North Bay news

• PARISIEN, Simone

  13-01-2026 22:55 via baytoday.ca
  
  After a lengthy illness, Simone has passed away peacefully on her own terms surrounded by her family on Friday, January 9, 2026, at the age of 66. Dear daughter of the late Omer and Fay Parisien.
  
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• The myth and man behind the bear suit: Part two of Troy Hurtubise story

  17-01-2026 16:00 via baytoday.ca
  
  Troy Hurtubise wasn’t just a man in a bear-proof suit—he was a walking paradox. Part inventor, part performance artist, his life blurred the lines between science fiction and reality
  
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• A regional passenger aircraft with 11 people is missing in Indonesia and a search is underway

  17-01-2026 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A regional passenger aircraft carrying 11 people lost contact with ground control Saturday while approaching a mountainous region between Indonesia’s main island of Java and Sulawesi island, officials said.
  
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• Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term with 71.65% of votes

  17-01-2026 14:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won his seventh term with 71.65% of votes, according to official results Saturday, defeating the youthful challenger who campaigned for change after four decades of the same government.
  
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• Who wants to buy a sub? Why South Korea's Hanwha is advertising around Ottawa

  17-01-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Ottawa residents and out-of-town travellers may have puzzled recently over a wave of ads in the downtown from a company trying to sell them submarines.
  
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• Five things about Canadian Jeremy Hansen's upcoming trip to the moon and back

  17-01-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  LONGUEUIL — Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is set to make history as the first Canadian to fly around the moon. The Canadian Space Agency is hoping this "once-in-a-generation" event is one that will inspire young people to dream big.
  
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• Details of compensation plan for owners of banned firearms to be announced today

  17-01-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Owners of banned firearms can expect to learn more today about federal plans to compensate them for turning in or permanently deactivating their guns.
  
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• Carney visiting Qatar to drum up investment despite 'brutal' human rights record

  17-01-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Qatar to drum up investment deals with a country known for both its brutal dictatorship and its growing diplomatic and economic influence.
  
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• Pereira shines as Voodoos flood the net in French River

  17-01-2026 05:16 via baytoday.ca
  
  Pereira leads the Voodoos with five points in a dominant win over the Rapids.
  
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• Cole Vreugdenhil stars in OHL debut as Battalion dump Generals

  17-01-2026 04:47 via baytoday.ca
  
  Troops continue to roll with fifth straight win.
  
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• Canadian official says Carney will accept role on Trump's Gaza board of peace

  17-01-2026 03:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  BEIJING — A senior Canadian government official says Prime Minister Mark Carney has been asked by U.S. President Donald Trump to join the "Board of Peace" tasked with supporting the administration, reconstruction and economic recovery of Gaza.
  
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• Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters

  17-01-2026 03:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent U.S.immigration enforcement operationcan’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters, a U.S. judge in Minnesota ruled Friday. U.S.
  
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• Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Pauline Rochefort happy with canola tariff relief from China

  17-01-2026 02:22 via nugget.ca
  MP Pauline Rochefort is joining regional experts from the agriculture sector in Nipissing—Timiskaming in highlighting significant tariff relief by the People’s Republic of China on Canadian canola. “This is a welcome development for agricultural producers close to home and across the country,” said MP Rochefort. “We are appreciative of the work of Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Canadian delegation in securing a strategic partnership and a new Canada-China trade
  
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• Justice Department investigating whether Minnesota's Walz and Frey impeded immigration enforcement

  17-01-2026 02:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov.
  
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• Insured flood costs estimated at $74M in B.C.'s Fraser Valley

  17-01-2026 01:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  The Insurance Bureau of Canada says severe weather and flooding that lashed southern British Columbia and parts of Alberta last month caused close to $90 million in insured damage, with B.C.'s Fraser Valley suffering the heaviest losses.
  
