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• Relatives of those killed in N.S. mass shooting say their work has only just begun

  31-03-2023 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — The brother of a man killed during a mass shooting in Nova Scotia almost three years ago says he's keen to make sure recommendations from a public inquiry released Thursday are implemented.
  
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• Were you planning to fly WestJet? What you need to know about the looming strike

  30-07-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  Air travellers planning to fly WestJet may be concerned about the possibility of disruptions due to a potential strike.
  
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• Lawyer who accused police of assault 'disappointed' cops won't be charged: counsel

  30-07-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OSHAWA — A representative for a lawyer who accused police in Durham region of assaulting her in an Oshawa, Ont., courthouse earlier this year says they're "disappointed" the officers won't face criminal charges.
  
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• Critics call out Liberals for big-ticket spending outside budget framework

  30-07-2026 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A series of big-money announcements by the Liberal government this summer has critics and analysts calling out a lack of detail on Ottawa's spending plans.
  
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• Father who gave gun to Apalachee High School shooter sentenced to serve 15 years in prison

  30-07-2026 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  A man who gave his son thegun he used to killtwo students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison.
  
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• Coal mine blast in Pakistan kills at least 11 miners and traps 31 others

  30-07-2026 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Anexplosion inside a coal minein southwest Pakistan killed at least eleven miners Thursday and trapped 31 others underground in what officials believed to be life-threatening conditions as rescuers raced to reach them.
  
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• Coal mine blast in Pakistan kills at lead 7 miners and traps 41 others

  30-07-2026 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Anexplosion inside a coal minein southwest Pakistan killed at least seven miners Thursday and trapped 41 others underground, where rescuers were racing to reach them, an official said.
  
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• Coal mine blast in Pakistan kills at lead 6 miners and traps 42 others

  30-07-2026 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Anexplosion inside a coal minein southwest Pakistan killed at least six miners Thursday and trapped 42 others underground, where rescuers were racing to reach them, an official said.
  
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• Defence to appeal murder verdict in killing of Quebec couple in Dominica

  30-07-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The defence lawyer for the two American men convicted of murdering Quebec filmmaker and entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and his partner in Dominica says they are appealing the verdict.
  
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• Toronto police charge Hamilton man in 2006 cold case murder

  30-07-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto police have arrested and charged a 43-year-old Hamilton man with first-degree murder in a case dating back two decades.Police say 21-year-old Patrick Santos' body was found at a home in the Scarborough area in September 2006.
  
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• Poll suggests some Liberal supporters concerned about climate policy are leaning NDP

  30-07-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new online poll from the Angus Reid Institute suggests that one in six 2025 Liberal voters now say they would support the NDP.
  The pollster found that half of these voters cite climate change as the issue that concerns them most.
  
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• Ottawa opening exports office as part of strategy to diversify trade

  30-07-2026 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is opening a new strategic exports office as part of its plan to diversify trade.
  
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• Ontario funds new family medical school as it preps for 2028 opening

  30-07-2026 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario is funding a new medical school focused on training family doctors so it can start preparing for its first students in 2028.Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn says the province is providing $55.
  
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• North Bay Councillor Mac Bain won't seek re-election after 23 years on council

  30-07-2026 18:04 via baytoday.ca
  
  Bain says he will continue advocating for Northern Ontario municipalities through his role as executive director for the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities
  
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• New Indigenous languages commissioner says her job is to support incoming leadership

  30-07-2026 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The interim head of the Indigenous languages commission, which is now facing a federal audit, says her job is to support new leadership to ensure a fresh start for the institution.
  
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• Genetic genealogy helps North Bay Police Service ID historic human remains

  30-07-2026 17:38 via nugget.ca
  
  North Bay Police Service has successfully identified the human remains of Claude Hamilton Brownscombe.The remains were discovered in a swampland area off Highway 11 north by summer students working with the Ministry of the Environment in June 1975.The skull was lying on the ground behind the former Bomarc Base according to North Bay Police Service.The individual had been deceased for about one to two years prior to the discovery.Over the years, the investigation was reviewed, however, no leads
  
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• Trump says he may pull Blanche's attorney general nomination until dissenting senators leave office

  30-07-2026 17:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he may withdraw and delay Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general until Republican senators who are seeking concessions from the top prosecutor leave office.
  
