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• GIBSON, Edward John

  08-05-2025 18:46 via baytoday.ca
  
  It is with great love that we share the passing of Edward John Gibson on May 3, 2025, surrounded by his loved ones
  
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• Spy watchdog reviewing Canadian security agencies' use of artificial intelligence

  01-01-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada's spy watchdog is examining the use and governance of artificial intelligence in national security activities.
  
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• Fire at Swiss Alps bar kills many people and leaves multiple injured during New Year's celebrations

  01-01-2026 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — A fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps has left many people dead and injured during New Year’s celebrations, police said early Thursday.
  
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• Fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps left people dead and injured during New Year's celebrations

  01-01-2026 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  BERLIN (AP) — A fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps has left people dead and injured during New Year’s celebrations, police said early Thursday.
  
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• Dozens presumed dead and about 100 injured in fire at Swiss Alps bar during New Year's celebration

  01-01-2026 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Dozens of people are presumed dead and about 100 injured, most of them seriously, following a fire at a Swiss Alps bar during a New Year’s celebration, police said Thursday.
  
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• 2026 arrives with celebrations from coast to coast

  01-01-2026 07:20 via baytoday.ca
  Canadians in Newfoundland were the first to ring in 2026, including residents of St. John's.The city hosted a series of New Year's Eve celebrations culminating in a classic midnight countdown and fireworks.
  
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• Zohran Mamdani sworn in as New York City mayor at historic subway station

  01-01-2026 06:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City just after midnight Thursday, taking the oath of office at an historic, decommissioned subway station in Manhattan.
  
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• Toronto Police make sexual assault and confinement arrest in city's west end

  01-01-2026 05:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A man is facing more than a dozen charges including sexual assault and forcible confinement after Toronto police say three people were attacked on New Year's Eve and there may be more victims.
  
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• Miami derrota 24-14 a los campeones defensores Ohio State en el Cotton Bowl y avanza a semifinales

  01-01-2026 05:05 via baytoday.ca
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Miami derrota 24-14 a los campeones defensores Ohio State en el Cotton Bowl y avanza a semifinales.The Associated Press
  
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• Putting families first on New Year's Eve is a proud North Bay tradition

  01-01-2026 03:17 via nugget.ca
  For Lindsay Amell-Etienne, Families First is an engagement she loves to celebrate every year-literally. Amell-Etienne got engaged at a Families First event a few years ago. This is a celebration she went to as a child and now comes with her own kids. “It has come full circle.  It is something we look forward to every year. It is a time for all for us to come and be together,” says Amell-Etienne.Wendy Prieur also loves being a part of Families First.  She must be as Prieur h
  
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• Two dead, one injured in head-on collision near Brockville, Ont.

  01-01-2026 01:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  The Ontario Provincial Police say two people were killed and another injured in a head-on crash near Brockville, Ont.A statement says the collision happened on County Road 29 near New Dublin Road on Wednesday shortly before 2:30 p.m.
  
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• Chief Justice says Constitution remains 'firm and unshaken' with major Supreme Court rulings ahead

  01-01-2026 00:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuous year in the nation’s judicial system withpivotal Supreme Court decisionson the hori
  
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• Montana’s Supreme Court dismisses misconduct case against the state’s attorney general

  01-01-2026 00:05 via baytoday.ca
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a misconduct case against the state’s attorney general after he defied court orders in a dispute over a law that gave the governor more power over the judiciary.
  
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• Battalion end the year on a sour note as they lose to Rangers

  31-12-2025 22:38 via baytoday.ca
  
  'We’re generating a ton of plays in the offensive zone, we’re just not getting those second and third chances and we’re not bearing down'
  
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• Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now

  31-12-2025 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort.
  
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• Young girl identified as victim who died after shootout involving police in Nunavik

  31-12-2025 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Authorities in Quebec's Nunavik region say the person who died 10 days after an exchange of gunfire involving the Nunavik Police Service on Dec. 20 was a young girl.
  
