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• Carney expected to announce Germany's TKMS as winner of sub contract: report

  06-07-2026 15:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce today that Canada will buy its next fleet of submarines from Germany's TKMS, according to reports from the Globe and Mail and CTV News.
  
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• North Bay's online ice booking still won't be click-and-book

  06-07-2026 18:57 via nugget.ca
  
  Ice users who are hoping for a simple click-and-book system will be disappointed as city officials say ice reservations still require staff approval. Councillor Mark King asked Ian Kilgour, director of community services for the City of North Bay, for an update on the long-awaited online ice booking system during the June 30 council meeting. King said he was hoping to see the system in place before the new twin-pad arena officially opens at the end of next month. “That will not happen,&rdq
  
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• Transportation Safety Board investigating after CN Rail train derailed near Montreal

  06-07-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it has deployed a team northeast of Montreal to investigate after 45 railcars with a CN train derailed in a residential area on Sunday.Police in Repentigny, Que.
  
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• Toddler bitten in the face by coyote at Whitby, Ont., playground: police

  06-07-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  WHITBY — Police say a coyote bit a two-year-old boy in the face in an unprovoked attack at a Whitby, Ont., playground on Sunday evening.
  Durham Region police say officers were called to assist an ambulance at Vanier Park around 8:30 p.m.
  
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• Ontario tornado with 18-kilometre track among pair of June 30 twisters: researchers

  06-07-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  Researchers say a pair of weak tornadoes touched down in eastern Ontario about a week ago, snapping trees and badly damaging barn roofs.
  
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• Five things you should know about Canada's new fleet of submarines

  06-07-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is set to name Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems as the preferred bidder to build the navy's next fleet of submarines, according to multiple media reports.
  
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• Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli announces $4.7 million dollars in hospital funding

  06-07-2026 18:36 via nugget.ca
  
  Calling it “new money,” Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli announced that the Ontario government is investing more than $4.7 million to support improved operations at two local hospitals.Fedeli made the announcement Monday morning at the North Bay Regional Health Centre. Additionally, both hospitals and one local community health care facility will receive investments to support infrastructure upgrades. This funding is part of a $1.1 billion investment in the hospital sector in the 2026 Ontar
  
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• Carney names Alan Diner as new Federal Court chief justice

  06-07-2026 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Justice Alan Diner is the new Federal Court chief justice, replacing Paul Crampton who retired at the end of October.
  Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Diner's appointment in a news release issued this morning.
  
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• STEWART, Scott

  06-07-2026 18:18 via baytoday.ca
  
  With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our dad, Scott Stewart, who left us on June 11, 2026, at the age of 48
  
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• Premiers Smith, Ford unveil proposed west-east oil pipeline route

  06-07-2026 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have unveiled a route for a proposed west-east oil pipeline.The two premiers say it would stretch 3,300 kilometres from Hardisty, Alta., to refineries in Sarnia, Ont.
  
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• North Bay Police Service reports sudden death on Algonquin Avenue

  06-07-2026 17:48 via nugget.ca
  
  The North Bay Police Service (NBPS) responded to a sudden death after officers, along with District of Nipissing Paramedic Services and North Bay Fire & Emergency Services, were called to the 1800 block of Algonquin Avenue at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 5.The deceased has been identified, and the investigation has been turned over to the Office of the Chief Coroner, which will determine the cause and manner of death. As this is now a coroner’s investigation, no further inf
  
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• NBPS investigates sudden death on Algonquin Avenue

  06-07-2026 16:48 via baytoday.ca
  
  'As this is now a coroner's investigation, no further information will be released at this time'
  
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• Rob Cerjanec ending campaign to become Ontario Liberal leader

  06-07-2026 16:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The race to become the next leader of the Ontario Liberal Party is narrowing, as one contestant has decided to bow out.
  
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• NATO chief demands allies present credible plans to reach defense spending targets

  06-07-2026 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) —NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutteon Monday demanded that the allies put forward “clear, concrete and credible plans” to reach the organization’s spending targets at itsannual summit in Ankara.
  
