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• Sawed-off shotgun, dispute over stolen drugs all in day's work for OPP

  05-05-2025 23:55 via baytoday.ca
  
  One person had also been assaulted with a metal bar
  
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• Heritage Railway and Carousel expecting a Victoria Day weekend opening - North Bay Nugget

  05-05-2025 23:38 via news.google.com
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• GameStop Canada bought by Quebec toy maker, to be rebranded EB Games

  05-05-2025 23:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — GameStop Canada says it has been acquired by French-Canadian entrepreneur Stephan Tetrault from the video game retailer's struggling parent company. Officially named Electronics Boutique Canada Inc.
  
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• Heritage Railway and Carousel to open Victoria Day weekend

  05-05-2025 23:30 via nugget.ca
  The Heritage Railway and Carousel is getting set to roll into its 2025 season. As a result of the inclement weather North Bay has experienced over the past several weeks, the train and carousels expect to be opening for the 2025 season during the Victoria Day long weekend. Things will kick off on Saturday, May 17, from 10 a.m. until dusk, and run through to Monday, May 19, from 10 a.m. until dusk. It will be open weekends until June 22. Then, starting on Monday, June 23, it will be open full-tim
  
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• Heritage Railway and Carousel expecting a Victoria Day weekend opening

  05-05-2025 23:30 via nugget.ca
  
  The Heritage Railway and Carousel has set its opening date for 2025. As a result of the inclement weather that North Bay has experienced over the past several weeks, the train and carousels expect to be opening for the 2025 season on Victoria Day Weekend Saturday, May 17th from 10 a.m. until dusk through to Monday, May 19th from 10 a.m. until dusk. It will be open weekends until to June 22nd. Starting on Monday, June 23rd it will be open full-time, Mondays to Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to dusk up
  
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• OpenAI reverses course and says its nonprofit will continue to control its business

  05-05-2025 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  After months spent pursuing a plan to convert itself into a for-profit business, OpenAI is reversing course and said Monday its nonprofit will continue to control the company that makes ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products.
  
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• Court appoints law firm to represent Hudson's Bay workers, retirees

  05-05-2025 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — An Ontario judge has decided which law firm will represent employees in the Hudson's Bay creditor protection case.
  
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• A Trump film tariff would send Canadian screen industry into 'chaos,' say local producers

  05-05-2025 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  When Daniel Bekerman set out to produce "The Apprentice" — last year's biopic about U.S. President Donald Trump — he figured some controversy might come from the subject, not the city it was filmed in.
  
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• ROBITAILLE, Rosaire - BayToday.ca

  05-05-2025 22:21 via news.google.com
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• Manslaughter plea deal in North Bay fatal stabbing ‘a slap in the face,’ victim’s family says - CTV News

  05-05-2025 22:07 via news.google.com
  Manslaughter plea deal in North Bay fatal stabbing ‘a slap in the face,’ victim’s family says  CTV News
  
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• New York Times wins 4 Pulitzers, New Yorker 3; Washington Post wins for coverage of Trump shooting

  05-05-2025 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times won four Pulitzer Prizes and the New Yorker three on Monday for journalism in 2024 that touched on topics like the fentanyl crisis, the U.S.
  
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• Marc-Andre Fleury has played his last NHL game, but retirement can wait a few more weeks

  05-05-2025 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury has exited the NHL after 21 seasons in the net, eager for more family time and an end to the on-ice tributes while fully accepting at age 40 that he's no longer at his best.
  
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• Longest ballot group takes aim at byelection where Poilievre plans to run

  05-05-2025 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The group that added dozens of candidates to the ballot in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's riding in the recent federal election is planning to do the same in the upcoming byelection.
  
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• Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho celebrates arrival of baby during extended break in Stanley Cup Playoffs

  05-05-2025 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The timing of an extended break before starting the next round of the playoffs proved perfect for Carolina Hurricanes star Sebastian Aho.
  
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• Fleury delays farewell, joins Crosby on Team Canada for world championship

  05-05-2025 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury has exited the NHL after 21 seasons in the net, eager for more family time and an end to the on-ice tributes while fully accepting at age 40 that he's no longer at his best.
  
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• Thousands of machinists union members go on strike at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney

  05-05-2025 21:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — About 3,000 labor union members went on strike early Monday at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut, as negotiations over wages, retirement benefits and job security broke down.
  
