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• Venezuela's ex-spy chief arrested in Madrid on US warrant

  12-04-2019 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  MADRID — A Spanish National Police spokeswoman says that Hugo Chavez's longtime spy chief has been arrested in Madrid on a United States warrant for drug-trafficking offences . Maj. Gen.
  
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• Toronto police to provide update on multiple shootings, including at U.S. consulate

  16-06-2026 15:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto police Chief Myron Demkiw is expected to provide an update today on arrests made in multiple shooting investigations, including shots fired at the U.S. Consulate in March.
  
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• KRAJC, Angela

  16-06-2026 15:21 via baytoday.ca
  
  Angela Giovanna Krajc (née Conti), age 86, passed away peacefully on the morning of June 15, 2026. The long goodbye is finally over and the fog has been lifted.
  
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• Authorities say at least 9 dead, 25 hurt after a train and bus collide in Zimbabwe

  16-06-2026 14:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A freight train and bus collided inZimbabweon Tuesday, killing at least nine people including two children, police and rail authorities said.
  
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• Carney announces new sanctions against Russia following G7 meeting with Zelenskyy

  16-06-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will impose new sanctions against Russia as its war in Ukraine continues.Carney made the announcement during a meeting at the G7 summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  
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• Carney announces new sanctions against Russia during G7 meeting with Zelenskyy

  16-06-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS — Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Tuesday that Canada will impose new sanctions against Russia as its war in Ukraine continues.
  
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• Canada begins talks with Italy on buying advanced trainer jets

  16-06-2026 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS — Canada and Italy have entered talks for Canada’s purchase of M-346 advanced jet trainer aircraft.
  
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• Presence of alcohol 'significantly reduces' rescue chances in youth drownings: study

  16-06-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A new study by researchers at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver has found that alcohol "significantly reduces" the chance of rescue in a youth drowning accident.
  
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• Minister expected to table First Nations drinking water legislation today

  16-06-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty is expected to table long-awaited legislation to govern clean drinking water in First Nations communities today.
  
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• In the news today: Carney meets Zelenskyy, MAID laws debate, Tessa Virtue returns

  16-06-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Carney’s itinerary for day two of G7 summit stacked with meetings with world leaders
  Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet today with Ukrainian President Vo
  
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• Federal Court to hear Ghana challenge after World Cup player denied entry to Canada

  16-06-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Ghana's bid to get midfielder Thomas Partey into Canada for the World Cup heads to Federal Court this morning.
  
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• Canada's MAID laws on 'a collision course' as Parliament awaits legal challenges

  16-06-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — As Jocelyn Downie watched the Supreme Court of Canada strike down the laws criminalizing the act of helping someone end their life in 2015, she thought she'd better find something to do with the rest of her career.
  
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• Canada risks missing economic boom by leaving Africa envoy position vacant: senator

  16-06-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Ottawa might scrap the position of special envoy to Africa, despite House of Commons and Senate committees calling on the government to give the role a higher priority and more resources to capitalize on a projected economic boom on the cont
  
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• A timeline of how Canada's assisted dying laws evolved

  16-06-2026 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Efforts to legalize assisted dying in Canada date back decades and the issue has been the subject of debate in Parliament and at the country's top court.
  
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• Carney's itinerary for day two of G7 summit stacked with meetings with world leaders

  16-06-2026 09:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS — Prime Minister Mark Carney announced new sanctions on Russia during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the G7 summit in France on Tuesday.
  
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• Carney’s itinerary for day two of G7 summit stacked with meetings with world leaders

  16-06-2026 09:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS — Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France today, shortly after the leaders hold a working session about building peace for Ukraine.
  
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• 6.7 magnitude earthquake shakes part of Indonesia

  16-06-2026 06:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook part of Indonesia on Tuesday and was followed by strong aftershocks. The initial temblor caused strong shaking lasting more than a minute.
  
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• Iran opens politically charged World Cup by playing to 2-2 draw with New Zealand

  16-06-2026 05:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Iran opened its politically chargedWorld Cupby playing to a 2-2 draw with New Zealand on Monday night, overcoming two deficits and getting the tying goal from Mohammad Mohebbi in the 64th minute.
  
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• Iran coach says team ordered out of US right after 2-2 draw with New Zealand in World Cup opener

  16-06-2026 05:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The coach of Iran'sWorld Cupteam said it was ordered to leave the U.S.
  
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• World Cup official says twitch caused gesture resembling supremacist sign; FIFA says no breach

  16-06-2026 01:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  GENEVA (AP) — AWorld Cupvideo review official said hishand gesture resemblinga white supremacist sign was caused by an involuntary twitch, and a FIFA committee concluded the Australian didn't breach the sport's disciplinary code.
  
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• Ghana takes Partey's World Cup entry fight with Canada to Federal Court

  16-06-2026 00:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge is scheduled to hear an injunction application Tuesday from Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey, whose bid to enter Canada for the World Cup was denied over rape and sexual assault charges in England.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: 12 people, many students, taken to hospital from B.C. waterpark

  16-06-2026 00:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CULTUS LAKE — Twelve people, mostly students, have been taken to hospital after an incident at the Cultus Lake Waterpark in British Columbia's Fraser Valley.
  
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• 12 students seriously injured in suspected electrical incident at B.C. waterpark

  16-06-2026 00:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CULTUS LAKE — Twelve students were taken to hospital Monday after what appears to have been an electrical incident at a waterpark in British Columbia's Fraser Valley.Cpl.
  
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• 12 people, many students, taken to hospital from B.C. waterpark

  16-06-2026 00:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CULTUS LAKE — Twelve people, mostly students, have been taken to hospital after what appears to have been an electrical incident at the Cultus Lake Waterpark in British Columbia's Fraser Valley.
  
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• Ottawa directs some with 'Lost Canadian' citizenship to surrender documents

  15-06-2026 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Some people who received proof of Canadian citizenship under the "Lost Canadians" legislation that passed last year are now being told to surrender their certificates of citizenship.
  
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• Ottawa directs some with citizenship by descent to surrender citizenship certificates

  15-06-2026 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Some people who received proof of Canadian citizenship under the "Lost Canadians" legislation are now being told to surrender their certificates of citizenship.
  
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• OPP arrest and charge one person with theft from a local business

  15-06-2026 22:44 via baytoday.ca
  
  Nipissing West Detachment of the OPP, were dispatched to a theft from a local business on Front Street, Sturgeon Falls
  
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• OPP notify SIU after detainee needs medical attention following arrest in Huntsville

  15-06-2026 22:29 via baytoday.ca
  
  Arrested man who escaped a Huntsville ambulance, later injured during a subsequent arrest. SIU called in
  
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• B.C. eyes two new hydropower dams, including Site E near Alberta border, Dix says

  15-06-2026 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is looking at building two new hydroelectric dams, including a fourth dam for the Peace River where the Site C project generated opposition and cost overruns.
  
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• B.C. eyes new hydro dam project near Alberta border, minister says

  15-06-2026 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is looking to dust off plans for another multibillion-dollar dam on the Peace River, after the Site C project generated opposition and cost overruns.
  
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