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• Battalion 'coming together' as they win on back-to-back nights

  29-11-2025 03:57 via baytoday.ca
  
  'We had a lot of young guys on the team and it felt like we all had to come together and teach that Battalion style of hockey. I think in the last couple of weeks we’ve found our game'
  
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• Maduro ouster shows Trump is bent on dominating Western Hemisphere, observers say

  05-01-2026 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump's shocking ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro shows his administration is serious about dominating the Western Hemisphere, observers say.
  
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• DOWNS, David

  05-01-2026 21:04 via baytoday.ca
  
  January 10, 1940 – December 26, 2025 The family of David William Downs is deeply saddened to announce his passing in the early hours of December 26, 2025, during his favourite time of year.
  
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• Police arrest 79-year-old after standoff in Larder Lake Township

  05-01-2026 20:52 via baytoday.ca
  
  Ontario Provincial Police successfully resolved a barricaded person incident on January 4, taking a 79-year-old man into custody without injury.
  
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• Mother charged after baby allegedly abandoned at Toronto church

  05-01-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A mother has been charged after a baby was allegedly abandoned at a Toronto church last month.
  Police say officers were called to the Yonge Street and Broadway Avenue area around 10:40 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 21.
  
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• 'Frostbite capital': Efforts to reduce frostbite amputations underway in Edmonton

  05-01-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Trevor Logan winces in pain as a nurse cleans the blistered middle finger on his right hand, swollen to twice its size due to frostbite.
  
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• Experts say Canada should co-ordinate Western Hemisphere response to Maduro's ouster

  05-01-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign policy experts say Ottawa should reach out to nations threatened by the United States to co-ordinate a response to the Trump administration's actions against Venezuela.The U.S.
  
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• Venezuelan government seeks to show it is operating free from US control

  05-01-2026 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Venezuelan government on Monday sought to show its people and the world that the country is being run independently andnot controlled by the United Statesfollowing itsstunning weekend arrestof Nicolás Maduro, the
  
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• US drops the number of vaccines it recommends for every child

  05-01-2026 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. took the unprecedented step Monday of dropping the number of vaccines it recommends for every child -- leaving other immunizations, such as flu shots, open to families to choose but without clear guidance.
  
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• KENNEDY, Martha Elizabeth (McLeod)

  05-01-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  Martha Elizabeth Kennedy (McLeod), 86, died peacefully in her sleep on December 20, 2025. Born September 19, 1939, in Hamilton, Martha is survived by her children Shona and David, and preceded in death by her son, Scott
  
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• $2.6 million in renovations planned for North Bay's city hall building

  05-01-2026 20:19 via nugget.ca
  The City of North Bay could be spending more than $2.6 million over the next nine years on renovating the city hall. The funds are divided into various projects and separated from 2026 to 2035 to include $930,000 on public washroom upgrades at city hall, a further $686,274 on customer service and lobby renovations and more than $1 million on general landscaping. Work could begin as early as this year, according to the city’s capital budget forecast document. The customer service area, loca
  
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• Quebec Liberals name ethics officer for leadership race after vote-buying allegations

  05-01-2026 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec Liberal Party has named an ethics officer to supervise the upcoming leadership race after allegations of wrongdoing sunk the previous leader.
  
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• STORIE, Gwendolyn Sheila "Gwen" (White)

  05-01-2026 19:15 via baytoday.ca
  
  January 8, 1949 ~ January 2, 2026 (age 76) Gwen died peacefully at North Bay Regional Health Centre, surrounded by family, on Friday, January 2, 2026, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was in her 77th year.
  
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• SHILLINGLAW, Beverley

  05-01-2026 19:13 via baytoday.ca
  
  Beverley passed away at the North Bay Regional Health Center on Friday, January 2, 2026 at the age of 71 years surrounded by her loved ones
  
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• WEEKS, Phyllis Marie

  05-01-2026 19:11 via baytoday.ca
  
  It is with great sadness that the family announce the passing of their dear mother, Phyllis Marie Weeks, (December 6th, 1939 - December 24th, 2025 at Eastholme, Home for the Aged, in Powassan, Ontario
  
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• Quebec students must address teachers as 'Mr.' and 'Ms.' under new civility rules

  05-01-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec students returning to class after winter break will now have to use formal language to address their teachers under new rules designed to foster civility.
  