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• Trout Lake roundabout construction begins today

  06-07-2026 15:56 via baytoday.ca
  
  The City of North Bay says Trout Lake Road will remain open with one lane in each direction
  
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• Feds say they'll simplify procurement to get more contracts to small businesses

  06-07-2026 15:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ottawa is promising to simplify procurement processes to make it easier for small- and medium-sized businesses to land federal contracts.
  
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• Robitaille wins Bill Morland Invitational

  06-07-2026 15:42 via baytoday.ca
  
  Robitaille fired a two-day even-par total of 144 (71-73), giving him a two-shot victory over North Bay's Sam Barber, who finished +2
  
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• Carney is expected to announce submarine contractor in Halifax stop ahead of NATO

  06-07-2026 15:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to make an announcement in Nova Scotia today, which is widely expected to be Canada's high-stakes decision to buy a fleet of submarines from South Korea's Hanwha or Germany's TKMS.
  
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• Canadians with mental illness who saw MAID as an option feel abandoned: 'They've left me with nothing'

  06-07-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Betrayed. Dehumanized. Devastated.
  
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• In the news today: NATO summit in Turkey, Khamenei funeral, public servants return

  06-07-2026 10:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … 'Cost of drama is too high': NATO leaders meet in Turkey for annual summit
  Prime Minister Mark Carney is jetting off to Turkey today for the NATO summit in
  
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• Deadly clashes break out at prison in Sri Lanka

  06-07-2026 10:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Deadly clashes broke out inside a prison in the outskirts of Sri Lanka’s capital, officials said on Monday.
  
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• Clashes in Sri Lankan prison leave at least 25 dead and over 100 injured

  06-07-2026 10:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Clashes broke out inside a prison in the outskirts of Sri Lanka’s capital, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 100, officials and a TV station reported Monday.
  
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• Office space scarce as federal public servants return to the office four days a week

  06-07-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Thousands of federal public servants are starting a new work schedule Monday that will see them on-site in the office four days a week, though a lack of office space is delaying the return for some departments.
  
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• 'Cost of drama is too high': NATO leaders meet in Turkey for annual summit

  06-07-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is jetting off Monday to the two-day NATO summit in Turkey's capital city Ankara, where world leaders will seek to avoid diplomatic friction with U.S. President Donald Trump.
  
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• China test-launches ballistic missile from submarine in the Pacific

  06-07-2026 07:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China’s military test-launched a ballistic missile Monday from a submarine in the Pacific, state media reported. The missile carried a dummy warhead, according to the one-line announcement by the official Xinhua News Agency.
  
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• China test-launches a ballistic missile in a South Pacific nuclear-free zone

  06-07-2026 07:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — China’s military test-launched a long-range ballistic missile Monday from one of its nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific, drawing protest and concerns from countries in the region. The missile was launched at 12:01 p.m.
  
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• Police alert public of a filming project using replica firearms and police vehicles

  06-07-2026 05:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  Police say these items are being used as part of the production and do not pose a threat to public safety
  
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• Iran begins a procession through Tehran for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral

  06-07-2026 05:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran began a procession Monday through its capital, Tehran, for the funeral of thelate Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei .Khamenei's flag-draped coffin, and those of his family killed Feb.
  
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• Russia's missile and drone attacks on Ukraine kill at least 22

  06-07-2026 04:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed waves of missiles and drones at Ukraine early Monday, killing at least 22 people in attacks that exposed widening gaps in the country’s air defenses more than four years into Moscow's full-scale invasion, authori
  
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• Russia's missile and drone attacks on Ukraine kill at least 21

  06-07-2026 04:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed waves of missiles and drones at Ukraine early Monday, killing at least 21 people in attacks that exposed widening gaps in the country’s air defenses more than four years into Moscow's full-scale invasion, authori
  
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