Man severely injured saving his wife from a polar bear attack in the Far North
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Insults on social media lead to real-life assault in northern Ont.
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A North Bay family is struggling to find peace and justice as the five-year anniversary of the brutal death of toddler Oliver McCarthy approaches.
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Suspect charged with murder in death of North Bay man
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Five years after toddler's brutal death, Northern Ont. family struggles to find peace, justice
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Sault Ste. Marie
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Two arrested following shooting on Manitoulin Island
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Northern MPP calls for Sept 30 to be stat holiday in Ontario
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