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• Twenty Almaguin students stage protest

  12-06-2019 23:39 via baytoday.ca
  Almost all of the staff at Almaguin got pink slips because we're a young staff
  
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• Heavy rain expected west of North Bay - BayToday

  12-06-2019 23:28
  Heavy rain expected west of North Bay  BayTodayExpect general rainfall amounts of 30 to 50 millimetres.
  
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• Two charged with drug trafficking after traffic stop

  12-06-2019 23:19 via baytoday.ca
  Turns out the driver was suspended and also obstructed police by supplying a false name
  
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• Pair from North Bay charged with meth, cocaine possession

  12-06-2019 23:11 via nugget.ca
  A man and woman from North Bay are facing criminal charges for allegedly possessing six-dozen grams worth of crystal methamphetamine and cocaine. Read More
  
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• Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide

  12-06-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine legalized medically assisted suicide on Wednesday, becoming the eighth state to allow terminally ill people to end their lives with prescribed medication. Democratic Gov.
  
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• Lululemon Q1 earnings outpace analyst expectations, company ups 2019 guidance

  12-06-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Lululemon Athletica Inc.'s first-quarter earnings outpaced analyst expectations as the athleisure retailer remains confident in its ambitious growth plan for the next several years.
  
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• Indicted congressman's wife pleads guilty to corruption

  12-06-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  SAN DIEGO — The wife of U.S. Rep.
  
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• Indicted congressman's wife pleads guilty to 1 count

  12-06-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  SAN DIEGO — Nearly a year after U.S. Rep.
  
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• Indicted congressman's wife heads to court to change plea

  12-06-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  SAN DIEGO — Nearly a year after U.S. Rep.
  
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• Forty per cent of transport truck collisions in 2018 involved just two risky decisions

  12-06-2019 22:13 via baytoday.ca
  Nearly 75 per cent of the people killed in the collisions were passengers in other vehicles
  
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• Vice-Admiral Mark Norman acknowledged during navy change of command ceremony

  12-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Vice-Admiral Mark Norman was acknowledged publicly by the chief of the defence staff during a navy ceremony today in Halifax.
  
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• Oilers GM Ken Holland weighing his options ahead of first draft with Edmonton

  12-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  Ken Holland will have made up his mind when he steps to the microphone next week. Until then, there's plenty to ponder ahead of the 63-year-old's first NHL draft as general manager of the Edmonton Oilers.
  
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• Lawyer: Cuba Gooding Jr. will turn self in on groping charge

  12-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. will turn himself in to New York City police on Thursday to face allegations he groped a woman at a Manhattan night spot, his lawyer said.
  
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• Late-night Raptors games offer families bonding time, push bedtime rules

  12-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  Raptors fan Kurt Peacock admits he's really pushing bedtime back as he lets his 11-year-old watch their beloved team make a championship bid this week. Aside from wanting him to witness history in the making, the Saint John, N.B.
  
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• Government asks Supreme Court for urgent stay of solitary confinement ruling

  12-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The federal government is asking the Supreme Court for an urgent stay of a ruling that declared administrative segregation unconstitutional. The practice allows authorities to isolate inmates who pose a safety risk to themselves or others.
  
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• Defence in trial of Chinese scholar's death: He did it

  12-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  PEORIA, Ill.
  
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• Defence in trial of China scholar's brutal death: He did it

  12-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  PEORIA, Ill.
  
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• Committee of MPs decides against calling for school-bus seatbelts

  12-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A committee of MPs who probed bus-passenger safety in Canada has decided not to call for seatbelts to be installed in Canadian school buses, urging further study instead.
  
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• Committee of MPs decides against calling for school bus seat belts

  12-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A committee of MPs who conducted a probe into bus passenger safety in Canada has decided not to call for seat belts to be installed in Canadian school buses, urging instead the need for further study.
  
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• Canada diplomatic about U.S. goal celebrations but Scott says they'd tone it down

  12-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  GRENOBLE, France — Canadian players were diplomatic Wednesday when asked about the Americans' 13-0 rout of Thailand and the unbridled celebrations accompanying the baker's dozen of goals at the Women's World Cup.
  
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• Canada captain Christine Sinclair celebrates 36th birthday with lava cake

  12-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  GRENOBLE, France — Christine Sinclair's wish for her 36th birthday was simple and sweet — lava cake. There were other perks. A representative from the local Women's World Cup organizing committee surprised the star forward from Burnaby, B.C.
  
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• Blue Jays make late pitching change, going with Law over slumping Jackson

  12-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  BALTIMORE — The Toronto Blue Jays have made a late change to their starting rotation, replacing the struggling Edwin Jackson with right-hander Derek Law for Wednesday night's game against the Baltimore Orioles.
  
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• Alberta Premier Jason Kenney seeks alliance with Quebec's Francois Legault

  12-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he and Quebec Premier Francois Legault are natural allies in the fight to defend provincial autonomy in the face of federal interventions.
  
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• City crowds waterfront for Armed Forces Day

  12-06-2019 21:38 via nugget.ca
  “It’s always a thrill to see the crowds like this.” Read More
  
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• Film crew hoses down Sault Street with fake snow for Hallmark movie (8 photos)

  12-06-2019 21:34 via baytoday.ca
  Executive producer of The House of Wooden Santas wants to recreate Maine in the winter; Bondar Pavilion up next for winterizing
  
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• Bay Days releases weekend schedule

  12-06-2019 21:29 via nugget.ca
  The organizers behind the inaugural Bay Days festival have released a full schedule of events for the coming weekend. Read More
  
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• Gateway City Brewery plans a party for its grand opening

  12-06-2019 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  'We connected with someone who manages pinball machines and I think we have more pinball machines in town than anywhere else and we offer all you can play pinball on Sundays'
  
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• Single-payer pharmacare could reduce patient access to drugs, say insurers

  12-06-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A government national pharmacare plan could leave millions of people at risk of losing access to certain drugs, industry associations warn, while an analyst says the move may also take a bite out of profits for insurers.
  