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• Trump floats pulling Blanche's nomination for attorney general to avoid conceding to GOP demands

  30-07-2026 17:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — PresidentDonald Trumpsaid Thursday he may pullacting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nominationfor the full-time post to avoid conceding to Senate Republicans demanding limits to a sweeping tax audit immunity deal benefiting
  
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• No charges for Arizona parents in case of toddler who was alive after being declared dead

  30-07-2026 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  No charges will be filed against the parents of an Arizona toddler who was declared dead after being found in a family pool but wasbreathing hours laterat a hospital morgue. Gilbert police had recommended negligence charges.
  
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• More than 80 wildfires extinguished in Ontario in past two weeks: minister

  30-07-2026 16:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Natural Resources Minister Mike Harris says the wildfire situation in northern Ontario is moving in a reassuring direction as more than 80 fires have been extinguished in the past two weeks.
  
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• Judicial review of ethics ruling in Trudeau case can proceed, Supreme Court says

  30-07-2026 16:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says a watchdog group can pursue a court challenge of a federal ethics report on Justin Trudeau's involvement in decisions about WE Charity.
  
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• Powassan golfer hits back-to-back hole-in-ones

  30-07-2026 15:41 via baytoday.ca
  
  Aydin Beharie made his first-ever hole-in-one, then did it again one hole later on a 293-yard par 4
  
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• Anishinabek Police Service warns of human trafficking risks to youth and Indigenous people

  30-07-2026 14:39 via baytoday.ca
  
  Human trafficking is one of the fastest-growing crimes worldwide
  
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• Thousands of people break through border separating Morocco from Spain's Ceuta

  30-07-2026 14:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Thousands of migrants streamed into the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta from Morocco on Thursday, prompting local officials to call on Spain to declare a national emergency and send the army to restore the frontier.
  
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• Thousands break through border of Morocco into Spain's Ceuta

  30-07-2026 14:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Authorities in Ceuta asked the government in Madrid to declare a national emergency and requested army intervention, as thousands crossed into the tiny Spanish territory.
  
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• Spain to deploy military to restore order in Ceuta after thousands of people breach Morocco’s border

  30-07-2026 14:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Spain will deploy its military to restore order at its border withMoroccoin Ceuta after thousands ofmigrants streamed into the tiny Spanishterritory.
  
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• ‘Absolute chaos’ as thousands of people breach Morocco’s border with Spain's Ceuta

  30-07-2026 14:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Thousands of migrants streamed into the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta from Morocco on Thursday, prompting local officials to call on Spain to declare a national emergency and send the army to restore the frontier.
  
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• Ceuta asks Madrid to declare a national emergency as thousands cross into the Spanish territory

  30-07-2026 14:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Authorities in Ceuta asked the government in Madrid to declare a national emergency and requested army intervention, as thousands crossed into the tiny Spanish territory.
  
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• North Bay taxpayers paid $104,222 for integrity commissioner investigations

  30-07-2026 13:55 via nugget.ca
  
  North Bay taxpayers paid more than $100,000 for integrity commissioner investigations over the last year-and-a-half.The cost of complaints covered by taxpayers was a major focal point during Tuesday’s special council meeting dealing with amendments to the Indemnification Policy.The policy is in place to facilitate reimbursement of legal expenses incurred by council for integrity commissioner complaints that are not successful.City spokesman Gord Young told The Nugget the city has spent $6
  
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• Death toll tops 1,500 in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, Congo says

  30-07-2026 12:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The fastest-growingEbola outbreakin history has killed more than 1,500 people in eastern Congo, according to official data released Thursday, a 50% spike in around a week that shows the outbreak continues to outpace response e
  
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