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• Alberta First Nation basketball players to hit court despite referee dispute

  03-07-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Young basketball players from a southern Alberta First Nation will be able to play in a tournament this week despite a dispute with a Calgary referee group.
  
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• North Bay getting one pot store, but could there be another?

  03-07-2019 22:25 via baytoday.ca
  'There are also eight specifically for First Nations communities and I would presume then that our area would be interested in that as well'
  
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• River Valley could host platinum group metals mine

  03-07-2019 22:10 via baytoday.ca
  New Age Metals economic study sees open-pit potential, east of Sudbury
  
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• System failed slain Quebec girl, youth protection internal probe finds

  03-07-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The system as a whole — not one person or service — is to blame for lapses in the case of a slain seven-year-old Quebec girl who'd been followed by youth protection, according to an internal probe by the regional health authority released
  
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• Judge blocks Ohio abortion law, clinics to remain open

  03-07-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge temporarily blocked an Ohio law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected on Wednesday, siding with abortion clinics that had argued the law would effectively end the procedure in the state.
  
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• Canada seeks international support to ban Russian-issued passports in Ukraine

  03-07-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada is courting international support for its plan to reject Russian passports given to Ukrainian citizens in the parts of Ukraine occupied by Kremlin-backed separatists.
  
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• Canada is through to the quarter-finals at the FIBA Under-19 World Cup

  03-07-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  HERAKLION, Greece — A.J. Lawson announced his intentions just three seconds into Wednesday's game with an emphatic dunk. The 18-year-old from Brampton, Ont.
  
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• Don't be alarmed North Bay residents, it's just a practice scenario

  03-07-2019 21:36 via nugget.ca
  Don’t be alarmed if you see emergency vehicles and personnel at the Water’s Edge building tomorrow. Read More
  
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• Deadly opioid-carfentanil circulating across province, including North Bay

  03-07-2019 21:11 via nugget.ca
  The Health Unit is warning the public that the deadly opioid carfentanil is circulating across Ontario. The Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario has informed public health units of a recent increase in the presence of carfentanil within the province. Read More
  
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• Workers who were trapped deep in Saskatchewan mine now safely back on surface

  03-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  SASKATOON — A fertilizer company says all 34 people who were trapped deep in a Saskatchewan potash mine for more than a day are now safely above ground. Will Tigley, a spokesman with Nutrien Ltd.
  
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• Workers trapped underground in Saskatchewan potash mine after shaft malfunction

  03-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  SASKATOON — A fertilizer company says it hopes to soon get 34 maintenance workers out of a Saskatchewan potash mine, where they have been trapped since Tuesday afternoon. Will Tigley, a spokesman with Nutrien Ltd.
  
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• Virginia police find remains of missing 2-year-old boy

  03-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  HAMPTON, Va. — Authorities say they believe they have found the remains of a 2-year-old Virginia boy who has been missing since last week.
  
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• Quebec developer Group Mach withdraws $14-per-share bid for Transat

  03-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Group Mach says it is withdrawing its bid for Transat A.T., stating the tour operator chose to ignore its proposal even though it featured a higher price than Air Canada's offer.
  
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• Nutrien says 34 workers trapped underground after service shaft malfunction

  03-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  SASKATOON — Nutrien Ltd. says 34 maintenance workers have been trapped in its Cory potash mine in Saskatchewan since Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Man's refusal to wear condom after agreeing to cancels out consent: judge

  03-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  An Ontario court has ruled that a man who had unprotected sex after agreeing to wear a condom committed sexual assault because his behaviour invalidated his sexual partner's consent.
  
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• Kawhi Watch: News helicopter stalks van leaving Pearson Airport

  03-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The saga of Kawhi Leonard's free agency decision now involves stalking by air.
  
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• Coroner probes death of Quebec senior who spent 36 hours on balcony

  03-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The family of a 93-year-old Quebec woman who died after spending three days inert on her balcony at a seniors' residence wants better surveillance for the elderly.
  
