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• B.C. man who murdered hitchhiking Belgian tourist gets life sentence

  20-11-2019 03:05 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A British Columbia man who murdered a Belgian tourist has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for at least 23 years.
  
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• Scheer champions energy workers, vows to never support carbon tax

  06-12-2019 20:00 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  OTTAWA — Andrew Scheer is doubling down on his insistence that the federal Conservative party will never support a carbon tax.
  
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• Kenney to meet Trudeau next week, discuss pipelines and equalization

  06-12-2019 20:00 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will meet Tuesday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa to discuss issues ranging from pipelines to equalization.
  
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• Crown wants murder verdict in death of toddler found outside Edmonton church

  06-12-2019 20:00 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  EDMONTON — A Crown prosecutor says a man should be found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his 19-month-old son. The toddler's lifeless body was found outside an Edmonton church in 2017.
  
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• Group narrows search for beluga retirement site to two sites off Nova Scotia

  06-12-2019 19:35 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  HALIFAX — A conservation group has selected two sites in Nova Scotia where it could establish a kind of ocean retirement home for beluga whales raised in captivity. After three years of searching, the U.S.
  
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• RCMP charge Guelph, Ont., man with terrorism-related offences

  06-12-2019 19:05 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  TORONTO — The RCMP says a 22-year-old man from southern Ontario who once stood trial on terrorism-related charges in Turkey is now facing two similar counts at home. Const. Louise Savard says Ikar Mao, of Guelph, Ont.
  
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• Prosecutors accuse Weinstein of mishandling ankle monitor

  06-12-2019 18:35 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein violated his bail conditions by mishandling his electronic ankle monitor, which left his whereabouts unrecorded for hours at a time, a New York prosecutor argued Friday.
  
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• CANADA: RCMP officially lay terrorism charges against Guelph man

  06-12-2019 18:35 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  The 22-year-old was previously arrested on a terrorism peace bond
  
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• As Dems zero in on White House, Trump racks up court losses

  06-12-2019 18:35 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump knows he has fierce Democratic adversaries in Congress.
  
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• North Bay OPP finds pistol in vehicle during search

  06-12-2019 18:04 via Local News – North Bay Nugget
  
  North Bay Ontario Provincial Police located a .22 pistol while searching a vehicle in the Municipality of Callander, Sunday. Read More
  
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• Voodoos add American defenceman

  06-12-2019 18:02 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  'I have heard great things about the organization and their history of winning' 
  
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• Laurentian, Antoine Mountain join forces

  06-12-2019 17:36 via Local News – North Bay Nugget
  
  Laurentian Ski Hill and Antoine Mountain in Mattawa are offering The Best of Both Worlds for skiers and snowboarders. Read More
  
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• Toronto stock index rises with U.S. markets, loonie falls on poor jobs report

  06-12-2019 17:35 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was up almost one per cent in late-morning trading to shrug off a poor jobs report and rise with American markets that were boosted by more positive U.S. employment numbers.
  
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• CANADA: Why we'll never know the exact number of Halifax Explosion victims

  06-12-2019 17:20 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  It’s been 102 years since the Halifax Explosion levelled large parts of the city
  
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• Quality surveillance images help police make arrest

  06-12-2019 17:13 via Local News – North Bay Nugget
  
  A 30-year-old North Bay man faces several charges following a break and enter at a North Bay business in the 200 block of Main Street West Thursday shortly before 8 a.m. Read More
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs forward Andreas Johnsson goes on long-term injury list

  06-12-2019 17:05 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  Toronto Maple Leafs forward Andreas Johnsson has been placed on long-term injury reserve with a leg injury. Johnsson underwent a CT scan Thursday after suffering the injury on Wednesday against the Colorado Avalanche.
  
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• Jason Maas joins Saskatchewan Roughriders as offensive co-ordinator

  06-12-2019 17:05 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  REGINA — Former Edmonton Eskimos head coach Jason Maas is the new offensive co-ordinator of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Maas, who has a contract through 2021, replaces Stephen McAdoo on Craig Dickenson's staff.
  
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• Two local ski hills to team up

  06-12-2019 16:55 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  Officials hope partnership means biggers skiing events for the area
  
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• North Bay man facing charges relating to a downtown break-in

  06-12-2019 16:46 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  A North Bay man is facing multiple charges relating to a break and enter at a business in the 200 block of Main Street West in North Bay. North Bay Police allege that on December 5 shortly before 8 a.m.
  
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• Holiday tree up for grabs at city hall

  06-12-2019 16:38 via Local News – North Bay Nugget
  
  The public is invited to take a piece of the holiday tree that stands in the lobby of North Bay City Hall. Read More
  
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• Troubled waters: Open water swimming faces do-over of 2016

  06-12-2019 16:35 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  ATLANTA — Haley Anderson has been through this before. In the lead-up to the Rio Olympics, all the talk about open water swimming focused on the conditions rather than the competition.
  
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• Feds approve Alberta's carbon tax on big industrial emitters

  06-12-2019 16:35 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is giving the Alberta government a passing grade for its industrial carbon tax.
  
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• Bank of Canada says Poloz will not seek a second term as governor

  06-12-2019 16:35 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada says governor Stephen Poloz will not seek a second term as governor when his seven-year term expires next year. Before becoming head of Canada's central bank in 2013, Poloz was chief executive of Export Development Canada.
  
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• ONTARIO: Province passes new animal welfare legislation with stiffer penalties

  06-12-2019 16:20 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  New team will include specialists who will inspect zoos, aquariums, livestock and horses
  
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• Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn NY: Where the Halifax Explosion was loaded and primed (video)

  06-12-2019 16:19 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  Just before midnight on December 2, 1917, the overloaded Mont Blanc limped out of Gravesend Bay on course to join a convoy in Halifax
  
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• Police seek farm tractor involved in collision

  06-12-2019 15:57 via Local News – North Bay Nugget
  
  Ontario Provincial Police with the Temiskaming detachment are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a farm tractor involved in a two-vehicle crash Thursday. Read More
  
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• Toronto Wolfpack forward Darcy Lussick wins pro boxing debut in Australia

  06-12-2019 15:35 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  SYDNEY, Australia — Toronto Wolfpack forward Darcy Lussick won his heavyweight pro boxing debut Friday, knocking out former rugby league star Justin Hodges in 39 seconds.
  
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• Canopy says new generation of cannabis products won't be on shelves until January

  06-12-2019 15:35 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Canopy Growth Corp. says its new generation of cannabis-infused food and beverage products won't be on store shelves until January in most markets.
  
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• Canada women reach quarterfinals in Dubai while men head to consolation round

  06-12-2019 15:35 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Bianca Farella scored three tries Friday as the Canadian women advanced to the Cup quarterfinals of the Dubai Sevens despite a heavy loss to the U.S.
  
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• BEYOND LOCAL: Age-related eye problems and how to treat them

  06-12-2019 15:25 via BayToday.ca: baytoday
  
  Cataracts are a vision problem that can affect anybody as they age. It happens when the lens of the eye gradually loses its transparency
  
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