North Bay news

• TARLING, Peter

  30-12-2025 22:48 via baytoday.ca
  
  (December 11, 1938 – December 29, 2025) With hearts broken and yet full of hope, we announce the passing of Pastor Peter Tarling at the age of 87.
  
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• Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now

  31-12-2025 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort.
  
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• Young girl identified as victim who died after shootout involving police in Nunavik

  31-12-2025 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Authorities in Quebec's Nunavik region say the person who died 10 days after an exchange of gunfire involving the Nunavik Police Service on Dec. 20 was a young girl.
  
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• Oxfam-Québec surprised to find itself on list of NGOs set to be barred from Gaza

  31-12-2025 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian non-profit Oxfam-Québec says it was surprised to find itself on a list of 37 organizations set to be barred from Gaza by Israel.The country is reportedly moving to suspend more than two dozen humanitarian organizations as of Jan.
  
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• ETCHES, George

  31-12-2025 22:07 via baytoday.ca
  
  After a brief illness at the North Bay Regional Health Center on Wednesday December 31, 2025, at 86 years of age
  
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• Seven Canadians were injured in Peru train collision: foreign affairs minister

  31-12-2025 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s foreign affairs minister says seven Canadians were injured Tuesday in a train crash near the Machu Picchu archaeological site in Peru.
  
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• Barrie, Ont., cancels New Year's Eve celebration due to severe weather

  31-12-2025 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  BARRIE — The City of Barrie is cancelling its outdoor New Year’s Eve celebration due to severe winter weather.
  
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• North Bay man charged with drug-impaired driving after traffic stop

  31-12-2025 21:17 via nugget.ca
  The North Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged a driver with impaired driving after a traffic stop. On Monday, at approximately 1:00 p.m., officers observed a parked vehicle in a commercial lot off Highway 11 near McKeown Avenue in North Bay. The vehicle was idling, and the driver appeared to be smoking cannabis. Upon speaking with the driver, officers confirmed cannabis consumption. The individual was arrested and transported to the North Bay OPP detachment for further testing.Durin
  
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• SEAMAN, Clarke

  31-12-2025 20:22 via baytoday.ca
  
  Clarke Kenneth Seaman, 71, of North Bay ON passed away peacefully on December 30, 2025 in his home, surrounded by family, after a brief battle with cancer
  
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• Man accused of setting tent on fire while victim inside now charged with murder

  31-12-2025 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto police have upgraded a charge against a man accused of setting a tent on fire while someone was inside.The accused, 36-year-old Loewen Wolfe of Toronto, is now charged with first-degree murder after police say the victim died.
  
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• Fact File: Claim Rogers collects biometric data from store cameras unfounded

  31-12-2025 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  The claim Rogers retail stores used facial recognition on customers through its surveillance cameras appeared on social media in December.
  
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• Alberta, Quebec referendums likely would fail due to Canadians' anxiety: pollster

  31-12-2025 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A pollster says separatist movements in Alberta and Quebec are unlikely to succeed as long as Canadians feel a persistent sense of insecurity and anxiety about the future.
  
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• North Bay man charged with impaired driving after OPP traffic stop

  31-12-2025 18:55 via baytoday.ca
  
  'Upon speaking with the driver, officers confirmed cannabis consumption,' police stated in a release
  
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• CRA says it's owed more than $10 billion in COVID-19 benefit payments

  31-12-2025 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency says it's owed $10.35 billion in COVID-19 benefits.Nina Ioussoupova, a spokesperson for the agency, says that as of Nov. 30, it had disbursed $83.5 billion in COVID benefits to Canadians, including $45.
  
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• Montreal polar plunge fans want access to beach along St. Lawrence River

  31-12-2025 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTRÉAL — Montrealers who brave frigid temperatures for weekly polar plunges in the St. Lawrence River are worried that they're being barred winter access to a popular beach.
  
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• List of Order of Canada appointees announced New Year's Eve

  31-12-2025 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  The Governor General made 80 appointments to the Order of Canada, including six promotions within in the Order and one honorary appointment. Companions
  Rosalie Abella, TorontoSimon Brault, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Que.
  
