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  Police concerned about rumours spreading in suspicious Smiths Falls, Ont. disappearances

  Police are warning about the spread of unverified rumours in the active investigation into the suspicious disappearances of two men in Smiths Falls, Ont. and are renewing a call for those with information to come forward.

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  Security video reveals moments OPP officer assaults woman in Orillia holding cell

  Security video released from inside a holding cell in Orillia in 2019 shows the interaction between an officer and a woman accused of intoxication that resulted in an assault conviction for the eight-year OPP veteran.

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  Holiday train arrives in northern Ont. this week

  CPKC’s Holiday train is making its way to northern Ontario and will arrive first in Parry Sound on Wednesday afternoon.

• Forecast for 2024 predicts drop in home prices in the Sault, seller’s market in Sudbury
• Mother of 2 and 4 exchange students identified as victims killed in crash in Huntsville, Ont.
• Preparing for illness: Here's what happens when you see a person who is sick
• Ontario court upholds mandatory math test for new teachers
• No injuries after plane destroyed in airport crash in Wawa, Ont.
• Employee of Sudbury business charged with stealing $712K from employer
• President of northern Ont. med school is leaving
• Life expectancy for Canadians fell in 2022 for third year in a row, says StatCan
• Man who pleaded guilty in incel-inspired murder at Toronto spa sentenced to life in prison

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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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  Mother denies killing disabled teenage daughter in suggested act of mercy at Toronto retrial
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  Digging to rescue 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India halted after machine breaks
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  Fraudsters are getting better at what they do, and it's costing Canadians billions

CTV National News

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  Liberal MP apologizes for linking Poilievre to Winnipeg shootings
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Ottawa

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  Driver, 52, dies after vehicle rollover in ditch near Stittsville
• Puck drops for Ottawa's PWHL team on Jan. 2 at TD Place
• Senators' MacEwen fined by NHL for unsportsmanlike conduct against Panthers

Barrie

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  Security video reveals moments OPP officer assaults woman in Orillia holding cell
• Police make surprising finds, lay 50 charges, during tow truck inspection blitz
• Here's when to expect Essa Road under Highway 400 to be closed for bridge demolition

Toronto

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  Thousands stolen from bank and wireless customers in fraud scam, Toronto police say
• Pedestrian, 92, struck by vehicle in North York shopping plaza in critical condition
• Toronto Maple Leafs unveil new logo on home game helmets

Montreal

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  Hundreds of thousands of Quebec union workers announce week-long strike
• Quebec's proposed health reform would complicate access for English speakers: petition
• Concordia University cutting costs due to decline in enrolment

London

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  'She had her face burnt': Woman suffers serious burns in London, Ont. tent fire
• Crash involving school bus in Huron County
• Snow squall warnings in effect

Vancouver

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  No charges after police dog bites innocent bystander, B.C. prosecutors say
• Near-zero visibility due to fog persists in Metro Vancouver
• Charges pending after 44 dogs, cats seized from 'shockingly unsanitary' B.C. home

Calgary

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  'Did something about it': Tips from the public lead to $20K drug bust at Erlton home
• 10 more suspects arrested in connection with northeast fight
• Bridlewood resident in critical condition after carbon monoxide leak

Saskatoon

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  Small claims no help for Saskatoon homeowner who sued contractor
• Sask. man gets prison time for paying daughter's friend, 14, to have sex on camera
• 'We feel like we just don't matter': Sask. seniors home afflicted by drug use, vandalism, residents say

Vancouver Island

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  Victoria hospitals fundraising campaign gains momentum with record-setting gala
• B.C. RCMP investigating caught-on-camera animal cruelty case
• Mother, stepfather plead guilty to manslaughter in death of 6-year-old in Port Alberni

Edmonton

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  6.6%: Edmonton approves tax hike of about $17/month for average homeowner
• Ottawa was always flexible on clean-energy rules, despite Alberta concerns: Wilkinson
• Danielle Smith invokes sovereignty act on green electricity, concedes it's for symbolic effect

Winnipeg

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  One man dead following police shooting near Pembina Highway
• Liberal MP apologizes for linking Poilievre to Winnipeg shootings
• Police search for suspect in Winnipeg shooting as fourth victim confirmed dead

Canada

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  Liberal MP apologizes for linking Poilievre to Winnipeg shootings
• Life expectancy for Canadians fell in 2022 for third year in a row, says StatCan
• Up to 35 cm of snow in some areas: Weather advisories in place for parts of Canada

Entertainment

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  The Last of Us named the 'largest series ever filmed in Canada'
• Morgan Wallen tops Apple Music's 2023 song chart while Taylor Swift and SZA also top streaming lists
• Judge cites handwritten will and awards real estate to Aretha Franklin's sons

World

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  All 41 workers rescued from collapsed tunnel in India after 17-day ordeal
• Elevator drops 200 metres at a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 workers and injuring 75
• Israel releases 30 Palestinian prisoners on 5th day of temporary ceasefire

Health

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  Preparing for illness: Here's what happens when you see a person who is sick
• France to ban smoking on beaches at it seeks to avoid 75,000 tobacco-related deaths per year
• Life expectancy for Canadians fell in 2022 for third year in a row, says StatCan

Politics

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  Freeland to table big bill to implement fiscal update measures, but not AirBnB crack down
• Poilievre calling on 'unelected' Senate to 'immediately' pass farm fuels carbon tax bill
• Conservatives bristle at Liberal charge they're deserting Ukraine with vote against bill

Autos

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  Tesla sues Swedish agency as striking workers stop delivering licence plates for its new vehicles
• Honda recalls select Accords and HR-Vs over missing piece in seat belt pretensioners
• Buyers worldwide go for bigger cars, erasing gains from cleaner tech. EVs would help