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• Conservative MP Larry Brock announces he will resign next month

  07-08-2026 04:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Ontario Conservative MP Larry Brock says he will step down as a member of Parliament next month.Brock, a former prosecutor and MP for Brantford-Brant South-Six Nations, says on social media he will officially resign his seat on Sept. 18.
  
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• Indiana authorities say at least 5 people have died in flooding across the state

  15-08-2026 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  Indiana authorities say at least five people have died in flooding across the state this week, as first responders worked to rescue more people Saturday from rising waters in neighborhoods along the White River in Indianapolis.
  
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• Indiana authorities say at least 5 people have died as severe weather crosses the state

  15-08-2026 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  Indiana authorities said at least five people have died as a result of severe storms and flooding across the state this week, as first responders used boats to rescue more people Saturday from rising waters in neighborhoods along the White River in I
  
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• Service announcement: ISMOND, Marilyn 'Dolly' (Barnes)

  15-08-2026 21:39 via baytoday.ca
  
  Dolly died peacefully with family by her side at North Bay Regional Health Centre on Thursday, June 18, 2026. She was in her 90th year.
  
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• Lala strengthens into a hurricane and bears down on Hawaii’s Big Island with heavy rain, winds

  15-08-2026 21:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hurricane Lala formed Saturday on a path to make a rare landfall on Hawaii’s Big Island.
  
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• Democrats' 2028 presidential calendar gives Black and Latino voters and union members an early say

  15-08-2026 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats seeking the party's presidential nomination in 2028 will need to prove themselves early on in states where Black and Latino voters and union members are key supporters, under anelection-year calendarapproved Saturda
  
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• Small airplane missing in Kawartha Lakes area after failing to return: police

  15-08-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  KAWARTHA LAKES — Provincial police are asking for the public's help finding a missing airplane.The OPP says the small aircraft is believed to have travelled into the Kawartha Lakes area, home to a chain of lakes in Ontario's cottage country.
  
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• Pilot, 73, missing in Ontario after flying in home-built aircraft: police

  15-08-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  KAWARTHA LAKES — Police are asking for the public's help finding a missing 73-year-old pilot who took off in a home-built aircraft and failed to return.The Durham Regional Police Service says the pilot departed from the Oshawa Airport at 8:30 a.m.
  
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• Conservation officers confirm bear shot by RCMP mauled child in Maple Ridge

  15-08-2026 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MAPLE RIDGE — Conservation officers in British Columbia say a black bear that was killed by RCMP officers last Sunday was, "in fact," responsible for an attack that had left a three-year-old girl with injuries.
  
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• Judge approves $31.5M settlement in sexual assault case against Quebec archdiocese

  15-08-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec law firm says a provincial Superior Court judge has approved a historic $31.5-million settlement for sexual assault claimants in a class-action lawsuit against the Quebec City archdiocese.
  
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• 'Most incredible experience': Athletes compete at Special Olympics in Alberta

  15-08-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MEDICINE HAT — Tanner Svenson says winning gold in bocce at the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games has capped off a life-changing week in southeast Alberta.
  
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• Lives change as athletes compete at Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Alberta

  15-08-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MEDICINE HAT — Tanner Svenson says winning gold in bocce at the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games has capped off a life-changing week in southern Alberta.
  
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• LEGAULT, Peter (Pierre)

  15-08-2026 18:27 via baytoday.ca
  
  Peter (Pierre) Legault, age 81, passed away peacefully on August 9, 2026, surrounded by his loving wife Rose and stepdaughter Amanda (Mandy).
  
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• Sight of a number of dead birds floating in Lake Nipissing alarms shoreline residents

  15-08-2026 18:01 via nugget.ca
  
  Mike Gurini has lived on the 500 block of Lakeshore Drive for almost 20 years and says he had never seen anything like he saw Saturday morning.Gurini was talking a walk on the beach with this wife and their dogs at about 8:30 am when they saw something both upsetting and alarming. The sight of about 10 dead birds floating in Lake Nipissing.“We noticed some dark, floating objects in the lake, we then realized there were birds in the water. We took a few pictures and noticed they were black
  
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• Construction on Montreal port expansion underway as ‘nation-building’ effort ramps up

  15-08-2026 17:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Port of Montreal expansion project has officially set sail along the banks of the St. Lawrence River, with construction now underway for a new wharf.
  
