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• VAN VEEN, Robert

  28-11-2025 23:53 via baytoday.ca
  
  With deep sadness, the family announces the passing of Robert van Veen on November 26, 2025, after complications from Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s disease
  
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• FIFA says it has received more than 500 million ticket requests for 2026 World Cup

  15-01-2026 01:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — FIFA said Wednesday it has received more than 500 million ticket requests for this year's World Cup.
  
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• Senate Republicans defeat Venezuela war powers resolution as Trump pressures 2 GOP senators to flip

  15-01-2026 01:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans voted to dismiss a war powers resolution Wednesday that would have limitedPresident Donald Trump’sability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela after two GOP senators reversed course on supporting the legisl
  
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• Timeline of B.C.'s three-year drug decriminalization pilot project

  15-01-2026 00:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia's three-year pilot project that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of illicit drugs for personal use is set to end on Jan. 31.
  Health Minister Josie Osbourne has announced B.C. will not be extending the program.
  
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• Snow, plunging temperatures in Ontario could make for messy Thursday morning commute

  14-01-2026 23:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  A blast of winter weather is sweeping over Ontario, where temperatures are expected to plunge and the snow is set to pile up.
  
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• Five topics other than trade that could come up during Carney's China visit

  14-01-2026 23:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Beijing this week for meetings with President Xi Jinping and other officials. Upon arriving in China Wednesday, Carney said he was "ready to build a new partnership" with the country.
  
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• Researchers concerned after endangered whooping cranes test positive for bird flu

  14-01-2026 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  SASKATOON — A wildlife biologist says it's deeply concerning that two dead critically endangered birds have tested positive for the avian flu.
  
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• VERHELST, Pierre J. “Mooz ayn way wayd”

  14-01-2026 22:28 via baytoday.ca
  
  Pierre passed away peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, January 10, 2026, at the age of 70. He was a devoted family man and loving husband to Kathy McKee, with whom he shared nearly 40 years of marriage.
  
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• For Chinese media, Carney's visit appears to be small potatoes compared to Trudeau's

  14-01-2026 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  BEIJING — Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to China appears to have been greeted by Chinese media with less fanfare than Justin Trudeau received in 2016.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: B.C. ending its 3-year drug decriminalization pilot project

  14-01-2026 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne says the province is not seeking an extension of its agreement with Health Canada that allowed the decriminalization of small amounts of drugs for personal possession.More coming.
  
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• B.C. to end drug decriminalization project, after 'challenging' three-year-experiment

  14-01-2026 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia won't be renewing its agreement with Health Canada that allowed for the decriminalization of small amounts of drugs for personal possession, officially ending a three-year program that was hailed as a groundbreaking experiment before
  
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• B.C. ending its 3-year drug decriminalization pilot project

  14-01-2026 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne says the province is not seeking an extension of its agreement with Health Canada that allowed the decriminalization of small amounts of drugs for personal possession.
  
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• Alberta government to review Calgary water main breaks, demands documents

  14-01-2026 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Alberta government has launched a review of Calgary’s water main ruptures and is demanding the city turn over reams of documents dating back two decades within the next two weeks.
  
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• Trump claims killing of Iran protesters 'has stopped' even as Tehran signals executions ahead

  14-01-2026 21:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s been told “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran have stopped, even as Tehran has signaled fast trials and executions ahead in itscrackdown on protesters . The U.S.
  
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• SAYA, Therese

  14-01-2026 21:32 via baytoday.ca
  
  As you read this obituary you will realize that I wrote it myself. I passed away on December 21, 2025, at the age of 99. I was predeceased by my husband William, my sons Michael, James, and Paul.
  
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• VIDEO: What 'super-agers' can teach us about growing old

  14-01-2026 21:21 via baytoday.ca
  
  Tonight on Village Media's 'Closer Look' podcast: January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, so we're revisiting a fascinating interview about seniors who seem to have discovered the fountain of youth
  
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• Indigenous adults overrepresented in prisons by 10 times, Statistics Canada says

  14-01-2026 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A newly released report by Statistics Canada says Indigenous adults were incarcerated at a rate 10 times higher than non-Indigenous adults in six provinces.
  
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• B.C. settles prison solitary confinement lawsuit for $60 million

  14-01-2026 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government has settled a class-action lawsuit for up to $60 million over the use of solitary confinement in provincial correctional facilities over a period of 20 years.
  The B.C.
  
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• A timeline of Quebec Premier François Legault's political career as he resigns

  14-01-2026 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — François Legault announced on Wednesday he will step down as Quebec premier when the Coalition Avenir Québec — the party he co-founded in 2011 — chooses his replacement.
  
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• Quick quotes: Quebec Premier François Legault announces resignation

  14-01-2026 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Tributes to departing Quebec Premier François Legault are coming in from across the country as the co-founder of the Coalition Avenir Québec party says he will leave office when his replacement is chosen.
  
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• Education Minister Calandra terminates Parry Sound school construction contract

  14-01-2026 20:11 via nugget.ca
  Ontario’s Minister of Education, Paul Calandra, who has assumed control of the Near North District School Board, has terminated the board’s contract with the general contractor for the new Parry Sound JK-12 School and Child Care Facility. However, the board said in a release, it “remains fully committed to delivering this state-of-art school safely and on target for opening in September 2026.” In 2023 the construction project was awarded to Van Horne Construction LTD, for
  
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• François Legault's CAQ ended PQ/Liberal duopoly with back-to-back majorities

  14-01-2026 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — From founding a successful airline to creating a political party that won back-to-back majority mandates, François Legault is stepping down as Quebec premier with a reputation as a builder and as someone who has had a profound influence on
  
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• First Nation leaders call for long-term solutions amid Kashechewan water crisis

  14-01-2026 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  First Nation leaders in northern Ontario are urging the federal and provincial governments to expedite evacuations and commit to long-term solutions as one community continues to deal with failures in its water supply and sewage systems.
  
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• Female family doctors in Ontario spend more time with patients, make less money: study

  14-01-2026 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A new study says female family doctors in Ontario spend more time with patients than their male colleagues and in many cases earn less money as a result.
  
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• Venezuela's acting president vows to continue releasing prisoners detained under Maduro

  14-01-2026 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Wednesday vowed to continue releasing prisoners detained under former President Nicolás Maduro during her first press conference since Maduro wasousted by the United States
  
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• Proposed sureties pledge $1.2M in bail for man accused in Ryan Wedding case

  14-01-2026 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Four people are pledging a combined $1.2 million in bail for an Ontario man accused of playing a pivotal role in a violent criminal organization by laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in drug money.
  
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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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• US to 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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• US suspending immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance

  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 whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Ontario Liberal Party Leader Bonnie Crombie resigns

  14-01-2026 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Bonnie Crombie has announced her resignation as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, effective immediately.
  More to come.Liam Casey and Allison Jones, The Canadian Press
  
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