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• WHL playoffs: Kindel scores in OT as Hitmen knock off Hurricanes 6-5

  19-04-2025 07:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Ben Kindel scored at 6:09 of overtime and the Calgary Hitmen rallied from a 5-2 deficit to knock off the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes 6-5 in Western Hockey League playoff action on Friday at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
  
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• A Russian drone strike in northeastern Ukraine kills 9 people, officials say

  17-05-2025 09:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region on Saturday, killing nine people and injuring four others, Ukrainian officials said.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Carney lands in Rome ahead of Pope's inaugural mass

  17-05-2025 08:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has landed in Rome ahead of Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass on Sunday.
  
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• Carney lands in Rome ahead of Pope's inaugural mass

  17-05-2025 08:20 via baytoday.ca
  
  ROME — Prime Minister Mark Carney landed in Rome Saturday morning following an overnight flight from Ottawa, where he will meet with Italian leadership later in the day.
  
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• Medicine Hat Tigers win Western Hockey League championship

  17-05-2025 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  SPOKANE — Hunter St. Martin scored a goal and an assist as the Medicine Hat Tigers doubled the Spokane Chiefs 4-2 on Friday to win the Western Hockey League championship.
  
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• Late try gives New Zealand a 27-27 tie with Canada in Pacific Four Series rugby

  17-05-2025 08:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  CHRISTCHURCH — Sylvia Brunt scored with the clock in the red as reigning World Cup champion New Zealand rallied for a 27-27 tie with Canada in Pacific Four Series women's rugby play Saturday.
  
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• Matthews, Marner push Maple Leafs to victory and force Game 7

  17-05-2025 06:50 via baytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE — Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner flung pucks back and forth as warm-ups concluded. The Maple Leafs star forwards were in their own world as fans banged on the glass in hopes of grabbing a souvenir.
  
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• Struggling slugger Anthony Santander stays on Blue Jays' bench in close 5-4 loss

  17-05-2025 06:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider resisted the temptation to employ Anthony Santander as a ninth-inning pinch-hitter on Friday.
  
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• Auston Matthews breaks through, Maple Leafs beat Panthers 2-0 to force Game 7

  17-05-2025 04:50 via baytoday.ca
  
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• Riley Greene hits homer, has two-run double as Tigers edge Blue Jays 5-4

  17-05-2025 04:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Riley Greene homered and added a two-run double to spark the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4 series-opening win against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. Greene homered in the second inning and knocked in two more runs in the fifth.
  
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• Charge advance to Professional Women's Hockey League final with 2-1 win over Victoire

  17-05-2025 04:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Charge are going to the PWHL's Walter Cup final. Emily Clark’s third-period goal proved to be the winner as Ottawa edged the Montreal Victoire 2-1 on Friday.
  
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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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• 2 dead and at least 3 injured in Las Vegas gym shooting, police say

  17-05-2025 02:35 via baytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A shooting inside a Las Vegas gym Friday afternoon left two people dead, including the suspect, and injured at least three others, police said.
  
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• At least 7 people dead and widespread damage left in the wake of severe Midwest storms

  17-05-2025 01:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — At least seven people died and authorities were searching from building to building for people who were trapped or hurt after severe storms including at least one possible tornado swept through Missouri.
  
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• At least 5 dead after tornado and severe storm batters St. Louis, mayor says

  17-05-2025 01:05 via baytoday.ca
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — At least five 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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• 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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