North Bay news

• McCANN, William James 'Bill'

  02-07-2019 23:16 via baytoday.ca
  Passed away peacefully at the North Bay Regional Health Centre Palliative Care Unit with his family by his side on Thursday June 27th in his 93rd year.
  
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• North Bay Museum summer camps

  02-07-2019 23:15 via baytoday.ca
  The North Bay Museum is pleased to announce that registration is open for three summer camps which will immerse campers in history, art, and science.
  
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• New smoking bylaw meeting tonight

  02-07-2019 23:09 via baytoday.ca
  City asking for input on possible further smoking restrictions
  
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• Sundance co-founder gets at least 6 years in sex abuse case

  02-07-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  AMERICAN FORK, Utah — A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced a movie whose lead actress won an Oscar in the mid-1980s was sentenced Tuesday to at least six years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of a child.
  
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• Senate ethics officer asks upper chamber to be more open with documents

  02-07-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Senate's ethics watchdog is telling the upper chamber to provide him documents more quickly to speed up investigations and strengthen his independence.
  
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• Cartoonist behind anti-Trump image thinks online presence played role in contract ending

  02-07-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  An editorial cartoonist who recently drew international attention and celebrity support for an anti-Trump sketch says he doesn't believe that piece of work was why an Atlantic media organization scrapped its contract with him.
  
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• Canadian Curling Star to talk Sports Tourism at local golf tourney

  02-07-2019 23:02 via baytoday.ca
  Kevin Martin will attend the North Bay & District Chamber of Commerce golf tournament
  
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• Voodoos sign Gens prospect with North Bay roots - BayToday

  02-07-2019 22:52
  Voodoos sign Gens prospect with North Bay roots  BayToday'I recently had a good friend of mine affiliate with the Voodoos last season and he had a blast'
  
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• Voodoos sign Gens prospect with North Bay roots

  02-07-2019 22:49 via baytoday.ca
  'I recently had a good friend of mine affiliate with the Voodoos last season and he had a blast'
  
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• North Bay police charge local man in weekend business robbery - NorthBayNipissing.com

  02-07-2019 22:36
  North Bay police charge local man in weekend business robbery  NorthBayNipissing.comNORTH BAY — A 28-year-old North Bay man is facing robbery charges following an incident on Friday evening, June 28.
  
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• North Bay OPP charge 3 drivers with impaired over Canada Day weekend - NorthBayNipissing.com

  02-07-2019 22:36
  North Bay OPP charge 3 drivers with impaired over Canada Day weekend  NorthBayNipissing.comNORTH BAY — Three visitors to the North Bay area found themsevles facing criminal charges last weekend.
  
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• Sex harassment lawsuit against former RCMP spokesman in B.C. settled

  02-07-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — RCMP say a settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged a former spokesman for the force in British Columbia sexually harassed a civilian employee.
  
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• Former skiers reach out-of-court deal with Alpine Canada in sex assault lawsuit

  02-07-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Three former Canadian skiers have reached an out-of-court settlement with Alpine Canada over sexual abuse by one-time national ski coach Bertrand Charest The national governing body for alpine and ski cross racing announced today it had re
  
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• Chanel's new designer, Viard, unveils couture debut in Paris

  02-07-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  PARIS — Chanel's new chief Virginie Viard merged the worlds of two of its most famous couturiers, those of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld, for a cerebral couture show in Paris set inside a huge circular library.
  
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• North Bay Fire Truck makes emergency stop due to mechanical failure - BayToday

  02-07-2019 21:30
  North Bay Fire Truck makes emergency stop due to mechanical failure  BayToday'The driver had to make an emergency stop as quickly and safely as possible. No body was hurt.' Deputy Fire Chief Greg Saunders.
  