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• TAIT, Helen

  05-01-2026 18:27 via baytoday.ca
  
  October 30, 1962 – January 2, 2026 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Helen Roberta Tait, who left us peacefully on January 2, 2026, in Victoria, British Columbia, at the age of 63.
  
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• Ontario government workers set to return to office full time as of this week

  05-01-2026 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario government employees are expected to return to the office five days per week starting Monday, despite objections from public sector unions.
  
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• Ford vows to remove Crown Royal from LCBO to protest plant closure

  05-01-2026 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will definitely follow through on a threat to remove Crown Royal whisky from liquor store shelves as soon as a Windsor-area bottling plant closes next month.
  
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• As Ontario civil servants return to office full time, union calls order 'ridiculous'

  05-01-2026 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario government employees are expected to return to the office five days per week starting Monday, despite objections from public sector unions.
  
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• Maduro says 'I was captured' as he pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges

  05-01-2026 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A defiantNicolás Madurodeclared himself the “president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty on Monday to the federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him
  
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• Maduro says 'I was captured' as he pleads not guilty on drug trafficking charges

  05-01-2026 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro declared himself “innocent” and a “decent man” as he pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in a U.S. courtroom on Monday. “I’m innocent. I am not guilty.
  
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• Maduro makes his first appearance in a US courtroom on drug trafficking charges

  05-01-2026 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Deposed Venezuelan PresidentNicolás Madurowas making his first appearance in an American courtroom Monday on the narco-terrorism charges the Trump administration used to justifycapturing him and bringing himto New York.
  
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• Nearly 1,000 people checked during Lake Nipissing enforcement blitz

  05-01-2026 18:02 via baytoday.ca
  
  Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) joined forces to ensure public safety during the opening days of the winter fishing season at Lake Nipissing.
  
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• Minto Apartment REIT going private with Crestpoint in $2.3-billion deal

  05-01-2026 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Minto Group says it's taking its apartment-focused real estate investment trust private in a $2.3-billion deal with Crestpoint Real Estate Investments LP.
  
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• Snow vehicle operator charged with impaired on Lake Nipissing

  05-01-2026 17:35 via nugget.ca
  The OPP say they’re actively patrolling Lake Nipissing and surrounding waterways throughout the winter. Officers charged a motorized snow vehicle operator with impaired driving following a patrol on Lake Nipissing Sunday. Around 5:30 p.m., OPP officers stopped an MSV during evening patrols. The operator was found to have consumed alcohol, and was arrested and transported to the North Bay OPP Detachment for further testing. As a result of the investigation, Cody Bell, 31, of Mississauga, wa
  
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• Impaired driving charge laid on sledder by OPP patrol on Lake Nipissing

  05-01-2026 17:32 via baytoday.ca
  
  A routine winter patrol led to the arrest of an impaired driver operating a snowmobile across the icy surface of Lake Nipissing
  
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• Ontario government workers set to return to office full time as of today

  05-01-2026 17:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario government employees are expected to return to the office five days per week starting today, despite objections from public sector unions.
  
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• North Bay OPP and MNR checked 326 ice shacks so far this year on Lake Nipissing

  05-01-2026 17:20 via nugget.ca
  Lake Nipissing’s ice fishing season is underway and the Ontario Provincial Police and Ministry of Natural Resources were among the first on the lake conducting “extensive patrols.” Over a four-day period, between Jan. 1 and Jan. 4, OPP and MNR officers, issued 81 warnings and checked 995 individuals. One impaired driving arrest was made. Officers also inspected four remote camps and 326 ice shacks and issued more warnings – 81 –  than the eight Provincial
  
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• Transport truck hits tow truck on Highway 11 in Gravenhurst

  05-01-2026 16:39 via baytoday.ca
  
  Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a highway incident where a transport vehicle struck a stationary tow truck responding to an earlier accident.
  
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