North Bay news

• Soil ‘dumped too close’ to waterway

  06-06-2019 23:38 via nugget.ca
  The owners of a piece of property on Pinewood Park Drive are concerned that some fill from the construction site of a new casino was dumped too close to a waterway. Read More
  
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• Soil spill to be cleaned up

  06-06-2019 23:13 via baytoday.ca
  'It's bone dry during the wettest spring that we've ever had on record, the most snowfall, the most flooding events we've had in the area since 1979'
  
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• Trans Mountain stake should go to Indigenous owners on route, B.C. chief says

  06-06-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — The chairman of a B.C. indigenous group seeking to buy a stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline says Ottawa should favour communities along the route when deciding who can make an ownership bid.
  
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• ONTC 'fully committed' to rail passenger service - The North Bay Nugget

  06-06-2019 22:50
  ONTC 'fully committed' to rail passenger service  The North Bay NuggetOntario Northland is “fully committed” to the return of passenger rail *service* to Northeastern Ontario.Ontario Northland Transportation Commission President and ...
  
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• ONTC 'fully committed' to rail passenger service

  06-06-2019 22:43 via nugget.ca
  Ontario Northland is “fully committed” to the return of passenger rail service to Northeastern Ontario. Read More
  
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• TV networks staffing up to cover 2020 presidential election

  06-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — The competitive chiefs of ABC, CBS and NBC News can agree on one thing. Each news division is adding more staff to cover the 2020 presidential election than they have for any other campaign.
  
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• Nick Nurse's thoughts with late mom after Wednesday's big victory

  06-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OAKLAND, Calif. — When the final buzzer sounded on Wednesday's win, Raptors coach Nick Nurse sat with his head bowed, lost in thought.
  
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• Mulroney urges government to send Chretien to China to win release of detainees

  06-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Former prime minister Brian Mulroney says the government should enlist a former prime minister to lead a high-powered delegation to China to win the release of two imprisoned Canadians — but not him.
  
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• Feds have failed to explain 'inaction' in Grassy Narrows: UN rapporteur

  06-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A United Nations human-rights expert says the case of a northern Ontario First Nation plagued by mercury contamination is "emblematic" of an overall pattern of inaction in the face of grave risks to the health of Indigenous Peoples.
  
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• Extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou set for early next year

  06-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia's Supreme Court has accepted a plan by the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would see her extradition hearing begin Jan. 20, more than a year after she was taken into custody.
  
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• ONTARIO: Oldest person in North America, North Bay's Dolly Gibb dies at 114 - TimminsToday

  06-06-2019 21:35
  ONTARIO: Oldest person in North America, North Bay's Dolly Gibb dies at 114  TimminsTodayNorth America's oldest person, Ellen “Dolly” Gibb of North Bay, died suddenly and peacefully yesterday at the age of 114. She was both Canada's and North ...
  
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• Mexican envoy says new NAFTA to get quick approval despite U.S. tariff threat

  06-06-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Mexico's ambassador to Canada says his country will formally ratify the new North American trade deal within the next two weeks after having overcome its latest tariff drama with the United States by then.
  
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• Oldest Canadian, North Bay resident, dies at 114

  06-06-2019 21:03 via nugget.ca
  The oldest Canadian, Ellen Gibb of North Bay, died Wednesday. She was 114. Read More
  
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• GIBB, Ellen 'Dolly'

  06-06-2019 20:53 via baytoday.ca
  Ellen “Dolly” Gibb died suddenly and peacefully at the age of 114 years old and 40 days on June 5, 2019, at Cassellholme care home in North Bay, ON with her daughter Sue Crozier and caregivers by her side
  
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• Mayor and some councillors show city transit can be for everyone

  06-06-2019 20:47 via baytoday.ca
  'There was disorientation, I did not know whether I was at the front or back of the bus, side of the bus'
  
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• D-Day. The Coming Storm

  06-06-2019 20:29 via baytoday.ca
  Canadian combatants from all three services gave an outstanding account of themselves on the first day of the battle. 
  
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• Victoria officials confirm kitten tossed in trash ingested methamphetamine

  06-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Animal control officers in Victoria now know why a kitten had balance and other issues after being found zipped in a small bag and tossed in the trash at a mall.
  
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• 'The Profit' says limits on US flag size unconstitutional

  06-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  RALEIGH, N.C. — A reality television star says in a court filing that it's unconstitutional for a North Carolina city to ban a huge American flag flying at his recreational vehicle store because of its size.
  
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• Star driver Hamilton says F1 should level the playing field between teams

  06-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Reigning drivers' champion Lewis Hamilton believes returning to an old-school style of racing would solve Formula One's ongoing problem with parity.
  
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• Saputo misses as Q4 profit drops despite acquisition-fuelled revenue boost

  06-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Dairy processor Saputo Inc. missed expectations as it capped its financial year by reporting lower profits in the fourth quarter even though acquisitions boosted revenue by 18 per cent. The Montreal-based company earned $124.
  
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• NYPD apologizes for 1969 raid at Stonewall Inn gay bar

  06-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Nearly 50 years after a police raid at the Stonewall Inn catalyzed the modern LGBT rights movement, New York's police commissioner apologized Tuesday for what his department did.
  
