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• All-Star Game television rating sets record low

  11-07-2019 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Baseball's All-Star Game had a record low television rating. The American League's 4-3 victory over the National League on Tuesday night in Cleveland had a 5.0 rating and 11 share on Fox, according to Nielsen Media Research.
  
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• Even the crankiest scrooge will love the new Santa’s Village attractions (4 photos)

  11-07-2019 23:04 via baytoday.ca
  In this month's Ontario travel column, Bradford West Gwillimbury author Andrew Hind discovers Santa’s Village in Bracebridge has new attractions for kids, teens, and adults
  
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• King believes having federal PC candidacy revoked boils down to credit card misunderstanding

  11-07-2019 22:59 via baytoday.ca
  'I want to make it perfectly clear that I did not purchase my membership with a corporate card'
  
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• King defends nomination win after being removed as Tory candidate

  11-07-2019 22:33 via nugget.ca
  Deceitful. Underhanded. Dishonourable. Unscrupulous. Improper. Undemocratic. Read More
  
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• Mattawa, French River residents eligible for disaster assistance

  11-07-2019 22:21 via nugget.ca
  Mattawa and French River residents and business owners affected by the flooding this spring will be eligible for provincial disaster assistance. Read More
  
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• Trudeau Liberals pledge $150M toward big-data cancer research initiative

  11-07-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Months after first promising money to a cancer research network bearing Terry Fox's name, the federal health minister touted the spending at an event Thursday.
  
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• Purl jam: Finland hosts heavy metal knitting championship

  11-07-2019 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  JOENSUU, Finland — Armed with needles and a yarn of wool, teams of avid knitters danced Thursday to the deafening sounds of drums beating and guitars slashing at the first-ever Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship in eastern Finland.
  
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• Blue-green algae confirmed in Talon, McQuaby lakes

  11-07-2019 21:40 via nugget.ca
  Cases of blue-green algae have been confirmed in two additional lakes near North Bay. Read More
  
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• Canadore approved for two new programs - The North Bay Nugget

  11-07-2019 21:35 via nugget.ca
  Canadore approved for two new programs  The North Bay NuggetCanadore College has received approval for two new programs.The Ontario College Quality Assurance Services and the Ministry of Training, Colleges and ...
  
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• Canadore approved for two new programs

  11-07-2019 21:31 via nugget.ca
  Canadore College has received approval for two new programs. Read More
  
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• Music icon Bruce Cockburn in North Bay this Friday - BayToday

  11-07-2019 21:30 via baytoday.ca
  Music icon Bruce Cockburn in North Bay this Friday  BayTodayLegendary Canadian musician Bruce Cockburn shows no signs of slowing down after close to 50 years of exceptional music. He and his band hit the Capitol ...
  
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• Community support for local injured officer soars over $25,000

  11-07-2019 21:10 via nugget.ca
  North Bay residents have raised more than $26,000 in one day to support a local police officer who fell from a ladder while working on his house. Read More
  
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• Voodoos add another big defenceman

  11-07-2019 21:08 via baytoday.ca
  'Finn brings size and good vision and will be a great addition to our blue line'
  
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• Once driven near extinction, wild turkeys making themselves at home in Quebec

  11-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — They arrived a few years ago — three-foot tall, bare-headed visitors that would occasionally stare intently at residents from their balconies and yards.
  
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• 'Not about 24': Williams to face Halep in Wimbledon final

  11-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  WIMBLEDON, England — Hours before her Wimbledon semifinal, Serena Williams spent some time deep in thought and arrived at a couple of conclusions.
  
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• Multiple injuries aboard Air Canada flight after plane hits turbulence

  11-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Nearly three dozen passengers and crew sustained minor injuries Thursday when an Air Canada flight travelling from Toronto to Sydney, Australia, ran into severe turbulence, prompting an emergency landing in Honolulu.
  
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• Military facing challenges as court-martial system remains in limbo

  11-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canadian military police and prosecutors are being forced to adapt as they wait for the Supreme Court to rule on whether the military-justice system is constitutional.
  