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• Federal hate crime charges filed in black church fires

  12-06-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW ORLEANS — The son of a Louisiana sheriff's deputy is facing federal hate crime charges in connection with three fires that destroyed African American churches earlier this year.
  
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• Father says murder of daughter, 8, has shattered her brothers' innocence

  12-06-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — The father of an eight-year-old girl who was killed by her mother says he's felt the worst pain of his life watching her young brothers suffer profound grief, confusion and shame.
  
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• B.C. father says murder of daughter, 8, has shattered her brothers' innocence

  12-06-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — The father of an eight-year-old girl who was killed by her mother says he's felt the worst pain of his life watching her young brothers suffer profound grief, confusion and shame.
  
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• Ride for Dad a reminder for men to get a prostate cancer check

  12-06-2019 20:56 via baytoday.ca
  'Our message is very simple. Get it checked. Get the man in your life out to either have a simple PSA blood test or prostate exam. If we can save one life in Nipissing, we’re doing our job' John Strang local ride co-chair.
  
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• Can you identify this theft and fraud suspect?

  12-06-2019 20:50 via nugget.ca
  North Bay police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect in a theft and fraud investigation. Read More
  
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• Looking forward to Bay Days? Here's the full schedule

  12-06-2019 20:48 via baytoday.ca
  Sunday is Family Day at the Beach with a sandcastle contest
  
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• Barn quilt trail to welcome West Nipissing visitors

  12-06-2019 20:38 via nugget.ca
  A new barn quilt trail will welcome visitors from far and wide to the International Plowing Match and Rural Expo (IPM) in Verner Sept. 17-21, enticing them to explore more of what West Nipissing has to offer, organizers say. Read More
  
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• Trudeau appoints first ambassador to advance women, peace and security

  12-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Canada's first ambassador for women, peace and security.
  
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• Quebec trying to speed up process to adopt secularism bill ahead of summer break

  12-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  Quebec Premier Francois Legault says his government is showing good faith by specifying what kinds of religious symbols it plans to ban for many public sector workers.
  
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• Quebec maple producers have sweet year, produce a record 159 million pounds

  12-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  LONGUEUIL, Que. — The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers says the province enjoyed a record harvest this year due to a late spring and cold temperatures. Despite a late start to the season, more than 159 million pounds of syrup was produced in 2019.
  
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• In Tel Aviv, Neil Patrick Harris says he's no gay icon

  12-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  TEL AVIV, Israel — This year's official international ambassador to Tel Aviv's Gay Pride Parade says he has no interest in being a gay activist.
  
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• 2019 CFL preview: Football a welcomed distraction for Montreal Alouettes

  12-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  After an unsettled off-season, the Montreal Alouettes can look forward to the welcomed distraction of actually playing football.
  
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• STROBL, Mary (nee Nunner)

  12-06-2019 18:52 via baytoday.ca
  It is with sadness, we announce the peaceful passing of Mary Strobl at the North Bay Regional Health Centre on June 10, 2019 at the age of 81 years.
  
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• Senate Arctic committee calls report a 'wake-up call' in latest report

  12-06-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's Senate says it's time the federal government stopped ignoring the Arctic. In a new report, the Senate has issued what it says is a wake-up call for Ottawa to deal with problems that have been festering in the North for decades.
  
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• Senate Arctic committee calls recommendations in report a 'wake-up call'

  12-06-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — We the North? Canada's Senate is skeptical. The marketing slogan for Toronto's NBA team may be everywhere these days. But for Sen. Dennis Patterson, who helped write a new report on the Arctic, it's mostly just that.
  
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• North American indexes down as energy sector weighs, loonie flat

  12-06-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — North American stock indexes were trading lower Wednesday as the energy sector weighed on markets. The S&P/TSX composite index was trading down 25.08 points at 16,223.68. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 59.
  
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• MPs face summer recall for new NAFTA approval if no U.S. progress next week

  12-06-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government is prepared to recall Parliament this summer to ratify the new North American trade agreement, The Canadian Press has learned.
  
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• Lithuanian circus owner releases bear he took 'hostage'

  12-06-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuanian police say a private circus owner has released a bear from a cage after a standoff with police trying to take the animal away.
  
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• Husky pleads guilty over oil leak into North Saskatchewan River

  12-06-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. — Husky Energy has pleaded guilty in a pipeline leak that sent oil spilling into a major river that is the source of drinking water for a number of Saskatchewan communities.
  
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• CANADA: Panel recommends feds implement national drug plan

  12-06-2019 17:26 via baytoday.ca
  Eric Hoskins' council recommends developing a national list of prescription drugs, beginning with essential medicines
  
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• White House asserts executive privilege in census fight

  12-06-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has asserted executive privilege over documents that were subpoenaed by Congress related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, the Justice Department said Wednesda
  
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• Trio of Canadian RADARSAT Constellation satellites launched and deployed

  12-06-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Three Canadian satellites representing the next generation of Earth-observation technology have been successfully deployed after being launched into orbit today aboard a SpaceX rocket.
  
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