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• Blue Jays RHP Scherzer receives 2nd cortisone shot in sore right thumb

  18-04-2025 23:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer received a second cortisone shot in his troublesome right thumb this week and will try playing catch again when he rejoins the team in Houston next week, manager John Schneider said Friday.
  
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• After early end to season, Canucks enter off-season with looming questions

  18-04-2025 23:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — One year after reaching Game 7 of the second round of the playoffs, the Vancouver Canucks begin their summer a month earlier.
  
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• Rest was the priority for Panthers down the stretch, and now the Cup champs seek a playoff payoff

  18-04-2025 23:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Paul Maurice didn't care about which team the Panthers drew for Round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Didn't care about whether that series would start on home ice or not.
  
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• Nichushkin's personal life is in a 'good spot' ahead of Avalanche-Stars playoff series, coach says

  18-04-2025 23:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin took strides to take his hard-checking, goal-scoring game to another level this season. Same with his life away from the rink , his Colorado Avalanche teammates, coach and GM maintain.
  
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• US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one man

  18-04-2025 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The dispute over the wrongful deportation and imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia “is not only about one man” but about Donald Trump's disregard of the American judicial system as well, Sen.
  
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• Abrego Garcia told visiting US senator he was no longer being held at notorious Salvadoran prison

  18-04-2025 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported from the United States last month, told a visiting U.S.
  
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• Abrego Garcia told visiting senator he was no longer being held at notorious Salvadoran prison

  18-04-2025 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen says Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported, told him he has been moved from the notorious Salvadoran prison known as CECOT to a detention center with better conditions.
  
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• PWHL chooses Vancouver as 1st expansion city with 2nd market to be determined, AP source says

  18-04-2025 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  The PWHL’s first expansion team will be based in Vancouver with an announcement scheduled for next week, a person with knowledge of the decision confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday.
  
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• 'Lived and died in those series': Battle of Ontario vets on 2000s Leafs-Sens rivalry

  18-04-2025 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  Darcy Tucker gets stopped on the street from time to time. Fans are usually looking for a picture or an autograph.
  
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• Death toll from a boat crash in Congo earlier this week rises to 148

  18-04-2025 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The death toll from a boat crash in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 from 50 with more than 100 still missing, officials said Friday.
  
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• Death toll from a boat capsizing in Congo earlier this week rises to 148, officials say

  18-04-2025 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said Friday. About 500 passengers were on board.
  
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• Danielle Smith leaves for week-long trade trip to Japan and South Korea

  18-04-2025 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta's premier is on her way across the Pacific for a week of meetings in Japan and South Korea.
  
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• The Sharks look to a brighter future after 2nd straight season with the NHL's worst record

  18-04-2025 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The end result wasn't much different for the San Jose Sharks with a second straight season finishing at the bottom of the NHL standings.
  
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• Star sprinter Andre De Grasse looking forward to seeing AFC Toronto opener

  18-04-2025 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Andre De Grasse will be watching with pride when AFC Toronto takes the field for the first time Saturday at BMO Field.
  
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• 'Embracing the pressure': Jets look to make good on playoff expectations versus Blues

  18-04-2025 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Judgement Day has arrived for the Winnipeg Jets. Despite the NHL team’s long list of regular-season accomplishments, many hockey fans will only view this campaign as a success if the Jets go deep in the playoffs.
  
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• 'Proud cities, proud franchises': Leafs, Sens ready to reignite Battle of Ontario

  18-04-2025 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  John Tavares remembers watching the knife-edged action as a young hockey player dreaming of the big stage. Auston Matthews has seen the highlights and heard the stories. The run-through-a-wall passion. The crackling atmosphere. The tension.
  
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• Toronto FC's search for its first win of MLS season continues at Real Salt Lake

  18-04-2025 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  The hunt for Toronto FC's first win of the season continues Saturday at Real Salt Lake with coach Robin Fraser hoping his team finally gets rewarded for its recent improved play.
  
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• Blue Jays reinstate outfielder Nathan Lukes from paternity list

  18-04-2025 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have reinstated outfielder Nathan Lukes from the paternity list. Lukes will also be active for Friday's series opener at home against the Seattle Mariners.
  