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• Freeland calls ex-envoy's advice to China about election 'highly inappropriate'

  11-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is seeking to distance the Trudeau government from its former ambassador to China, a day after he said he has warned Chinese officials that further punishments against Canada could help the oppositi
  
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• Forest fire threatening Pikangikum grows in size, airlifts continue

  11-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  A forest fire threatening a First Nation in northwestern Ontario has grown in size, officials said Thursday as more flights were planned to airlift residents out of the community.
  
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• Dozens injured aboard Air Canada flight after plane hits turbulence

  11-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — About three dozen passengers and crew were injured Thursday when an Air Canada flight travelling from Toronto to Sydney, Australia, hit severe turbulence and was forced to divert to Honolulu.
  
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• Cases dropped, charges lowered as court-martial system remains in limbo

  11-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canadian military prosecutors and police have dropped several cases and are changing the way they lay charges as they wait for the Supreme Court to decide whether the military-justice system is constitutional.
  
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• Big, old B.C. trees produce mutations over time that could improve success: UBC

  11-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Researchers collected DNA from the tops of some of Canada's tallest trees to search for mutations that could provide evidence of how the ancient forest giants evolve to survive.
  
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• Amazon, seeking more skilled workers, will do the training

  11-07-2019 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Amazon, needing a more tech-savvy workforce, is offering to pay to retrain its employees and help them switch to more technical jobs at Amazon or elsewhere.
  
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• Investigation on Nipissing First Nation leads to sexual assault charge

  11-07-2019 21:04 via nugget.ca
  Police have arrested a 49-year-old man from Nipissing First Nation following a widespread investigation on Little Lakes Road. Read More
  
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• Golf tournament benefits neonatal patients

  11-07-2019 20:59 via nugget.ca
  The seventh annual Farquhar Chrysler Charity Golf Tournament raised $43,150 this year for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the North Bay Regional Health Centre. Read More
  
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• North Bay couple shares real estate secrets in new book - CBC.ca

  11-07-2019 20:15 via cbc.ca
  North Bay couple shares real estate secrets in new book  CBC.caA near-death experience has prompted a North Bay couple to share their secrets of real estate success.
  
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• Ontario government invests in math programs for students

  11-07-2019 20:13 via nugget.ca
  The four locally based school boards will share $1,132,327 to shelp Nipissing students build skills and strengthen their knowledge of math. Read More
  
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• CLARK, Betty (nee MacMillan)

  11-07-2019 20:12 via baytoday.ca
  Passed away peacefully at the North Bay Regional Health Centre on Thursday, July 11th, 2019
  
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• Rep 21 set to take the stage again

  11-07-2019 20:11 via baytoday.ca
  Rep 21 marks the culmination of actor training for the Acting for Stage and Screen Program at Canadore College.
  
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• Hospital fires 23 workers in case of excessive doses, deaths

  11-07-2019 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio hospital system where excessive painkiller doses were given to dozens of patients who died fired 23 more employees Thursday and said it is changing leadership, a sign that professional fallout from the scandal has expanded f
  
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• Province hands out funding for 17 internships in Nipissing

  11-07-2019 20:04 via baytoday.ca
  'We are providing young Northerners with quality work placements to help them acquire valuable experience, develop their skills and build careers in the North'
  
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• MAKSYMETZ, Margaret (nee Miller)

  11-07-2019 20:03 via baytoday.ca
  It is with heavy hearts, we announce the peaceful passing of Margaret Maksymetz at Cedarvale Lodge Retirement Home (Keswick, Ontario) on July 8, 2019 at the age of 85 years
  
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• Community coming together for injured police officer

  11-07-2019 19:22 via baytoday.ca
  'The outpouring of support from the community has been a beautiful source of strength to us all'
  
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• White man indicted in killing of black teen over rap music

  11-07-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  PHOENIX — An Arizona prosecutor says a grand jury has returned an indictment charging a white man with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a black youth for playing rap music he said he thought was threatening.
  