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• Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp won’t run for US Senate seat in 2026 against Democrat Jon Ossoff

  05-05-2025 21:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Brian Kemp, Georgia’s Republican governor, announced Monday that he’s not running for U.S. Senate in 2026 against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff.
  
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• Army pausing helicopter flights near Washington airport after close calls

  05-05-2025 21:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is pausing flights near a Washington airport after two commercial planes had to abort landings last week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying to the Pentagon.
  
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• Shades of '23, Oilers clash with Golden Knights again in second round

  05-05-2025 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  A quick look at the second-round NHL playoff series between the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights that starts Tuesday with Game 1 at T-Mobile Arena: PLAYOFF HISTORY The Golden Knights won a second-round series in six games in their last and on
  
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• Carney arrives in Washington for Trump meeting on Tuesday

  05-05-2025 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Washington on Monday ahead of a meeting with Donald Trump which could serve to reset the bilateral relationship that's been upended by the president's tariffs and claims that Canada should become a U
  
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• Canada's resolve against U.S. threats should extend to human rights: Amnesty chief

  05-05-2025 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The global head of Amnesty International is calling on Ottawa to bring the same intensity it has used to call out U.S. tariffs and annexation threats to also call out breaches in human rights by Washington and other countries.
  
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• North Bay, Timmins and Steenbergen, Netherlands, sign declaration - North Bay Nugget

  05-05-2025 21:12 via news.google.com
  North Bay, Timmins and Steenbergen, Netherlands, sign declaration  North Bay Nugget
  
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• North Bay, Timmins and Steenbergen, Netherlands, sign declaration

  05-05-2025 21:09 via nugget.ca
  
  The declaration between North Bay, Timmins and Steenbergen, Netherlands, is more than just words on paper, said Mayor Peter Chirico. “It’s a way of saying we remember,” he said Monday in the mayor’s boardroom at North Bay City Hall. “We honour and we continue to stand together as friends and partners in peace. Today, with everything that is going on in this world, it’s important to show that act of friendship and kindness between our two countries. “Tod
  
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• Two motorcyclists injured in collision Sunday - My North Bay Now

  05-05-2025 21:03 via news.google.com
  Two motorcyclists injured in collision Sunday  My North Bay Now
  
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• Callander awards contract for shoreline reconstruction

  05-05-2025 20:59 via baytoday.ca
  
  Construction begins this summer on the Centennial Park break wall
  
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• FRENCH, Paula - BayToday.ca

  05-05-2025 20:57 via news.google.com
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• FRENCH, Paula

  05-05-2025 20:57 via baytoday.ca
  
  Peacefully passed away at the North Bay Regional Hospital on Wednesday April 16, 2025, at the age of 61 years.
  
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• Pro-Cathedral to host mass to pray for the Papal Conclave

  05-05-2025 20:55 via baytoday.ca
  
  'By gathering locally, this provides an opportunity for us here in Northern Ontario to come together in prayer, while uniting us with others across the world in support of this significant process for the Church'
  
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• NHL to hold an international event at UBS Arena in 2026 in place of All-Star Weekend, AP source says

  05-05-2025 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  The NHL is planning an international event at UBS Arena next February in lieu of the previously announced All-Star Weekend at the home of the New York Islanders, a person with knowledge of the situation said Monday.
  
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• Canadiens' Gorton, Hughes temper off-season expectations after playoff berth

  05-05-2025 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens may be ahead of schedule in their rebuild, but Jeff Gorton believes the plan is far from complete. Making the playoffs is one thing.
  
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• Israel launches airstrikes on Yemen a day after Houthi rebels strike Israeli airport

  05-05-2025 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Monday that it carried out airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen's Red Sea city of Hodeida, a day after the Iranian-backed rebels launched a missile that hit Israel’s main airport.
  
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• Community group to clean up North Bay highway intersection - BayToday.ca

  05-05-2025 20:22 via news.google.com
  Community group to clean up North Bay highway intersection  BayToday.ca
  
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• Letter: Councillor sees no benefit to ward system

  05-05-2025 20:21 via baytoday.ca
  
  While many larger cities use a ward-based voting structure, one local argues that such a change could harm representation and reduce voter choice in North Bay.
  
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• Greatest Hits: Jets and Blues doled out plenty of punishment in bruising series

  05-05-2025 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Jets and Blues likely woke up Monday with aching muscles and bruised bodies after an opening-round NHL playoff series filled with punishing hits.
  
