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• UN experts warn Canada lacks proper oversight, safeguards for people behind bars

  24-05-2024 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A panel of United Nations experts say Canada is failing to ensure equitable justice, citing trial delays and problems with initiatives meant to lower the rate of Indigenous people behind bars.
  
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• From last pick to first-liner: Swedish star Ljungblom making waves with Victoire

  15-11-2024 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Victoire anticipated Swedish star Lina Ljungblom's arrival from overseas for more than a year. They’re confident it was well worth the wait. “We wanted a game breaker,” head coach Kori Cheverie said.
  
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• Blue Bombers defensive back Tyrell Ford focused as Winnipeg returns to Grey Cup

  15-11-2024 23:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Jordan Younger knew right away that Tyrell Ford was a special talent. He first noticed the Canadian defensive back at the CFL combine in 2022 and was impressed.
  
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• Leafs set to face milestone-reaching McDavid; Matthews still out injured

  15-11-2024 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — John Tavares met Connor McDavid before the phenom had ever played a shift in junior. Chris Tanev has trained alongside the superstar each off-season for more than a decade.
  
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• Acadian journalist appointed lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick

  15-11-2024 22:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced the appointment of a former journalist and women's rights advocate as the next lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick.
  
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• Trump names Interior-designee Doug Burgum to head new White House council on energy

  15-11-2024 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump's choice to head the Interior Department, will also lead a newly created National Energy Council that will seek to establish U.S.
  
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• N.B. fiscal update projects bigger deficit due to 'significant' travel nurse costs

  15-11-2024 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's new Liberal finance minister is projecting a deficit of $92.1 million for the current fiscal year, a reversal from the $40.9-million surplus budgeted last spring by the previous Progressive Conservative government.
  
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• Canadian men start climb back up rugby sevens ladder later this month at RAN Sevens

  15-11-2024 22:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  Canada looks to take the first step back up the rugby sevens ladder when it competes in the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens later this month.
  
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• CRTC launches public consultation to review what is Canadian content

  15-11-2024 22:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The CRTC is looking at how to redefine Canadian content, launching a new consultation with plans to hold a public hearing in the spring.
  
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• Canadian under-17 team blanks Costa Rica 3-0 in men's soccer friendly

  15-11-2024 22:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  SAN JOSÉ — Aghilas Sadek, Will Daniels and Aidan Evans scored to help the Canada under-17 team blank Costa Rica 3-0 in a friendly Friday. The young Canadians play Mexico on Sunday, also in San Jose.
  
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• Suspended Avs forward Valeri Nichushkin added to roster, will make season debut against Washington

  15-11-2024 21:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — Suspended Colorado forward Valeri Nichushkin was added to the Avalanche's active roster and will make his season debut Friday night against Washington.
  
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• Vegas Golden Knights sign Brayden McNabb to a 3-year, $10.95M extension

  15-11-2024 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights signed defenseman Brayden McNabb to a three-year extension worth $10.95 million on Friday, keeping one of the their original players under contract for the franchise's first decade of existence.
  
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• Joly, Blinken push to get B.C. river treaty through Congress before Trump government

  15-11-2024 21:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  LIMA — Top officials in both Canada and the United States are pushing for the need to finalize the Columbia River Treaty to manage water flowing between the two countries before the administration change in America.
  
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• Montreal port operations to resume Saturday after lockout of longshore workers ended

  15-11-2024 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Management at the Port of Montreal says operations are set to resume Saturday after being disrupted by a labour dispute. The port authority confirms that the Canada Industrial Relations Board has ordered operations to resume as of 7 a.m.
  
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• Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps lead after pairs short program at Finlandia Trophy

  15-11-2024 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  HELSINKI — Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps led after Friday's pairs short program at the Finlandia Trophy, the fifth stop on the Grand Prix figure skating circuit.
  
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• Fintech firm Nuvei completes plan to go private

  15-11-2024 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Fintech company Nuvei Corp. says it has completed its previously announced plan to go private.
  
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• Festival of Trees and All Things Christmas annual fundraiser keeps holiday spirit alive

  15-11-2024 20:23 via baytoday.ca
  
  Last year we raised about $20,000 and we split that, so it would be nice to do the same, or raise even a little bit more this year.    
  
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• Three more cases of fraudulent overbilling, Ottawa says

  15-11-2024 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has referred three more cases of fraudulent overbilling in its procurement system to the RCMP. In July, a former federal consultant was charged with fraud for overbilling the government by $250,000.
  
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• Clean Yards Bylaw order issued to Cassells Street home

  15-11-2024 20:00 via nugget.ca
  
  Three North Bay police cruisers and dump truck attended the scene
  
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• 'Wasn't as clear as I could have been': Boissonnault sorry for Indigenous claims

  15-11-2024 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Canada's Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault is apologizing after shifting claims about his Indigenous identity came under scrutiny.
  
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• Québec solidaire member faces rebuke for saying fellow politicians target minorities

  15-11-2024 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Amid heavy criticism across party lines, an opposition member of the provincial legislature is not backing down from comments that his fellow lawmakers say painted them as racist.
  
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• Insurance bureau estimates $110 million in damages from October storms in B.C.

  15-11-2024 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Intense flooding that hammered British Columbia's coast last month has led to more than $110 million in insured damage claims.
  
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• Cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault apologizes over Indigenous identity claims

  15-11-2024 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Canada's Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault is apologizing after shifting claims of his Indigenous identity came under scrutiny.
  
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• $15,000 for the Winter Market Experience

  15-11-2024 19:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  'The funding from NOHFC greatly assisted the society in the purchasing of bleachers, providing much-needed increased seating capacity for the horse pulls and demolition derby'
  
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• Regulators approve North Dakota section of planned 5-state Midwest carbon dioxide pipeline

  15-11-2024 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  BISMARCK, N.D.
  
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• Guatemalan court overturns order that freed journalist José Rubén Zamora, orders his return to jail

  15-11-2024 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan appeals court on Friday overturned the order freeing journalist José Rubén Zamora and ordered his return to jail.
  
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• Austria says Russia's Gazprom will cut off natural gas supply this weekend

  15-11-2024 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  VIENNA (AP) — Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazrom will cut off supplies to Austria’s OMV utility early Saturday, Austria’s chancellor said Friday, adding that his country’s underground gas storage was full and that it had alternative, non
  
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• Ontario retirement home's abrupt closure shows need for seniors' advocates: groups

  15-11-2024 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  The abrupt closure of a Norwich, Ont., retirement home is highlighting the need for seniors' advocacy offices across the country, and more powers for regulators to act in such situations, advocates say.
  
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• Federal government overestimating immigration impact on housing gap: PBO

  15-11-2024 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada's parliamentary budget officer says the federal government is overestimating the impact its new immigration plan will have on the country's housing shortage.
  
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• Doctors in northern Saskatchewan treat 27 scurvy cases, highlight food insecurity

  15-11-2024 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  LA RONGE, Sask. — Doctors in La Ronge, Sask., have treated 27 cases of scurvy within the last six months, bringing to light the severe impact of food insecurity in the province’s North. Dr.
  
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