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• NHL roundup: Visiting Avalanche beat Stars 5-1 in Game 1 of playoffs

  20-04-2025 06:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon had a part in both of Colorado’s strange goals in the second period before adding an empty-netter late as the Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 5-1 in the opener of their first-round Western Conference playoff series Satu
  
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• Jhonattan Vegas stays ahead in PGA Championship as Scottie Scheffler looms large

  17-05-2025 03:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  Jhonattan Vegas was in front for first time in a major and didn't back down Friday in a PGA Championship filled with drama everywhere but the top of the leaderboard.
  
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• Two dead and others injured in Las Vegas gym shooting, police say

  17-05-2025 02:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — There was a shooting Friday afternoon inside a gym, killing two people, with multiple other people injured, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• 2 dead and others injured in Las Vegas gym shooting, police say

  17-05-2025 02:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — There was a shooting Friday afternoon inside a gym, killing two people, with multiple other people injured, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• At least 4 dead after tornado and severe storm batters St. Louis, mayor says

  17-05-2025 01:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ST. LOUIS, MO. (AP) — At least four people died and authorities were searching from building to building for people who were trapped or hurt after severe storms including a possible tornado swept through St. Louis.
  
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• 1 person died, 2 others were pulled from wreckage after a storm crumbled part of a St. Louis church

  17-05-2025 01:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  One person died and two others were pulled from the wreckage of a partially collapsed church on Friday, after severe storms including a possible tornado swept through St. Louis.
  
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• Patients in Quebec's Nunavik region evacuated over persistent water shortages

  16-05-2025 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec government is evacuating patients from a health facility in the province’s Far North because of persistent water shortages in a community.
  
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• Bryde's whale washes ashore in only known sighting of the animal in B.C.

  16-05-2025 23:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  PORT MCNEILL — Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach, the third over two weeks, but a marine wildlife expert says there's likely no connections to the deaths.
  
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• Western Conference-leading Vancouver Whitecaps look for repeat performance in Austin

  16-05-2025 23:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Austin, Texas, will always be a special place for Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Ali Ahmed. The Canadian international made his Major League Soccer debut there on April 23, 2022, with his family looking on from the stands.
  
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• Sweden blanks newcomer Slovenia and Switzerland shuts out Norway at ice hockey worlds

  16-05-2025 23:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Elias Lindholm scored a hat trick as Sweden blanked newcomer Slovenia 4-0 to keep a perfect record of five wins from five games at the ice hockey world championship on Friday.
  
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• Defender Jalen Neal flourishing in starting role with CF Montreal

  16-05-2025 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal's sporting project aimed at developing and showcasing young talent has had mixed results over its five years. Fortunately, the Major League Soccer club has been able to balance that by finding success in the trade market.
  
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• CFLPA president Elimimian backs CFL participation in Olympic flag football

  16-05-2025 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  CFLPA president Solomon Elimimian is among those supporting CFL players participating in the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games. Flag football will make its Olympic debut in L.A.
  
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• South River resident arrested after reports of indecent exposure to children

  16-05-2025 23:02 via nugget.ca
  
  Almaguin Highlands Ontario Provincial Police arrested one person after reports of individual exposing himself to youth. Police responded to a complaint of an individual exposing themself to children as they were walking home from school Oct. 28, 2024, around 3:30 p.m. Through investigation, the individual was identified and arrested. As a result, Norman Hopcraft, 63 years-of-age of South River was charged with nudity and indecent exposure, indecent act and indecent exposure to a person under 16
  
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• Rural B.C. officials receive 'gratitude' over landfill resolution before ostrich cull

  16-05-2025 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  NAKUSP — A member of a British Columbia regional district says a decision not to allow the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to dispose of ostrich carcasses in its landfills pending further testing of the birds has been met with "gratitude.
  
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• Ostrich cull opponents swamp rural B.C. officials with gratitude over landfill ruling

  16-05-2025 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  Aidan McLaren-Caux is used to being stopped in grocery store aisles by people who want to discuss issues as a local politician, but a federal agency's decision to cull a flock of 400 ostriches in Edgewood, B.C.
  