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• Shane Lowry, Justin Rose, Wyndham Clark, Max Homa join RBC Canadian Open field

  05-05-2025 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALEDON — Shane Lowry, Justin Rose, Wyndham Clark and Max Homa were all added to the RBC Canadian Open field this afternoon.
  
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• Former U.S. head coach Fortner takes over Canada’s senior women’s basketball team

  05-05-2025 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Nell Fortner has been named head coach of Canada’s senior women’s national team, Canada Basketball announced Monday.
  
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• VIDEO: Cities proclaim friendship in light of shared history

  05-05-2025 20:02 via baytoday.ca
  
  Mayor of Steenbergen: 'Today, in the Netherlands, we officially celebrate 80 years of freedom ... we honour those to whom we owe our freedom. Without knowing it back then, they also created a bond between our three municipalities. We honour their sacrifice by keeping our connection alive.'
  
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• VIDEO: Are factory-built homes the answer to our housing crisis?

  05-05-2025 19:51 via baytoday.ca
  
  Tonight on 'Closer Look': On the campaign trail — which included an interview on our 'Inside the Village' podcast — Prime Minister Mark Carney pitched his plan for a major boom in modular homes
  
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• Indigenous Friendship Centre march for Red Dress Day

  05-05-2025 19:43 via baytoday.ca
  
  ‘Today we pause to honour and remember the First Nations women, girls, and Two-Spirit people who have been taken from their families and the earth far too soon,’ Ontario Regional Chief said
  
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• Ontario to include expanded manufacturing tax credit in upcoming budget

  05-05-2025 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy has offered a first glimpse at his upcoming budget, announcing an expanded Ontario manufacturing tax credit.
  
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• Marner set to suit up for Leafs in Game 1 against Panthers after birth of first child

  05-05-2025 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Mitch Marner took on a cheerleading role over the weekend. The Maple Leafs winger will be back in the middle of the action Monday night.
  
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• Boat believed to be carrying migrants capsizes off California coast, leaving 3 dead and 9 missing

  05-05-2025 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A small boat believed to be carrying migrants capsized early Monday off San Diego's Pacific coast and left three people dead and four injured, while U.S. Coast Guard crews were searching for nine others, officials said. U.S.
  
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• Boat believed to be carrying migrants capsizes off California coast, leaving 3 dead and 7 missing

  05-05-2025 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A small boat believed to be carrying migrants capsized early Monday off San Diego's coast and left three people dead and four injured, while U.S. Coast Guard crews were searching for seven others, officials said.
  
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• 3 killed and 9 missing after small boat capsizes off San Diego, Coast Guard says

  05-05-2025 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Three people were killed, four were injured and nine others are missing after a small boat overturned early Monday in high surf off San Diego's coast. U.S.
  
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• Letter: The “Senior Assassin” game is a fun, lighthearted, and safe way to raise funds

  05-05-2025 19:23 via baytoday.ca
  
  A small group of eight of us have been working hard to plan a prom for our graduating class. It's something we’ve dreamed of for years, especially after missing out on so many important milestones during high school due to COVID
  
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• North Bay motorcyclist injured in collision with SUV - CTV News

  05-05-2025 19:17 via news.google.com
  North Bay motorcyclist injured in collision with SUV  CTV News
  
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• Rob Blake is out after 8 seasons as the Los Angeles Kings' general manager

  05-05-2025 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rob Blake is out after eight seasons as the Los Angeles Kings' vice president and general manager.
  
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• Doug Ford asks Mark Carney to prioritize 'nation-building' Highway 401 tunnel

  05-05-2025 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is seeking Prime Minister Mark Carney's support for his idea to build a tunnel under Highway 401.
  
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• Canada's Mboko closes in on main draw berth at Italian Open tennis tournament

  05-05-2025 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ROME — Canada's Victoria Mboko advanced to the second round of qualifying at the Italian Open WTA 1000 tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 win over 17th-seed Cristina Bucsa of Spain on Monday.
  
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• Two teenage motorcyclists injured in three-vehicle collision on Lakeshore Drive - North Bay Nugget

  05-05-2025 18:55 via news.google.com
  Two teenage motorcyclists injured in three-vehicle collision on Lakeshore Drive  North Bay Nugget
  
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