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• Stylish England powers into World Cup final vs New Zealand

  11-07-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  BIRMINGHAM, England — The first flew over long-on. The second went straight down the ground, too, off the very next ball. Jason Roy made it a hat trick of sixes with the best of the lot, almost sending the white ball out of Edgbaston.
  
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• Rattlesnake, uranium, whiskey found during traffic stop

  11-07-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  GUTHRIE, Okla. — Police in Oklahoma say they found a rattlesnake, a canister of radioactive powdered uranium and an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe whiskey during a traffic stop of a vehicle that had been reported stolen.
  
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• England trounces Australia, reaches Cricket World Cup final

  11-07-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  BIRMINGHAM, England — England reached its first Cricket World Cup final in 27 years by trouncing defending champion Australia by eight wickets on Thursday, ensuring there will be a first-time winner of the sport's biggest prize.
  
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• Developer offers disputed Oka land to Kanesatake Mohawks as ecological gift

  11-07-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A Quebec land developer says he's signed an agreement with the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake to return a parcel of forest that was central to the Oka crisis that began 29 years ago today.
  
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• Cenovus produces one billionth barrel from thermal oilsands operations

  11-07-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Cenovus Energy Inc. says its thermal oilsands operations in northern Alberta produced their one billionth barrel of bitumen on Wednesday.
  
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• Canada gets marquee matchup against host Brazil at FIFA U-17 World Cup

  11-07-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  Canada has been handed a marquee matchup to open the FIFA U-17 World Cup — against host Brazil on Oct. 26. The young Canadian men were matched with Brazil, New Zealand and Angola in Group A at Thursday's draw at FIFA headquarters in Zurich.
  
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• BEYOND LOCAL: Twitter taps Canada as test market for new 'hide' tweet feature

  11-07-2019 18:59 via baytoday.ca
  The company chose to test this new option in Canada before rolling it out elsewhere
  
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• Midway coming to North Bay for August long weekend - BayToday

  11-07-2019 18:14 via baytoday.ca
  Midway coming to North Bay for August long weekend  BayTodayThere may no longer be a Summer in the Park long weekend festival in North Bay but that is not stopping World's Finest Shows Midway from visiting North Bay.
  
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• What will new fuel standards do to gas prices? The Baloney Meter weighs in

  11-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — "Your secret fuel tax will undoubtedly increase the cost of gasoline by at least another four cents a litre, a fact you continue to hide.
  
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• Toronto FC moves on, says goodbye to homegrown striker Jordan Hamilton

  11-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  Toronto FC said goodbye to one of its own Thursday, dealing homegrown product Jordan Hamilton to Columbus Crew SC for American striker Patrick Mullins.
  
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• Skopje zoo's chimp returns after recovering from depression

  11-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  Koko the chimpanzee, once a star in Skopje's zoo, has returned home after spending 10 years in the Netherlands recovering from depression, the zoo says.
  
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• Indigo maintains global brand ambitions despite challenging year for bookseller

  11-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  Indigo Books & Music Inc. maintains its ambition to grow into a global brand despite a challenging year for the bookseller that saw declining traffic at the mall where it opened its first U.S. location.
  
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• Aimia shareholder claims chairman's 'outrageous conduct' at AGM demands a redo

  11-07-2019 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A group of shareholders at Aimia Inc. are calling for a redo of last month's annual general meeting, which they say was "plagued with irregularities" and "outrageous conduct.
  
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• Golf tournament raised big money for Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit

  11-07-2019 17:51 via baytoday.ca
  'I am passionate about babies and their families and ensuring they have access to the best possible care, close to home'
  
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• 'Robot umpires' debut in independent Atlantic League

  11-07-2019 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  YORK, Pa. — "Robot umpires" have arrived. The independent Atlantic League became the first American professional baseball league to let a computer call balls and strikes Wednesday night at its All-Star Game.
  
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• Police continue to receive Amber Alert complaints

  11-07-2019 16:32 via nugget.ca
  Ontario Provincial Police say they are continuing to receive complaints from the public over Amber Alerts. Read More
  
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