 15:38
  North Bay OPP investigating fatal Friday evening, May 10, collision  NorthBayNipissing.comNORTH BAY — One person is dead and another has serious injuries following a collision on Highway 63 in Phelps Township.
  
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• BEYOND LOCAL: Is pesticide research too dependent on industry funding?

  11-05-2019 15:25 via baytoday.ca
  Most of the studies that examine the effects of pesticides are funded by the chemical’s producer
  
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• OPP investigate fatal Highway 63 collision - The North Bay Nugget

  11-05-2019 15:09
  OPP investigate fatal Highway 63 collision  The North Bay NuggetOntario Provincial Police, Phelps Volunteer Fire Brigade and Nipissing Paramedic Services responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 63 near Evergreen ...
  
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• OPP investigate fatal Highway 63 collision

  11-05-2019 15:02 via nugget.ca
  Ontario Provincial Police, Phelps Volunteer Fire Brigade and Nipissing Paramedic Services responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 63 near Evergreen Road in Phelps Township at 9:50 pm Friday. Read More
  
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• Turkish opposition journalist hospitalized following attack

  11-05-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  ANKARA, Turkey — A journalist critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government and its nationalist allies has been hospitalized after being attacked outside his home.
  
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• Shanahan wants secure border without continuous military aid

  11-05-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  MCALLEN, Texas — On a trip to a border city in Texas, acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Saturday he intends to accelerate planning to secure the border and bolster the administration's ability to accomplish that without the Pentagon's co
  
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• Shanahan says military won't leave until border is secure

  11-05-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  MCALLEN, Texas — Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan visited a border city in Texas on Saturday and said he intends to accelerate planning to secure the border and bolster the administration's ability to accomplish that without the Pentagon's c
  
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• Landmark UN plastic waste pact gets approved but not by US

  11-05-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  GENEVA — Nearly every country in the world has agreed upon a legally binding framework to reduce the pollution from plastic waste except for the United States, U.N. environmental officials say.
  
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• Inuit elder running as independent hopes to challenge party politics in N.L.

  11-05-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Jim Learning voted in a provincial election for the first time in his life Thursday, and the 80-year-old says he cast his advance ballot for the only candidate he was confident supporting: himself.
  
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• Houthi rebels claim to begin withdrawal from key Yemen ports

  11-05-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  SANAA, Yemen — Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday began a long-delayed withdrawal of forces from the port facility in the key city of Hodeida, the group said, following the terms of a December cease-fire aimed at alleviating the world's worst humanita
  
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• Houthi rebels begin withdrawal from key ports in Yemen

  11-05-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  SANAA, Yemen — Yemen's Houthi rebels say they have begun a long-delayed withdrawal of their forces from the key port city of Hodeida, following a U.N.-brokered cease-fire.
  
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• Defence chief's border visit will highlight Trump priority

  11-05-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan is making his second trip to the U.S.-Mexican border to highlight what President Donald Trump calls a national emergency, after freeing up $1.
  
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• 37 spotted seal pups rescued from China traffickers released

  11-05-2019 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  BEIJING — Animal rights groups on Saturday cheered the release of 37 spotted seal pups rescued from traffickers into the wild in northern China in a small victory for efforts to save the country's endangered species.
  
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• Smoke inhalation cause of 5 fire deaths in northern Ontario First Nation

  11-05-2019 11:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Smoke inhalation has been confirmed as having caused the deaths of a woman and four children in a remote northern Ontario First Nation.
  
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• Vancouver Giants post critical 4-3 win over Prince Albert Raiders in WHL final

  11-05-2019 09:05 via baytoday.ca
  LANGLEY, B.C. — The Vancouver Giants may have kept their season alive Friday night, but coach Michael Dyck says now they're simply looking forward to their next shift.
  
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• No winning ticket for Friday night's $12 million Lotto Max jackpot

  11-05-2019 09:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $12 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on May 14 will be approximately $17 million. The Canadian Press
  
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• Fredy Montero scores, Vancouver Whitecaps beat Portland Timbers 1-0

  11-05-2019 07:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps woke up Saturday morning sitting in the final playoff spot in Major League Soccer's Western Conference.
  
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• Curry, short-handed Warriors knock out Rockets in Game 6

  11-05-2019 07:05 via baytoday.ca
  HOUSTON — After Stephen Curry bounced back from the first scoreless first half of his playoff career to score 33 points in the last two quarters and help the Golden State Warriors eliminate the Houston Rockets and advance to the Western Conference fi
  
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• 'This is our home. . . this is what we do' - The North Bay Nugget

  11-05-2019 06:34
  'This is our home. . . this is what we do'  The North Bay NuggetMattawa rallies for its flood-displaced friends, neighbours.
  
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• 'It's unreal to see the damage that water can do' - The North Bay Nugget

  11-05-2019 06:34
  'It's unreal to see the damage that water can do'  The North Bay NuggetThe worst could be yet to come. Jocko Point residents are preparing for more flooding as they fill thousands of sandbags for shoreline residents trying to save ...
  
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• Flooding's worst still to come - The North Bay Nugget

  11-05-2019 06:34
  Flooding's worst still to come  The North Bay NuggetPhotographs fail to capture the destruction in Mattawa, says MPP.
  
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• Flooding's worst still to come

  11-05-2019 06:32 via nugget.ca
  MATTAWA — Despite having declared a state of emergency nearly a week ago, Mattawa Mayor Dean Backer says he still has received “zero communication” about why the town got such short notice about the release of water from upstream. Read More
  
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• 'This is our home. . . this is what we do'

  11-05-2019 06:30 via nugget.ca
  Marissa McKellar could feel the nerves set in as she watched the river behind her Mattawa apartment building rise higher and higher throughout the day. Read More
  
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• 'It's unreal to see the damage that water can do'

  11-05-2019 06:27 via nugget.ca
  The worst could be yet to come. Read More
  
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• Court date set for driver in fatal crash - The North Bay Nugget

  11-05-2019 06:24
  Court date set for driver in fatal crash  The North Bay NuggetCarole Mantha, 53, of North Bay died Dec. 16 in Hwy. 17 crash.
  
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• Court date set for driver in fatal crash

  11-05-2019 06:21 via nugget.ca
  A Greater Sudbury woman will make her next appearance in court in early June concerning a fatal motor vehicle collision in mid-December east of the city. Read More
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays edge Chicago White Sox 4-3 to end five-game losing skid

  11-05-2019 05:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — When the bats are this cold, the Toronto Blue Jays need to make every hit count.
  
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• Two grey whales stranded in B.C.'s Boundary Bay, headed back out to sea:DFO

  11-05-2019 03:05 via baytoday.ca
  DELTA, B.C. — The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says a grey whale and its calf that became stranded in Boundary Bay, south of Vancouver are now headed back out to open sea.
  
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