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• Rotary Club of Nipissing donates $15,000 to 2027 Special Olympics Winter Games

  15-08-2026 17:12 via nugget.ca
  
  The Rotary Club of Nipissing officially became a Platinum sponsor for the 2027 Special Olympics Ontario Provincial Winter Games in North Bay last Thursday. The funds were raised through the club’s signature annual fundraiser, Lobsterfest.The cheque presentation brought together representatives from the Rotary Club of Nipissing and the North Bay Police Service, which is leading the planning and delivery of the 2027 Special Olympics Ontario Provincial Winter Games taking place in North Bay.
  
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• Follow Bill back to an abandoned cemetery and an old friend

  15-08-2026 17:00 via baytoday.ca
  
  Back Roads Bill's return to an abandoned cemetery near Shikwamkwa Lake brought back the memories of Romeo Bouchard, a longtime railroader who grew up in the ghost town of Dalton Mills
  
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• Multiple shooters and people shot at Virginia State University

  15-08-2026 14:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  ETTRICK, Va. (AP) — A shooting involving multiple suspects and multiple people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown early Saturday. None of their injuries appeared to be life-threatening, the university said.
  
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• Multiple shooters and 5 people shot at Virginia State University

  15-08-2026 14:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  A shooting involving multiple suspects and five people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown early Saturday.
  
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• First Nations, Norwegian family unite to honour adventurer’s life and legacy

  15-08-2026 14:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Gry Skjottelvik arrived in Canada last month with a mission.
  
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• Iowa senator says Trump's new tariffs should be a wake-up call for Canada

  15-08-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  DES MOINES — Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to hit an array of Canadian goods with new tariffs should serve as a "wake-up call to Canada to make some changes.
  
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• “Her daughter never came home”: The hours before the death of Melina Frattolin

  15-08-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — On a nice day in July 2025, a man and his daughter were nearing the end of their trip to the United States, with the girl set to return home to Montreal that night. She never made it back.
  
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• Canada needs tax reform — relieving small business pain might be the first step

  15-08-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — One of Prime Minister Mark Carney's point people on the government's budget consultations says Ottawa plans to tackle long-awaited tax code reform "one bite at a time" and changes for small businesses are high on the priority list.
  
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• Away from the jury’s ears, now-convicted murderer Frattolin said he wanted to testify

  15-08-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Before he was found guilty of the murder of his nine-year-old daughter, Luciano Frattolin did not testify in his defence. But with the jury out of the room, he said he wanted to.On Aug.
  
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• Afghan advocates urge action for women as Taliban marks five years since takeover

  15-08-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Five years after the Taliban capture of Kabul, advocates are urging Canadians not to ignore the oppression of women in Afghanistan.
  
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• 'We don't even have a phone': Aging B.C. wildfire evacuees faced unique challenges

  15-08-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Helen Benallick said she was fast asleep with her husband at their home in Summerland, B.C., last week when she was woken up by neighbours ringing her doorbell.
  
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• Residents warned to prepare for changes when returning home after a wildfire

  15-08-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  More wildfire evacuees in British Columbia are being allowed to return home Saturday morning, as emergency officials downgrade evacuation orders to alerts around the community of Clinton.The changeover begins at 8:00 a.m.
  
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• Fastest-growing Ebola outbreak through the eyes of Canadian aid workers

  15-08-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Little pink coffins are sold on the roadside in Bunia, a northeastern city in the Congo, prepared for children who will die of Ebola.
  
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• B.C. wildfire evacuees return home to assess the damage, start to rebuild

  15-08-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CLINTON — At the age of 52, Steve Larabie is facing the daunting task of rebuilding his home and business from scratch after losing everything when the ferocious wildfires roared into the outskirts of Clinton, B.C., last month.
  "It's all gone.
  
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• Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon kill 9 people, Health Ministry says

  15-08-2026 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least nine people Saturday, in some of the deadliest attacks since aprecarious trucebetween Israel andHezbollahwent into effect on June 20.
  
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