North Bay news

• Ontario First Nation chiefs vote to assert jurisdiction over cannabis operations

  13-06-2019 23:39 via baytoday.ca
  Locally, Nipissing First Nation has set June 18 for its own cannabis law to come into effect
  
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• Sarah Sanders leaving White House job; governor run ahead?

  13-06-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, whose tenure was marked by a breakdown in regular press briefings and questions about the administration's credibility, as well as her own, will leave her post at the end of the month, President
  
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• West Nipissing man charged with carrying fake handgun

  13-06-2019 22:08 via nugget.ca
  Charges have been laid against a 22-year-old man from West Nipissing who was allegedly found in possession of a concealed imitation handgun. Read More
  
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• MPs urged to act on concerns on coerced sterilization of Indigenous women

  13-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — MPs on the House of Commons health committee heard grave concerns Thursday about ongoing sterilizations of Indigenous women without their consent — an issue also raised by the national inquiry tasked with examining violence against Indigenou
  
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• Federal carbon tax coming to Alberta in January: environment minister

  13-06-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  Ottawa plans to impose the federal carbon tax on Alberta starting Jan. 1 and federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she has written the province about the decision.
  
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• Harris Learning Library gets big Nipissing University alumni cheque

  13-06-2019 22:00 via baytoday.ca
  The board made the announcement at the Harris Learning Library about the gift, totaling $20,000.
  
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• Traffic complaint prompts North Bay OPP to investigate driver - NorthBayNipissing.com

  13-06-2019 21:49
  Traffic complaint prompts North Bay OPP to investigate driver  NorthBayNipissing.comBEAUCAGE TWP — On Wednesday, June 12, at approximately 11:30 p.m., North Bay OPP received a traffic complaint about a vehicle travelling through the City ...
  
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• Charges laid in West Nipissing vehicle break-ins

  13-06-2019 21:48 via nugget.ca
  A 22-year-old man from the Municipality of French River is facing criminal charges in connection to a series of thefts from vehicles in West Nipissing. Read More
  
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• Strength in numbers: Alberta town wants all smokers to butt out for one day

  13-06-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  COCHRANE, Alta. — There'll be no need for ashtrays in one Alberta town on the weekend if residents take up a retiring pharmacist's call for all smokers to butt out for 24 hours.
  
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• Prosecutors drop Flint water charges, promise fresh probe

  13-06-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  DETROIT — Prosecutors dropped all criminal charges Thursday against eight people in the Flint water crisis and pledged to start from scratch the investigation into one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in U.S. history.
  
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• Opioid-related death count up to more than 11,500 nationally: government data

  13-06-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada says 11,577 people died from apparent-opioid-related overdoses between January 2016 and December 2018.
  
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• Man found guilty of killing Calgary Stampeder appeals conviction and sentence

  13-06-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A man convicted of killing a Calgary Stampeders football player is appealing his conviction and his sentence.
  
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• Charges dropped against 8 people in Flint water scandal

  13-06-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  DETROIT — Prosecutors stunningly dropped all criminal charges Thursday against eight people in the Flint water scandal and pledged to start the investigation from scratch.
  
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• Bell follows Rogers 'unlimited' data in promotion plans, Telus on different path

  13-06-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Bell has responded to a new Rogers wireless data pricing strategy by offering limited-time promotions that also don't charge overage fees once the cap has been exceeded — a new approach for Canada's national wireless carriers.
  
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• Alaska House ends special session with unfinished work

  13-06-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska House has adjourned the special session, leaving unfinished work on the capital budget and Alaska Permanent Fund dividend that guarantees a future special session.
  
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• Alaska governor calls special session for Wasilla

  13-06-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska lawmakers ended their special session Thursday already anticipating another, leaving unsettled a state infrastructure budget and the size of dividend check to pay residents this year from Alaska's oil-wealth fund.
  