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• Average vet faces 32-week wait for benefits decision, double government target

  03-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The long delays many veterans face when applying to the government for assistance for service-related injuries has reached a new milestone.
  
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• Algonquin Nation guaranteed space in Indigenous centre as deal ends hunger strike

  03-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Algonquin Nation will be guaranteed a space in a major Indigenous centre in Ottawa after an agreement with the federal government ended a grand chief's hunger strike.
  
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• Newfoundland travellers contract mysterious disease traced to cave trip in Cuba

  03-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A woman is warning travellers to thoroughly research any adventurous excursions abroad after she and several other Newfoundlanders became ill from a mysterious disease traced back to a Cuban cave. Terri Murphy of Paradise, N.L.
  
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• McLeod Bethel-Thompson to start at quarterback for Toronto Argonauts

  03-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Veteran McLeod Bethel-Thompson will start at quarterback Saturday night when the Toronto Argonauts host the B.C. Lions.
  
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• High heat, humidity to continue through Friday night in Almaguin, North Bay - NorthBayNipissing.com

  03-07-2019 20:00
  High heat, humidity to continue through Friday night in Almaguin, North Bay  NorthBayNipissing.comALMAGUIN - NORTH BAY — (UPDATE: 5:09 a.m., Thursday, July 4): Environment Canada continues a special weather statement for Bayfield Inlet - Dunchurch ...
  
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• North Bay Pride unveils its schedule

  03-07-2019 19:10 via baytoday.ca
  North Bay Pride will be taking part in a number of local events from July 7 to 21. North Bay Pride promotes equality for all, through celebration and community education.
  
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• Special prosecutor to aid probe into Alberta United Conservative leadership vote

  03-07-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Alberta government says a special out-of-province prosecutor will assist in a criminal fraud investigation into the United Conservative Party leadership race won by Jason Kenney before he became premier.
  
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• 'Naive' of Canada to believe Trump pushed Xi on Kovrig, Spavor: China

  03-07-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Chinese government is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of being naive in assuming that President Donald Trump did him any favours by raising the case of two imprisoned Canadians with President Xi Jinping.
  
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• Metro Vancouver's benchmark home price falls below $1M in June: real estate board

  03-07-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Metro Vancouver's once hot housing market is experiencing an "expectation gap" between buyers and sellers as the benchmark property price fell under $1 million for the first time since May 2017.
  
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• Cornell Crease Comes Calling for Nate McDonald

  03-07-2019 18:55 via baytoday.ca
  'Everybody knows when you get to a higher level that you need to be ready when that opportunity comes'
  
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• Heat warning for North Bay, West Nipissing

  03-07-2019 18:34 via nugget.ca
  A heat warning has been issued for the North Bay and West Nipissing areas. Read More
  
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• Next round of cannabis stores to include North Bay, Sault, Timmins - CTV News

  03-07-2019 18:24
  Next round of cannabis stores to include North Bay, Sault, Timmins  CTV NewsOntario is expanding its retail cannabis distribution by allowing 50 more outlets to operate by this fall. The lottery for retail licenses includes stores in North Bay, ...
  
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• UNESCO gives Canada new deadline to preserve Wood Buffalo National Park

  03-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  The United Nations body that oversees world heritage sites has given Canada a new deadline to address problems in the country's largest national park.
  
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• Rapper A$AP Rocky detained in Sweden after street fight

  03-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  STOCKHOLM — Swedish prosecutors say rapper A$AP Rocky has been detained for a suspected attack on an unknown person in downtown Stockholm.
  
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• Queen's Plate champion One Bad Boy to take a run at Canadian Triple Crown

  03-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  One Bad Boy is going to take a run at the OLG Canadian Triple Crown. Trainer Richard Baltas said Wednesday the Queen's Plate champion will run in the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on July 23 at Fort Erie Racetrack.
  
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• North American stock markets rise on renewed interest rate cut fever

  03-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — North American stock markets closed higher Wednesday with the three main U.S. markets all hitting record highs on further anticipation of U.S. interest rate cuts later this month.
  
