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• US will suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance concerns

  14-01-2026 18:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Wednesday it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration has deemed likely to requi
  
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• North Bay man arrested after assaulting police officers during wellness check

  19-01-2026 20:55 via nugget.ca
  The North Bay Police Service (NBPS) arrested a male following a wellness check in the Station Road and Seymour Street area. During the interaction, police say the individual assaulted two police officers and resisted arrest before being safely taken into custody. The accused is a 23-year-old, male, of North Bay, who has been charged with: Assault a Peace Officer with a Weapon Two Counts of Assault Peace Officer Two Counts of Fail to Comply with Probation Order On January 16, police responded to
  
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• Montreal public transit agency says ridership fell in 2025 due to rotating strikes

  19-01-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal’s public transit agency says commuters took about 20 million fewer trips on its network in 2025 as metros and buses were disrupted by rotating strikes.Agency spokesperson Amélie Régis says passengers took 294.
  
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• Classes at Laurentian University suspended as faculty, librarians go on strike

  19-01-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  SUDBURY — Classes at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., are suspended after faculty, librarians and counsellors went on strike Monday as they call for better working conditions.
  
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• DNSSAB chair wants to explain the homelessness crisis to the provincial minister responsible

  19-01-2026 20:40 via nugget.ca
  Northern Ontario’s homeless problem is not going away.  A newly-released report says it is getting worse. Rising homelessness and unmet mental health needs are straining Northern Ontario’s health system says North Bay CEO of Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA).T
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• Rift surfaces between Doug Ford and Mark Carney over EV deal with China

  19-01-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford says Prime Minister Mark Carney's deal with China on electric vehicles has hurt Ontarians and the two have not spoken since.
  
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• ‘More staff, not less’: CUPE 139 plans car rally tomorrow at North Bay hospital

  19-01-2026 19:52 via baytoday.ca
  
  'The North Bay hospital needs more staff, not less,' says CUPE 139 president Mike Turgeon
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada to rule on whether random traffic stops are constitutional

  19-01-2026 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of Canada has started hearing a case about whether it's constitutional for police to make random traffic stops without reasonable suspicion the driver has committed an offence.
  
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• GALAN, Dennis

  19-01-2026 19:47 via baytoday.ca
  
  It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Dennis Galan on January 6, 2026. After navigating dementia and lung cancer, Dennis passed quickly and peacefully, free from pain
  
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• OUA Hockey: Lakers men drop a pair of home games

  19-01-2026 19:27 via baytoday.ca
  
  Nipissing Lakers Men's Hockey had a tough weekend at home, dropping two games against the Carleton Ravens and Ontario Tech Ridgebacks, respectively.
  
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• Layoff notices sent to thousands of federal government workers

  19-01-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Thousands of workers across the federal public service have received notices that their jobs may be cut, many of them just in the last week.
  
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• Canadian found dead on Australian island, surrounded by dingo pack: Australian media

  19-01-2026 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  BRISBANE — Australian media are reporting that a young Canadian woman has been found dead, her body surrounded by a pack of dingoes, on an island popular with backpackers and other tourists and off the country's east coast.
  
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• Bulgaria’s left-leaning president Rumen Radev says he is stepping down

  19-01-2026 18:44 via baytoday.ca
  SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s left-leaning president Rumen Radev announced on Monday that he is stepping down. In a televised address, Radev said that he will formally submit his resignation to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday.
  
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• Highway 11 S closed due to truck collision in South River area

  19-01-2026 17:59 via nugget.ca
  OPP says that all southbound lanes on Highway 11 between McFadden Line in Powassan and Goreville Road in South River are closed following a collision involving two
  transport trucks.Almaguin OPP officers are on scene. Motorists are advised to avoid the area and drive with caution due to current road conditions.
  
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• 40-year-old woman dies east of Montreal following argument with man inside home

  19-01-2026 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  ROUGEMONT — Quebec provincial police say a 40-year-old woman died on Sunday east of Montreal following an argument with a man that had escalated.
  
