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Northern Ontario News

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  'Immediately stop' wearing these sweaters and hoodies, Health Canada warns

  Nearly 130,000 Helly Hansen sweaters and hoodies have been recalled in Canada due to flammability concerns.

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  Highway 11 closed in northern Ont. after multi-vehicle pile up

  Highway 11 in northern Ontario is closed Thursday morning from Highway 66 near Kenogami Lake to Matheson after a collision involving several vehicles, police say.

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  Snow squall warnings in effect across northeastern Ont.

  Environment Canada issued snow squall warnings Thursday for several communities in northeastern Ontario.

• Temiskaming Shores man facing criminal threat charge
• Quebec woman shocked to find stolen Audi driven through Ontario mall in 'insane' robbery
• Car, train collide in Sudbury, two people in hospital in stable condition
• WATCH: Willie predicts an early spring
• Anyone who drank tap water in Espanola on Tuesday night could get sick
• Gay man taking Canadian government to court, says sperm donation restrictions make him feel like a 'second-class citizen'
• Alberta police believe 'Dances With Wolves' star may have abused local victims
• Three northern Ont. communities to run provincial park
• African community in Timmins commemorates Black History Month

FULL COVERAGE: COVID-19 IN N. ONTARIO

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  Coverage of COVID-19 in Northeastern Ontario

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  Here is the current number of active COVID-19 cases in Northeastern Ontario

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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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  Oregon kidnapping suspect dies of self-inflicted gunshot
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  Radioactive capsule that fell off truck found in Australia
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  Andrew Tate loses appeal in Romania, to be held 30 more days

CTV National News

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Ottawa

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  EXTREME COLD WARNING

  Here's when frigid temperatures will arrive in Ottawa
• Activity in downtown Ottawa at 51 per cent of pre-pandemic levels in the fall, study finds
• Transatlantic flights return to Ottawa airport with Paris flight

Barrie

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  Extreme cold expected across central Ontario: Environment Canada
• Summer festival Boots and Hearts unveils 2023 lineup
• Snow squall warnings for Central Ontario... again

Toronto

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  Ontario releases new health-care plan to make access 'faster' and 'easier'
• Toronto police seize $500K worth of fake gift cards from 'sophisticated forgery lab'
• Coldest temperatures in years could come to Toronto as polar vortex descends on Ontario

Montreal

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  Montreal opening 2 emergency shelters due to extreme cold
• Quebec's famed groundhog Fred la Marmotte has died; child stands in for Groundhog Day
• Quebec woman shocked to find stolen Audi driven through Ontario mall in 'insane' robbery

London

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  Fatal crash in south London
• Last minute emergency department closure in Chesley
• Flair Airlines to operate London to Winnipeg flights this summer

Vancouver

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  'It's a big concern': Private delivery of public health care grows yet again in B.C.
• Fire breaks out on highway on-ramp, disrupting morning commute in Vancouver
• 'It has to stop': Canada's Aboriginal Peoples on deaths of Indigenous folks in police custody

Calgary

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  Airdrie, Alta., man charged with sexually exploiting a child
• Man in life-threatening condition after fire in southeast Calgary
• Connor Bedard shines at Calgary WHL game, leads Regina to shootout win

Saskatoon

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  Man accused in Saskatoon killing uses social media to 'terrorize' victim's family, mother says
• A brief history of Saskatchewan's attempts to possess an official groundhog
• 'It's nice to show another side of me': Retired Sask. hockey player turned actor ready for season two of sitcom

Vancouver Island

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  Treaty negotiations could see transfer of two B.C. parks to Vancouver Island First Nations
• Police arrest 2, seize guns, drugs from vessel on Haida Gwaii
• Homicide investigation underway after woman, 39, found dead on Quadra Island

Edmonton

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  'We are going to fix this': Alberta sends sheriffs downtown to help EPS amid mounting safety concerns
• Athabasca University governors replace school president citing time of 'growth and needed stability'
• Frances Widdowson met by 700 protesters at University of Lethbridge; speech moves to Zoom

Winnipeg

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  Manitoba Merv predicts six more weeks of winter
• When will the weather start to improve in Manitoba?
• Liberals table bill delaying assisted dying expansion to March 2024

Canada

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  Quebec woman shocked to find stolen Audi driven through Ontario mall in 'insane' robbery
• Quebec's famed groundhog Fred la Marmotte has died; child stands in for Groundhog Day
• Shubenacadie Sam sees shadow, predicts six more weeks of winter

Entertainment

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  New opera by Haitian-Canadian composer puts Black performers, stories in spotlight
• Actor Ryan Reynolds surprises students during tour of Toronto college
• Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, George Michael among Rock Hall nominees

World

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  Militant who killed 101 at Pakistan mosque wore uniform
• Kidnapper leaves bloody trail in Oregon, hides under house
• Russia hits civilian targets anew, EU officials visit Kyiv

Health

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  TREND LINE

  Canada's health care crisis: Who's accountable, and how can we fix an overburdened system?
• Finland ends infertility requirement for transgender people
• Organization regulating medical care in Manitoba apologizes for Indigenous-specific racism in health care

Politics

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  BREAKING

  Liberals table bill delaying assisted dying expansion to March 2024
• Gay man taking Canadian government to court, says sperm donation restrictions make him feel like a 'second-class citizen'
• China accuses Canada of 'politically manipulating' with Uyghur refugee vote

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?