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• North Bay gets taste of Culture Days Festival

  02-07-2019 21:23 via nugget.ca
  The committee behind this fall’s Culture Days Festival offered a glimpse of the inaugural event Thursday night during a fundraiser at the Voyager Inn’s summit lounge. Read More
  
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• On Hold: Veterans Affairs struggling to answer former service members' calls

  02-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Veterans Affairs Canada has struggled to quickly answer calls from current and former service members seeking information and assistance, newly released documents show, leading many to hang up before they are answered.
  
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• Arctic fox walks more than 2,700 miles from Norway to Canada

  02-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  COPENHAGEN — An arctic fox walked more than 4,415 kilometres (2,737 miles) to go from northern Norway to Canada's far north in four months, Norwegian researchers said.
  
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• Animal rights activists want Winnipeg zoo to shut down stingray exhibit

  02-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Animal rights activists want the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg to permanently shut down its interactive stingray exhibit. "Stingray Beach" allows visitors to get up close to a shallow pool, and touch and feed the animals.
  
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• New safe environment available for victims of child abuse and neglect

  02-07-2019 20:53 via baytoday.ca
  'It has some very positive benefits for both the victims of crime, the witnesses of crime, being children and youth and also for police investigations and those done by our child protection services'
  
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• North Bay Fire Truck makes emergency stop due to mechanical failure

  02-07-2019 20:47 via baytoday.ca
  'The driver had to make an emergency stop as quickly and safely as possible. No body was hurt.' Deputy Fire Chief Greg Saunders
  
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• Wisconsin man gets jail for clogging women's toilets

  02-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 150 days in jail for repeatedly clogging women's toilets, including at places he worked.
  
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• WADA delivers batch of Russian doping data for possible bans

  02-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  The World Anti-Doping Agency has turned over evidence from 43 Russian doping cases to international sports federations, all based on the trove of data received from the Moscow laboratory that WADA scientists gained access to earlier this year.
  
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• Sabres top pick Dylan Cozens needs thumb 'procedure'

  02-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres top draft pick Dylan Cozens needs a "procedure" to repair an injured left thumb. The Sabres provided the update Tuesday, a day after Cozens was scheduled to visit a specialist.
  
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• Pence abruptly cancels New Hampshire trip

  02-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Vice-President Mike Pence has abruptly cancelled a planned trip to New Hampshire, but the White House and his office refuse to say why. White House spokesman Judd Deere said only that, "Something came up and the VP needed to be in D.C.
  
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• Oilers sign Swiss forward Gaetan Haas to entry-level contract

  02-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Gaetan Haas to a one-year entry-level contract.
  
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• Mexico sends home 70 asylum seekers returned from US

  02-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MEXICO CITY — Dozens of Central Americans who had been returned to the border city of Juarez to await the outcome of their U.S.
  
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• Mexico buses home dozens of asylum seekers returned by US

  02-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MEXICO CITY — Dozens of Central Americans who had been returned to the border city of Juarez to await the outcome of their U.S.
  
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• Hunger strike ends after agreement reached on Ottawa Indigenous Peoples' space

  02-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — An Algonquin grand chief's hunger strike is over after an agreement with the federal government on a project to create a major Indigenous centre in Ottawa.
  
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• Forward Nick Paul re-signs with Ottawa Senators

  02-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have re-signed forward Nick Paul to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal is worth US$750,000 in the NHL and $165,000 in the American Hockey League. Paul, 24, split last season between AHL Belleville and Ottawa.
  
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• Canadian woman charged with smuggling cocaine into Australia: police

  02-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  SYDNEY, Australia — Police in Australia say they've charged a Canadian woman with importing cocaine after border officers found about 12 kilograms of the drug hidden in her luggage.
  
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• Anglos, francophones sign deal to work together on minority language rights

  02-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Quebec anglophones have banded together with francophones in New Brunswick and Ontario to protect and promote the rights of official minority language communities.
  
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• Anglos, francophones join forces on minority language rights after 'a bad year'

  02-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec anglophones have banded together with francophones in New Brunswick and Ontario to protect and promote the rights of official minority language communities that they say are suddenly at risk.
  