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• Oxfam-Québec surprised to find itself on list of NGOs set to be barred from Gaza

  31-12-2025 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian non-profit Oxfam-Québec says it was surprised to find itself on a list of 37 organizations set to be barred from Gaza by Israel.The country is reportedly moving to suspend more than two dozen humanitarian organizations as of Jan.
  
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• ETCHES, George

  31-12-2025 22:07 via baytoday.ca
  
  After a brief illness at the North Bay Regional Health Center on Wednesday December 31, 2025, at 86 years of age
  
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• Seven Canadians were injured in Peru train collision: foreign affairs minister

  31-12-2025 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s foreign affairs minister says seven Canadians were injured Tuesday in a train crash near the Machu Picchu archaeological site in Peru.
  
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• Barrie, Ont., cancels New Year's Eve celebration due to severe weather

  31-12-2025 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  BARRIE — The City of Barrie is cancelling its outdoor New Year’s Eve celebration due to severe winter weather.
  
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• North Bay man charged with drug-impaired driving after traffic stop

  31-12-2025 21:17 via nugget.ca
  The North Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged a driver with impaired driving after a traffic stop. On Monday, at approximately 1:00 p.m., officers observed a parked vehicle in a commercial lot off Highway 11 near McKeown Avenue in North Bay. The vehicle was idling, and the driver appeared to be smoking cannabis. Upon speaking with the driver, officers confirmed cannabis consumption. The individual was arrested and transported to the North Bay OPP detachment for further testing.Durin
  
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• SEAMAN, Clarke

  31-12-2025 20:22 via baytoday.ca
  
  Clarke Kenneth Seaman, 71, of North Bay ON passed away peacefully on December 30, 2025 in his home, surrounded by family, after a brief battle with cancer
  
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• Man accused of setting tent on fire while victim inside now charged with murder

  31-12-2025 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto police have upgraded a charge against a man accused of setting a tent on fire while someone was inside.The accused, 36-year-old Loewen Wolfe of Toronto, is now charged with first-degree murder after police say the victim died.
  
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• Fact File: Claim Rogers collects biometric data from store cameras unfounded

  31-12-2025 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  The claim Rogers retail stores used facial recognition on customers through its surveillance cameras appeared on social media in December.
  
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• Alberta, Quebec referendums likely would fail due to Canadians' anxiety: pollster

  31-12-2025 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A pollster says separatist movements in Alberta and Quebec are unlikely to succeed as long as Canadians feel a persistent sense of insecurity and anxiety about the future.
  
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• North Bay man charged with impaired driving after OPP traffic stop

  31-12-2025 18:55 via baytoday.ca
  
  'Upon speaking with the driver, officers confirmed cannabis consumption,' police stated in a release
  
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• CRA says it's owed more than $10 billion in COVID-19 benefit payments

  31-12-2025 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency says it's owed $10.35 billion in COVID-19 benefits.Nina Ioussoupova, a spokesperson for the agency, says that as of Nov. 30, it had disbursed $83.5 billion in COVID benefits to Canadians, including $45.
  
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• Montreal polar plunge fans want access to beach along St. Lawrence River

  31-12-2025 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTRÉAL — Montrealers who brave frigid temperatures for weekly polar plunges in the St. Lawrence River are worried that they're being barred winter access to a popular beach.
  
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• List of Order of Canada appointees announced New Year's Eve

  31-12-2025 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  The Governor General made 80 appointments to the Order of Canada, including six promotions within in the Order and one honorary appointment. Companions
  Rosalie Abella, TorontoSimon Brault, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Que.
  
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• North Bay has a long to-do list of capital projects in 2026 budget

  31-12-2025 18:19 via nugget.ca
  A $50.6 million North Bay Police headquarters building, accessibility upgrades at city hall, more traffic lights on Algonquin Avenue, the purchase of new city buses, Wi-Fi at baseball fields and a $4.2 million investment to redevelop the Pinewood Park and Lakeshore Drive intersection are some of the capital investments the city is considering for the 2026 budget. Council is looking to complete an array of projects in the new year and for the next nine years. The projects are listed in a 305-page
  
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