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• Forced labour or leverage: What Trump's new tariffs are really about

  24-07-2026 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says it's hitting Canada and dozens of other countries with double-digit tariffs because they're not doing enough to fight forced labour — but not everyone is convinced.
  
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• Final paving on McKeown Avenue begins on Monday morning

  25-07-2026 18:53 via nugget.ca
  
  The City of North Bay is advising residents that final paving on McKeown Avenue will begin Monday, July 27. The work is expected to take up to four days to complete, subject to weather conditions and other operational requirements.During paving, one lane of traffic in each direction will be maintained. Temporary road closures may be required on McNamara Street and Cartier Street; however, both roads will not be closed at the same time, with either Cartier Street or McNamara Street remaining ope
  
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• Canadian NATO intern arrested on suspicions of espionage in Belgium

  25-07-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONS — A Canadian intern at NATO has been arrested on suspicions of espionage.
  Belgium's federal prosecutor says in a statement the female intern of Chinese origin is suspected of spying on behalf of a third country.
  
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• MILLER, Ralph

  25-07-2026 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  Miller, Ralph ( 1949 – 2026 ) Ralph passed away at the North Bay Regional Health Centre on Thursday July 23, 2026 at the age of 78 years. He was the beloved partner for over 30 years of Jean Beattie.
  
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• Maine Democratic delegates choose Troy Jackson as new nominee to face US Sen. Susan Collins

  25-07-2026 17:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Former state lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine on Saturday. He will face longtime GOP Sen.
  
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• CYR, Pierre Vital

  25-07-2026 17:18 via baytoday.ca
  
  Surrounded by the love of his family, Pierre was brought home to Mattawa for his final day, where he passed away in the place he loved most, on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026.Pierre was the beloved husband of Theresa Cyr (née Gauthier).
  
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• Birch bark and bomb shelters: post-storm discoveries

  25-07-2026 17:00 via baytoday.ca
  
  Back Roads Bill chases the mystery of a Cold War facility once meant to track radiation fallout and the unexpected role it played in a landmark birchbark canoe project
  
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• RICKER, Rita Dinah

  25-07-2026 15:46 via baytoday.ca
  
  It is with broken hearts that the family announces the sudden passing of Rita, at the age of 64, on Sunday, July 19, 2026, while doing what she loved most - hosting a family gathering surrounded by the people she loved.
  
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• Embrace difference, says 4-foot-6 B.C. performer Devyn Dalton, Damon's Odyssey double

  25-07-2026 15:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver stunt woman Devyn Dalton says she never expected her biceps to go viral.But then Matt Damon credited his four-foot-six-inch stunt double in "The Odyssey" for having "the greatest arms" he's ever seen.
  
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• Yemen’s Houthis fire missiles, drones at Saudi Arabia in response to strikes on Hodeida

  25-07-2026 14:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they have fired missiles and drones on Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida. Brig. Gen.
  
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• Houthis fire missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to strikes on a Yemeni city

  25-07-2026 14:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Iran-backedHouthi rebelssaid Saturday that they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida, in another escalation over vital shipping routes in the Middl
  
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• At least 35 people killed after buses collide in Syria, state media reports

  25-07-2026 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — At least 35 people have been killed and dozens injured after two buses collided on a highway linking the Syrian capital with the eastern province of Deir el-Zour on Saturday, state media reported.
  
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• The government has two definitions of disability. Advocates say it leaves people out.

  25-07-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Advocates for people with episodic disabilities say they don't understand why the federal government has two different definitions of disability in law — and uses the narrower version to decide who gets benefits.
  
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• Feds received more than 21,000 emails on proposed changes to major project reviews

  25-07-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government says it received more than 21,000 emails on proposed changes to how major projects are reviewed and will spend the coming weeks combing over those submissions.
  
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• India's education minister resigns in major victory for youth-led 'Cockroach' movement

  25-07-2026 11:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s education ministerDharmendra Pradhanresigned on Saturday after weeks of protests that demanded his removal over alleged leaks in some of the country’s most competitive entrance exams and irregularities in the education sy
  
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• India's education minister resigns after weeks of student-led protests

  25-07-2026 11:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s education ministerDharmendra Pradhanresigned on Saturday after weeks of protests that demanded his removal over alleged leaks in some of the country’s most competitive entrance exams and irregularities in the education sy
  
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• India's education minister resigns after weeks of protests against him

  25-07-2026 11:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s education minister resigned on Saturday after weeks of protests that demanded his removal over alleged leaks in some of the country’s most competitive entrance exams and irregularities in the education system.
  
