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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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• CALVIN, Russell

  07-01-2025 21:45 via baytoday.ca
  
  With great love and fondness, we celebrate the life of Russell Colvin, who passed away on January 5, 2025, at the age of 81.
  
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• Alberta glider pilot had working parachute, limited experience deploying: report

  07-01-2025 21:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  BLACK DIAMOND, Alta. — An investigation has determined that an Alberta glider pilot who died after he ejected from his plane and hit the ground during a competition last year had a working parachute, but limited experience deploying it.
  
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• David Eby among premiers heading to Washington to tamp down Trump tariff threat

  07-01-2025 20:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier David Eby says he and his counterparts from across Canada will take leadership in the fight against threatened tariffs from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.
  
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• CF Montréal acquires forward Giacomo Vrioni from Revolution

  07-01-2025 20:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montréal has acquired forward Giacomo Vrioni from the New England Revolution in return for US$50,000 in 2025 general allocation money, the Major League Soccer club announced Tuesday.
  
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• Quebec woman charged after allegedly abandoning newborn outdoors on New Year's Day

  07-01-2025 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Que. — A 38-year-old Quebec woman has been charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life after allegedly abandoning her newborn shortly after giving birth outdoors on New Year's Day.
  
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• Advocate urges empathy after Quebec woman allegedly abandons newborn outside in cold

  07-01-2025 20:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Que. — The director of a Quebec homeless shelter is urging empathy after a 38-year-old unhoused woman was charged for allegedly abandoning her newborn outside in the cold shortly after giving birth on the street on New Year's Day.
  
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• Ear damage: P.E.I. top doctor blows the whistle on air horns at hockey games

  07-01-2025 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's chief public health officer is sounding the alarm on ear-splitting air horns at hockey arenas, saying they can damage hearing. Dr.
  
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• Canadian Dave Cameron moves on at Professional Darts Corporation qualifying school

  07-01-2025 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  KALKAR — Canadian David (Excalibur) Cameron has advanced to the final stage of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Qualifying Schools. The 55-year-old from Fall River, N.S.
  
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• B.C. wineries again allowed to sell direct-to-consumer in Alberta

  07-01-2025 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia wineries can again sell their products directly to Alberta consumers this week, months after an interprovincial deal was announced between the two provinces last summer.
  
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• Appeals court rejects Trump's latest attempt to get Friday's hush money sentencing called off

  07-01-2025 20:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump was denied Tuesday in his second attempt to delay this week's sentencing in his hush money case.
  
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• Meta's move away from fact checking may allow wider spread of misinformation: experts

  07-01-2025 19:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Experts say the community notes program Meta will replace its current fact checking system with has several pitfalls that could allow misinformation to spread.
  
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• Gaudreau suspect pleads not guilty to homicide charges after turning down 35-year prison sentence

  07-01-2025 19:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they cycled on a rural New Jersey road pleaded not guilty to the indictment Tuesday after turning down a prosecution offer of 35 years
  
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• Venezuelan opposition leader says his son-in-law was kidnapped in Caracas

  07-01-2025 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  CARACAS. Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González, who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s presidential election, said Tuesday that his son-in-law was kidnapped in Venezuela's capital.
  
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• Venezuelan opposition leader says his son-in-law has been kidnapped in Caracas

  07-01-2025 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  CARACAS. Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González, who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s presidential election, said Tuesday that his son-in-law was kidnapped in Venezuela's capital.
  
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• Ontario launching rebates for energy efficient home renovations and upgrades

  07-01-2025 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario is introducing two new energy efficiency programs, including one offering rebates for certain home improvements.
  
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• Bangladesh's ailing former premier Khaleda Zia leaves country to undergo medical treatment in London

  07-01-2025 19:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia left the nation's capital for London on Tuesday for medical treatment, said one of her advisers.
  
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• 4 Cozy Airbnbs worth renting in Ontario this winter

  07-01-2025 18:54 via village-life.ca
  
  Pack your coziest attire and get ready to embrace the winter wonderland vibes at these secluded cottages, where hot cocoa and crackling fires await.
  
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• Trump threatens to use 'economic force' to make Canada 51st state

  07-01-2025 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to use "economic force" to make Canada the 51st state and doubled down on his tariff threats as he criticized Canada's military spending and trade with the United States.
  
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• Ontario First Nations to negotiate child welfare reforms with Ottawa

  07-01-2025 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — First Nations in Ontario are charting their own path with the federal government to reform the child welfare system weeks after critics said the deal reached last July was too weak to accept.
  
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• No 'snowball's chance in hell' of Canada becoming 51st state: Trudeau

  07-01-2025 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there "isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States" after president-elect Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to use "economic force" to compel Canada to join with t
  
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• Donald Trump says he will go ahead with tariff threat against Canada and Mexico

  07-01-2025 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — United States president-elect Donald Trump is doubling down on his plans to impose tariffs on Canada in his first news conference since the certification of his election win.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: No 'snowball's chance in hell' of Canada becoming 51st state: Trudeau

  07-01-2025 18:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there "isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States" after president-elect Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to use "economic force" to compel Canada to join with t
  
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• DARNELL, Marie Therese (Smith)

  07-01-2025 18:45 via baytoday.ca
  
  It is with a heavy heart that we announce the unexpected passing of Marie Darnell at the North Bay Regional Health Center on Friday, January 3rd, 2025, at the age of 42 years.
  
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• Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal

  07-01-2025 18:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U.S. control of both to be vital to American national security.
  
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• Redblacks sign veteran Canadian DB Justin Howell to one-year extension

  07-01-2025 18:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks have signed Canadian defensive back Justin Howell to a one-year extension, the CFL club announced Tuesday. The 31-year-old from Bradford, Ont.
  
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• Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases as court fight simmers

  07-01-2025 18:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on investigations into Donald Trump as an appeals court weighs a challenge to the disclosure of a much-anticipated document jus
  
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• Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases amid simmering court fight

  07-01-2025 18:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on investigations into President-elect Donald Trump as an appeals court weighs a challenge. U.S.
  
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• REID, Cheryl (nee Jackson)

  07-01-2025 18:17 via baytoday.ca
  
  Peacefully passed away surrounded by the love of her family at the North Bay Regional Health Centre on Friday January 3, 2025, at the age of 80 years.
  
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• Toronto Raptors waive centre Bruno Fernando, free up roster spot

  07-01-2025 18:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have waived centre Bruno Fernando, the NBA team announced Tuesday. Fernando averaged 3.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 8.6 minutes in 17 games (two starts) this season.
  
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