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• Dogs, pups shipped south

  05-06-2019 23:51 via nugget.ca
  Twenty dogs and puppies are making their way to southern Ontario as fire rages near the Pikangikum First Nation. Read More
  
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• Meet the taxidermist who's building a bigger rack for Mac the Moose

  05-06-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  MOOSE JAW, Canada — Moose Jaw's Mac the Moose isn't looking quite like himself. His antlers were removed Wednesday in order for bigger ones to be built so that he can reclaim the title of world's tallest moose.
  
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• Mattawa festival beefs up entertainment lineup

  05-06-2019 22:41 via nugget.ca
  Mattawa has survived the flood and now it’s time to rock, according to festival organizers. Read More
  
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• Fire evacuations force northern dogs to head south

  05-06-2019 22:21 via baytoday.ca
  The dogs are set to arrive in North Bay tonight before continuing on to Ontario SPCA animal centres in Barrie, Muskoka, Midland, Orillia and Orangeville tomorrow
  
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• Trojans OFSAA soccer journey begins today

  05-06-2019 22:14 via baytoday.ca
  he Trojans last qualified for OFSAA back in 2007, they have hosted a few times since
  
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• Flood assistance meeting scheduled in Mattawa

  05-06-2019 22:13 via nugget.ca
  The province is hosting an information session on flood assistance next week in Mattawa. Read More
  
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• Fighting back against brain injuries

  05-06-2019 22:09 via baytoday.ca
  'We’re finding in the research that the brain is capable of rewiring itself given the appropriate challenges and the appropriate therapies'.Stephen White Brainworks Rehabilitation
  
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• Voodoos bring back a familiar face to hockey operations

  05-06-2019 22:06 via baytoday.ca
  Tomlinson takes on role of associate GM and Director of Scouting while Max Gavin is named the new assistant GM
  
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• Woman raped by Brock Turner is writing memoir

  05-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — The woman who was raped by college swimmer Brock Turner and confronted him in court before his sentencing is writing a memoir.
  
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• Trudeau Liberals seek donations from unlikely source - the PQ's interim leader

  05-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Justin Trudeau's Liberals went looking for a donation from an unlikely source — the interim leader of the sovereigntist Parti Quebecois.
  
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• Rory McIlroy impressed with Raptors fans after taking in Game 2 of NBA Finals

  05-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  ANCASTER, Ont. — The passion of Toronto Raptors fans during the NBA Finals has impressed Rory McIlroy. The No.
  
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• Ottawa's spring floods put last round of repairs to the test

  05-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Pathways around Parliament Hill rebuilt to resist high water after flooding in 2017 didn't all hold up the flood of 2019.
  
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• Johnson skeptical about defending Canadian Open with new course, tougher field

  05-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  ANCASTER, Ont. — A couple of key changes have stacked the odds against Dustin Johnson as he tries to defend his RBC Canadian Open title. The No.
  
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• Environment groups say oil industry asks will lead to 'climate chaos'

  05-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Several of Canada's leading environment groups say the list of election demands from Canada's oil industry earlier this week are a direct attack on the future health and prosperity of Canadians.
  
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• Consider safety of Indigenous women in resource-development projects: MMIWG inquiry

  05-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Amnesty International Canada is supporting the call from the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women on the "urgent need" to consider the safety of Indigenous women in all stages of resource-extraction projects.
  
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• Bruins, Blues tied 2-2 heading to game 5

  05-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  St. Louis Blues (45-28-9, third in the Central Division during the regular season) vs. Boston Bruins (49-24-9, second in the Atlantic Division during the regular season) Boston; Thursday, 8 p.m.
  
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• Trainer comes to defence of rottweiler mix responsible for dog attacks

  05-06-2019 21:54 via baytoday.ca
  'This dog is very receptive to training, she listens to corrections very well and she is a well, in a sense, trained dog'
  
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• Provincial flood assistance information session will be held in Mattawa next week

  05-06-2019 21:53 via baytoday.ca
  The program can help recover costs after a natural disaster for damage to private property
  
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• ONTARIO: Mother stabbed in neck in Sudbury store parking lot in stable condition

  05-06-2019 21:37 via baytoday.ca
  Police have completed search of suspect's apartment on Riverside Drive
  
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• City to start summer, fall road work Monday

  05-06-2019 21:37 via nugget.ca
  The City of North Bay is set to begin its asphalt resurfacing program next week, with work scheduled to take place on more than two-dozen sections of street throughout the summer and fall. Read More
  
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• Mattawa Voyageur Days adds children's performer

  05-06-2019 21:26 via baytoday.ca
  We survived the flood now time to ROCK!
  
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• Moose ends up in canal, needs to be rescued (2 photos)

  05-06-2019 21:14 via baytoday.ca
  Kevin Girardi says the beautiful animal eventually made its own way to shore
  
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• Veteran public servant, CFL boss, ex-B.C. attorney general named to RCMP board

  05-06-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A former top public servant in the federal, Alberta and Ontario governments will head up the RCMP's fledgling board of civilian advisers assigned to help the police force modernize.
  
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• North Bay city council asks province to rename Highway 11 as Highway 411 - CBC.ca

  05-06-2019 20:47
  North Bay city council asks province to rename Highway 11 as Highway 411  CBC.caNorth Bay city council believes the local economy might be doing better if the highway running through the city had a different name.
  
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• Improved winter road maintenance in northern Ontario is urgently needed says MPP

  05-06-2019 20:46 via baytoday.ca
  'Too many Northern Ontarians have lost their lives, or suffered life-altering injuries driving on poorly-maintained routes in the winter'
  
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• Winnipeg to host NFL pre-season game between Raiders and Packers

  05-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — The NFL is coming to Winnipeg. A pre-season game between the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers will be played at IG Field — home of the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers — in the third week of the exhibition schedule on Aug. 22.
  
