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• Two more charged in brazen killing of daughter-in-law of late Montreal Mafia boss

  03-01-2025 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal police say two more people have been arrested in the brazen daytime killing of a 39-year-old woman in front of her beauty salon in May 2023.
  
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• Pierre Poilievre outlines goals, strategy, key players in Jordan Peterson interview

  03-01-2025 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre gave a lengthy interview to psychologist and media personality Jordan Peterson, touching on his vision for Canada and how he plans to implement it.
  
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• Ontario college faculty union gives five days' notice of labour action

  03-01-2025 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  The union representing Ontario’s college faculties says it could begin some form of labour action next Thursday.
  
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• Injured Avs goalie Scott Wedgewood estimated week-to-week after play that drew Jared Bednar's wrath

  03-01-2025 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — Jared Bednar received some clarity from the league on why a whistle wasn't blown to stop a play with his goaltender Scott Wedgewood hurt and down on the ice. It doesn't mean the Colorado Avalanche coach fully agrees with what he heard.
  
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• New Orleans attacker had suspected bomb materials at home, reserved truck weeks ago, officials say

  03-01-2025 23:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man killed by New Orleans police after ramming a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers had suspected bomb-making materials at his home and reserved the vehicle used in the deadly attack more than six weeks earlier, l
  
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• 2024 was record-setting year for precipitation at Toronto airport: Environment Canada

  03-01-2025 23:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Environment Canada says two massive summer storms helped catapult Toronto's Pearson International Airport to its wettest year on record.
  
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• Yukon told of 'potential leak' from toxic pond at failed Eagle Gold mine

  03-01-2025 23:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says it has been told there is a "potential leak" in a containment pond holding toxic water at the Eagle Gold mine, where millions of tonnes of contaminated rock were spilled last year.
  
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• Soldier who died in Las Vegas explosion left note saying it was to be a wakeup for country's ills

  03-01-2025 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  A highly decorated Army soldier who died in an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left a note saying it was stunt to serve as “wakeup call” for the country’s ills, investigators said Friday.
  
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• Plant-milk packager tied to listeria outbreak plans to file for creditor protection

  03-01-2025 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian beverage packaging company that processed plant-based milk linked to a listeria outbreak has filed for creditor protection as it plans a restructure of the business.
  
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• Pickering councillor faces new penalty, probe amid escalating conflict with city

  03-01-2025 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  The mayor for a southern Ontario city says a councillor is facing a second consecutive 90-day pay suspension and allegations against her have been referred to police, after he announced the municipal council would move its meetings online over allege
  
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• LeBLANC, Stephen

  03-01-2025 22:38 via baytoday.ca
  
  (1962-2025) Peacefully passed away surrounded by his loving family at Nipissing Manor (Corbeil) on Thursday January 2, 2025, at the age of 62 years.
  
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• Soldier who died by suicide in Las Vegas told ex-girlfriend of pain and exhaustion after Afghanistan

  03-01-2025 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The highly decorated Special Forces soldier who died by suicide in a Cybertruck explosion on New Years Day confided to a former girlfriend — who had served as an Army nurse — that he faced significant pain and exhaustion that she say
  
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• Canada to host five IIHF women's hockey tournaments in five years

  03-01-2025 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada will host five major international women's hockey tournaments between 2026 and 2030, Hockey Canada and the International Ice Hockey Federation announced Friday.
  
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• Rise in number of unhoused people seeking shelter in Montreal ERs as temperatures dip

  03-01-2025 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal health authorities say a growing number of people experiencing homelessness are taking refuge in the city’s emergency rooms to stay out of the freezing cold.
  
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• College faculty give five-day notice of start of labour action

  03-01-2025 22:10 via baytoday.ca
  
  This opens the door to any form of strike action beginning Thursday January 9
  
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• Judge sets Trump's sentencing in hush money case for Jan. 10, but signals no jail time

  03-01-2025 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he's due to return to the White House — but promised not to jail him. Judge Juan M.
  
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• 8 Cozy and delicious lunch ideas to keep you nourished this winter

  03-01-2025 22:03 via village-life.ca
  
  Warm up your winter days with these eight hearty, nutritious lunch recipes that celebrate Ontario’s seasonal bounty in every bite.
  