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• Algonquin grand chief begins hunger strike over Ottawa Indigenous Peoples' space

  02-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — An Algonquin grand chief is on a hunger strike, protesting the fact her community is not an equal partner in the development of a major centre for Indigenous Peoples in Ottawa.
  
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• ABI aluminum smelter to reopen as workers accept offer 18 months after lockout

  02-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  BECANCOUR, Que. — Employees of the ABI aluminum smelter in Becancour, Que., who have been locked out for nearly 18 months, have accepted the company's latest offer. Meeting in Trois-Rivieres, Que., workers voted 79.
  
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• North Bay OPP charge Sudbury-area women in drunk driving cases - The Sudbury Star

  02-07-2019 19:29
  North Bay OPP charge Sudbury-area women in drunk driving cases  The Sudbury StarThree Sudbury-area women face drinking and driving-related charges laid in the North Bay area over the Canada Day long weekend.This brings the total of ...
  
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• House committee files lawsuit for Trump tax returns

  02-07-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — A House committee sued the Trump administration in federal court Tuesday for access to President Donald Trump's tax returns, setting up a legal showdown over the records.
  
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• CN anticipates record grain shipments; CP says it's also moving more grain

  02-07-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Canadian National Railway says it is on track to move record quantities of western Canadian grain after a strong June, and Canadian Pacific Railway says it's moved more grain this year as well. CN Rail says it transported more than 2.
  
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• North Bay OPP charged three with impaired driving offences

  02-07-2019 18:49 via nugget.ca
  Over the Canada Day long weekend, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) North Bay Detachment arrested three drivers for impaired driving. Read More
  
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• City of North Bay flags now available for purchase - CTV News

  02-07-2019 18:07
  City of North Bay flags now available for purchase  CTV NewsResidents can now display their hometown pride with their very own City of North Bay flag.
  
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• Winnipeg man who killed woman, dumped body won't get parole chance for 15 years

  02-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — A man who stabbed a woman almost a dozen times and then dumped her body in a ditch has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance at parole for 15 years.
  
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• TSX moves higher a day after New York market hits record high on China talk

  02-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canada's main stock index moved higher despite big fall in oil prices, a day after a U.S. market hit a record high on China trade movements. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 89.09 points to 16,471.
  
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• Police arrest suspect in Main Street robbery

  02-07-2019 17:19 via baytoday.ca
  No injuries occurred and a description of the accused was obtained by police
  
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• North Bay Police arrest robbery suspect on Canada Day

  02-07-2019 17:17 via nugget.ca
  North Bay Police responded to a robbery at a Main Street business Friday night. Read More
  
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• North Bay selling its flags

  02-07-2019 17:13 via baytoday.ca
  A full-size North Bay flag will cost you $98.22 taxes in
  
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• Quebec man arrested after stolen backhoe smashes home, starts fire

  02-07-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  STE-THERESE, Que. — A Quebec man is facing charges after allegedly stealing a backhoe and going on a rampage on Canada Day.
  
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• ONTARIO: Orillia's 'racist' Champlain monument 'can't go up again,' protester says (6 photos)

  02-07-2019 16:43 via baytoday.ca
  Protest draws about 50 people to plot where the statue once stood
  
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• Woody Allen makes La Scala debut directing comic opera

  02-07-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  MILAN — Woody Allen says he has "always had a warm and affectionate following in Europe," as he prepares to make his La Scala debut directing Puccini's comic one-act opera 'Gianni Schicchi.
  
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• Singer Patti LaBelle to be honoured with street naming

  02-07-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  PHILADELPHIA — Patti LaBelle is being honoured in her hometown of Philadelphia with her very own street. A stretch of Broad Street will be renamed for the legendary soul singer during a ceremony Tuesday.
  
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• Genworth mulls sale of Canadian arm, criticizes Ottawa for delayed merger review

  02-07-2019 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Genworth Financial Inc. says it is mulling the sale of its Canadian arm as it criticized regulators for delaying the U.S. company's pending takeover by China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co. Ltd.
  
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