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Northern Ontario News

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  Northern Ont. family ‘ecstatic’ as 25-year-old murder mystery finally solved

  Robert Steven Wright was convicted Wednesday of murdering Renee Sweeney, a little more than 25 years after her brutal killing shocked the community.

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  B.C. man pleads guilty to northern Ont. shooting, Crown drops attempted murder charge

  A man who admitted to shooting up a home in Greater Sudbury in 2020 over a drug theft pled guilty Wednesday to reduced charges.

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  Driver caught travelling 200km/hr on major Ontario highway

  A 20-year-old has been charged with careless driving after travelling double the speed limit on a major Ontario highway.

• Robert Steven Wright found guilty in Renee Sweeney murder
• Man accused of harassing Sudbury mayor speaks out after charge dropped
• ‘It only took a couple of minutes’: Students swab cheeks to become potential stem cell donors
• First Nations leaders demand meeting with premier over mining, removed from chamber
• Here are the ways the budget impacts you: From grocery bills to small business credit card fees
• 'Leave this with me': Alberta premier heard on call with COVID-19 protester
• Time running out to get ice huts off Lake Nipissing
• Meet the Ontario stats prof who claims he can’t stop beating Roll Up To Win
• Vale Canada fined $175K for 2020 incident at Northern Ont. mine

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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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  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
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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.
• 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
• Algoma health, school officials prepare for dropping mask mandates

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  Ryan Reynolds to build 'massive' production studio in Ontario, government says
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CTV National News

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  What is the grocery rebate in federal budget 2023? Key questions, answered
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Ottawa

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  Stage 2 of Ottawa LRT faces further delay
• Truck held together with bungee cord pulled off the road in eastern Ontario
• Migrants' influx helps Cornwall, Ont. labour shortage

Barrie

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  Busby Centre braces for higher demand with Salvation Army's meal program ending
• 'I have so much rage inside of me,' Veterans angry over war monument vandalism
• Bail hearing for man charged in Elnaz Hajtamiri's alleged assault, kidnapping attempt

Toronto

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  BREAKING

  Man pulled from house fire in Toronto's Junction Triangle dies in hospital
• A rare weather phenomenon strikes southern Ontario again
• Why is there no cell service on the TTC? Riders say it could increase safety

Montreal

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  Bill 15: Quebec tables legislation to overhaul health system
• 'I lost a brother': Funeral held for teen who died in Old Montreal fire
• Flooded and fed up: St-Leonard homeowners file class-action suit over heavy rain damages

London

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  Coyote encounter unnerves woman
• Over a dozen dogs 'dumped' across Huron and Perth Counties
• 2,700 cattle escape $2-million barn fire

Vancouver

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  City of Vancouver considering requiring grant recipients to be 'respectful' in order to get funding
• 'A freeze response of shock': Expert weighs in on bystanders not stepping in during fatal Vancouver stabbing
• Broadway Plan moves full speed ahead, council votes against pace-of-change policy

Calgary

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  ‘I started breaking down:’ Friends remember 15-year-old homicide victim
• Woman in custody, charges pending following Lions Park LRT station stabbing
• Calgary archaeologist launches foundation to support female field researchers

Saskatoon

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  Saskatoon police release video of 3 people placing 'large container' in dumpster where body was found
• Saskatoon murder trial on hold as police investigate new revelations
• Dog that attacked five-year-old Saskatoon boy involved in three other attacks

Vancouver Island

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  IIO investigating after man driving construction vehicle shot, seriously injured by police in Duncan, B.C.
• Police investigating 'targeted' attempted arson at home in Saanich
• B.C. parents win battle to put son's Indigenous name on his birth certificate

Edmonton

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  Online video between Danielle Smith and Artur Pawlowski raises questions over interference
• Man found dead in SUV, Edmonton homicide detectives on the case
• 'Serious labour shortage' holding Alberta's tourism sector back: industry advocates

Winnipeg

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  Manitobans should prepare for a gas price hike according to an expert
• Brandon pauses public engagement on 30-year vision over 'inappropriate and unsafe behaviour'
• Manitoba family launches lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccination

Canada

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  Canadian supporters of missing Chinese human-rights defender want more information
• Recalled in Canada: Change tables over entrapment hazard, hoodies due to risk of choking
• Veterans' groups call for answers as budget stokes memories of past cuts

Entertainment

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  Actress Melissa Joan Hart describes helping children flee campus after Nashville school shooting
• Wisconsin school district bans Miley Cyrus-Dolly Parton duet with 'rainbow' in title
• U.S. Army quickly plans new ads after Jonathan Majors' arrest

World

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  Nashville shooting timeline: What we know so far
• Freed 'Hotel Rwanda' hero Paul Rusesabagina arrives in U.S.
• Why the debate over repealing Iraq War approval matters

Health

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  Clock ticks on Liberal-NDP deal as budget omits pharmacare bill promised in 2023
• WHO to consider adding obesity drugs to 'essential' medicines list
• Pet cats and dogs may help protect infants from food allergies, study suggests

Politics

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  Spending to increase economic capacity is fiscally responsible, Freeland says in post-budget defence
• From royal titles to animal testing: The law changes coming in the budget bill
• RCMP interviewing Canadians held in detention camps in Syria: sources

Autos

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  The Lamborghini Revuelto is a 1,001 horsepower hybrid supercar flagship
• U.S. opens investigation into Tesla seat belts coming loose
• New California gas price law another defeat for oil industry