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• North Bay has a long to-do list of capital projects in 2026 budget

  31-12-2025 18:19 via nugget.ca
  A $50.6 million North Bay Police headquarters building, accessibility upgrades at city hall, more traffic lights on Algonquin Avenue, the purchase of new city buses, Wi-Fi at baseball fields and a $4.2 million investment to redevelop the Pinewood Park and Lakeshore Drive intersection are some of the capital investments the city is considering for the 2026 budget. Council is looking to complete an array of projects in the new year and for the next nine years. The projects are listed in a 305-page
  
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• CROZIER, Susan "Sue" Ellen

  31-12-2025 17:59 via baytoday.ca
  
  It is with deep love and heavy hearts that the family of Susan “Sue” Ellen Crozier announces her peaceful passing on December 23, 2025, in her 87th year.
  
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• MPP Vic Fedeli says important update on Northlander train coming in January

  31-12-2025 17:47 via nugget.ca
  Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli suggests there could be some very good news regarding the Northlander passenger train’s return to active duty in 2026.  The Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade is asking people to “stay tuned” for an important announcement in early January. Some rail work near what was the Temagami train station in the fall of 2025 Almost 14 years ago, the Liberal minority government, with an assist from the NDP, cancelled the Northlander citin
  
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• TOFFOLI, Thomas Lawrence

  31-12-2025 17:02 via baytoday.ca
  
  October 16, 1938 – December 24, 2025 It is with profound sadness that the family of Thomas Lawrence Toffoli announce his passing on December 24, 2025, in North Bay, Ontario, at the age of 87, following a brief but courageous battle with cance
  
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• Nardwuar becomes first 'human serviette' appointed to Order of Canada

  31-12-2025 16:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — When Nardwuar rhymes off a list of fellow members of the Order of Canada, he includes baseball player Fergie Jenkins, filmmaker Guy Maddin and singer Avril Lavigne – twice.
  
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• Jobs, economy top voters' priorities at the end of a turbulent 2025: Nanos poll

  31-12-2025 16:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A year-end poll from Nanos suggests jobs and the economy are the top issues on voters' minds heading into 2026.
  
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• Here are some of the new rules in Ontario coming into effect on Jan. 1

  31-12-2025 16:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  New laws and regulations are coming to Ontario in the new year, including rules on pay transparency for job postings and harsher penalties for impaired driving offences.Here are some of the rules and changes coming into effect as of Jan.
  
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• New Year’s Day closures across North Bay as Families First and fireworks return tonight

  31-12-2025 16:37 via baytoday.ca
  
  Most services shut down Jan. 1, while a free, family-friendly New Year’s Eve celebration takes place tonight
  
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• Three men charged with murder after fatal shooting in Brampton, Ont.: Peel police

  31-12-2025 16:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  Police in Peel Region say three men have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder after a fatal shooting at a plaza in Brampton, Ont., earlier this month.
  
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• Carney reflects on 2025's 'challenges' in New Year's Eve message

  31-12-2025 16:19 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says in his New Year's Eve message that Canada faced "challenges" in 2025 but the country is strongest when it's united.
  
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• WILSON, Dale

  31-12-2025 16:08 via baytoday.ca
  
  It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Dale Wilson on December 27th, 2025, in North Bay at NBRHC with family by his side.
  
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• One person dead after alleged hit-and-run in midtown: Toronto police

  31-12-2025 15:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  Toronto police say one person is dead after an alleged hit-and-run involving two vehicles in the city's midtown Wednesday morning.Police say they were called to the scene near Eglinton Avenue and Dunfield Avenue just after 7:15 a.m.
  
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• Gov. Gen. Mary Simon's new year's message to Canadians

  31-12-2025 15:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says she witnessed extraordinary solidarity across the country in the last year in response to wildfires, economic challenges and in advancing Indigenous reconciliation.
  
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• GOHEEN, Elsie

  31-12-2025 15:18 via baytoday.ca
  
  It is with profound sadness that the family announces the passing of Elsie Edith Goheen (Née Quehe) on December 29th, 2025, surrounded by her loved ones in the comfort of her home
  
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