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• ICYMI: These were the best movies of 2024

  03-01-2025 21:57 via village-life.ca
  
  Our critic shares his favourite films from the past year.
  
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• ICYMI: These were the best TV shows in 2024

  03-01-2025 21:54 via village-life.ca
  
  From thrilling dramas to captivating mysteries, 2024’s best TV shows, including hits like The Penguin, Presumed Innocent, and Nobody Wants This, kept viewers hooked.
  
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• Want to cut back on alcohol? You may see conflicting advice on low-risk drink limits

  03-01-2025 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — As some people try to cut down their drinking and embrace Dry January, they may look to Canada's health agencies for guidance — and find some conflicting advice.
  
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• Winter boot campaign was a big success

  03-01-2025 21:42 via baytoday.ca
  
  Five trunks were filled with hats, mitts, scarves, and thermal socks, and thanks to the partnership with Soles4Souls Canada 104 pairs of brand-new winter boots were donated to people experiencing homelessness
  
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• PWHL suspends Montreal Victoire forward Dubois one game for hit on Fleet's Keller

  03-01-2025 21:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Professional Women's Hockey League has suspended Montreal Victoire forward Catherine Dubois one game for an illegal hit to the head.
  
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• Peterman/Gallant advance to mixed doubles curling trials final

  03-01-2025 21:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  LIVERPOOL, N.S. — Rachel Homan and Brendan Bottcher have advanced to the semifinals at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials after brushing Brittany Tran and Rylan Kleiter aside 8-3 in Friday's Page 3 versus 4 playoff game.
  
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• Homan/Bottcher to face Tran/Kleiter in Page 3v4 game at mixed doubles curling trials

  03-01-2025 21:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  LIVERPOOL, N.S. — Rachel Homan and Brendan Bottcher were set to face Brittany Tran and Rylan Kleiter in the Page 3 versus 4 playoff game at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials after the two teams picked up wins in Friday's early draw.
  
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• Hunting moose without a licence brings $5,000 fine

  03-01-2025 21:33 via baytoday.ca
  
  When officers asked McLeod for his licences, he claimed to be hunting under his Indigenous harvesting rights but could not provide any documentation
  
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• 'We've done the impossible': Calgarians get back personalized 1988 Olympic bricks

  03-01-2025 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Some people say it with flowers. Some with an engagement ring. For Keith Beggs, it was a brick surrounded by mortar and placed at Calgary's Olympic Plaza that showed his true intent for the woman who would become his wife.
  
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• Expect longer waits at Sturgeon Falls' hospital

  03-01-2025 21:10 via baytoday.ca
  
  Renovations will begin soon and will affect the emergency department
  
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• Republican Mike Johnson reelected House speaker in dramatic floor vote

  03-01-2025 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot Friday, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and buoyed with a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump .
  
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• Lion Electric temporarily reduces workforce amid CCAA proceedings

  03-01-2025 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Lion Electric announced Friday it's temporarily laying off around 150 workers in Canada and the U.S., in the context of its ongoing proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA).
  
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• Challenges and opportunities face Almaguin mayors in 2025

  03-01-2025 21:01 via baytoday.ca
  
  The Village of South River suffered a major setback in 2024 with the closing of the South River Brewing Co. but the village has now listed the property and is hopeful a buyer will be found in the near future
  
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• Museum of whale skeletons, painstakingly rebuilt over years, consumed by B.C. fire

  03-01-2025 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  It takes years to rebuild a whale. Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed numerous whale skeletons on the boardwalk of Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island.
  
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• CF Montreal signs German midfielder Fabian Herbers to two-year contract

  03-01-2025 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal has signed German midfielder Fabian Herbers to a contract for the next two seasons. The Major League Soccer club announced the deal Friday after Herbers spent the last six seasons with Eastern Conference rival Chicago Fire.
  
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• McKay homes is "underwater" because rents are so low

  03-01-2025 20:08 via nugget.ca
  
  The situation at Mackay homes will be changing once an apartment unit is vacated. The days of paying $200 for rent are over.
  
