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  Sault's Invasive Species Centre launches community focused program

  The Invasive Species Centre's new program aims to get volunteers on board to help monitor invasive mussels in Ontario's waterways.

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  'They're afraid to come out': Kashechewan chief says residents are worried about soaring COVID-19 case numbers

  Kashechewan, a First Nation community of 1,800 people in Ontario's far north, is getting hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Doug Ford says he'll speak with Ontario's health table about moving to Step 2 early

  Premier Doug Ford said he will meet with the province's top doctor to make a decision about whether Ontario can make an earlier move to Step 2.

• Victim identified in fatal Hwy. 11 crash in northern Ontario
• Chief Commanda should be in Lake Nipissing next week
• Traffic stop in Temagami uncovers $25K in drugs and cash
• Sault police investigating woman's death June 13 as a homicide
• Third GTA man charged in connection with deadly Wasaga Beach stabbing
• 'Alarming situation' but help slow in coming for struggling Kashechewan, chief says
• Sudbury city councillors pick downtown Energy Court for temporary injection site
• Five lives lost: Workers at CN raise safety alarm after string of rail deaths
• Kingsway Entertainment District back in front of city council Wednesday

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• 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
• Sault school board looking to hire adults to be supply teachers even with no teaching certificate

Northern COVID-19 articles

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  COVID-19 infections at North Bay jail spread, outbreak now facility-wide

  

  COVID-19 outbreak at North Bay Jail
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  Northern mayors want lockdown to end for smaller towns in Porcupine area

  

  What to know as Greater Sudbury enters first stage of province’s reopening plan
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  Kashechewan in crisis as COVID-19 spreads among young people, overwhelming community resources

  

  Customers lineup outside Sudbury retailers as COVID-19 restrictions lifted Friday
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  North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit calls for vigilance as Ontario begins reopening

  

  Porcupine Health Unit extends lockdown for another two weeks
• Porcupine Health unit reports 51 COVID-19 cases, offers second vaccine dose to anyone 16 and older
• Feds eyeing Canada-U.S. land border reopening
• Timmins chamber asks Porcupine Health Unit to give business community a reopening plan
• Far north communities say they need isolation centres, government support to slow spread of COVID-19
• Sudbury's stockpile of PPE donated to India
• Off-duty police officer in North Bay tests positive for COVID-19
• Porcupine Health Unit reports 17 new COVID-19 cases, and second case of Delta variant
• Porcupine Health Unit reports 26 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday
• Porcupine Health Unit warns of COVID-19 outbreak at Timmins cannabis store, reports 23 new cases
• Highly contagious 'Delta' variant of COVID-19 confirmed in Timmins area, health unit says
• Porcupine Health Unit reports 57 new COVID-19 cases Friday
• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit wants students back in school

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  Pattie Lovett-Reid: 'Bank of Mom and Dad' is still open for business, but should it be?
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  'Islamophobia is real': Community leaders express shock after threats, arrests at Scarborough, Ont. mosque
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  Indigenous people can now reclaim traditional names on their passports, other ID
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  Ontario passes election spending bill with notwithstanding clause
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  Class action lawsuit against Alesse to include those who took the birth control between 2017 and 2019

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Ottawa

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  Ottawa man charged in west end homicide
• Active COVID-19 cases in Ottawa fall below 300 for first time since November
• Ottawa man involved with Scouts Canada charged with sex offences, police say

Barrie

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  Man in critical condition after being hit with baseball bat, police say
• Third GTA man charged in connection with deadly Wasaga Beach stabbing
• 'Walked into a nightmare:' Defence closing submissions in Barrie, Ont., double-murder trial

Toronto

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  Toronto hospital ICU free of COVID-19 patients for first time in 14 months
• Ontario is getting a new area code this fall
• Violent altercation between driver and cyclist in Toronto captured on video

Montreal

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  Five lives lost: Workers at CN raise safety alarm after string of rail deaths
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• MPs pass Bloc motion on Quebec nationhood, constitutional change

London

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  MLHU urging faster vaccination as new COVID-19 cases jump
• Thames Valley District School Board slashes 50 ECE jobs blaming low enrollment, pandemic
• Achieving mayor’s zero-emission LTC bus goal not so simple

Vancouver

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  Latest B.C. COVID-19 update includes 113 more cases, 4 deaths
• Some Fraser Health drop-in COVID-19 vaccine clinics quietly offering 2nd doses
• Scheduled tours of the first off-site PNE Prize Home open for booking

Calgary

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  'Potentially deadly incident': Paving stones plummet from Calgary high-rise during wild wind
• Calgary councillor asks for improved accessibility around popular pop-up patios
• 'When are we actually going to get it?' Some Alberta businesses are still waiting for government grant payments

Saskatoon

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• Prince Albert residents face long clean-up after short but powerful storm
• Saskatoon café owner ponders whether to keep masks mandatory after restrictions lift

Vancouver Island

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  4 new COVID-19 cases found on Vancouver Island
• Repair coming for Greater Victoria sewage treatment plant, CRD says
• Greater Victoria birdwatchers flock to Saanich wetland to eye rare cranes

Edmonton

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  COVID-19 in Alberta: First doses reach 69.7 per cent as Alberta reports 153 new cases
• 2 arrested, 1 on the loose after St. Albert carjackings: RCMP
• 'Boom!': Central Alberta woman catches nearby lightning strike on camera

Winnipeg

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  Stead, Man. area residents worried as homicide suspect remains at large
• 'Exactly what we were afraid of': COVID-19 spreading among Sandy Bay First Nation children
• Manitoba homicide suspect Eric Wildman spotted near Lockport Tuesday night: RCMP

Canada

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  'Alarming situation' but help slow in coming for struggling Kashechewan, chief says
• Fully vaccinated Americans have had looser restrictions for months. Why don't Canadians?
• B.C. couple pleads guilty after flying to Yukon to jump COVID-19 vaccine queue

Entertainment

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  Miley Cyrus can use name as trademark in Europe after long-running row
• 'Gone Girl' actor Lisa Banes dies 10 days after hit-and-run
• Lawyer: U.S. drops lawsuit, grand jury probe over Bolton book

World

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  'Practical work' summit for Biden, Putin: No punches or hugs
• Iran field narrows as candidates quit on campaign's last day
• U.S. President Biden gave Putin custom aviator sunglasses during summit

Health

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  Fully vaccinated Americans have had looser restrictions for months. Why don't Canadians?
• Contaminants in generic drugs may cause long-term harm to DNA: B.C. researcher
• Tahini recalled in Ontario and Quebec for possible salmonella risk

Politics

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  Green leader says efforts to remove her from post motivated by racism, sexism
• Bill to align Canadian law with UN Indigenous rights declaration passes to become law
• 'I have never felt safe': Nunavut MP accuses parliamentary security of racial profiling in farewell speech

Autos

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  Spain hopes to jumpstart electric car industry with EU funds
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• Ford starts shipping Bronco SUVs from Michigan assembly plant