North Bay news

• SHANK, Yvon

  10-08-2026 16:39 via baytoday.ca
  
  October 5, 1943 – August 2, 2026 In Loving Memory of Yvon Joseph Gerald Shank It is with profound sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Yvon Joseph Gerald Shank on Sunday August 2, 2026, at the age of 82.
  
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• Infinity My Love

  11-08-2026 00:09 via baytoday.ca
  
  It's been one year since you've gone. 365 days. 8760 hours. 525,600 minutes. 1,536,000 seconds. I've missed you for everything single second of it. Save me a spot beside you My Love. You are my Soulmate, my one and only, my forever- Infinity.
  
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• GOSSELIN, Dorothy Anita (nee Brown) (Roberts)

  11-08-2026 00:07 via baytoday.ca
  
  Suddenly at home on August 4, 2026. Born on June 7, 1938 in Buffalo, New York. Dorothy was the beloved daughter of Mary (nee Carr) Brown and William Norrad Brown
  
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• Former Carney adviser, CMHC head named inaugural chair of Build Canada Homes

  10-08-2026 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Ottawa is appointing a former investment banker and public servant with links to Prime Minister Mark Carney to steer the board of directors at its affordable housing agency.
  
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• Grand opening of Windsor Family Credit Union officially opens Aug. 21

  10-08-2026 22:55 via nugget.ca
  
  The grand opening of the WFCU (Windsor Family Credit Union) will officially open Aug. 21.The City of North Bay is inviting the community to tour the new community recreation centre from Aug. 21 to 23.The opening begins with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. on Aug. 21, followed by an open house and activities throughout the weekend.The public will have a chance to see the new facility, take a tour and learn more about what it will offer.“Opening this new facility is an exciti
  
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• McFARLANE, Walter

  10-08-2026 22:16 via baytoday.ca
  
  Walter McFarlane, August 7th 2026, at Nipissing Serenity Hospice after a brief illness at 88 years of age. Walter was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1938
  
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• Turkey’s parliament approves a pardon-like bill for thousands of PKK militants

  10-08-2026 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s parliament on Monday approved legislation that would introduce a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants in a bid to advance the government’s peace initiative with their insurgent group.
  
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• Police identify 21-year-old man stabbed to death in Hamilton

  10-08-2026 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Police in Hamilton say they have identified the victim of a fatal stabbing on Sunday as a 21-year-old man from the area.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Calgary officer shot in traffic stop; suspect later found dead

  10-08-2026 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Police in Calgary say one of their officers was shot while conducting a traffic stop this morning.They say the officer is in stable condition after the shooting just before noon today northwest of downtown.
  
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• Calgary officer shot and suspect dead after dramatic chase and gunfire in city park

  10-08-2026 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — A Calgary police officer was shot Monday morning when a man fired at officers during a traffic stop and then fled on foot, firing as he ran, before being found dead in a river.
  
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• MAGWOOD, Mary Helen Doris (née Green)

  10-08-2026 21:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  Mary Helen Doris Magwood (née Green) passed away at North Bay Regional Health Centre on August 6th at the age of 88
  
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• Community Recreation Centre officially opens August 21 (11 photos)

  10-08-2026 21:31 via baytoday.ca
  
  The opening begins with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, followed by an open house and activities throughout the weekend
  
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• Community Recreation Centre officially opens August 21

  10-08-2026 21:31 via baytoday.ca
  
  The opening begins with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, followed by an open house and activities throughout the weekend
  
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• Trump to sign executive order calling for spacing out childhood shots

  10-08-2026 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday will sign an executive order calling for revampedchildhood vaccine recommendationsthat promote his long-held belief that certain shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits, according t
  
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• Trump signs executive order calling for spacing out childhood shots

  10-08-2026 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revampedchildhood vaccine recommendationsthat promote his long-held belief that childhood shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits.
  
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• Only two Eastern Canada premiers attend annual conference with New England governors

  10-08-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — A University of Prince Edward Island political scientist says the decision by most of the country's eastern premiers to skip a cross-border conference is a sign of the times.
  
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• Veteran politician Bill Vrebosch hits the campaign trail

  10-08-2026 20:43 via baytoday.ca
  
  'Looking back over the last four years, it’s hard not to feel that valuable time and momentum were lost'
  
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• Tighter spending, more revenue brings B.C. deficit down to $7.7B, minister says

  10-08-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says the final accounting for the budget year ending in March shows a deficit of $7.7 billion, more than three billion lower than forecast.
  
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• The provincial deficit dropped by $3.3 billion to $7.7 billion in 2025/26: Bailey

  10-08-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says the final accounting for the budget year ending in March shows a deficit of $7.7 billion, more than three billion lower than forecast.
  
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• NASA aircraft flies high over B.C. wildfires to study pyrocumulonimbus clouds

  10-08-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — A high-altitude research aircraft from NASA flew over British Columbia's wildfires over the weekend in a bid to better understand weather events generated by large blazes.
  
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• Contiguous US breaks its record for hottest month ever, NOAA says

  10-08-2026 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — The contiguous United States set a record for its hottest month ever in July, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Last month averaged 76.89 degrees Fahrenheit (24.
  
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• RCMP arrest Montreal man over alleged death threat against PM Carney

  10-08-2026 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Montreal man was arrested and charged for allegedly making death threats against Prime Minister Mark Carney, the RCMP said Monday.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Montreal man arrested over alleged death threat against PM Carney

  10-08-2026 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The RCMP says it has arrested and charged a Montreal man for allegedly making death threats against Prime Minister Mark Carney.
  
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• Quebec premier open to allowing U.S. wines on store shelves, with conditions

  10-08-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  YAMACHICHE — Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette says she's open to allowing U.S. wines to return to liquor store shelves, but not at any price.Fréchette says that the province first wants to see gains on the trade front.
  
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• Montreal man charged for alleged death threats against PM Mark Carney

  10-08-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The RCMP say a 51-year-old Montreal man has been charged for allegedly making death threats against Prime Minister Mark Carney.
  
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• Child who prompted Porter Airline flight cancellation not at fault, passenger says

  10-08-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A passenger aboard the Porter Airlines flight to Toronto that was cancelled last week after a toddler refused to buckle up says the child was scared and should not be blamed.
  
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• Environment Canada says a major thunderstorm, and the chance of a tornado, is in the forecast

  10-08-2026 19:17 via nugget.ca
  
  Some bad weather could be headed North Bay’s way. Environment Canada says connditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain.The forecast includes the outside chance of a tornado developing.The laundry list of other potential storm impacts includes: Wind gusts up to 90 km/h, Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail and local heavy rainfall with amounts up to 50 mm.This storm event could begin Mond
  
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• Invest North Bay could be dissolved as city weighs what to do with $408K

  10-08-2026 19:12 via baytoday.ca
  
  Invest North Bay’s board has recommended dissolving the corporation, with its remaining funds set to return to the city for future economic development
  
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• Third suspect arrested in March shootings at Toronto-area synagogues: police

  10-08-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A third suspect has been arrested in the ongoing investigation of two shootings at Toronto-area synagogues in March, police in York Region announced Monday.The 23-year-old man from Barrie, Ont.
  
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• Third suspect arrested in March shootings at Toronto-area synagogues

  10-08-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — York regional police say a third suspect has been arrested after shootings at two Toronto-area synagogues earlier this year.
  Police say they are not seeking any other suspects after the arrest of the 23-year-old man from Barrie, Ont.
  
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