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• Nipissing University student attends national gathering for Indigenous education

  03-01-2025 20:06 via baytoday.ca
  
  It's about making sure Indigenous students see their cultures, values, and histories as a part of Canada
  
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• Team Einarson adds Karlee Burgess to lineup after her departure from Team Carey

  03-01-2025 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  Team Kerri Einarson is adding three-time world junior champion Karlee Burgess to its lineup. Burgess will fill in for second Shannon Birchard, who will miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury.
  
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• Hockey Canada picks up the pieces after another quarterfinal exit at world junior

  03-01-2025 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Hockey Canada executive Scott Salmond says "the buck stops" with him. The country's men's under-20 team was eliminated from the world junior hockey championship in the quarterfinals for a second straight year Thursday.
  
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• Calgary Wild unveil England's Lydia Bedford as women's pro soccer team's first coach

  03-01-2025 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The chance to return to women's soccer and on the ground floor of a new venture pried Lydia Bedford away from a Premier League club.
  
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• Calgary Wild name Lydia Bedford the women's pro soccer's team's first head coach

  03-01-2025 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Wild women's pro soccer team has named Lydia Bedford the team's first head coach. The Wild are part of the six-team Northern Super League starting its inaugural season in April.
  
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• Keys stolen from roommate's pants used to steal car

  03-01-2025 19:56 via baytoday.ca
  
  While searching for the stolen black vehicle, officers spotted it traveling eastbound on Highway 17 toward Blind River
  
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• Quebec emergency rooms reporting major overcrowding, some at more than 200% capacity

  03-01-2025 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec is experiencing serious overcrowding in its emergency rooms after the holidays, with some major hospitals in Montreal operating at more than 200 per cent capacity.
  
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• Finalized tax credit for cleaner hydrogen gets a cautious OK from some environmental groups

  03-01-2025 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  The Biden administration released long-awaited final rules Friday for a tax credit that will send billions of dollars to producers of cleaner hydrogen.
  
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• How the warming Great Lakes could herald a new era of supercharged snowstorms

  03-01-2025 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  Sarah Bauer woke up to a shaking house. She thought maybe an earthquake had struck near her home in Torrance, a village in Ontario's cottage country.
  
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• CPP Investments selling stake in Goodman logistics partnership

  03-01-2025 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says it is selling its stake in a logistics investment partnership it established with Australia's Goodman Group. CPP Investments says it will realize about US$2.
  
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• Suspect in New Year's Eve double slaying in Halifax was wanted in Toronto shooting

  03-01-2025 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Halifax police say the 39-year-old man who allegedly killed a woman and her father on New Year's Eve was a fugitive wanted in a 2019 Toronto nightclub shooting.
  
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• North Bay's New Year's baby is a boy

  03-01-2025 18:47 via baytoday.ca
  
  'Mom and baby are doing great'
  
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• Traffic stop in Strong Twp leads to drug trafficking charges to North Bay pair

  03-01-2025 18:40 via baytoday.ca
  
  A search of the vehicle located drug paraphernalia, a digital scale, and drugs suspected to be cocaine, Fentanyl, and methamphetamine, with an estimated street value of just over $17,000
  
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• Maple Leafs sign veteran defenceman Philippe Myers to two-year extension

  03-01-2025 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Philippe Myers to a two-year contract extension, the NHL team announced Friday. The contract carries an average annual value of US850,000. The 27-year-old from Moncton, N.B.
  
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• Google sends funds to journalism collective in exchange for Online News Act exemption

  03-01-2025 18:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  Google has sent the $100 million it agreed to pay Canadian news outlets in exchange for an exemption from the Online News Act to a journalism organization designed to disperse the funds. The U.S.
  
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• Trudeau attending U.S. relations cabinet committee meeting amid calls for resignation

  03-01-2025 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking part in a virtual meeting of the Canada-U.S. relations cabinet committee, as people inside and outside the Liberal caucus call for him to resign as leader.
  
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• Reign supreme in Bonfield’s Cornhole League

  03-01-2025 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  ‘It’s a fun way to get involved in our community and it makes for a relaxing evening,’ organizer said
  
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