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• Canada will make its Eurovision Song Contest debut next year

  01-07-2026 14:19 via baytoday.ca
  
  Canada is officially taking its talents to Europe’s biggest and sparkliest song competition.CBC/Radio-Canada and the European Broadcasting Union announced today that the country will participate in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria.
  
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• Mother Nature delivers third blow to Mattawa campground

  01-07-2026 14:42 via nugget.ca
  
  Just five weeks after a fierce windstorm ripped through Mattawa, the small community has been hit once again.A quick but strong storm passed through North Bay and Mattawa Tuesday evening packing a punch of strong winds and heavy rain.“There is loss and devastation, but so thankful there was no one hurt this time. The storm came quick and left carnage again. It was not as bad as the last one yet there is so much destruction and loss of trees again,” according to the Sid Turcotte Park
  
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• Separation anxiety: Canada Day evokes patriotism, pride and melancholy in Alberta

  01-07-2026 14:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — With a provincewide referendum looming on Alberta's future in Canada, federalists and separatists say they hope Albertans will spend some time this Canada Day thinking about what the country has done for them.
  
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• Celebrations mark Canada Day across the country as separatist movements emerge

  01-07-2026 14:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadians are gathering across the country on Wednesday to celebrate a country grappling with a changing world and emerging separatist movements.
  
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• Fire in Belgian apartment block leaves at least 5 people dead, many injured

  01-07-2026 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — At least five people were killed and many others injured on Wednesday in a fire at an apartment block in the Belgian city ofAntwerp , police said.
  
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• Fire breaks out in Belgian apartment block, killing several people

  01-07-2026 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Several people have been killed and many hurt in a fire in an apartment block in the Belgian city of Antwerp, police said Wednesday.
  
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• Extreme heat wave in Ontario continues for Canada Day

  01-07-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada Day revellers across much of Ontario will be partying in the heat today as high temperatures continue to make the province sizzle.
  
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• Defying Pope Leo XIV, traditionalists go ahead with bishop consecrations in Switzerland

  01-07-2026 11:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ECONE, Switzerland (AP) — A group of traditionalist Catholics directlydefied Pope Leo XIVon Wednesday by consecrating four bishops without his consent, dismissing the resulting excommunications and break with the church by declaring it was a “sac
  
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• Defying Pope Leo XIV and risking schism, traditionalists go ahead with Latin Mass consecrations

  01-07-2026 11:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ECONE, Switzerland (AP) — A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics directlydefied Pope Leo XIVby consecrating four bishops without his consent Wednesday, dismissing the resulting excommunications by declaring it was a “sacred duty” to defend
  
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• Ontario's new auto insurance rules in effect, but added flexibility comes with risk

  01-07-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario's new auto insurance rules are now in effect offering drivers the option of saving money on premiums, but that comes with the risk of lacking coverage when they need it.
  
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• Ontario joins P.E.I. in lowering colorectal cancer screening age to 45

  01-07-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario is the second province in Canada to lower the routine colorectal cancer screening age from age 50 to 45.
  
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• Negotiations set to continue as U.S. prepares to blow past trade deal deadline

  01-07-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Representatives of Canada, Mexico and the United States are set to meet virtually Wednesday to discuss the Canada-U.S..
  
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• Carney, Inuit meeting wraps with pledge on new program to replace child funding

  01-07-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  KUUJJUAQ — A meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Inuit leaders Tuesday wrapped with a commitment for a new program to replace the Inuit Child First Initiative, and for Ottawa to use its channels to get a proposed Inuit Nunangat University
  
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• Canada's historic World Cup run helps prolong Vancouver restaurants' business boost

  01-07-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The head of B.C.
  
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• B.C. journalist, tormented by followers of Chinese tycoon, relieved at jail sentence

  01-07-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  A British Columbia journalist who was targeted for months by followers of Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui says he's feeling "tremendous relief" after Guo was sentenced to 30 years in a U.S. jail for fraud.
  
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• Alberta planning post-Canada Day pipeline announcement

  01-07-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — It's the Alberta government's self-imposed deadline to submit its proposal for a new West Coast oil pipeline to the federal major projects office.
  
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• Ontario man missing since 1988 identified as Toronto motorcycle crash victim

  01-07-2026 06:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Police say a man who went missing almost four decades ago from a city in southwestern Ontario has been identified.
  
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• Existing fees backed for North Bay’s new twin-pad arena and community centre

  01-07-2026 05:39 via baytoday.ca
  
  The city plans to use Memorial Gardens’ rates at the new facility for about three years while tracking costs, usage and demand
  
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• Council advances review of legal fee reimbursements for councillors cleared of integrity complaints

  01-07-2026 05:00 via baytoday.ca
  
  The review follows Councillor Jamie Lowery's request to be reimbursed nearly $7,910 in legal fees after he was cleared of an Integrity Commissioner complaint
  
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• Melat Kiros beats Colorado congresswoman in primary in another win for democratic socialists

  01-07-2026 04:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  Democratic socialist Melat Kiros beat U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary Tuesday, a stunning victory for the first-time candidate against a nearly 30-year incumbent and another win for the Democratic Socialists of America.
  
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• Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats longtime US House incumbent in Colorado

  01-07-2026 04:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  Democratic socialist Melat Kiros beat U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary Tuesday, a stunning victory for the first-time candidate against a nearly 30-year incumbent and another win for the Democratic Socialists of America.
  
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• Colorado Democrats choose between insurgent progressives and veteran incumbents

  01-07-2026 04:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  Democratic primaries in Colorado on Tuesday are helping answer a question the party hasincreasingly faced nationally : Are voters gravitating toward a younger, more progressive generation of leaders or sticking with established veterans? That cho
  
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• Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser wins Democratic primary for governor

  01-07-2026 04:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser won the Democratic nomination for governor of the state Tuesday, beating out the U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in a race partly centered around which candidate was better at challenging President Donald Trump.
  
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• A democratic socialist looks to unseat longtime incumbent in Colorado primary

  01-07-2026 04:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  Voters in Colorado's Democratic primaries on Tuesday wrestled with a question the party hasincreasingly faced nationally : Support a younger, more progressive generation of leaders or stick with established veterans? The results, so far, have bee
  
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• China imposing 73.5 per cent anti-dumping tariffs on Canadian pea starch

  01-07-2026 00:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — China is imposing a 73.5 per cent tariff on pea starch from Canada starting Wednesday.
  
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• Trump announces midterm convention for Republicans in Dallas in September

  01-07-2026 00:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  President Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress.
  
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• Calandra clarifies attendance policy after telling parents not to pull kids from school for sports

  01-07-2026 00:04 via baytoday.ca
  
  Education minister says students can still be excused for sports, music, debate and other activities after comments sparked confusion and backlash
  
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• Tornado warning issued for Temiskaming Shores

  30-06-2026 23:55 via baytoday.ca
  
  A severe thunderstorm alert for the area was upgraded to a red-level tornado warning as Environment Canada warned of a potentially life-threatening storm system moving through the region
  
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• Montreal police charge 11 over events before fatal shooting of teenager Nooran Rezayi

  30-06-2026 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal police say 11 people are facing charges in connection with alleged events preceding the death of a 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot by Longueuil police last September.Police Chief. Insp.
  
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• Avi Lewis chides Miller for saying rights museum should change Palestinian wording

  30-06-2026 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — NDP Leader Avi Lewis says Heritage Minister Marc Miller was wrong to call on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg to change the wording in an exhibit about displaced Palestinians.
  
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