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• Economy grew 0.3% in May, on track for solid Q2 rebound: StatCan

  31-07-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The economy was growing steadily in May and appeared on track for a solid rebound in the second quarter as a whole, Statistics Canada said Friday.The agency said real gross domestic product rose 0.
  
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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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• Montreal's Jewish community on edge after blaze guts kosher restaurant

  02-08-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal police are investigating after a fire heavily damaged a kosher restaurant overnight Saturday in the city's Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough.
  
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• Passengers looking for options as flights grounded in WestJet strike

  02-08-2026 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Hundreds of travellers are left looking for alternative options as 4,400 WestJet flight attendants went on strike this morning.
  
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• What travellers should know about navigating WestJet strike disruptions

  02-08-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Thousands of passengers are trying to navigate the cancellation process as WestJet halts hundreds of flights due to a strike by its 4,400 flight attendants.
  
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• Two drivers charged with stunt driving hours apart of Highway 17 near Mattawa

  02-08-2026 18:39 via nugget.ca
  
  Two drivers are facing stunt driving charges after separate traffic stops on Highway 17 east of Mattawa.Members of the North Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 17 east of Mattawa July 26 around around 1:15 p.m. when a pickup truck was observed travelling at 146 km/h in a posted 90 km/h zone.As a result of the investigation, a 67-year-old resident of Timmins was charged with stunt driving – excessive speed.Later that same day, at
  
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• Sen. Bernie Moreno says former son-in-law Max Miller should not serve in the House

  02-08-2026 18:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno said his former son-in-law, U.S Rep.
  
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• Senior killed in Highway 17 collision involving mobility scooter and pickup truck

  02-08-2026 18:10 via nugget.ca
  
  A 73-year-old Sturgeon Falls resident who was operating a mobility scooter has died in a collision with a pickup truck.Members of the Nipissing West Ontario Provincial Police, West Nipissing Fire and Emergency Service, and District of Nipissing Paramedic Services responded to the fatal collision on Highway 17 near Landfill Road in West Nipissing Saturday around 9:15 p.m.The operator of the mobility scooter was transported to hospital and later pronounced deceased.The driver of the pickup truck
  
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• A suicide bomber strikes an antimilitant rally in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 14

  02-08-2026 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted protesters at an antimilitant rally innorthwestern Pakistanon Sunday, killing at least 14 people, mostly civilians and police officers, and wounding more than two dozen others, officials said.
  
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• A suicide bomber strikes an anti-militant rally in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 14

  02-08-2026 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted protesters at an anti-militant rally innorthwestern Pakistanon Sunday, killing at least 14 people, including police officers, and wounding more than two dozen others, officials said.
  
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• Bodies of missing boaters recovered from Muskoka's Lake Rosseau

  02-08-2026 17:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  An investigation into a collision, which occurred on Friday, is ongoing
  
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• 2 killed when firefighting helicopters collide near Athens as Europe’s wildfire emergency rages

  02-08-2026 16:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s fire department says the collision of two firefighting helicopters battling a major wildfire burning out of control west of Athens on Sunday left two crew members dead, while another two were recovered alive.
  
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• 2 firefighting helicopters collide midair near Athens as Europe’s wildfire emergency rages

  02-08-2026 16:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  MEGARA, Greece (AP) — Two firefighting helicopters collided Sunday while battling a wind-driven wildfire in the Porto Germeno area, west of Athens. Footage showed one of the aircraft crashing to the ground.
  
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• Saskatchewan senator, farmer Todd Lewis dies at age 65

  02-08-2026 16:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Todd Lewis, a Saskatchewan senator, farmer and agricultural sector advocate has died at the age of 65.
  
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• The latest: WestJet flight attendants go on strike

  02-08-2026 15:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  After failing to reach a deal on a new contract, WestJet's 4,400 flight attendants are now on strike.
  
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• Moscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act'

  02-08-2026 13:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin called the bomb attack on a restaurant in the capital a “brutal terrorist act,” but did not say who was responsible. “Yesterday, a brutal terrorist act was committed in Moscow that claimed human lives.
  
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• Moscow mayor calls a deadly bomb attack on a restaurant a 'terrorist act'

  02-08-2026 13:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin called on Sunday abomb attack on a restaurantin the capital the day before a “brutal terrorist act,” but did not say who was responsible.
  
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• Ottawa should list Iran-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah as terrorist group: Poilievre

  02-08-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada's Conservative leader is calling on Ottawa to designate an Iran-backed militant group as a terrorist entity after one of its members was accused of contributing to an attack on a Canadian synagogue, as well as the March shooting at th
  
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• Ottawa should list Iran-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah as terrorist group: Pierre Poilievre

  02-08-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada's Conservative leader is calling on Ottawa to designate an Iran-backed militant group as a terrorist entity after one of its members was accused of contributing to an attack on a Canadian synagogue, as well as the March shooting at th
  
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• Evacuation orders, alerts expand after lightning storm fans wildfires in B.C.

  02-08-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  Strong winds and dry lightning have aggravated the already chaotic wildfire situation in British Columbia's southern Interior, forcing more people to escape and putting others on alert.
  
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• Elizabeth May says Greens can win byelection by campaigning on PM's climate record

  02-08-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she thinks the Greens can pull off an upset in one of the upcoming byelection races by campaigning on Liberal rollbacks of climate policy.
  
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• B.C.'s wildfire situation continues to flare up, with more blazes and evacuations

  02-08-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia's wildfires continue to threaten more and more communities, with almost 30 new wildfires added to the nearly 100 existing blazes over the last 24 hours.
  
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• WestJet flight attendants strike, as unpaid work remains sticking point

  02-08-2026 09:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — WestJet flight attendants are on strike, grounding planes on a busy summer travel weekend after the union and airline failed to reach a new contract overnight.
  CUPE 8125 announced the strike shortly after a strike deadline passed.
  
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• WestJet flight attendants on strike as union, airline fail to come to terms

  02-08-2026 09:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — WestJet flight attendants are on strike, with the airline's flights halted on a busy summer travel weekend after the carrier and union failed to reach a new contract.CUPE announced the strike shortly after a strike deadline passed.
  
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• Trump says he will order halt to Iran strikes after parameters reached for deal to end war

  02-08-2026 05:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — U.S. PresidentDonald Trumpsaid in a Saturday evening social media post he will order American forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran, claiming Mideast allies had reached the parameters of a deal to end the five-month old war.
  
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• (UPDATED) OPP investigating fatal Highway 17 collision near Sturgeon Falls

  02-08-2026 04:54 via baytoday.ca
  
  A 73-year-old Sturgeon Falls resident died after a collision involving a pickup truck and a mobility scooter Saturday night. Highway 17 reopened after a five-hour closure
  
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• Highway 17 near Sturgeon Falls closed due to a serious collision

  02-08-2026 04:54 via baytoday.ca
  
  OPP suggest motorists use Highway 64 as an alternative route.
  
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• Trump says Mideast allies have reached outlines of deal to end Iran war, says US to stop new strikes

  02-08-2026 04:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump in a Saturday evening social media post claimed that Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the Iran war and said that he would hold off on ordering new strikes in the five-month old confl
  
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• Saudi crown prince urges Trump not to escalate Iran war as US leader weighs new strikes: AP source

  02-08-2026 04:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto leader, in a phone call with President Donald Trump on Saturday raised concerns about the U.S.
  
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• Inside the rush to build highrises and fire halls out of … wood?!?!

  02-08-2026 02:51 via baytoday.ca
  
  Climate-friendly mass timber is speeding up construction and, surprisingly, improving fire safety
  
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