North Bay news

• Ontario considered letting personal support worker students keep student grants: memo

  08-07-2026 14:40 via baytoday.ca
  
  Province has not exempted PSWs from career college OSAP grant ban, which kicks in Aug. 1
  
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• Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5M after jury found Trump sexually abused and defamed her

  08-07-2026 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
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• North Bay teen charged with impaired after OPP discovers car in ditch

  08-07-2026 19:07 via nugget.ca
  
  A North Bay teen is facing impaired driving charges following a traffic stop on Highway 63.The North Bay Ontario Provincial Police were conducting patrols on Highway 63 in North Bay when an officer located a vehicle in the eastbound ditch on July 1 around 3 a.m.“While speaking with the driver, the officer observed signs consistent with alcohol impairment,” according to the OPP. “As a result of the investigation, the driver was arrested and transported to the North Bay OPP Deta
  
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• Former Wisconsin judge to be sentenced for obstructing arrest of Mexican immigrant

  08-07-2026 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former WisconsinJudge Hannah Duganaddressed her sentencing judge on Wednesday as she faced as much as five years in prison for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade U.S.
  
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• Former Wisconsin judge spared prison for obstructing ICE arrest of Mexican immigrant

  08-07-2026 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former WisconsinJudge Hannah Duganwas spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
  
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• Suspect arrested after repeated violence in Vancouver World Cup zone

  08-07-2026 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say a man suspected in several violent confrontations in the Granville Street pedestrian zone set up for the FIFA World Cup has been arrested.
  
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• Second wildfire triggers upgraded evacuation order near Boston Bar, B.C.

  08-07-2026 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON BAR — A second out-of-control wildfire has triggered an evacuation order near Boston Bar, B.C., already battered by another blaze that has forced people out of their homes.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canadian creator of 'The Pitt' earns Emmy nod

  08-07-2026 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  Canada's R. Scott Gemmill has earned an Emmy nomination for best drama series as creator of “The Pitt."The HBO Max medical drama chronicles the grueling shifts faced by health-care workers in a fictional Pittsburgh hospital emergency room.
  
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• Authorities ID police recruit killed Ontario crash that seriously injured another

  08-07-2026 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  Authorities in Durham Region have identified the police recruit who died in a car crash that also seriously injured another recruit on Tuesday.
  
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• Toll from B.C. fishing charter sinking rises as woman dies in hospital

  08-07-2026 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND — One of four people rescued after a fishing charter boat sinking off Metro Vancouver has died in hospital, bringing the suspected death toll to seven.Mounties in Richmond, B.C.
  
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• U.S. approves 'emergency rescue' plan to import Marineland's whales and dolphins

  08-07-2026 17:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A U.S. consortium of aquariums says the American government has approved an "emergency rescue" to import Marineland's whales and dolphins, the last such captive animals in Canada.
  The shuttered Niagara Falls, Ont.
  
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• North Bay Walk for Alzheimer’s raises almost $30,000 for families facing dementia

  08-07-2026 17:08 via nugget.ca
  
  The 2026 IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s held at the Kiwanis Bandshell, on May 30, raised $29, 814, according to the the Alzheimer Society Sudbury-Manitoulin North Bay & Districts. The funds raised will remain in the local community, directly supporting programs and services for individuals living with dementia, as well as their families and care partners. The walk came at a critical time. Dementia remains one of Canada’s fastest-growing health challenges, with the num
  
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• North Bay Walk for Alzheimer's raises almost $30,000 for families facing dementia

  08-07-2026 17:08 via nugget.ca
  
  The Alzheimer Society of Sudbury-Manitoulin North Bay and Districts announced that the 2026 IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s, held on May 30 in North Bay at the Kiwanis Bandshell, raised $29, 814.The funds raised will remain in the local community, directly supporting programs and services for individuals living with dementia, as well as their families and care partners.The walk comes at a critical time. Dementia remains one of Canada’s fastest-growing health challenges, wit
  
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• Psychologist accused of sexually assaulting child during session in Markham, Ont.

  08-07-2026 16:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MARKHAM — York Region police say they have charged a 61-year-old psychologist in a sexual assault case involving a child at a clinic in Markham, Ont.
  
