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Northern Ontario News

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  Fight between two 7-year-olds turns violent after mom gets involved

  An argument between two young children playing outside together escalated to violence when a parent got involved, a North Bay mom says.

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  Migrant workers sneak secret menus into Canadian restaurants to expose exploitation

  Hundreds of customers who scan QR codes for restaurant menus across Canada are being surprised by secret menus instead, revealing the hidden costs behind the food they eat.

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  NORAD tracking high-altitude surveillance balloon detected over the U.S., Canada says

  The Department of National Defence says Canada is working with the United States to protect sensitive information from foreign intelligence threats after a high-altitude surveillance balloon was detected.

• OLG to unveil $48M lottery winner from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
• Highway 11 reopens in northern Ont. after multi-vehicle pile up
• Northern doctor calls for changes to improve health care in the north
• Senate passes Liberals' controversial online streaming act with a dozen amendments
• Student presentation in Sudbury to go ahead, despite board opposition
• Would you pay $300 a year for quick access to a nurse? Dealing with demand, Ontario doctors get creative
• Timmins councillor wants community safety to be council's top priority
• With extreme cold ahead, Sudbury groups provide support for the vulnerable
• As northern Ont. community mourns death of young girl, calls grow to ensure fire protection

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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 of North Bay’s top doctors tells northerners to mask-up

  

  COVID-19 outbreak declared at long-term care home in Elliot Lake
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  Algoma Public Health warns of increased risk of COVID-19 in the area

  

  Updated bivalent COVID-19 booster rolling out in northern Ont.
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  Ontario court sides with child on vaccination stance

  

  Northerners were hit worse by the pandemic than rest of Ontario, study finds
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  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
• Northern Ontario reaction to vaccine travel requirement ending
• Sudbury nurse should have received religious exemption for COVID-19 vaccine, arbitrator rules
• Ontario health professionals plead for continued masking mandates in high-risk settings
• Vaccine interest remains high in Sudbury district
• New data says physician burnout doubled during COVID-19 pandemic
• Greater Sudbury lifts state of emergency order
• Algoma health, school officials prepare for dropping mask mandates
• Sault Ste. Marie wastewater sampling shows Omicron at its peak
• Timmins fitness centre will continue to require proof of vaccination
• North Bay’s top doc supports easing of COVID-19 restrictions
• Timmins business community reacts to province lifting pandemic health rules

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  Ontario paramedic breaks down during emotional final radio call before retirement
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  Police: 'High chance' of Hollywood mass shooting prevented
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  Former CBC journalist dies after random attack on Toronto street, new suspect photo released
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  Couple leave ticketless baby at Israeli airport check-in
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  Oregon kidnapping suspect dies of self-inflicted gunshot

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Ottawa

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  EXTREME COLD WARNING

  Deep freeze hits Ottawa, wind chill drops below -40
• Winterlude returns to Ottawa and Gatineau
• What's happening in Ottawa this weekend: Feb. 3-5

Barrie

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  Fraud investigation kick-started by online purchase
• Arctic air blasts central Ontario down to -40C temps
• Recently-married pedophile Shayne Lund appears before parole board

Toronto

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  Bone-chilling cold Arctic air blasts Toronto and most of Ontario
• More than 70 per cent of Ontarians feel less safe on transit than a year ago, survey suggests
• 'We win or it’s free' paralegal bribed court clerk in traffic ticket fixing scheme: testimony alleges

Montreal

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  EXTREME COLD

  Hydro-Quebec asks customers to reduce electricity consumption during cold snap
• 'It just takes one bad dose': Coroner rules NDG fixture Sean Abbott died from overdose
• New work to begin Monday at the Highway 15/440 interchange in Laval

London

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  Bus cancellations and road conditions
• Investigation underway in near east London
• 'Chloe was a bright light': Former cheerleading coach remembers victim of fatal south London crash

Vancouver

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  Daughter speaks out after Mounties charged in death of Indigenous man in Prince George
• Killer sentenced to 15 years in 2020 South Vancouver slaying
• Ad for tap-to-donate teddy bear designed for street youth is part of provocative campaign

Calgary

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  Calgary office vacancy rate declining as business community returning to city's core
• It's all positive! The Calgary 5-day forecast
• Criticism of Trudeau increases in Western Canada: poll

Saskatoon

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  Former student says she was 'groomed' by Saskatoon educator accused of sexual assault
• Former SaskEnergy worker believes cancer is linked to gas exposure on the job
• Report calling on city to create warning system for drivers during heavy rain, flooding

Vancouver Island

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  Caught on video: Nanaimo teenager hits would-be armed robber with baseball bat
• Victoria cancer agency building partially evacuated due to 'noxious odour'
• 'Six more weeks of winter': Vancouver Island Marmot makes weather prediction on Groundhog Day

Edmonton

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  If EPS, sheriffs try a hard crackdown on inner-city Edmonton it could make things worse: criminologist
• 'Escalating violence' contributes to closure of Edmonton senior's centre: board of directors
• Video of Sask. hockey rink's 95-year-old staircase grabs national attention online

Winnipeg

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  Search warrant: Winnipeg couple used their 'stash' to hand out THC candy to children on Halloween
• ‘We'd have to strip her down’: Insurance issues concerning mobile home owner
• 17-year-old arrested for double homicide in The Pas: RCMP

Canada

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  Global ocean conservation conference in B.C. hopes to build on Montreal agreements
• Growing dog populations an issue in some remote communities, shelters under pressure
• 'Energy is over the top' for the first 2023 Arctic Winter Games since 2018

Entertainment

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  Movie reviews: 'Knock at the Cabin' wastes an interesting cast and premise with a hollow story
• Iranian film director goes on hunger strike in prison
• 'Dances With Wolves' actor appears in court in abuse probe

World

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  Escaping the Taliban: CTV News' Genevieve Beauchemin meets Afghan refugees left in limbo in Pakistan
• Italian mob suspect held in France after 16 years on the run
• China says it's looking into report of spy balloon over U.S.

Health

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  Would you pay $300 a year for quick access to a nurse? Dealing with demand, Ontario doctors get creative
• Ontario in full support of feds' national health-care data push
• As sexual assault rates rise, provinces face shortages of specially trained nurses

Politics

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  Provincial and territorial finance ministers to meet in Toronto
• Health Canada 'exploring' policy change as ministers say sperm donor screening should be 'non-discriminatory'
• Senate passes Liberals' controversial online streaming act with a dozen amendments

Autos

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  Edmunds: Why you need winter tires
• U.S. Justice Department seeks Tesla automated driving documents
• Will Europe's ban on Russian diesel hike global fuel prices?