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• 3-year probation for Farruko in case of undeclared $52K

  13-06-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A judge on Thursday ordered three years' probation for Puerto Rican singer Farruko after he pleaded guilty to not declaring nearly $52,000 in cash discovered in his luggage and shoes last year when he flew in to an airport in
  
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• And it's official. In a ceremony today retired Chief Devine (centre) turned over command to Chief Tod (right) and Deputy Chief Daze (left). Congratulations to our North Bay and Callander police leaders.pic.twitter.com/EfJ0TBYHoQ

  13-06-2019 20:36 via twitter.com
  And it's official. In a ceremony today retired Chief Devine (centre) turned over command to Chief Tod (right) and Deputy Chief Daze (left). Congratulations to our North Bay and Callander police leaders.pic.twitter.com/EfJ0TBYHoQ
  
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• New police chief, deputy sworn in

  13-06-2019 20:17 via nugget.ca
  North Bay’s new deputy police chief admits that when he and his wife talked about applying for the position, he left out one small detail. Read More
  
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• Cops tipped off to drug deal

  13-06-2019 20:17 via baytoday.ca
  A member of the public told police that people were engaged in the use of drugs in a business parking lot
  
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• North Bay service clerk celebrating $134000 lottery win - NorthBayNipissing.com

  13-06-2019 20:14
  North Bay service clerk celebrating $134000 lottery win  NorthBayNipissing.comNORTH BAY - A mother of five and grandmother of nine from North Bay is celebrating a $134111.80 lottery prize.
  
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• Parking lot drug use leads to arrest

  13-06-2019 20:12 via nugget.ca
  A West Nipissing man faces drug charges after OPP responded to a June 7 complaint that people were using drugs in the parking lot of a Sturgeon Falls business.
  Maxime Emond, 33, of West Nipissing is charged with possession of anything for use in production of/trafficking in a Schedule I substance, possession of a Schedule I substance – methamphetamine and possession of a Schedule I substance – opioid. Read More
  
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• New police chief feels like a Stanley Cup champion

  13-06-2019 20:11 via baytoday.ca
  'I think that is part of any responsibility of a leader to develop your people, make sure your people are properly trained, properly equipped with resources so they can be successful'
  
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• UN says Canada's plan to rescue Wood Buffalo National Park not enough

  13-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  The status of Canada's largest park as a World Heritage Site remains wobbly after a United Nations body expressed grave doubts about a federal plan to rescue it.
  
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• Metals mines, accounting for most federal enviro assessments, OK with Bill C-69

  13-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The head of the Mining Association of Canada says the hotly contested federal environmental assessment bill is welcome in the industry it will affect the most.
  
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• Federal government making electronic logs mandatory for truck, bus drivers

  13-06-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  ETOBICOKE, Ont. — Transport Canada says it will require all commercial drivers to have electronic logging devices — one of the recommendations out of a coroner's report into the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
  
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• $134,111 win 'out of this world' for North Bay woman

  13-06-2019 19:36 via nugget.ca
  Congratulations to Letitia Dashney-Peace of North Bay after winning a $134,111.80 prize in the June 8 Lotto 6/49 draw. Read More
  
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• Relationship with Metis Nation a model for reconciliation: Trudeau

  13-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Canadian government's relationship with the Metis Nation is a tangible and concrete example of reconciliation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.
  
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• Montreal borough reverts to Fete nationale festival name after uproar

  13-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  Montreal festival organizers have learned the hard way that trying to rebrand Quebec's Fete nationale celebrations simply doesn't fly in these parts.
  
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• Freeland rebuffs China on Meng in Washington, ahead of Trudeau- Trump meeting

  13-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland firmly rebuffed China's latest demand Thursday to free high-tech scion Meng Wanzhou, saying it would set a dangerous precedent that could endanger all Canadians abroad.
  
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• Federal agency recommends White House aide Conway be fired

  13-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — A federal watchdog agency on Thursday recommended that White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway be fired for repeatedly violating a law that limits certain political activities of federal employees. The U.S.
  
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• Cuba Gooding Jr. surrenders while denying allegations

  13-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Cuba Gooding Jr.'s lawyer said Thursday security video will exonerate the actor from allegations he groped a woman at a New York City night spot.
  
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• Cuba Gooding Jr. pleads not guilty to groping woman at bar

  13-06-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Cuba Gooding Jr. turned himself in and was arrested Thursday on charges he groped a woman in an encounter at a New York City night spot that appears to have been caught on video.
  
