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• Cold front could escalate B.C. wildfires ahead of August long weekend

  01-08-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  A cold front bringing strong winds and thunderstorms, with little to no rain, is expected to sweep over southern B.C. this long weekend, fanning out-of-control wildfires that already threaten several communities.
  
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• Trump says new talks are 'last chance' for Iran to forge deal and avoid escalation of US strikes

  03-08-2026 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — PresidentDonald Trumpsaid Monday that newly planned talks with Tehran are the “last chance” for Iran to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of U.S. strikes on the country.
  
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• New talks are 'last chance' for Iran to forge a deal and avoid escalation of US strikes, Trump says

  03-08-2026 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly planned talks with Tehran are the “last chance” for Iran to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of U.S. strikes on the country, PresidentDonald Trumpsaid Monday.
  
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• Canadian astronaut prepares for NASA mission to International Space Station

  03-08-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  A few months after Artemis II's lunar flyby, another Canadian astronaut is preparing for a mission in space.
  Joshua Kutryck from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., is one of four members assigned to NASA's SpaceX Crew 13 mission.
  
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• Okanagan wildfires force expanded orders, alerts as First Nation assesses losses

  03-08-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  VERNON — Wildfires burning on the west side and north end of Okanagan Lake have forced more evacuation orders and alerts.
  
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• Water-dropping planes battle Athens wildfire as England records driest-ever July

  03-08-2026 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A prolonged heat wave and lack of rainfall led to the driest July in England and Wales in nearly two centuries of record-keeping, according to provisional statistics, the U.K.’s weather service said Monday .
  
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• Europe's hot, dry summer takes its toll with fires in France and Greece, and drought in the UK

  03-08-2026 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A record-breaking hot and dry summer tightened its grip on Europe Monday, as water-dropping planes swooped over a major wildfire in Greece, firefighters in France sought to stabilize a blaze in Provence, and much of the U.K.
  
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• Europe's hot and dry summer takes its toll with fires in France and Greece, and drought in the U.K.

  03-08-2026 16:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A record-breaking hot and dry summer tightened its grip on Europe Monday, as water-dropping planes swooped over a major wildfire in Greece, firefighters in France sought to stabilize a blaze in Provence, and much of the U.K.
  
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• North Bay taxpayers spend over $286,000 on mayor and council in first half of 2026

  03-08-2026 15:58 via nugget.ca
  
  More than $286,569 has been spent on council and mayor remuneration and expenses so far in 2026.The second-quarter expenses for council and mayor were recently released on the city’s website, which breaks down where taxpayer money is being spent.Remuneration was the largest expense with $232,404.83 being spent on mayor and council salaries from Jan. 1 to June 30.Mayor Peter Chirico earned $53,275.47 within the last six months. The majority of city councillors took home $17,872.20, with th
  
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• Duelling symbols: Alberta and Canada flags creating division ahead of referendum

  03-08-2026 14:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON —
  Sarah Batchelor says it started a few weeks ago when a large blue flag bearing Alberta's shield of arms appeared on her neighbour's window in Airdrie, a city north of Calgary.
  
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• WestJet, CUPE reach tentative agreement, ending flight disruptions

  03-08-2026 14:17 via baytoday.ca
  
  Union's strike notice and the company's lockout notice are being withdrawn and flight attendants will return to work
  
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• WestJet, CUPE tentative deal includes duty hours top-up to address union concerns

  03-08-2026 13:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The tentative deal between WestJet and the union representing about 4,400 flight attendants includes a pay bump, increases in meal allowances, and a top-up for cabin crew while they're on duty.
  
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• WestJet, CUPE reached tentative deal after company offered pay bump

  03-08-2026 13:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — WestJet and the union representing about 4,400 flight attendants reached a new deal after the company made an offer that included a pay bump, increases in meal allowances, and a top-up for cabin crew while they're on duty.
  
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• WestJet, CUPE reach tentative deal as passengers scramble amid flight disruptions

  03-08-2026 13:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — WestJet and the union representing some 4,400 flight attendants reached a tentative deal Monday to resume work after a brief work stoppage, but neither side is sharing specifics yet.
  
