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  Wildfire evacuation order west of Sudbury, Ont., expands, highway closed

  A wildfire west of Sudbury, Ont., has quadrupled in size prompting evacuation orders to be expanded and one highway to close.

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  Another northern Ont. resident charged for illegal backyard fire, 5th in one week

  A fifth person in northern Ontario has been charged in less than a week for having a campfire during the fire ban.

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  Settlements end $100M class action lawsuit by alleged Manitoulin Island abuse survivors

  A $100 million class action lawsuit launched on behalf of alleged victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy on Manitoulin Island has been abandoned after the victims reached individual settlements with the church.

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• Pedestrian seriously hurt following collision with vehicle in Sudbury
• Drinking water advisory issued for parts of Greater Sudbury
• Here's what you need to do before you leave your house in a forest fire-prompted evacuation
• Station Mall owners in the Sault quiet about their future plans
• Poor air quality forces cancellation of surgeries at Temiskaming Hospital
• Can face masks help protect you from wildfire smoke? Health expert explains
• More details released on Laurentian U’s plan to sell land worth $53.5M to the province
• Collision closes Hwy. 17 in Iron Bridge

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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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  Springer Aerospace to be sold locally, founder says financial worries behind them

  

  COVID-19 delays Sudbury murder trial until Monday
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  Sault-area nursing homes involved in COVID-19 study

  

  North Bay suspends COVID-19 vaccine policy
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  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
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  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
• Greater Sudbury lifts state of emergency order

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Ottawa

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  Hydro capacity 'tightness' could cause energy shortfalls in Ontario this summer, report warns
• Air quality improves over Ottawa, but smoky skies could return on Friday
• Rising interest rates making 30-year amortization more popular for homebuyers

Barrie

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  Parents of boy shot dead in Barrie driveway deliver haunting statements at sentencing hearing
• Heat, dry temperatures cause extreme fire danger rating in Simcoe County
• Wildfire smoke intensifies over Simcoe County

Toronto

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  Video captures bus plowing into stopped traffic in deadly Mississauga, Ont. crash
• Toronto constable demoted for role in cheating promotions exam
• Girl rescued from burning home in Brampton last week has died: OFM

Montreal

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  Quebec wildfire situation 'stable' for coming days; evacuees stuck until next week
• Man accused of Claudia Iacono killing was arrested the next day in Ontario on drug charges
• Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre opens up about life after stroke, depression

London

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  Closing arguments heard at impaired driving causing death trial
• Family of well-loved London, Ont. barber Eddie Lopez seeks accessible home
• Last blast? London, Ont. to consider backyard fireworks ban

Vancouver

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  Northeastern B.C. community of 2,400 ordered to evacuate due to wildfire
• 'Blame to go around': BC United accepts role in Surrey hospital crisis while pledging investment
• Sunshine Coast mayor wants province to help prevent another devastating drought

Calgary

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  Heat spell, dry season hurting western Alberta crops
• Police investigating after Ogden home targeted by anti-Semitic graffiti three weeks straight
• Charges pending against Langdon, Alta. man in fatal attack

Saskatoon

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  'Men like to strike women': Judge slams culture of domestic violence in Sask. during murder sentencing
• Sask. man who endured school abuse says compensation denied over technicality
• Proposed tax hike in Saskatoon draws criticism from pundits

Vancouver Island

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  Port Alberni wildfire rages on with no timeline to reopen crucial highway
• Grizzly bear photographed on Vancouver Island in rare sighting
• Serious crash blocks major street into downtown Victoria

Edmonton

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  Coventry Homes ‘severs' ties with co-owner facing sexual assault charge; 5 women sue company
• 36-year-old rookie ready to make CFL debut for Edmonton Elks
• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith downplays link between wildfires and climate change

Winnipeg

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  Softball-sized hail, strong wind gusts reported in Manitoba storm
• 'That hurt has been extended': Indigenous leaders share displeasure of Queen Elizabeth II statue being back up
• Man charged in connection to crash that sent two officers to hospital

Canada

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  'Canada dry': Climatologist Dave Phillips foresees hot, dry summer countrywide
• Northeastern B.C. community of 2,400 ordered to evacuate due to wildfire
• Premier remains mum on funding to search Manitoba landfill for remains of 2 women

Entertainment

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  Lawyer wraps up Prince Harry's phone hacking case by grilling ex-tabloid reporter
• Arnold Schwarzenegger gives a guided tour of his many lives in Netflix's 'Arnold'
• Tupac Shakur receives Walk of Fame star honour in the same month as birthday

World

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  5 dead, dozens believed missing after 3 shipwrecks of migrant boats off Tunisian coast
• Trump charged over classified documents in 1st federal indictment of an ex-president
• Trump indicted: What to know about the documents case and what's next

Health

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  'Very, very hard to breathe': Experts call wildfires a 'major public health concern' for Canada
• Supreme Court of Canada won't hear unvaccinated woman's case for organ donation
• Social media helps invent, then circulate info on DIY air purifiers amid wildfire smoke

Politics

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  Freeland's budget bill passes House after Poilievre pledges to block it
• Liberals unveil plan to make hybrid House of Commons sittings permanent
• Special rapporteur David Johnston cuts ties with crisis management firm Navigator

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