North Bay news

• LeROY, Lester

  28-11-2025 16:12 via baytoday.ca
  
  January 31, 1948 –November 26, 2025 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Les LeRoy, who died peacefully at Nipissing Serenity Hospice with his family by his side.
  
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• Texas man convicted of 2 fatal shootings becomes the 1st person executed in the US this year

  29-01-2026 02:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who once escaped custody and spent three days on the run after being sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend was put to death Wednesday, becoming the first person executed i
  
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• Provinces hit by extortion wave to meet in Surrey, B.C.: Eby

  28-01-2026 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia Premier David Eby says officials from four provinces will meet in Surrey, B.C.
  
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• B.C. mayor says 20 more RCMP officers on the way to boost anti-extortion battle

  28-01-2026 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  The mayor of Surrey, B.C.
  
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• Small plane with 15 people on board crashes in a rural area of northeast Colombia

  28-01-2026 23:35 via baytoday.ca
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A small plane with 15 people on board crashed Wednesday in a rural area of Norte de Santander province in northeast Colombia, authorities said.
  
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• Small plane crashes in rural area of northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people on board

  28-01-2026 23:35 via baytoday.ca
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A small plane crashed Wednesday in a rural area of Norte de Santander province in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people on board, authorities said.
  
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• Small plane crashes in rural area of Colombia, killing 15 people including congressman

  28-01-2026 23:35 via baytoday.ca
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A small plane crashed Wednesday in a rural area of Norte de Santander province in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people on board including a member of congress, authorities said.
  
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• City all shook up: Late-night earthquake rocks Orillia

  28-01-2026 23:24 via baytoday.ca
  
  I 'took a look out my dark bedroom window as my thoughts were a plane had just crashed,' said one Orillia resident after earthquake struck at 11 p.m.
  
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• Majority of Ontarians support Chinese EV deal: poll

  28-01-2026 23:22 via baytoday.ca
  
  A strong majority of Ontarians also say they trust the prime minister over the premier to manage Canada's economic relationships
  
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• Canadian companies criticized over ties to U.S. immigration enforcement

  28-01-2026 23:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian companies are coming under fire over their ties to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as U.S. President Donald Trump pursues a mass deportation campaign to expel vast numbers of immigrants.
  
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• GODDA, Bruce Robert Edmund

  28-01-2026 22:57 via baytoday.ca
  
  The Godda family announces Bruce’s death on January 25, 2026, at his home in Powassan. Following a courageous and determined battle with cancer, Bruce passed away peacefully, surrounded by the comfort of his family
  
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• North Bay police respond to assault involving knife, local man in custody

  28-01-2026 22:17 via baytoday.ca
  
  An early morning confrontation between two individuals known to each other ended with one fleeing and the other being arrested for wielding a knife
  
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• BLANCHETTE-LEBLANC, Madeleine 'Maddy'

  28-01-2026 22:10 via baytoday.ca
  
  Peacefully passed away surrounded by the love of her family at the Nipissing Serenity Hospice on Tuesday January 27, 2026, at the age of 67 years
  
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• King, Mitchell and Chirico all return to key positions on DNSSAB

  28-01-2026 22:08 via nugget.ca
  The District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board through Mark King, has confirmed to the Nugget some interesting developments about its board for the coming year. North Bay City Councillor Mark King returns as board chair by acclimation with North Bay City Councillor Lana Mitchell named Vice Chair, also by acclimation The Board also confirmed leadership for its various committees including North Bay Mayor Peter Chirico was acclaimed as Chair of the Finance and Administration C
  
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• Inuit call for a larger role in Canada's Arctic defence surge

  28-01-2026 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The leader of the national organization representing Inuit says the federal government must bring them to the table when it makes its plans to surge defence spending in the Arctic.
  
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• Ontario education minister places seventh school board under provincial control

  28-01-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario's education minister placed a seventh school board under supervision Wednesday in order to prevent dozens of teachers from being laid off, he says, and he is planning to soon take control of another board over financial concerns.
  
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• Man cleared of 1984 murder makes Vancouver court appearance on new charges

  28-01-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Mark Edward Grant, who was acquitted of the 1984 murder of 13-year-old Winnipeg schoolgirl Candace Derksen, made a brief video appearance in a Vancouver courtroom today on charges of unlawful confinement, sexual assault, assault with a we
  
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• Two more school boards feel Education Minister's wrath

  28-01-2026 20:46 via baytoday.ca
  
  The move comes just eight weeks after the Province seized control of the Near North board
  
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• Mississippi sending 135 snowplows to help clear ice and snow from traffic-clogged highways

  28-01-2026 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  Mississippi officials said they were sending 135 snowplows Wednesday to clear ice and snow from two interstate highways where frozen conditions caused huge traffic jams.
  
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• Mississippi sending 135 snow plows to help clear ice and snow from traffic-clogged highways

  28-01-2026 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  Mississippi officials said they were sending sending 135 snow plows Wednesday to clear ice and snow from two interstate highways where frozen conditions caused huge traffic jams.
  
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• Ottawa remains open to deal with Meta to restore news to Facebook, Instagram

  28-01-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government says it continues to be open to a deal to bring news back to Meta’s platforms.Meta removed news from Facebook and Instagram in response to the 2023 Online News Act, which the U.S.
  
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives bar media from party convention

  28-01-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario has banned media from its upcoming convention for the first time since he became the premier in 2018.
  
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• Federal money for Arctic projects should go to the territories: N.W.T. premier

  28-01-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Federal money meant for Arctic projects and programs should go to the territories, Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson said on Wednesday.
  
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• Federal money for Arctic projects should go the the territories: N.W.T premier

  28-01-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — N.W.T. Premier R.J. Simpson says federal money meant for Arctic projects and programs should go to the territories.Simpson made the remarks today while taking questions on the sidelines of the premiers' meeting in Ottawa.
  
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• Cops accused of assaulting lawyer at courthouse; advocates call for independent probe

  28-01-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  A national legal organization is calling for an independent investigation after a lawyer alleged police officers slammed her head into a desk, dragged her out of a room in handcuffs and hauled her to the basement cells at a courthouse in Oshawa, Ont.
  
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• VIDEO: Work less, get paid the same (we promise this is not a scam)

  28-01-2026 20:15 via baytoday.ca
  
  The four-day workweek has gone from a fringe idea to a full-blown trend, and our guest on tonight's 'Closer Look' podcast is a big reason why. Skeptical? His new book makes a pretty convincing case
  
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• Search warrant FBI served at elections office near Atlanta seeks records tied to the 2020 elections

  28-01-2026 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The FBI on Wednesday searched the election office of a Georgia county that has been central to right-wing conspiracy theories over PresidentDonald Trump’s2020 election loss, acting just one week after the Republican leader predicte
  
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• FBI executes search warrant at Fulton County elections office near Atlanta

  28-01-2026 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  UNION CITY, Ga. (AP) — FBI agents were executing a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office near Atlanta on Wednesday, an agency spokesperson confirmed.
  
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• Pattison firm says it did not know warehouse was intended to become ICE facility

  28-01-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  The property arm of Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Group says it did not know that a Virginia warehouse it owns was intended as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility at the time it agreed to sell the site.
  
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• Food inspection agency to cut more than 1,300 jobs, says union

  28-01-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The union representing employees at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says staff have been told there will be 1,371 agency jobs cut as part of the government's cost-cutting exercise.
  
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