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• Police out in the community for 'Police Week'

  13-05-2019 23:01 via baytoday.ca
  This year’s theme as chosen by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police is 'Proudly Supporting Our Police'
  
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• Potential for damage to shoreline properties is increasing as Lake Nipissing water levels continue to rise says City

  13-05-2019 22:10 via baytoday.ca
  The City has not had to enlist the help of volunteers at this time
  
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• Damage potential rising with Nipissing - The North Bay Nugget

  13-05-2019 22:08
  Damage potential rising with Nipissing  The North Bay NuggetPotential for damage to Lake Nipissing shoreline properties is increasing as Lake Nipissing water levels continue to rise, the City of North Bay advises. The lake ...
  
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• Water continues to rise along Jocko Point - The North Bay Nugget

  13-05-2019 22:07
  Water continues to rise along Jocko Point  The North Bay NuggetIt's not just homes along the Lake Nipissing shoreline on Jocko Point being damaged by rising flood waters.Colette McInnes said homes on the opposite side of ...
  
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• Damage potential rising with Nipissing

  13-05-2019 22:07 via nugget.ca
  Potential for damage to Lake Nipissing shoreline properties is increasing as Lake Nipissing water levels continue to rise, the City of North Bay advises. Read More
  
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• Wedding reception pauses to take in electrifying final moments of Raptors game

  13-05-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  If Dolly Kambo couldn't see Kawhi Leonard sink a legendary shot for her favourite sports team in person, then watching him do it from a relative's wedding was the next best thing.
  
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• Water continues to rise along Jocko Point

  13-05-2019 22:05 via nugget.ca
  It’s not just homes along the Lake Nipissing shoreline on Jocko Point being damaged by rising flood waters. Read More
  
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• Raptors Uprising swing NBA 2K League esports trade with Cavs Legion GC

  13-05-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Raptors Uprising GC have sent Trevion (All Hail Trey) Hendrix to Cavs Legion GC for Gerry (Sick X 973) Knapp in an NBA 2K League esports trade. Knapp, a native of Verona, N.J.
  
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• Former US President Jimmy Carter has surgery for broken hip

  13-05-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  ATLANTA — A spokeswoman says former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he has broken his hip. Spokeswoman Deanna Congileo said in a statement Monday afternoon that Carter fell at his home in Plains, Georgia, while leaving to go turkey hunting.
  
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• Canada's feminist policy a perfect fit for South Sudan, says UN refugee official

  13-05-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A senior United Nations official says Canada could find a win for its feminist foreign policy in the spiralling famine and refugee crisis gripping South Sudan and neighbouring African countries.
  
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• Army to remain in Quebec flood zones to help with cleanup operations

  13-05-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Canadian Forces have announced they will maintain soldiers in Quebec to help remove sandbags and restore critical infrastructure in communities hit by flooding. Brig.-Gen.
  
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• Surviving Dionne quintuplets turn 85 this month

  13-05-2019 21:48 via baytoday.ca
  Celebrate Cecile and Annette’s 85th birthday by attending a Family Day on the grounds of the new location of the Dionne Quints Museum on Saturday, May 25
  
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• Park owners fundraise for flooded campers

  13-05-2019 21:30 via nugget.ca
  MATTAWA — The owners of Sid Turcotte Park are raising funds to help affected campers whose trailers were flooded out last week during Mattawa’s state of emergency. Read More
  
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• Cocaine, Crystal Meth, Fentanyl, Oxycodone, Hydromorphone, Heroin and Purple Fentanyl all part of drug bust

  13-05-2019 21:06 via baytoday.ca
  The estimated street value of the drugs seized is approximately $26,000
  
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• 'Our grand finale:' Alberta couple celebrates third set of fraternal twins

  13-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  RED DEER, Alta. — After three sets of fraternal twins, Pam and Taylor Armstrong are closing in on reality-TV territory but trying for a fourth set isn't in the cards for the couple from central Alberta. "We are done. I said this is our grand finale.
  
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• Environment lobby says senators letting oil industry run amok on assessment bill

  13-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Environment advocates say Canadian senators are bowing to pressure from the energy industry to gut new environmental-assessment legislation and they fear the Liberal government is going to do the same.
  