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• Tribunal upholds $10K fine for B.C. ostrich farm over failure to report sick birds

  17-01-2026 00:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  The Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal has upheld a $10,000 fine handed to the British Columbia ostrich farm whose flock of more than 300 birds was culled last fall, nearly 11 months after the confirmation of an avian influenza outbreak.
  
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• THE PAIKIN PODCAST: If not dead already, the old world order is on life support

  16-01-2026 22:21 via baytoday.ca
  
  Hosted by one of Canada's most respected journalists, Steve Paikin's new podcast is featured here every Saturday morning in cooperation with Village Media
  
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• Evidence supports allegations of sexual assault, assault against Ontario judge: panel

  16-01-2026 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  A disciplinary panel has found an Ontario judge guilty of judicial misconduct after concluding there is enough evidence to support allegations that he sexually and physically assaulted a woman three years ago.
  
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• Carney's Canada-China deals are the product of months of diplomatic hustle

  16-01-2026 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The agreements Prime Minister Mark Carney brokered over the two days of his Beijing visit are the result of months of diplomatic work and cultural knowledge, international relations experts say.
  
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• 'Damn excited': Calgary lifts water-use restrictions after successful tests on pipe

  16-01-2026 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Calgary’s 1.6 million residents and those in surrounding municipalities are once again free to flush and take longer showers, as water restrictions imposed due to a broken water main were lifted Friday.
  
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• 'Damn excited': Calgary lifts water-use restrictions after broken pipe repaired

  16-01-2026 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Calgary’s 1.6 million residents and those in surrounding municipalities are once again free to flush and take longer showers, as water restrictions imposed due to a broken water main were lifted Friday.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Calgary lifts water restrictions, officials say pipe fixed and stable

  16-01-2026 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The City of Calgary says tests on a repaired water main have been successful and all water restrictions in the city and surrounding communities are now lifted.More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Calgary lifts all water-use restrictions after tests on repaired pipe successful

  16-01-2026 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The City of Calgary says tests have been successful on a ruptured and repaired water main, so restrictions affecting its 1.6 million people are immediately lifted.
  
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• VIDEO: Why there’s reason for hope amid Ontario’s rising rates of homelessness

  16-01-2026 20:51 via baytoday.ca
  
  Tonight on Village Media's 'Closer Look' podcast: A new report says nearly 85,000 people across the province were known to be homeless in 2025, a jump of nearly 50 per cent since 2021
  
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• MPP Vic Fedeli has more government money for the North Bay Regional Health Centre

  16-01-2026 20:44 via nugget.ca
  Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli, was announcing another big chunk of taxpayer change for two hospitals. On Friday morning, announced that the Ontario government is investing over $11 million in additional base funding for two area hospitals, so patients can continue to have access to high-quality hospital services. This funding is in addition to the $15 million announced in December 2025 to support operations and bed capacity.   “Today’s significant investment will enable the North Bay
  
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• Vancouver festival attack suspect attends sentencing hearing for brother's killer

  16-01-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The suspect in last year's Lapu Lapu festival attack is attending a sentencing hearing in Vancouver for the killer of his brother, who died in 2024.
  
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• Trump says it's a 'good thing' Carney signed a deal with China

  16-01-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says it's a good thing Prime Minister Mark Carney has signed a trade deal with China.
  
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• Killer of Lapu Lapu suspect's brother calls festival attack a 'ripple effect'

  16-01-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The murderer of a young man whose brother was later arrested for the Lapu Lapu festival attack that killed 11 people last year says it was a "ripple effect" from his own crime.
  
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• Five things to know about Canada's new 'strategic partnership' with China

  16-01-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney secured what he called a "landmark" deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday, ending a three-day visit aimed at "recalibrating" strained relations between Canada and China.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Killer of Vancouver festival suspect's brother calls it 'ripple effect'

  16-01-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The murderer of a young man whose brother was later arrested for the Lapu Lapu festival attack that killed 11 people last year says it was a "ripple effect" from his own crime.
  
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