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• Corbin Burnes and Arizona Diamondbacks agree to $210 million, 6-year deal, AP source says

  28-12-2024 08:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Corbin Burnes and the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a $210 million, six-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press late Friday night.
  
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• Poulin has game winner as Montreal Victoire tops Minnesota Frost 3-2 for 3rd straight win

  28-12-2024 23:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  SAINT PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Mariah Keopple and Alexandra Labelle scored their first goals of the season and the Montreal Victoire edged the Minnesota Frost 3-2 on Saturday.
  
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• 'Let's not panic': Canada picks up the pieces after ugly Latvia loss at world juniors

  28-12-2024 23:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Peter Anholt tried to keep things light as he emerged from one of the elevators at Canada's hotel.
  
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• Heavy rain expected Sunday

  28-12-2024 23:27 via baytoday.ca
  
  ​​​​​​​The frozen ground has a reduced ability to absorb this rainfall.
  
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• Police in Chilliwack, B.C., seek help after up to 25 guns stolen from home

  28-12-2024 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  Mounties in Chilliwack, B.C., say up to 25 guns were stolen from a home that was "ransacked" sometime in the last three days.
  
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• Over a dozen community groups refuse to leave Montreal centre despite eviction order

  28-12-2024 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — More than a dozen community groups refused to vacate a community centre in Montreal's Ahuntsic neighbourhood Friday despite an eviction order, saying they don't have anywhere else to go.
  
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• Dobes gets shutout in NHL debut, Canadiens blank Panthers 4-0

  28-12-2024 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jakub Dobes stopped 34 shots in his NHL debut, Kirby Dach had his first two-goal game in nearly two years, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 4-0 on Saturday.
  
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• Motorcyclist dead after collision in York Region, police seek witnesses

  28-12-2024 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  Police are seeking witnesses after a collision left a motorcyclist dead in Stouffville, Ont.
  
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• Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson out for Canucks vs. Kraken

  28-12-2024 21:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Captain Quinn Hughes and centre Elias Pettersson both were out of the Vancouver Canucks' lineup against the Seattle Kraken on Saturday afternoon. Neither player attended the Canucks' first practice after the Christmas break Friday.
  
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• Machinery fire extinguished at Delta, B.C., coal port terminal: Port authority

  28-12-2024 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says a machinery fire this morning at a Delta, B.C., terminal facility has been put out and no injuries were reported.
  
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• Italian skier Brignone wins World Cup GS, gets 1st victory for her team in Austrian event since 2002

  28-12-2024 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  SEMMERING, Austria (AP) — Federica Brignone held on to her opening-run lead at a women’s World Cup giant slalom on Saturday, becoming the first Italian winner of the Semmering event in 22 years.
  
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• Highway 11N closed due to collision north of North Bay

  28-12-2024 19:56 via nugget.ca
  
  A collision has closed down Highway11 N
  
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• Red Sox sign Dodgers World Series clincher Walker Buehler to one-year deal

  28-12-2024 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox announced Saturday that they signed right-hander Walker Buehler, a two-time All-Star who was on the mound when the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the World Series this fall, to a one-year deal.
  
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• Canada's Cameron Alexander earns men's downhill World Cup bronze on 2026 Olympic course

  28-12-2024 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  Canada's Cameron Alexander earned World Cup bronze in men's downhill on Saturday at the host venue for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. This is the North Vancouver, B.C.
  
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• Chase is back on: Alex Ovechkin set to return for Capitals against Maple Leafs

  28-12-2024 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The record chase is back on. Alex Ovechkin will return to the Washington Capitals' lineup Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs, sitting 26 goals away from Wayne Gretzky’s career mark of 894.
  
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• Sister of Quebec man killed in Florida boat explosion also injured, friend says

  28-12-2024 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A childhood friend of the Quebec man killed in a Florida boat explosion Monday said one of the victim's sisters was among the other six passengers injured in the blast.
  
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• Friend of Quebec man killed in Florida boat explosion says his sister also injured

  28-12-2024 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A childhood friend of the Quebec man killed in a Florida boat explosion earlier this week says one of the victim's sisters was among the other six passengers injured in the blast.
  
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• Highway 11 North closed near Marten River (UPDATED)

  28-12-2024 18:43 via baytoday.ca
  
  The OPP reported the closure due to a collision around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. 
  
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• Highway 11 North closed near Marten River

  28-12-2024 18:43 via baytoday.ca
  
  The OPP reported the closure due to a collision around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. 
  
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• Local mayor wants province to amend building code to aid construction

  28-12-2024 18:38 via nugget.ca
  
  ‘We have a growing number of homeless people in the community,’ the mayor said, ‘and that didn’t exist years ago.’
  
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• Teen caught driving more than 100 km/h over speed limit on Highway 401: police

  28-12-2024 17:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  A 17-year-old is facing stunt and dangerous driving charges after allegedly travelling more than twice the speed limit on Highway 401 in eastern Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police say the teen was caught driving 201 km/h in a 100 km/h zone.
  
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• Top Canadian defensive prospect Matthew Schaefer out for rest of world juniors

  28-12-2024 17:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian defenceman Matthew Schaefer will miss the rest of the world junior hockey championship. Schaefer was injured early in the first period of Canada's 3-2 shootout loss to Latvia last night after he crashed into the net.
  
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• 'Big blow': Canadian defenceman Matthew Schaefer ruled out of world juniors

  28-12-2024 17:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Matthew Schaefer has dealt with adversity and heartache throughout his young life. One of the top prospects for the 2025 NHL draft must now overcome yet another hurdle.
  
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• Olympic champion relay sprinters voted The Canadian Press team of the year

  28-12-2024 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  Andre De Grasse watched Aaron Brown explode out of the blocks and round the corner with blazing speed.
  
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• ESPN reports that Panthers to put Canadian Hubbard on season-ending IR

  28-12-2024 17:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  It appears Canadian Chuba Hubbard's breakout 2024 season is over. ESPN reports that the Carolina Panthers are putting the star running back on season-ending injured reserve with calf and knee injuries.
  
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• BACK ROADS BILL: Bill's favourite 2024 adventures, Part 1

  28-12-2024 16:30 via baytoday.ca
  
  This week in part one of two stories, leading into the New Year, Bill looks at some of his favourite stories in 2024 and tells us why
  
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• New Canadians, non-traditional demographics boost minor hockey uptake in B.C.

  28-12-2024 15:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Participation in hockey in British Columbia was struggling in 2021 — the pandemic had dealt a heavy blow to player registrations, and numbers had already been flagging before COVID-19 arrived.
  
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• Putin apologizes for 'tragic incident' but stops short of saying Azerbaijani plane was shot down

  28-12-2024 15:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people, but stopped short of ackno
  
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• Putin apologizes to Azerbaijani leader for 'tragic incident' involving crashed Azerbaijani plane

  28-12-2024 14:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people.
  
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• How some men are trying to fight online misogyny amid 'your body, my choice' rhetoric

  28-12-2024 12:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  A young man with a buzz cut leans on a pristine countertop in a stark white kitchen and looks directly into the camera as he delivers what he presents as the secret to dating success for straight men.
  
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