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• Canadian consular officials in China meet with detainee Michael Kovrig

  13-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada says detained Canadian Michael Kovrig has received another visit from consular officials in China. Kovrig, a diplomat on leave, and the entrepreneur Michael Spavor were detained in China on Dec.
  
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• Alberta premier Jason Kenney says provincial carbon tax will die May 30

  13-05-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta's carbon tax has about two weeks to live. Kenney says the Carbon Tax Repeal Act is to be introduced during next week's legislature sitting and will have a proviso to end the tax by the end of the month.
  
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• Mattawa man charged with trafficking

  13-05-2019 20:33 via baytoday.ca
  An investigation was conducted and police located drugs suspected to be: cannabis, methamphetamine, CDB oil, and cannabis shatter
  
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• LARIVEE, Charles Allan 'Al'

  13-05-2019 20:18 via baytoday.ca
  Life long North Bay resident Al Larivee died suddenly of a stroke on Friday May 10th, 2019, in his 85th year
  
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• Yes Training Trust Fund Awards ceremony recognizes local young people

  13-05-2019 20:13 via baytoday.ca
  This year, 11 young people were each awarded a $500 bursary
  
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• Downtown resident gets City's attention with his shopping cart full of trash

  13-05-2019 20:11 via baytoday.ca
  'The problem is that it has turned into a massive dumping ground and I can see it from my front steps and there was in particular, a shopping cart that is just full of trash and people have just been dumping their trash around it'
  
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• Woodstock 50 organizers-vs-investor clash heads to court

  13-05-2019 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Accusations and counterclaims have piled up as lawyers for organizers of the Woodstock 50 festival and their onetime financial partner head toward a court hearing Monday.
  
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• Will Smith calls 'Aladdin' remake highlight of his career

  13-05-2019 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  AMMAN, Jordan — Hollywood star Will Smith says that Disney's live-action remake of "Aladdin" was "one of, if not the best experience" of his accomplished 30-year career.
  
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• Escalating US-China trade war sends stocks plunging

  13-05-2019 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 700 points Monday as investors sought shelter from an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China.
  
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• Ottawa MPP Marie-France Lalonde seeks federal seat after Leslie retires

  13-05-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Ontario Liberal politician Marie-France Lalonde wants to run for Parliament to replace retired general Andrew Leslie in the Ottawa riding he's vacating after just one term.
  
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• Investigation of QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency debacle turns up just $28 million

  13-05-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — After three months of investigating, the accounting firm trying to recover more than $200 million in cash and cryptocurrency owed to users of the now-defunct QuadrigaCX trading platform has turned up only $28 million in assets — virtually a
  
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• Investigation of QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency debacle turns up $28 million in assets

  13-05-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — The accounting firm trying to recover more than $200 million owed to users of the now-defunct QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency platform has turned up only $28 million in assets — virtually all of it in cash.
  
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• Forward Olsi Krasniqi leaves Toronto Wolfpack to rejoin London Broncos

  13-05-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Forward Olsi Krasniqi has left the Toronto Wolfpack to rejoin the London Broncos. Krasniqi signed with the Wolfpack after their inaugural 2017 season in League 1, the third tier of English rugby league.
  
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• Felicity Huffman to plead guilty in college admissions scam

  13-05-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  BOSTON — Felicity Huffman was silent and held her brother's hand Monday as she arrived at federal court to become the highest-profile person so far to admit to taking part in a college admissions bribery scheme that has also ensnared prominent colleg
  
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• 'Empire' to get 1 more season on Fox amid schedule shake-up

  13-05-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — "Empire" will return for its final season this fall on Fox — with Jussie Smollett a question mark — and should count itself lucky.
  
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• Devils sign Zettlund, Maltsev to entry-level contracts

  13-05-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have signed forwards Fabian Zetterlund and Mikhail Maltsev to three-year, entry-level contracts. General manager Ray Shero announced the signings Monday.
  
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• ATVs catching the eye of OPP officers

  13-05-2019 19:48 via baytoday.ca
  In 2018, the North East Region (NER) had four Off-Road Vehicle fatalities. 
  