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• Local Hughes wows Canadian Open fans with 4-under performance and Raptors jersey

  06-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  ANCASTER, Ont. — As soon as Mackenzie Hughes's partners were done teeing off at No. 13 of Hamilton Golf and Country Club on Thursday, he bent down, opened up a small bag and pulled out a jersey.
  
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• Leaders of white supremacist prison gang charged in killings

  06-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were charged Thursday with directing killings and drug smuggling from within California's most secure prisons, U.S. prosecutors said.
  
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• Emails show chaos before Kansas player's death

  06-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  WICHITA, Kan.
  
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• Craft brewers welcome move to sell beer at corner stores in Ontario

  06-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  Ontario craft breweries are welcoming the provincial government's move to expand beer sales to corner stores, saying the current system limits their products' exposure to customers.
  
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• 2 Canadians kidnapped in West African nation of Ghana

  06-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  ACCRA, Ghana — Authorities in Ghana say two Canadians on an exchange program have been abducted. Police and local media say the two were attending Kumasi Technical University in the West African country's second-largest city.
  
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• Celebration of Life: GUPPY, Leonard Edwy “Len”

  06-06-2019 19:54 via baytoday.ca
  Friends are invited to join the family at the Callander Legion for a Celebration of his Life on Saturday, June 15th from 1-4 p.m.
  
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• Fedeli fires back at Ontario Northland critic

  06-06-2019 19:53 via baytoday.ca
  "Self-serving agendas" won't derail ONTC's "mission" to return passenger service
  
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• World has 'positive lesson to learn' after MMIWG inquiry: Trudeau

  06-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The world has a lesson to learn from Canada in the release of findings from a federally funded commission on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.
  
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• Transcontinental profits fall in Q2 following Coveris Americas purchase

  06-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Transcontinental Inc. says net earnings last quarter dropped nearly 68 per cent year over year stemming from its US$1.
  
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• Teammates and opponents take notice when Lowry sets the tone on offence

  06-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OAKLAND, Calif. — On a night when his team needed him to step up in a crucial NBA Finals game, Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry came through with a breakout performance.
  
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• PM worries China could target more Canadian goods as fears about soybeans rise

  06-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's worried an ongoing diplomatic dispute could see China target imports of other Canadian agricultural products as concerns grow about soybean shipments in particular.
  
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• Arrest made after vulgar comment directed at Ayesha Curry, wife of NBA star

  06-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A Raptors fan accused of making a vulgar comment about the wife of NBA star Stephen Curry on live television has now been charged.
  
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• North Bay author examines 'the core feelings of loss'

  06-06-2019 18:32 via nugget.ca
  “Sometimes, chocolate cake is the only answer.” Read More
  
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• Young Quebecers' novel lawsuit seeks to force federal action on climate change

  06-06-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Lawyers representing young Quebecers tried to convince a judge Thursday to authorize a class action lawsuit against the federal government for what they argue is a failure to combat climate change.
  
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• Toronto stock market inches higher as gold prices rise as shield to uncertainty

  06-06-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canada's main stock index closed marginally higher as gold rose as a shield against ongoing trade uncertainty and macroeconomic uncertainty. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 15.14 points at 16,227.80.
  
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• R. Kelly pleads not guilty to additional sex charges

  06-06-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to 11 additional sex-related charges on Thursday, including four counts that carry a maximum prison term of 30 years in prison.
  
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• R. Kelly pleads not guilty to 11 more sex-related charges

  06-06-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to 11 additional sex-related charges on Thursday, including four counts that carry a maximum prison term of 30 years in prison.
  
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• Agency watchdog slams conditions at ICE detention facilities

  06-06-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department's internal watchdog says rotting food, mouldy and dilapidated bathrooms and agency practices at immigration detention facilities may violate detainees' rights.
  
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• Anishinabek Nation seeks action for missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls

  06-06-2019 18:01 via nugget.ca
  The Grand Council Chief of the Anishinabek Nation is calling for the final report on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls to not be “another document that just sits on the shelf.” Read More
  
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• ONTARIO: Someone 'donated' a bunch of rusty paint cans to the Children's Wish Foundation

  06-06-2019 17:39 via baytoday.ca
  'It’s a charity organization – people should be giving valuable things'
  
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• ARCAND, Pierre 'Karate Pete'

  06-06-2019 17:13 via baytoday.ca
  It is with heavy hearts that the family announces his passing in Sturgeon Falls on Mother’s Day, Sunday May 12th, 2019 at the age of 71 years
  
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• Wednesday June 19th - Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run in support of the Special Olympics. 10 am meeting time in police parking lot (135 Princess St.W.) 10:30 am – walk(1.2 km) or run(2.3 km) / 11:30 am – BBQ & drinks Pre-order your t-shi

  06-06-2019 17:05 via twitter.com
  Wednesday June 19th - Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run in support of the Special Olympics. 10 am meeting time in police parking lot (135 Princess St.W.)10:30 am – walk(1.2 km) or run(2.3 km) / 11:30 am – BBQ & drinks
  Pre-order your t-shirts Call Aline Major (705)497-5575pic.twitter.com/q9xMY3jpeT
  
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