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• North Bay Heritage Gardener swears by her rain barrel

  13-06-2019 18:59 via nugget.ca
  The warm summer months are usually a time for lounging in the sunshine, but Bonnie Cappadocia, design team chair of the North Bay Heritage Gardeners, enjoys spending every moment she can in her garden. Read More
  
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• Five domestic related incidents over the past week in Nipissing West

  13-06-2019 17:21 via baytoday.ca
  A 47-year-old woman from St Charles was charged with:'assault - spousal' and 'assault with a weapon'
  
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• One moose causes 2 collisions

  13-06-2019 17:06 via nugget.ca
  Temiskaming OPP officers responded to a collision involving a van and moose on Highway 11 south of Temagami just after 10 p.m. Wednesday Read More
  
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• Transat sees second-quarter profits plunge as Air Canada takeover talks continue

  13-06-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Transat AT Inc. says fuel prices and exchange rates contributed to a major drop in year-over-year profits last quarter, which nonetheless beat analysts' expectations amid higher revenues.
  
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• New Saudi club to open with Ne-Yo, but alcohol still a no-no

  13-06-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A popular Mideast nightclub is opening a branch in Saudi Arabia in the latest sign of how far the kingdom has loosened restrictions on entertainment in recent years.
  
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• Man faces charges after car slams into Quebec office helping flood victims

  13-06-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  STE-MARTHE-SUR-LE-LAC, Que. — Police say a man who allegedly drove his vehicle into an office that was helping flood victims will face charges of dangerous driving and assault with a weapon.
  
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• Hexo plans to enter 8 U.S. states in 2020 with CBD products

  13-06-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  GATINEAU, Que. — Cannabis company Hexo Corp. says it plans to launch hemp-derived CBD products in eight U.S. states in 2020 under Truss, its joint venture with Molson Coors Brewing Co.
  
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• Hexo details U.S. CBD plans as Q3 earnings miss estimates, stock slips

  13-06-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  Cannabis company Hexo Corp. outlined its plans to enter eight U.S. states with CBD products in 2020 as it reported third-quarter earnings that fell short of expectations, sending its stock lower. Hexo chief executive Sebastien St.
  
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• From St. Louis to Tokyo, Blues fan celebrates a Stanley Cup

  13-06-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  TOKYO — I can't imagine there were many St. Louis Blues fans farther from their hometown than I was when the team finally won its first Stanley Cup. If not, my kicker is that I actually attended Blues games that first season in 1967-68.
  
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• Forward Morgan Klimchuk re-signs with Ottawa Senators

  13-06-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have re-signed forward Morgan Klimchuk to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal is worth US$700,000 in the NHL and $85,000 in the American Hockey League.
  
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• Crude oil production to reach 5.86 million barrels per day by 2035: CAPP

  13-06-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers is projecting Canadian crude oil production will increase by 1.27 million barrels per day to 5.86 million by 2035.
  
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• Canada may need higher carbon taxes to meet its Paris targets, PBO says

  13-06-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada's parliamentary budget watchdog says a higher price on carbon will be needed if Canada is to meet its Paris Agreement targets for greenhouse-gas emissions.
  
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• NNDSB looking for new education director

  13-06-2019 16:43 via nugget.ca
  The Near North District School Board is on the hunt for a new director of education. Read More
  
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• No injuries reported after truck hits hydro pole

  13-06-2019 16:27 via nugget.ca
  No injuries were reported Wednesday night when a rental truck struck a hydro pole on Laurier Street near the intersection of Fisher Street. North Bay police said the vehicle had to be towed from the scene. A second vehicle was slightly damaged when the pole came down. North Bay Hydro crews will be working to replace the pole today and the road will be closed to traffic for safety reasons. Hydro service in the area was not affected by the crash. The crash is still under investigation.
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• West Nipissing OPP investigates 5 domestics in one week

  13-06-2019 16:24 via nugget.ca
  The Ontario Provincial Police Nipissing West detachments investigated five domestic-related incidents over the past week. Read More
  
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• Statistics Canada reports key household debt ratio held steady in Q1

  13-06-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the amount Canadians owe relative to their income held steady in the first quarter as debt and income grew at similar rates.
  
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• Jessica Biel not against vaccinations, just against bill

  13-06-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES — Actress Jessica Biel says she's not opposed to vaccinations, but she does not support a bill in California that would limit medical exemptions.
  
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