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• Power play: Papal aide's manhole act angers Italy's Salvini

  13-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  ROME — Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has taken aim at a Vatican cardinal who climbed into a utility manhole to restore electricity to squatters in a state-owned building, pitting far-right Italian politics against Pope Francis' humanitaria
  
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• June Jones leaves Hamilton Tiger-Cats for XFL head coaching position

  13-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  HAMILTON — June Jones is leaving the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the XFL. The Ticats confirmed Monday that Jones has stepped down as their assistant head coach/offensive co-ordinator to pursue other opportunities.
  
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• Alex Trebek in Ottawa to open Royal Canadian Geographical Society's new HQ

  13-05-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canadian "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek recently completed what he hopes will be his last chemotherapy treatment, he told the Royal Canadian Geographical Society Monday afternoon as he helped open the group's new headquarters in Ottawa.
  
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• Community Living Fun Run Walk N' Roll

  13-05-2019 18:28 via baytoday.ca
  'Someone with an intellectual disability is just like you and I and wants the exact same things from life as we do' Sherry Carnevale Executive Director Community Living North Bay
  
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• Uber shares continue sliding in first full day of trading

  13-05-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Uber shares sunk even further after its disappointing stock market debut as doubts lingered over the company's ability to turn a profit and trade tensions dragged down the overall market.
  
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• Stronach Group at centre of best and worst of horse racing

  13-05-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  The Stronach Group isn't well known outside horse racing. In the public eye, the big players are the likes of recent Triple Crown winners American Pharoah and Justify, trainer Bob Baffert and legendary horses Secretariat and Seattle Slew.
  
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• Ensign Energy exec forecasts Canadian drilling rebound as oil discounts ease

  13-05-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A reduction in price discounts on Canadian oil following Alberta government-ordered production cuts this year has put more money in producer pockets and that's fuelling more oilpatch activity, according to the head of Ensign Energy Services
  
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• Defence say Navy SEAL prosecutors spied on them

  13-05-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Military prosecutors in the case of a Navy SEAL charged with killing an Islamic State prisoner in Iraq in 2017 installed tracking software in emails sent to defence lawyers and a reporter in an attempt to discover who was leaking inform
  
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• Amazon offers to help employees start delivery business

  13-05-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Amazon, which is racing to deliver packages faster, is turning to its own employees with a proposition: Quit your job and we'll help you start a business delivering Amazon packages.
  
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• UK halts export of 'Lady Chatterley' copy from famous trial

  13-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONDON — The British government has used its powers to preserve the nation's cultural treasures to halt the export of a tattered paperback copy of "Lady Chatterley's Lover." The copy of the once-scandalous book was used by the judge in the U.K.
  
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• Scientists challenge claim that Labrador is site of planet's oldest life

  13-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  A team of geological researchers is challenging claims that some of the earliest forms of known life existed in northern Labrador. The argument that a rocky outcrop showed evidence of life going back 3.
  
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• Normandy-bound vintage plane takes test flight over Missoula

  13-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  MISSOULA, Mont. — A vintage plane restored by volunteers in Montana has lifted off for the first time in nearly 20 years. The Missoulian reports that the 75-year-old Dakota DC-3 known as Miss Montana flew over Missoula on a test flight Sunday.
  
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• Escalating US-China trade war sinks stocks

  13-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — U.S. stocks moved sharply lower Monday on Wall Street and extended the market's slide into a second week as investors seek shelter from an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China.
  
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• Danger subsiding after B.C. properties threatened by several weekend wildfires

  13-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — An evacuation order has been downgraded to an alert as crews in north-central British Columbia make progress battling a significant wildfire.
  
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• AP Sources: Beilein leaving Michigan for Cavaliers' job

  13-05-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  Two people familiar with the decision say Michigan's John Beilein has agreed to become head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The people spoke to The Associated Press on Monday on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the hire.
  
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• ATV collision in Calvin Twp sends one person to hospital

  13-05-2019 16:52 via nugget.ca
  A driver of an all-terrain vehicle sustained serious injuries following a single vehicle collision Saturday around 7:50 p.m. Read More
  
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• North Bay summer farmers' market set to open Saturday - The North Bay Nugget

  13-05-2019 16:44
  North Bay summer farmers' market set to open Saturday  The North Bay NuggetThe opening ceremonies of the 2019 North Bay Farmers' Market summer season will take place at the Oak Street Parking Lot #10, behind the North Bay Transit ...
  
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