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  Sault Ste. Marie driver charged in fatal crash earlier this month

  A 32-year-old driver from Sault Ste. Marie has been charged in a fatal crash that killed a 26-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn child earlier this month, police say.

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  Greater Sudbury man, 73, suffered medical emergency, died after crashing into house

  MR80 in Hanmer is reopened Friday as Greater Sudbury police continue to investigate a fatal crash involving a 73-year-old man who suffered a medical emergency and crashed into a house.

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  Authorities dispatched to Britney Spears' home over video showing singer dancing with knives

  Officials were called to the southern California home of Britney Spears on Wednesday to conduct a wellness check after the singer posted a video on social media depicting her dancing with knives.

• Some hospitals are bringing back masking - and the general public should consider it this fall too, experts say
• Toronto family shocked they have to rip out $20K synthetic grass putting green
• No one injured in home invasion in the Sault
• Garson man charged with impaired driving after crash in Lively
• In defiance of judge, Sask. premier to force school pronoun rules into law
• Aggressive adult tries to force entry into North Bay school, assaults police officer
• Air Canada pilots picket at Toronto's Pearson as talks continue
• Outside actors were behind North Bay protest, college president says
• Updated COVID-19 vaccine available next month, Sudbury’s health unit says

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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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  Sudbury's COVID assessment centre returns to familiar spot

  

  Springer Aerospace to be sold locally, founder says financial worries behind them
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  COVID-19 delays Sudbury murder trial until Monday

  

  Sault-area nursing homes involved in COVID-19 study
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  North Bay suspends COVID-19 vaccine policy

  

  North Bay mayor says council can't fund every organization, budget deliberations underway
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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
• 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
• 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

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  Conference held at Casino Rama aims to bridge the gap between corporate Canada and Indigenous economies
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  How was veteran Yaroslav Hunka's military unit linked to the Nazis?
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  Peter Nygard's bedroom in his Toronto HQ shown in video played at sexual assault trial
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  What doctors say needs to change about health care in Canada
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Ottawa

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  BREAKING

  Trillium Line launch delayed until spring 2024
• Senators appoint new president of Hockey Operations
• RCAF colonel facing gun charges in Ontario permanently removed from command of CFB Trenton

Barrie

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  BREAKING

  Week-long search for Bracebridge man ends in tragedy
• Police renew appeal for tips in Sharif Rahman homicide investigation
• Police appeal for help finding 14-year-old girl missing nearly a month

Toronto

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  NEW

  Several Ontario hospitals move to mandatory staff masking
• Metrolinx CEO's contract extended despite absence of Crosstown target opening date
• Boy, 7, sexually assaulted by teen suspect inside Markham community centre: police

Montreal

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  Watchdog investigating serious head-on collision involving Mascouche police
• First-degree murder charge in connection with human remains found in Quebec City
• Quebec government puts the brakes on Indigenous languages 'Bill 101'

London

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  'Your tip could make a difference': Owen Sound police, OPP renew appeal to public for information in restaurateur's homicide
• Arrest made after violent home invasion leaves 81-year-old man with 'life-altering injuries'
• Veltman murder trial: Here’s what you need to know before day 16

Vancouver

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  BREAKING

  Missing woman involved in B.C. murder trial found dead
• Winter tires will be required on many B.C. highways starting this weekend
• Nisga'a Nation celebrates return of totem after it was taken almost a century ago

Calgary

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  Survey suggests 4 in 10 Albertans will skip COVID-19, flu vaccinations this fall
• Biosand Filter, a life-saving invention from Calgarian David Manz, turns 30
• Drivers avoid injury in head-on crash near Cochrane

Saskatoon

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  In defiance of judge, Sask. premier to force school pronoun rules into law
• Saskatoon woman slashed twice in confrontation with machete-wielding youth
• Former Cowessess First Nation Chief says Sask.'s younger generations making most strides with truth and reconciliation

Vancouver Island

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  Suspect at large after UVic student sexually assaulted on campus
• 'Flowerman' strives to make Comox Valley bloom with positivity
• Malahat crash closes highway in both directions

Edmonton

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  Man dead after striking concrete beam at West Edmonton Mall while standing in sunroof
• Steve Staios leaving Oilers' front office for position with Senators
• 2 arrested after kidnapping at gunpoint in Lloydminster: police

Winnipeg

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  Teenager abducted at knifepoint and sexually assaulted: Winnipeg police
• 1 in 3 Manitobans not voting for PCs due to pandemic response: poll
• 'We’re going to be here': Landfill blockade removed, but protesters will still make their voices heard

Canada

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  Newfoundland and Labrador expected to apologize today for residential schools
• Canada Post launches new stamps to recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• In defiance of judge, Sask. premier to force school pronoun rules into law

Entertainment

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  As China censors homegrown feminism, a feminist scholar from Japan is on its bestseller lists
• Thriving NFL benefits most from Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce relationship
• Thirteen legendary rock acts inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame

World

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  U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, an advocate for liberal priorities, dies at age 90
• Extremist attack kills at least 12 soldiers in Niger as jihadi violence increases post-coup
• Storm pounds New York City area, flooding subways and leading to abandoned vehicles on the FDR Drive

Health

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  Food insecurity among Indigenous kids is a 'public health crisis,' doctors say
• Some hospitals are bringing back masking - and the general public should consider it this fall too, experts say
• Health Canada approves Pfizer's new COVID-19 vaccine targeting Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant

Politics

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  'A shock and an embarrassment': Canada's governor general on Parliament's recognition of Nazi veteran
• From Harper to Poilievre: what is the Conservative vision for Indigenous Peoples?
• Cyberattacks hit military, Parliament websites as India hacker group targets Canada

Autos

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  Unifor sets Oct. 9 deadline for contract talks with General Motors
• Hyundai, Kia recall over 600,000 cars in Canada, drivers told to park away from buildings due to fire risk
• United Autoworkers strikes spread to Chicago and Lansing as 7,000 more workers join the picket line