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• Cargo plane wreckage found off Pakistan's coast as search continues for 5 missing crew

  08-07-2026 16:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Civilian and navy searchers off Pakistan's coast Wednesday located and recovered wreckage of a cargo plane that disappeared while approaching the southern port of Karachi, and a search continues for five missing crew members, officia
  
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• It's almost time for the butterflies to be released by the Near North Palliative Care Network

  08-07-2026 16:30 via nugget.ca
  
  The Near North Palliative Care Network (NNPCN) is ready to host the 17th Annual Butterfly Release this Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Kiwanis Bandshell. This annual tradition brings together families, caregivers, healthcare professionals, volunteers, organizations, and community members in a shared celebration of remembrance, hope, compassion, and connection.Over the past 17 years, the NNPCN states that the butterfly release has become a cherished event across Nipissing and East Parry
  
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• It’s almost time for Near North Palliative Care Network to release butterflies

  08-07-2026 16:30 via nugget.ca
  
  The Near North Palliative Care Network is ready to host the 17th Annual Butterfly Release at the Kiwanis Bandshell, on Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.This annual tradition brings together families, caregivers, healthcare professionals, volunteers, organizations and community members in a shared celebration of remembrance, hope, compassion and connection.According to the network, over the past 17 years the butterfly release has become a cherished event across Nipissing and East Parry Sound, off
  
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• Pakistan military says insurgents killed 18 abducted policemen and 11 soldiers in separate attacks

  08-07-2026 14:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Insurgents killed18 police officers who had been abductedearlier this week and 11 soldiers in a separate attack in restive southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, the military said.
  
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• First images released of the wreck of Quest, explorer Ernest Shackleton's last ship

  08-07-2026 11:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN'S — A team of explorers led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has released the first images of the wreck of Quest, the ship upon which legendary Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton died in 1922.
  
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• Canadian crew is first to lay eyes on wreck of Ernest Shackleton's last ship, Quest

  08-07-2026 11:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN'S — A small team of explorers led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society have become the first people to lay eyes on Sir Ernest Shackleton's last ship since it sank in the Labrador Sea in 1962.
  
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• New AP-NORC poll reveals sharp divides among US Jews over Israel and Gaza

  08-07-2026 11:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  As Israel’s actions continue to divide America's Jewish communities nearly three years into the latestwar in Gaza , a new AP-NORC poll reveals that some of the biggest gaps are between religious and secular Jews.
  
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• In the news today: Carney at NATO, Trump labour tariffs, cancer blood tests

  08-07-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Carney says NATO spending shift underway amid Trump pressure on allies
  Prime Minister Mark Carney says NATO countries are bolstering their own defence forc
  
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• Carney defends appointment of his principal secretary to Senate

  08-07-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  ANKARA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is defending the appointment of his principal secretary Tom Pitfield to the Senate.
  
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• Canada says there's no basis for Trump's forced labour tariffs

  08-07-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The Canadian government told the Trump administration new legislation combating forced labour in supply chains should shield Canada from new tariffs.
  
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• Can a blood test tell patients if their cancer is coming back? Researchers are on it

  08-07-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Researchers at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto are working on a large trial to determine if a blood test can detect tiny amounts of cancer remaining after patients have been treated.
  Lead investigator Dr.
  
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• Carney unveils more defence spending with $800M missile contract at NATO

  08-07-2026 09:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  ANKARA — Canada will turn to the Norwegian company Kongsberg to acquire joint strike missiles to be used by future Royal Canadian Air Force fighter jets, such as the F-35s.
  
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• Carney says NATO spending shift underway amid Trump pressure on allies

  08-07-2026 09:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  ANKARA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says NATO countries are bolstering their own defence forces as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to pull out of the alliance.Trump has long said allies don't spend enough on defence and that the U.S.
  
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• Trump says the U.S. will give license to Ukraine to produce Patriot defense systems

  08-07-2026 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S.
  
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• Trump blasts NATO for rejecting his efforts to claim Greenland as leaders meet in Turkey

  08-07-2026 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S.
  
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• Trump blasts NATO for rejecting his efforts to claim Greenland as leaders hold a summit in Turkey

  08-07-2026 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — U.S.
  
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