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• AFC Toronto looks to turns nerves into excitement for opening NSL game at BMO Field

  18-04-2025 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — After 10 weeks of training, AFC Toronto should be well-drilled for its opening game in the Northern Super League. But coach Marko Milanovic knows some things cannot be recreated. Like playing in front of 14,500-plus at BMO Field.
  
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• LETTER: House prices thwart seniors' relocation efforts - BayToday.ca

  18-04-2025 21:03 via news.google.com
  LETTER: House prices thwart seniors' relocation efforts  BayToday.ca
  
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• Dallas Stars going into playoffs without injured top goal scorer Jason Robertson

  18-04-2025 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Stars will begin the playoffs without top goal scorer Jason Robertson, who suffered a lower-body injury in their last regular-season game, coach Pete DeBoer said Friday.
  
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• Trump says Ukraine-Russia talks 'coming to a head' and 'no one is playing' him in push to end war

  18-04-2025 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday said negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are “coming to a head” and insisted that neither side is “playing” him in his push to end the grinding war.
  
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• Elementary school transformed into a day care prepares to open - BayToday.ca

  18-04-2025 19:30 via news.google.com
  Elementary school transformed into a day care prepares to open  BayToday.ca
  
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• Canadiens defenceman David Savard says he plans to retire after NHL playoffs

  18-04-2025 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  BROSSARD — Montreal Canadiens defenceman David Savard says this season will be his last in the NHL. Savard revealed his decision Friday as the Canadiens prepare to play the Washington Capitals in a first-round series beginning Monday.
  
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• Judge pauses Trump administration's plans for mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

  18-04-2025 18:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge who blocked President Donald Trump's administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ruled Friday that the bureau can’t go forward immediately with plans to mass fire hundreds of employees.
  
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• Province investing over $540,000 in francophone cultural programs - North Bay Nugget

  18-04-2025 18:31 via news.google.com
  Province investing over $540,000 in francophone cultural programs  North Bay Nugget
  
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• Province investing over $540,000 for Francophone cultural programs - North Bay Nugget

  18-04-2025 18:31 via news.google.com
  Province investing over $540,000 for Francophone cultural programs  North Bay Nugget
  
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• Province investing over $540,000 in francophone cultural programs

  18-04-2025 18:29 via nugget.ca
  Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli has announced the provincial government is investing over $540,000 over three years in Les Compagnons des francs loisirs through the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Grow Grant stream to reinforce and enrich the development of French language culture, making Nipissing an even better place to live, work and play. “Our government is proud to support local non-profits like Les Compagnons to enhance the lives of people in Nipissing and play an important role in bui
  
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• Province investing over $540,000 for Francophone cultural programs 

  18-04-2025 18:29 via nugget.ca
  
  Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing, announced that the Ontario government is investing over $540,000 over three years in Les Compagnons des francs loisirs through the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Grow Grant stream to reinforce and enrich the development of French language culture, making Nipissing an even better place to live, work, and play.  “Our government is proud to support local non-profits like Les Compagnons to enhance the lives of people in Nipissing and play an important
  
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• OPP have seatbelt wearing top of mind for Ontarian's safety

  18-04-2025 18:20 via nugget.ca
  
  The OPP issued a press release with a rather blunt motto, ‘Your seatbelt can only show up for you if you wear it.’  The choice to wear or not wear a seatbelt is an important life-and-death decision that left dozens of families mourning the loss of a loved one in 2024. Failure to wear a seatbelt caused or was a contributing factor in the deaths of 60 people involved in collisions on Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-patrolled roads last year. In their ongoing effort to reduce the
  
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• School board will fight ministry’s plan to convert McDougall school - North Bay Nugget

  18-04-2025 18:00 via news.google.com
  School board will fight ministry’s plan to convert McDougall school  North Bay Nugget
  
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• Board will fight ministry’s plan to convert McDougall school

  18-04-2025 17:56 via nugget.ca
  The Ministry of Education plans to convert McDougall Public School in Parry Sound into a site for French-language school board programming. This comes after the Near North District School Board recently voted to keep the school open — as an English language elementary school. So said a press release sent from the board chair, Ashley St. Pierre, and vice-chair Howard Wesley. St. Pierre and Wesley said in the release that they recently received a letter from the Ministry of Education r
  
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• Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says

  18-04-2025 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Democratic governor of Wisconsin’s creative use of his uniquely powerful veto can lock in a school funding increase for 400 years, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.
  