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• Two transports collide leaving Highway 11 closed

  19-01-2026 17:40 via baytoday.ca
  
  The southbound lanes closed after the Monday morning crash.
  
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• Service Announcement: SHILLINGLAW, Beverley

  19-01-2026 17:40 via baytoday.ca
  
  (1954 - 2026) Beverley passed away at the North Bay Regional Health Center on Friday, January 2, 2026 at the age of 71 years surrounded by her loved ones. She was the loving wife of 52 years to Dennis Shillinglaw. Beloved mother of Derek (Ann) and Erin
  
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• Union hosting a hospital protest on wheels Tuesday morning in front of North Bay Regional Health Centre

  19-01-2026 17:39 via nugget.ca
  CUPE Local 139 will be holding a car rally outside the North Bay Regional Health Centre tomorrow morning to protest the planned job cuts at the hospital. On Friday, Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli announced $10.7 million in additional funding for the hospital. However, the union was told that this would not affect the hospital’s decision to cut 40 jobs. https://www.nugget.ca/news/mpp-vic-fedeli-has-more-government-money-for-the-north-bay-regional-health- “We once again reiterate that the No
  
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• Hundreds of Kashechewan First Nation evacuees arrive in Niagara Falls, Ont.

  19-01-2026 17:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  The fire chief in Niagara Falls, Ont., says the city is now hosting hundreds of Kashechewan First Nation evacuees after a water crisis in the northern Ontario community forced many to leave their homes.
  
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• Gunmen abduct over 150 worshippers from 3 churches in Nigeria

  19-01-2026 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen abducted more than 150 worshippers in simultaneous attacks on three separate churches in northwest Nigeria, a state lawmaker told The Associated Press on Monday.
  
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• Mixed local reactions as Canada signs new trade deal on EVs, canola with China

  19-01-2026 16:01 via baytoday.ca
  
  Auto job concerns collide with canola optimism as local leaders react to a new Canada-China trade agreement
  
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• ST. AMOUR, Thérèse

  19-01-2026 15:56 via baytoday.ca
  
  Thérèse passed away peacefully at Granite Ridge Care Community on Friday, January 16, 2025, at the age of 91
  
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• Surprise inflation hike won't knock Bank of Canada off sidelines, economists say

  19-01-2026 14:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Inflation closed out 2025 with a surprise uptick, but economists weighing in Monday argued there was little cause for concern under the hood to warrant a change in interest rates from the Bank of Canada later this month.
  
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• Inflation rises to 2.4% in December in ‘tax holiday’ rebound: StatCan

  19-01-2026 14:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the end of the federal government’s tax holiday a year earlier pushed the annual pace of inflation up two ticks to 2.4 per cent in December.
  
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• Explosion in downtown Kabul kills at least 7, injures many others, officials say

  19-01-2026 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion in downtown Kabul on Monday killed at least seven people and wounded about a dozen more, according to an Italian medical charity running a surgical care facility in the city.
  
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• Explosion in a restaurant in Afghan capital kills at least 7 and injures a dozen more

  19-01-2026 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion at a restaurant in downtown Kabul on Monday killed at least seven people and wounded about a dozen more, according to police and an Italian charity running a surgical unit in the city.
  
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• Blast at a hotel in downtown Kabul leaves multiple casualties, officials say

  19-01-2026 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion at a hotel in downtown Kabul on Monday left a number of people killed and injured, officials said. The cause of the blast was unclear.
  
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• School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 13 children, police say

  19-01-2026 12:35 via baytoday.ca
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A truck collided with a school minibus in South Africa's Gauteng province, killing at least 13 children, authorities said Monday.
  
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• Rescuers recover more bodies from Karachi shopping plaza fire as death toll rises to 15

  19-01-2026 12:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers recovered more bodies from amassive fire at a shopping plazain Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, pushing the death toll to at least 15 with about 65 reported missing,Firefighters extinguished the blaze at the
  
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• Karachi mall fire death toll rises to 23 as rescuers search for dozens missing

  19-01-2026 12:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from amassive fire at a shopping plazain Karachi rose to 23 on Monday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the badly damaged building, police said. Dozens remain missing.
  
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