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• TVA Group cutting 68 positions in bid to reduce costs; blames unfair system

  05-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — TVA Group is cutting 68 positions as it looks to reduce operating expenses. The company blamed what it called "numerous" unfair practices that have undermined the television industry.
  
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• Thai coup leader uses ballot box to stay as prime minister

  05-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  BANGKOK — When Prayuth Chan-ocha led a military coup to take over Thailand's government five years ago, he wore a dowdy officer's uniform.
  
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• RCMP, CBSA say they never searched Meng Wanzhou's phones or electronic devices

  05-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Lawyers for the RCMP and Canadian Border Services Agency deny allegations their officers searched Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's phones and electronic devices after a border official wrote down her passwords.
  
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• Newfoundland and Labrador revels in historic hockey championship

  05-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The historic port city of St. John's broke out in joyous celebration Tuesday night as the Newfoundland Growlers claimed the first professional hockey championship in the province's history.
  
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• MPs across party lines call for new housing subsidy to help homeless veterans

  05-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A cross-party group of MPs is asking the federal Liberals to create a new housing stipend to help thousands of this country's veterans get off the streets.
  
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• Kool & The Gang to be honoured with Marian Anderson Award

  05-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  PHILADELPHIA — Funk-soul band Kool & The Gang is being honoured with an award named for pioneering opera singer Marian Anderson.
  
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• After Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. aims to clean up the earth

  05-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  LAS VEGAS — After playing Iron Man for more than a decade, Robert Downey Jr. has found a real-life villain he wants to defeat: pollution. The movie star says he plans to start an organization next year called the Footprint Coalition.
  
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• Senate committee says oil tanker ban off B.C. targets Alberta, divides country

  05-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A Senate committee says the Trudeau government's bill to ban oil tanker traffic off British Columbia's northern coast should be scrapped because it will divide the country, inflame separatist sentiment in Alberta and stoke resentment of Indi
  
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• Ottawa pledges to spend $15 million to restore Ontario's tree-planting program

  05-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  The federal government promised Wednesday to spend $15 million over four years to save a tree-planting program in Ontario cancelled by Premier Doug Ford's government.
  
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• Lawyer: Ronaldo rape lawsuit moved from Nevada to US court

  05-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  LAS VEGAS — A lawsuit by a Nevada woman accusing soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo of raping her in 2009 at a Las Vegas Strip resort has been moved from state to federal court in Las Vegas, her lawyer said Wednesday.
  
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• Canada's emergency alert system can't measure how many phones get the notices

  05-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government says it can't measure how many people actually receive emergency-alert messages on their phones.
  
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• Brent Monson rises through Stampeder coaching ranks to run the defence

  05-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Brent Monson's answer to the inevitable shoe question is along the lines of "you do you. I'll do me.
  
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• Boogie Nights: Warriors counting on big Finals from DeMarcus Cousins

  05-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OAKLAND, Calif.
  
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• OPP reports a 35 per cent increase in overdose deaths during the first quarter of 2019

  05-06-2019 18:36 via baytoday.ca
  Since September 2017, the OPP has administered naloxone on 79 occasions and saved 73 lives
  
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• Lakers U17 boys golden in Ancaster

  05-06-2019 18:14 via baytoday.ca
  Injuries could not stop the local team from claiming gold
  
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• Rival all-Alberta Indigenous coalition sets sights on Trans Mountain pipeline

  05-06-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — An Indigenous bidder for the Trans Mountain pipeline system is sending formal invitations to all Metis and First Nations groups in Alberta to assemble a province-wide coalition.
  
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• Sea cadets receive top honours

  05-06-2019 17:57 via nugget.ca
  Emily McLaren and Joseph Guillemette were among the cadets to receive awards May 31 as the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Brilliant celebrated its 76th annual ceremonial review. Read More
  
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• Consultant claims Ontario Northland not on board with passenger rail

  05-06-2019 17:35 via baytoday.ca
  A respected Oshawa-based writer and rail and transit analyst offered stinging criticism about the attitude within the North Bay-headquartered Crown agency based on his discussions and messages with a senior executive at the commission last year
  
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• Widdifield students win top prize in Canada-Wide Science Fair

  05-06-2019 17:32 via baytoday.ca
  The Stockholm Junior Water Prize is the world's most prestigious youth award for a water-related science project
  
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• Five Feet Apart a special Sunday Cinema

  05-06-2019 17:28 via nugget.ca
  We are still getting back to reality after a fantastic 90th anniversary celebration. Thanks to all who came out. For those who didn’t, please be sure to check out our pictures on social media. Now…on to our next 90 years. Read More
  
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• Local artist presenting first solo exhibition

  05-06-2019 17:22 via nugget.ca
  To kick off the end of spring and start of summer, the WKP Kennedy Gallery is excited to announce one of our two current shows on display: Jaymie Lathem’s solo exhibition Refractions. Read More
  
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• Widdifield students to represent Canada in Sweden

  05-06-2019 17:09 via nugget.ca
  Widdifield Secondary School students Emily Mah and Jazlyn McGuinty will represent Canada at the international Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition Aug. 24-30. Read More
  
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• Telecom carriers to get clarity on 2020 spectrum auction after markets close

  05-06-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The rules for the federal government's 2020 wireless spectrum auction are expected to be revealed Wednesday afternoon, setting the stage for next year's bidding war among Canada's telecommunications companies.
  
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• 'Non-trivial dose': Study tries to estimate human consumption of microplastics

  05-06-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  New research suggests North Americans eat, drink and inhale tens of thousands of tiny plastic particles every year.
  
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