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• 10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination are released, on Trump's order

  18-04-2025 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Approximately 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy were released Friday, continuing the disclosure of national secrets ordered by President Donald Trump.
  
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• Women's championship returns to April in Olympic year, new wrinkles for PWHL, players

  18-04-2025 16:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE — The 2026 women's world hockey championship will be held in April two months after the Olympic Games conclude in Milan-Cortina, Italy.
  
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• Iconic lumberjack statue finds a new home - BayToday.ca

  18-04-2025 16:33 via news.google.com
  Iconic lumberjack statue finds a new home  BayToday.ca
  
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• Poilievre promises to end ban on single-use plastic straws, other items

  18-04-2025 16:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to end the federal single-use plastic ban on items like straws and grocery bags if his party is elected.
  
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• Over half a million dollars going to Les Compagnons - My North Bay Now

  18-04-2025 15:39 via news.google.com
  Over half a million dollars going to Les Compagnons  My North Bay Now
  
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• Driver who repeatedly ran red lights dies in fiery Toronto crash: police

  18-04-2025 14:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  One person died this morning after a fiery crash in Toronto's east end. City Police say officers were called to the scene when a black BMW collided with a poll around 12:25 a.m.
  
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• Collision leaves one person dead in Toronto's east

  18-04-2025 14:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  Police say one person died after a collision in Toronto's east end. Toronto Police Service says a vehicle hit a pole in the area of Eglinton Ave East and Brimley Road at 12:25 a.m. Friday.
  
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• Crews restore power to nearly all customers after island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico

  18-04-2025 14:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Power was restored to 98.8% of customers early Friday after an island-wide blackout hit Puerto earlier this week, authorities said. More than 1.
  
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• Advance polls open today, here's what you need to know - BayToday.ca

  18-04-2025 14:03 via news.google.com
  Advance polls open today, here's what you need to know  BayToday.ca
  
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• Adekugbe eager for return as Vancouver Whitecaps look to continue hot start

  18-04-2025 13:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Sam Adekugbe has spent the last six weeks rooting for the Vancouver Whitecaps as the club surges up the Major League Soccer standings. What the left back really wants, though, is to get back on the field.
  
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• A British and an Israeli woman were among 4 killed in a cable car crash south of Naples

  18-04-2025 12:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — Three tourists were among four people who died when a cable car crashed south of Naples, including a British and an Israeli woman, an Italian official said Friday.
  
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• A British and an Israeli woman were along 4 killed in a cable car crash south of Naples

  18-04-2025 12:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — Three tourists were among four people who died when a cable car crashed south of Naples, including a British and an Israeli woman, an Italian official said Friday.
  
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• Chocolate prices remain elevated this Easter due to cocoa price spikes

  18-04-2025 12:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  This Easter, soaring cocoa prices will continue to have an effect on the price of chocolate, experts say — and consumers will likely be looking for deals to fill their baskets.
  
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• Stars and Avalanche square off to begin the NHL Playoffs

  18-04-2025 10:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  Colorado Avalanche (49-29-4, in the Central Division) vs. Dallas Stars (50-26-6, in the Central Division) Dallas; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Avalanche -124, Stars +104; over/under is 5.
  
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• B.C. researchers confirm footprints of three-toed dinosaur with club-like tail

  18-04-2025 07:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  Armoured dinosaurs with clubbed tails once roamed in what is now northeastern British Columbia, a new study suggests, leaving three-toed footprints across the landscape when the Rocky Mountains were still in their infancy.
  
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• Parekh, Morton score in NHL debuts, and the Flames beat the playoff-bound Kings 5-1

  18-04-2025 06:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sam Morton and Zayne Parekh scored in their NHL debuts, Nazem Kadri had two goals and the Calgary Flames beat the playoff-bound Los Angeles Kings 5-1 on Thursday night in the regular-season finale.
  
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• Sports scoreboard for Thursday, April 17, 2025

  18-04-2025 06:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  Thursday's Scoreboard NHL Toronto 4, Detroit 3, OT Ottawa 7, Carolina 5 Calgary 5 Los Angeles 1 Columbus 6, N.Y. Islanders 1 N.Y.
  
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