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• B.C. sending almost 100 firefighters to Ontario, after 42 deployed to Manitoba

  16-05-2025 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the province is sending almost 100 wildland firefighters to Ontario, where fires have been threatening several communities near the Manitoba border.
  
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• 'Ultra competitor' Davis Alexander calm under pressure as Alouettes' No. 1 QB

  16-05-2025 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-JÉRÔME — Davis Alexander's off-season looked a little different.
  
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• Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans under 18th century law

  16-05-2025 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s appeal to quickly resume deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th century wartime law.
  
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• Mark Scheifele says Winnipeg Jets ‘desperate’ to extend season in Dallas

  16-05-2025 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets are about to find out if they can pull off a rare feat. They flew to Dallas for Game 6 on Saturday night, down 3-2 in their best-of-seven series against the Stars — and with no recent road success to draw from.
  
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• N.S. health minister admits 'growing pains' with new free-parking policy at hospitals

  16-05-2025 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has become the latest province to discover that offering free parking at hospitals can become a hot-button issue.
  
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• Quarterback Trevor Harris says Roughriders motivated by brotherhood, not revenge

  16-05-2025 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  SASKATOON — It was a question that gave Trevor Harris a temporary pause.
  
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• Amazon, worker union before Quebec labour tribunal over warehouse closures

  16-05-2025 21:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec labour tribunal has begun hearing a case against Amazon over the e-commerce giant's closure in January of seven warehouses in the province.
  
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• 'A first step': Crowsnest Pass mayor excited about Northback drilling approval

  16-05-2025 21:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The mayor of Crowsnest Pass in southwestern Alberta says the Alberta Energy Regulator's approval of a controversial coal exploration project on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains is long overdue. "I think they finally woke up.
  
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• Kii-Ga-Do-Waak Nookimisuk hosts Spring Turtle Ceremony to oppose quarry

  16-05-2025 21:21 via nugget.ca
  
  NORTH SHORE, LAKE HURON – In their continuing efforts to put a stop to the proposed quarry planned by Darien Aggregates Inc. on the North Shore, Knowledge Keepers, environmentalists, and loyal supporters attended the Spring Turtle Ceremony on April 27, nearby organizer Rhonda Kirby’s home near the future site. “The ceremony (was) held to draw attention to the plight of a dense population of federally endangered Blanding’s turtles at risk of losing their unique wetland hom
  
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• Dallas Stars look to knock out Winnipeg in Game 6, and not let Hellebuyck have another shot at home

  16-05-2025 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars may just want to wrap up their second-round Western Conference series when they have a chance in Game 6, and not let Connor Hellebuyck and the Jets get another game in Winnipeg.
  
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• Sheriff says there are indications 10 inmates who escaped New Orleans jail had inside help

  16-05-2025 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson says there are indications that the ten inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail "received assistance in their escape from individuals inside of our department.
  
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• Sheriff says there are indications 10 escapees from New Orleans jail had inside help

  16-05-2025 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten men broke out of a New Orleans jail Friday in an audacious overnight escape by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall, setting off an urgent manhunt to arrest the fugitives.
  
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• 10 escape from New Orleans jail through hole in cell wall while lone guard left to get food

  16-05-2025 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten men broke out of a New Orleans jail Friday in an audacious overnight escape by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall while the lone guard assigned to their cell pod was away getting food, authorities said.
  
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• Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli says deficit hike is necessary to protect families and businesses

  16-05-2025 20:25 via nugget.ca
  
  Ontarians will be staring a 14.6-billion-dollar deficit in the face after Thursday’s provincial budget delivered by Premier Doug Ford’s finance minister, Peter Bethlenfalvy.Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli feels this deficit is necessary given the current economic climate. Fedeli, who is also Ontario’s Economic Development Minister, argues this budget was the result of the ongoing “economic war” between Canada and the US.Fedeli spoke with the Nugget on the ph
  
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• Big penalties for providing bear hunting services without licence

  16-05-2025 20:18 via baytoday.ca
  
  Convicted man received a $10,000 fine and a two-year suspension from his Bear Management Area
  
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