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LETTER: Canada should take closer look at joining European Union

LETTER: Canada should take closer look at joining European Union

'This would be the kick in the backside Canada needs to get out of its complacency and grow as a people,' says letter writer
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Area senior angry after waiting more than 45 minutes for ambulance

Area senior angry after waiting more than 45 minutes for ambulance

'There is something lacking in our medical system when they can't provide the service. I could see 20 minutes, but 45 is far beyond reach,' says Lillian Cosgrove, 87
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Good morning, Midland! Here's today's weather!

Good morning, Midland! Here's today's weather!

Here's a look at the current local weather and gas prices
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Aircraft mechanic grounded for drunken gun stupor in Angus

Aircraft mechanic grounded for drunken gun stupor in Angus

Shawn Donnelly, who was found intoxicated in Dairy Queen parking lot with gun in his waistband, sentenced to 22 months
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WATCH: What happens when cops bang down the wrong door?

WATCH: What happens when cops bang down the wrong door?

Tonight on 'Closer Look': In a dramatic raid captured on video, heavily armed police in Barrie executed a search warrant at the wrong house. Should the cops pay for the damage left behind?
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Familiar faces expected when Ontario cabinet sworn in Wednesday

Familiar faces expected when Ontario cabinet sworn in Wednesday

Premier Doug Ford and his new cabinet will be sworn in on Wednesday; MPPs elected on Feb. 27 are being sworn in this week too
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Ministry ordered to find Ford government fingerprints on Greenbelt removals

Ministry ordered to find Ford government fingerprints on Greenbelt removals

An Information and Privacy Commissioner's office adjudicator found there's 'a reasonable basis for believing' the records exist
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'Extremely dedicated' volunteers keep Wheels 4 Wheels turning 25 years later

'Extremely dedicated' volunteers keep Wheels 4 Wheels turning 25 years later

‘It’s fun. We become friends, it’s nice to give people the opportunity to do the things that we take for granted,’ says longtime volunteer of agency founded in 2000
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Man electrocuted while damaging high-voltage equipment in Gravenhurst

Man electrocuted while damaging high-voltage equipment in Gravenhurst

Police say incident happened after man seen damaging vehicles in parking lot
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'Pretendians, cultural appropriation' focus of upcoming panel

'Pretendians, cultural appropriation' focus of upcoming panel

Speakers to address 'identity fraud and theft' allegedly perpetrated by those who may have distant First Nations ancestry, but 'no actual lived experience' as Indigenous people
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