Sudbury senior killed in Hwy. 69 crash Tuesday
A 65-year-old from Greater Sudbury was killed in a single-vehicle crash just after midnight Tuesday on Highway 69.
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Sudbury senior killed in Hwy. 69 crash Tuesday
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Sudbury council OK’s $65M plan to move library, art gallery into city hall
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Manitoulin Ontario Provincial Police has received an alert from the Robinson Huron Treaty Litigation Fund about a new fraud targeting its members.
North Bay shutterbug uses wild chipmunks to star in her children’s book
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Provincial police in northern Ont. lay charges in historical sexual assault investigation
While not saying when the incidents took place, Ontario Provincial Police charged a suspect Sunday in a historical sexual assault investigation in the Town of Cochrane.
Timmins family doctor honoured for decades of service
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Fraudsters prey on Robinson-Huron Treaty members, offering ‘direct deposit’ of $10B settlement
Manitoulin Ontario Provincial Police has received an alert from the Robinson Huron Treaty Litigation Fund about a new fraud targeting its members.
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