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  Driver charged after video captures near-miss of head-on collision

  A video posted online shows a quick-thinking 24-year-old driver narrowly missing a head-on collision on a northern Ontario highway.

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  Fatal crash on Highway 17 involving horse and buggy, commercial vehicle

  The 29-year-old driver of a horse and buggy was killed in a crash with a commercial vehicle on Highway 17 near Iron Bridge on Monday evening, police say.

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  Cherished, 400-pound church bell stolen from Sudbury-area church

  A Roman Catholic artifact has been stolen from St. Christopher Catholic Church in Whitefish, a small community west of Sudbury.

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• Sault police officer charged with two counts of sexual assault
• Unity Acquisitions snaps up much of toy store Mastermind, 18 stores to close
• Ontario man loses $2,500 after wire transfer to Cuba goes missing
• Fatal snowmobile crash on James Bay coast winter road

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• Sudbury businesses brace for return of COVID-19 restrictions Wednesday
• Timmins health official explains concerns around school-related COVID-19 reporting
• Sudbury school bus cancellations continue fifth week in a row
• Another week of cancellations for 14 Sudbury school bus routes

Northern COVID-19 articles

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  One northern Ont. hospital to require masks again starting Monday

  

  Vital Sudbury community resources given more than $100K from the feds
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  North Bay decorator still in court battle over COVID-19 pandemic restraining order

  

  As temperatures drop in the north, COVID-19 cases climb
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  Updated COVID-19 vaccine available next month, Sudbury’s health unit says

  

  Sudbury's COVID assessment centre returns to familiar spot
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  Springer Aerospace to be sold locally, founder says financial worries behind them

  

  COVID-19 delays Sudbury murder trial until Monday
• Sault-area nursing homes involved in COVID-19 study
• North Bay suspends COVID-19 vaccine policy
• North Bay mayor says council can't fund every organization, budget deliberations underway
• One of North Bay’s top doctors tells northerners to mask-up
• COVID-19 outbreak declared at long-term care home in Elliot Lake
• Algoma Public Health warns of increased risk of COVID-19 in the area
• Updated bivalent COVID-19 booster rolling out in northern Ont.
• Ontario court sides with child on vaccination stance
• Northerners were hit worse by the pandemic than rest of Ontario, study finds
• Timmins Chamber of Commerce offers free rapid antigen screening kits for COVID-19
• Heavy rains spark special weather statement for Sudbury, North Bay, Manitoulin
• Northerners weigh in on getting fourth COVID-19 shot

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  Unanimous vote to install menorah and nativity scene at Moncton City Hall
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Ottawa

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  Police recover over $70,000 worth of stolen bikes in ByWard Market
• Close to 40 vehicles in Ottawa stolen in one week: OPS
• Ottawa Public Health warns of possible tuberculosis exposure at Sacred Heart High School

Barrie

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  3 teens in custody in connection with armed robbery at Collingwood jewelry store
• Unbuckled beginner driver stopped in R.I.D.E. check with open alcohol in car
• Orillia couple shocked thief swiped sentimental dog ornament from well-lit porch

Toronto

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  New video shows escaped kangaroo captured and wrangled into police cruiser
• 3 male suspects allegedly rob, smash displays at Cartier at Yorkdale Mall
• Toronto won't back down from court fight with Uber: Mayor

Montreal

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  Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante collapses during press conference
• 2 patients die in ER waiting room of hospital on Montreal's South Shore
• Half of seniors have not received their COVID-19 booster dose, says Quebec minister

London

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  St. Thomas, Ont. attracts another major development, will sit next to Volkswagen plant
• Two injured after school bus, vehicle collide in south London, Ont.
• 'Will it ever end?' Hyde Park’s growth forces more detours

Vancouver

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  Family says Fraser Health failed missing Maple Ridge woman
• Vancouver mayor to propose significant changes involving park board Wednesday: sources
• Scholarship launched for volleyball player killed in B.C. car crash, two critically injured athletes identified online

Calgary

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  Calgary firefighters battle Maple Ridge house fire
• Grass fire north of Calgary under control; downed power line suspected cause
• Construction delayed on Alberta's new wildlife overpass outside of Banff

Saskatoon

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  Sask. Mountie accused of murder sometimes slept in same room as his alleged victim, wife says
• Emails show Sask. government delayed report of Crown losses before key byelection
• Bill to protect SaskEnergy employees from legal repercussions of not collecting carbon tax passes unanimously

Vancouver Island

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  'It has had a good run': Cowichan Valley residents are ready to part with the world's largest hockey stick
• Volunteers still needed for Nanaimo food bank this holiday season
• B.C. wrings out after being drenched by atmospheric river

Edmonton

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  Man arrested following shooting outside Kingsway Mall
• Broberg 'frustrated' with Oilers as GM, agent work to 'resolve this issue': TSN
• Nurses concerned about cuts, Alberta health minister hints at hirings after letters to union

Winnipeg

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  'Fiscal mess': Manitoba’s deficit grows to $1.6 billion
• Manitoba RCMP bust large illicit cannabis ring; six people facing charges
• 99-years-old and still making pizza: Winnipeg woman sets sights on a century

Canada

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  Nearly 70 victim impact statements expected at Nathaniel Veltman sentencing
• What is CSIS' physical surveillance unit, where staff allege sex assault, harassment?
• Charges stayed against Winnipeg man accused of handing out cannabis gummies on Halloween

Entertainment

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  Actors vote to approve deal that ended strike, bringing relief to union leaders and Hollywood
• 4 more members of K-pop supergroup BTS to begin mandatory South Korean military service
• Pixar's Toronto-set 'Turning Red' among Disney Plus debuts now headed to theatres

World

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  'Widespread' sexual and gender-based crimes committed during Hamas attack, Israeli officials say
• Israel moves into Gaza's second-largest city and intensifies strikes in bloody new phase of the war
• U.S. Air Force identifies the 8 U.S. crew lost in Osprey crash in Japan

Health

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  Eating disorder hospitalizations among boys increased 416 per cent over 17 years: Canadian study
• Alcohol taxes aren't high enough, says World Health Organization
• 2 patients die in ER waiting room of hospital on Montreal's South Shore

Politics

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  MPs to vote on referring 'serious error' Speaker Fergus made to House affairs committee for study
• Duelling housing messages showcase different Conservative, Liberal strategies
• Senators were intimidated, had their privilege breached, Speaker rules

Autos

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  GM's Cruise robotaxi service faces potential fine in alleged cover-up of San Francisco accident
• BMW recalls SUVs after Takata air bag inflator blows apart, hurling shrapnel and injuring driver
• New technology installed beneath Detroit street can charge electric vehicles as they drive