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• WestJet, CUPE reach tentative agreement, ending operational disruptions

  03-08-2026 13:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — WestJet and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, representing 4,400 flight attendants, reached a tentative contract agreement early Monday morning.
  
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• WestJet, CUPE reach tentative agreement, ending job action, flight disruptions

  03-08-2026 13:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — WestJet and the union representing about 4,400 flight attendants reached a tentative contract agreement early Monday morning, ending a disruption to the airline's operations that left many travellers in limbo.
  
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• WestJet and CUPE reach tentative agreement, ending job action, flight disruptions

  03-08-2026 13:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — WestJet and the union representing about 4,400 flight attendants reached a tentative contract agreement early Monday morning, ending a disruption to the airline's operations that left many travellers in limbo.
  
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• Ontario Provincial Police confirm two dead in Muskoka boating accident

  03-08-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  Ontario Provincial Police say the bodies of two people have been recovered from Lake Rosseau in central Ontario's Muskoka region following a boating crash Friday night.
  
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• Some Canadians tell Carney Ottawa's spelling protocol should lean British

  03-08-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — It seems some Canadians feel quite at home with the federal government's preference for British spelling.Messages to Prime Minister Mark Carney on the matter indicate several correspondents see the affectation as a way of countering U.S.
  
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• Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rare meeting with Red Cross

  03-08-2026 07:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's detained former leaderAung San Suu Kyimet with the International Committee of the Red Cross’ representative in the capital on Monday, the military-backed government said, a rare moment of contact with the outside world fo
  
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• Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rare meeting with International Red Cross

  03-08-2026 07:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's detained former leaderAung San Suu Kyimet with the International Committee of the Red Cross’ representative in the capital on Monday, the military-backed government said, a rare moment of contact with the outside world fo
  
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• Canada’s long history of taking on the impossible — and winning

  03-08-2026 05:47 via baytoday.ca
  
  The impact of innovative Canadians extends from the most routine daily functions to the far reaches of outer space
  
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• GOP holdouts say they will back Blanche's attorney general nomination after striking deal over fund

  03-08-2026 05:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican senators who threatened to block acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's bid to lead the Justice Department said Monday that they will vote to advance his nomination, ending an impasse over plans to create a fund to co
  
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• Blanche rescinds fund for Trump supporters after GOP senators threaten to block his AG bid

  03-08-2026 05:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued an order Sunday evening formally rescinding plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of President Donald Trump.
  
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• New fire reported in North Bay region

  03-08-2026 01:29 via baytoday.ca
  
  North Bay 35 ,which is located approximately seven kilometres west of Lady Evelyn Lake and seven kilometres north of Diamond Lake, is not under control
  
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• Toronto resident, 18, dead in central Ontario shooting, police say

  02-08-2026 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OPP say the death of an 18-year-old from Toronto in a central Ontario shooting on Friday is now deemed a homicide.
  Officers say they found Tryce James with gunshot wounds at a Midland, Ont., apartment complex Friday evening.
  
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• Mississauga First Nation shelter-in-place lifted, one person injured, OPP say

  02-08-2026 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OPP say a shelter-in-place warning has been lifted and one person is critically hurt after gunshots were reported at a First Nation west of Sudbury, Ont.Police say shots were reported near a home in Mississauga First Nation on Sunday morning.
  
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• Suspect in shooting at Idaho fast-food restaurant died from self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say

  02-08-2026 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The suspect in a fatal shooting at a fast-food restaurant in Idaho died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. The suspect was identified as 24-year-old Chad Williams.
  
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• Hundreds protest Meta's plan for massive data centre in northern Alberta county

  02-08-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MORINVILLE — Hundreds of protesters chanted "Down, down with corporations" outside a northern Alberta county office on Sunday to voice their opposition to tech giant Meta's plan to build a data centre.
  
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• Dozens protest Meta's plan for massive data centre in northern Alberta county

  02-08-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MORINVILLE — Dozens of people are protesting tech giant Meta's plan to build its first Canadian data centre in a county north of Edmonton.
  
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