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• India’s 'Cockroach' movement ends protests after education minister resigns

  25-07-2026 11:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) —India’s “Cockroach” movementcalled off its weeks of protests on Saturday, saying the government had accepted all of its demands after the country's education minister resigned over alleged exam paper leaks and irregularities in th
  
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• Residents of Clinton, B.C., wait to discover fate of village after fleeing wildfire

  25-07-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Residents of the B.C. Interior village of Clinton are facing an anxious wait to discover the fate of their community after an advancing wildfire forced them to flee.
  
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• Wildfire leads to evacuations in some suburbs of the French city of Bordeaux

  25-07-2026 09:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  ARCACHON, France (AP) — Authorities in France are evacuating some suburbs of Bordeaux because of a massive and shifting wildfire to the west of the city famous for its wines.
  
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• More than 250,000 people flee their homes in France and Spain as wildfires burn

  25-07-2026 09:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — France was preparing to use a massive specially adapted cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants Saturday on a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, including from some suburbs of the wi
  
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• France deploys massive cargo aircraft to dump flame retardant on wildfire

  25-07-2026 09:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — France was preparing to use a massive specially adapted cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants Saturday on a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, including from some suburbs of the wi
  
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• France and Spain battle wildfires as more than 250,000 people forced to flee homes

  25-07-2026 09:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — France cut the length of the Tour de France's final stage on Saturday to redeploy officers to battle raging wildfires that forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, including from some the suburbs of the win
  
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• A quarter-million people flee their homes in France and Spain as wildfires burn

  25-07-2026 09:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — France was preparing to use a massive specially adapted cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants Saturday on a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, including from some suburbs of the wi
  
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• THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How prepared is Canada for the AI revolution?

  25-07-2026 05:53 via baytoday.ca
  
  Hosted by one of Canada's most respected journalists, Steve Paikin's podcast is featured here every Saturday morning in cooperation with Village Media
  
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• Mattawa's mayor says Voyageur Days Weekend is "something we cannot do without"

  25-07-2026 05:17 via nugget.ca
  
  Mattawa Mayor Raymond Bélanger knows how important Mattawa Voyageur Days weekend is to his community. “It is something that we cannot do without. I don’t know if there’s a marketing company anywhere out there that provides what Voyageur Days gives us. Walk downtown right now, I call it the ‘Voyageur Days buzz.’ People are excited, they smile a lot easier, for some reason weather has cooperated most of the time,” says Belanger.The Mattawa mayor says his
  
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• Federal government rejects expansion of Toronto's Billy Bishop airport

  25-07-2026 03:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The federal government has rejected Ontario's plan to expand Toronto's Billy Bishop airport to accommodate jets on a longer runway.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Federal government rejects expansion of Toronto's Billy Bishop airport

  25-07-2026 03:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The federal government has rejected Ontario's plan to expand Toronto's Billy Bishop airport to accommodate jets on a longer runway.More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• North Bay police asking for public's help to find Donnie

  25-07-2026 01:17 via nugget.ca
  
  North Bay police is seeking the public’s help in locating Donnie who has been reported missing.“North Bay Police Service has concerns for Donnie’s safety.”Donnie is a Caucasian male, 61, and described as 196 centimetres tall, he uses a wheelchair and weighs 135 kilograms. He has green eyes and grey hair with a grey beard.He was wearing a blue T-shirt, red pajama bottoms with dogs on them.Donnie was last seen July 16 at the pedestrian tunnel between Third Avenue West and
  
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• Film fans will have a bloody good time this weekend in North Bay

  25-07-2026 00:30 via nugget.ca
  
  If the name hasn’t tipped you off, the Bay of Blood film festival brings the horror to North Bay.The festival, which is held this year at the White Water Gallery, highlights international horror and thrillers, with a healthy dose of Canadian and regional films for good measure. Most of the film are independently produced, so expect to see some films on the genre’s cutting edge.Films begin tonight, Friday July 24 and run throughout the weekend. Doors open at 5 p.m. this evening, with
  
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