North Bay news

• CROXON, Leopold

  05-08-2026 20:42 via baytoday.ca
  
  Leo passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Monday August 3rd 2026 at the age of 88. Beloved husband of 55 years to Caroline Croxon (nee Beaucage)
  
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• Senate confirms Hamilton to lead FEMA and clears more than 70 other Trump nominees

  07-08-2026 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  The Senate on Friday confirmed Cameron Hamilton as head ofthe Federal Emergency Management Agency , returning the former Navy SEAL to the embattled agency he led temporarily last year only to be fired after he publicly opposed eliminating it.
  
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• WHITE, Bradley Raymond

  07-08-2026 20:28 via baytoday.ca
  
  August 11, 1971 – July 31, 2026 It is with heavy hearts that the family announces the sudden passing of Bradley (Brad) Raymond White at the North Bay Regional Health Centre on Friday, July 31, 2026 at the age of 54.
  
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• Used Hercules military transports to be sold, turned into waterbombers

  07-08-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government says it will sell 10 of its used C-130 Hercules aircraft to B.C.-based aerospace company Coulson Aviation, which will convert them into firefighting aircraft.
  
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• OPP lay six Highway Traffic Act charges against Brampton tractor-trailer driver

  07-08-2026 19:47 via baytoday.ca
  
  OPP say an officer observed a tractor-trailer braking abruptly, following too closely and forcing another vehicle off the roadway on Highway 17
  
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• Senate passes sweeping Russia sanctions bill negotiated by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham

  07-08-2026 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate overwhelmingly approved a punishingRussian sanctions packageFriday, the result of a year-long campaign by the lateSen. Lindsey Grahamto reinforce U.S.
  
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• Police in B.C. launch wildfires arson investigations in Interior and Metro Vancouver

  07-08-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Police are investigating the cause of a series of brush fires in British Columbia's Shuswap region, as well as a wildfire in a Metro Vancouver park.
  
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• MORELLI, Michelina

  07-08-2026 18:52 via baytoday.ca
  
  Peacefully passed away surrounded by the love of her family at Cassellholme (North Bay) on Thursday August 6, 2025, at the age of 92 years.
  
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• Researchers confirm a tornado touched down in Repentigny, Que. on Aug. 2

  07-08-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Researchers have confirmed that a storm that damaged trees and buildings in a suburb north of Montreal on Sunday was a tornado.The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University says the tornado touched down in Repentigny, Que.
  
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• Ottawa Valley Railway crew did 'everything possible' before train struck pedestrian

  07-08-2026 18:40 via nugget.ca
  
  The Ottawa Valley Railway crew did “everything possible” to alert the person walking on the tracks the train was coming, the railroad told The Nugget.The Ottawa Valley Railway confirmed it was their train that struck a pedestrian walking on the railroad tracks Wednesday in the area of Couchie Memorial Drive and Main Street West.“I can confirm that an Ottawa Valley Railway train struck someone this morning who was walking in the middle of the tracks. Our crew did everything poss
  
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• Ottawa Valley Railway crew did "everything possible" before train struck pedestrian

  07-08-2026 18:40 via nugget.ca
  
  The Ottawa Valley Railway crew did “everything possible” to alert the person walking on the tracks the train was coming, the railroad told The Nugget.The Ottawa Valley Railway confirmed it was their train that struck a pedestrian walking on the railroad tracks Wednesday in the area of Couchie Memorial Drive and Main Street West.“I can confirm that an Ottawa Valley Railway train struck someone this morning who was walking in the middle of the tracks. Our crew did everything poss
  
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• New video shows gunman shooting victims at Idaho In-N-Out Burger drive-thru

  07-08-2026 18:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Newly released surveillance video shows a gunman at an Idaho In-N-Out Burger killed one of three people last week by firing through a drive-up window.
  
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• LAROCHELLE, Gaetan

  07-08-2026 18:33 via baytoday.ca
  
  (1957–2026) It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Gaetan Larochelle , who passed away peacefully at the North Bay Regional Health Centre on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at the age of 69, with his loving family by his side.
  
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• Average asking rents fall 4% in July as market 'stabilizing, but not yet recovering'

  07-08-2026 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A new report says the average national asking rent fell four per cent in July compared with last year and now stands at $2,037.
  
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• Police watchdog investigating fatal shooting in Brockville, Ont.

  07-08-2026 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  BROCKVILLE — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating a fatal shooting involving police east of Ottawa.Ontario Provincial Police say they were helping local police carry out a search at a home in Brockville, Ont. around 8 p.m. Thursday.
  