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• Montreal unveils plan to respond to heatwaves after 66 deaths last year

  03-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  Montreal's mayor is unveiling the city's plan to respond to heatwaves after dozens of people died amid high temperatures last summer.
  
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• Montreal unveils plan to respond to heat waves after 66 deaths last year

  03-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — With a potential heat wave looming, Montreal says it's prepared to lengthen pool hours and send firefighters door to door to mitigate conditions that contributed to the death of 66 people last year.
  
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• Financials help boost Toronto stock market, U.S. stocks also move higher

  03-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The financial sector helped lead Canada's main stock index higher in late-morning trading as U.S. stock markets also pushed higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 52.76 points at 16,524.05.
  
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• Fest drops Peter Yarrow over 'indecent liberties' sentence

  03-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — A music festival has disinvited folk singer Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary over his 1970 jail sentence for indecent liberties with a 14-year-old girl.
  
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• Estranged wife's interviews complicate testimony in Joshua Boyle assault case

  03-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The sexual-assault trial of former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle took another unexpected twist Wednesday that left the Crown's star witness looking for a new lawyer and the possibility of a contempt charge against her hanging in the air.
  
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• Coleman set for cross-examination today after judge clears path for her evidence

  03-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The sexual-assault trial of former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle will proceed today after the judge decided evidence given earlier in the trial is still admissible.
  
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• Canadiens sign veteran forward Phil Varone to one-year, two-way contract

  03-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Phil Varone to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal will pay Varone $700,000 at the NHL level and $450,000 in the AHL. The five-foot-10,193-pound native of Vaughan, Ont.
  
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• Bondage 'revolting', estranged wife tells Joshua Boyle's sex-assault trial

  03-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Caitlan Coleman told an Ottawa courtroom today that she believes that if her husband Joshua Boyle had wanted her dead he would have already killed her.
  
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• North Bay Museum summer camps - BayToday

  03-07-2019 18:04
  North Bay Museum summer camps  BayTodayThe 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 Pizza Hut opens today

  03-07-2019 18:02 via baytoday.ca
  The second location is in a McKeown Avenue strip mall
  
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• LITTLE, Keeling Britton

  03-07-2019 17:21 via baytoday.ca
  The Little family sadly announces Keeling’s death at the North Bay Regional Health Center on Tuesday July 2, 2019, at the age of 78 years
  
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• Heat Warning, stay hydrated - My North Bay Now

  03-07-2019 17:21
  Heat Warning, stay hydrated  My North Bay NowEnvironment Canada has issued a Heat Warning, in effect for: North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa; West Nipissing – French River. The national meteorological ...
  
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• Parties' financial returns show Tories topped Liberals in 2018 fundraising

  03-07-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Newly released figures show the federal Conservatives entered this election year having outpaced the Liberals in fundraising by more than $8.3 million in 2018. The Conservatives raised about $24.
  
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• Milos Raonic knocks off Robin Haase to reach third round at Wimbledon

  03-07-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  WIMBLEDON, England — Canada's Milos Raonic is off to the third round at Wimbledon. The No. 15 seed from Thornhill, Ont., beat Robin Haase of the Netherlands 7-6 (1), 7-5, 7-6 (4) on Wednesday, marking the Canadian's second straight-sets win in a row.
  
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• Milos Raonic, Felix Auger-Aliassime heading to third round at Wimbledon

  03-07-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  WIMBLEDON, England — Canadians Milos Raonic and Felix Auger-Aliassime both are off to the third round at Wimbledon. Raonic, the No. 15 seed from Thornhill, Ont.
  
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• Indigenous group says Trans Mountain bid could be ready next week

  03-07-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — An Indigenous-led group says it will soon be ready to make a bid for majority ownership of the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline currently owned by the federal government.
  
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• North Bay to receive cannabis retail store licence

  03-07-2019 16:47 via nugget.ca
  The Ontario government plans to issue a cannabis retail store licence in North Bay, one of dozens set to be approved in the province’s second lottery. Read More
  
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