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• DOWNS, David

  05-01-2026 21:04 via baytoday.ca
  
  January 10, 1940 – December 26, 2025 The family of David William Downs is deeply saddened to announce his passing in the early hours of December 26, 2025, during his favourite time of year.
  
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• GFL Environmental moves executive headquarters from Ontario to Miami Beach, Fla.

  21-01-2026 13:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — GFL Environmental Inc. says it has moved its executive headquarters from Ontario to the United States.The company says it's now based in Miami Beach, Fla., while its jurisdiction of incorporation remains in Canada in Ontario.
  
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• As the planet warms, how can the Winter Olympics and Paralympics adapt?

  21-01-2026 13:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — New research out of Canada is pitching ideas for how to make the Winter Olympics and Paralympics more resilient to climate change.
  
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• Critics, pollsters warn Canadians are wary of AI, want government to set guardrails

  21-01-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is set to launch its new national artificial intelligence strategy soon — but critics say it hasn’t done enough to listen to Canadians and pollsters are warning that a skeptical public wants the government to put rules
  
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• Trade minister: ‘Important’ to engage India on expanding trade

  21-01-2026 11:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  DAVOS — International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu says it’s “important” to expand trade and economic opportunities with India, particularly in agriculture and energy products.
  
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• Watchdog says funding needed to avoid the 'collapse' of whistle-blowing

  21-01-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada's integrity watchdog has issued an urgent funding request to the federal government warning the "whistle-blowing regime" is at risk.
  
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• Quebec's Charlevoix region left scrambling after labour dispute closes ski resort

  21-01-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The sudden closure of a major ski resort because of a labour dispute has thrown Quebec's Charlevoix region into uncertainty, threatening winter-season revenues for local businesses.
  
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• Lawyers to make submissions at bail hearing for man accused in Ryan Wedding case

  21-01-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Lawyers are expected to make their submissions today at a bail hearing for an Ontario man accused of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars for an international drug smuggling ring.
  
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• In the news: Carney wraps up in Davos; Canada's cyberspy agency in violation?

  21-01-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Carney wraps up world tour today in Switzerland
  Prime Minister Mark Carney is wrapping up his nine-day trip around the world today — a tour aimed at drummi
  
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• Cyberspy agency breached law by directing actions at Canadian: watchdog report

  21-01-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The national intelligence watchdog says Canada's cyberspy agency violated a law that forbids it from focusing on Canadians when it analyzed information from an electronic device.
  
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• Top ally of South Korea's Yoon given 23 years in prison for rebellion over martial law crisis

  21-01-2026 09:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court ruled Wednesday that the 2024 imposition ofmartial lawby then President Yoon Suk Yeol constituted an act of rebellion as it sentenced his prime minister to 23 years in prison for his involvement.
  
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• South Korea's former prime minister jailed for 23 years in martial law case

  21-01-2026 09:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court ruled Wednesday that the ill-fated imposition ofmartial lawby the then President Yoon Suk Yeol constituted an act of rebellion, as it sentenced his prime minister to 23 years in prison for his involv
  
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• Carney wraps up his world tour today with meetings in Switzerland

  21-01-2026 08:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  DAVOS — Prime Minister Mark Carney is wrapping up his nine-day trip around the world today — a tour aimed at drumming up investment abroad that has attracted some cross-partisan criticism.
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu agrees to join Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza, changing his public stance

  21-01-2026 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he had agreed to join U.S. President Donald Trump’sBoard of Peace , after his office earlier criticized the makeup of the board’s committee tasked with overseeing Gaza.
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu agrees to join Trump’s Board of Peace

  21-01-2026 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said Wednesday he had agreed to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, after his office earlier criticized makeup of the board's executive committee.
  
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• Israel agrees to join Trump’s Board of Peace as some western European nations say no

  21-01-2026 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that he has agreed to join U.S.
  
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• Divisions emerge among western European nations over Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza

  21-01-2026 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Divisions emerged Wednesday over Donald Trump’sBoard of Peaceenvisaged in the U.S. president’s peace plan for Gaza, with some western European countries declining to join while others remained noncommittal.
  
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• Man who assassinated former Japanese prime minister gets life in prison

  21-01-2026 06:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abeto life imprisonment on Wednesday, according to NHK public television.
  
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• Air Force One returns to Washington area due to minor electrical issue, White House says

  21-01-2026 05:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plane, Air Force One, is returning to Joint Base Andrews after departing for Switzerland on Tuesday evening.
  
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• DNSSAB: Free tuition should be extended to early child care educators

  21-01-2026 03:30
  There are more than 1,438 children on the childcare wait-list in Nipissing. Combine that with the need for 140 childcare workers, and you have a dire situation, according to the chairman of the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board (DNSSAB). Mark King told The Nugget that his delegation met Minister of Red Tape Reduction Andrea Khanjin during this last weekend’s Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference (ROMA) in Toronto, asking her to consider adding early childh
  
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• Voodoos halt Rock 21-game winning streak

  21-01-2026 03:24 via baytoday.ca
  
  Jax Pereira with two more goals as Voodoos win fourth straight
  
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• Trump-appointed prosecutor who pursued indictments against the president's foes is leaving post

  21-01-2026 03:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lindsey Halligan, who as a top Justice Department prosecutor pursued indictments against a pair of President Donald Trump's adversaries, is leaving her position as her months-long tenure has now concluded, Attorney General Pam Bondi
  
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• Quebec byelection will be held in Chicoutimi riding on Feb. 23

  21-01-2026 00:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Quebec Premier François Legault has called a byelection for the riding of Chicoutimi on Feb. 23.
  
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• Man charged with murder in Niagara Region now facing additional 25 sex abuse charges

  20-01-2026 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  Police say a man who was charged with murder in the 2024 death of a woman in Niagara Region is now facing an additional 25 sexual abuse charges.
  
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• Barcelona commuter train crashes, killing 1, days after deadly train collision in Spain

  20-01-2026 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  BARCELONA (AP) — A Barcelona commuter train crashed Tuesday after a retaining wall fell onto the tracks,Spanishregional authorities said, killing one person and injuring at least 14 others.
  
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• Barcelona commuter train crashes, 2 days after deadly train collision in Spain

  20-01-2026 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ADAMUZ, Spain (AP) — A Barcelona commuter train crashed Tuesday after a retaining wall fell onto the tracks, Spanish emergency services reported. Officials said 15 people were affected, but did not specify if they were injured.
  
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• Heavy snowfall and hazardous travel conditions likely through Wednesday

  20-01-2026 23:02 via baytoday.ca
  
  Snow squalls expected to rapidly reduce visibility, drivers warned of travel difficulties
  
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• Nunavut politicians raise Greenland flag as Trump escalates annexation threat

  20-01-2026 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  IQALUIT — Members of Nunavut's legislative assembly raised Greenland's flag Tuesday to show in solidarity with the Inuit-majority island pushing back against annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.
  
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• Iqaluit MLAs raise Greenland flag as U.S. President Trump escalates annexation threat

  20-01-2026 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  IQALUIT — Members of Nunavut's legislative assembly raised Greenland's flag today in solidarity with the Inuit-majority island pushing back against annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.
  
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• First citizen recall petition against Alberta legislature member fails

  20-01-2026 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The first of more than two dozen recall petitions launched against members of Alberta's legislature has come up short.
  
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