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• A 2-year-old at the center of a Texas brain-death dispute is taken off life support and dies

  07-08-2026 17:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A 2-year-old girl whose parents sued a Texas hospital to prevent it from testing if she was brain-dead aftershe drownedin a hotel pool on Memorial Day has been removed from life support and died, her family said this week.
  
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• Uncooperative teen arrested and charged

  07-08-2026 17:31 via baytoday.ca
  
  Bracebridge OPP say a 16-year-old has been charged with several offences after officers on patrol found two youths allegedly attempting to break into a construction vehicle on Armstrong Street early Friday morning
  
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• Appeals court rules Trump must get approval from Congress on ballroom, ordering halt to construction

  07-08-2026 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress to build his proposed White House ballroom, saying construction must stop.The U.S.
  
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• Appeals court rules Trump can't build White House ballroom without congressional approval

  07-08-2026 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the Trump administration to halt construction of its$400 million ballroomat the White House without congressional approval.
  
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• Girl sexually assaulted by ride operator at Vaughan, Ont. amusement park: police

  07-08-2026 16:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  VAUGHAN — York regional police say a ride operator is facing charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a girl at an amusement park north of Toronto.Officers allege it happened when the girl was at a Vaughan, Ont.
  
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• Ford calls on Carney to extend gas tax cut or make it permanent

  07-08-2026 16:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to make a gas tax suspension permanent, or at least extend it beyond its looming expiry.
  
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• Eighth federal byelection required by mid-April with Conservative MP's upcoming exit

  07-08-2026 16:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Voters are set for an eighth federal byelection between Aug. 31 and mid-April due to the upcoming departure of Ontario Conservative Larry Brock.
  
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• Two 18-year-olds charged in fatal Salsa on St. Clair shooting

  07-08-2026 15:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto police say a pair of 18-year-olds have been charged with first-degree murder in last month's deadly shooting at the Salsa on St. Clair festival.
  Police say the two men also each face five counts of attempted murder.
  
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• Police to provide update on arrests in deadly Salsa on St. Clair shooting

  07-08-2026 15:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  Toronto police say they will provide an update today on the Salsa on St. Clair festival shooting that left two people dead, injured several others and sent thousands running for cover last month.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Two 18-year-olds charged in fatal Salsa on St. Clair shooting

  07-08-2026 15:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto police say a pair of 18-year-olds have been charged with first-degree murder in last month's deadly shooting at the Salsa on St. Clair festival.
  Police say the two men also each face five counts of attempted murder.
  
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• JOBIN, Ruby

  07-08-2026 15:44 via baytoday.ca
  
  It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our mother, Ruby Jobin (nee McLaren), on August 5, 2026, at the age of 79, after a courageous battle with Cancer
  
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• Voodoos add two Americans

  07-08-2026 14:22 via baytoday.ca
  
  'We were very impressed with what we saw from the two this summer at a tournament in Oshawa'
  
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• Third week wraps up in New York trial of man accused of killing daughter

  07-08-2026 14:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  ELIZABETHTOWN — Prosecutors are expected to wrap up their case today in the trial of a man accused of killing his nine-year-old daughter last summer during a trip to New York.Luciano Frattolin is on trial in Elizabethtown, N.Y.
  
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• Bonfield resident faces impaired, trafficking, theft during traffic stop

  07-08-2026 13:42 via nugget.ca
  
  A 43-year-old Bonfield man is facing multiple criminal and provincial charges after a traffic stop in North Bay led to the seizure of suspected illicit drugs, cash, and property determined to be stolen.A member of the Ontario Provincial Police Traffic Incident Management Enforcement Team conducted a traffic stop on Riverbend Road near Lakeshore Road in North Bay after the officer’s Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) system identified an expired vehicle permit July 23 around 8 a.m.
  
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• North Bay's new twin-pad arena has a name - WFCU (Windsor Family Credit Union)

  07-08-2026 13:15 via nugget.ca
  
  North Bay’s new twin-pad arena will be called WFCU – Your Ontario Credit Union ( Windsor Family Credit Union).The City of North Bay announced the selected bidder Thursday for naming rights for the new facility at the Steve Omischl Sports Complex on Lakeshore Drive. The proposed agreement with WFCU, along with a separate sponsorship agreement with Redpath Mining Inc. for one of the facility’s two regulation-sized ice pads, will be presented to North Bay City Council for conside
  
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