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NEWSMAKER: Community's love aids family of man electrocuted on job

NEWSMAKER: Community's love aids family of man electrocuted on job

'He’s slowly progressing,' Jen Marchand says of son Jaden, who was severely injured during fourth day on job laying fibre-optic cable in Tiny Township
Community's love aids family of man electrocuted on job

Community's love aids family of man electrocuted on job

'He’s slowly progressing,' Jen Marchand says of son Jaden, who was severely injured during fourth day on job laying fibre-optic cable in Tiny Township
Guardian angel 'goes above and beyond' to help kids get safely to school

Guardian angel 'goes above and beyond' to help kids get safely to school

Carl Wright's 'focus on traffic and the children has helped avoid devastation on multiple occasions when vehicles did not stop for the traffic lights'
NEWSMAKERS: Painting together creates beauty, warm vibes (9 photos)

NEWSMAKERS: Painting together creates beauty, warm vibes (9 photos)

CLH Developmental Support Services group enjoy camaraderie, making art together during weekly sessions at Quest Art School + Gallery
Tiny man treks across Canada, seven kilometres at a time

Tiny man treks across Canada, seven kilometres at a time

Ross Newhook started adding up the kilometres of his daily walks and is now nearing the end of 5,514-kilometre, cross-country journey
GBGH pushing for new 36-bed, $100M mental health wing

GBGH pushing for new 36-bed, $100M mental health wing

'The first patient I saw here was for concerns of self-harm,” GBGH chief of staff says. 'Since then, not a shift goes by that I haven’t seen someone here under the Mental Health Act'
MBLDC board here for the long haul: 'We have the expertise'

MBLDC board here for the long haul: 'We have the expertise'

'Collectively, this board has seen every trick, every pitfall and will collectively save the town from themselves,' board member says, with chair noting cost to run board is 'peanuts'
Seniors' Christmas anthology shows inspiration can come at any age

Seniors' Christmas anthology shows inspiration can come at any age

Members of Askennonia Senior Centre's Let's Write group publishes Christmas book. 'Can you imagine the thrill of holding your very first published work in your hands, at the tender age of 95?'
'Unusual' bright yellow bird ruffling feathers in Tiny Township

'Unusual' bright yellow bird ruffling feathers in Tiny Township

While it may have the markings of a canary and could be confused with 'an escaped exotic cage bird', local visitor is actually an evening grosbeak
It's a wrap for Wasaga Beach digital artist's MBL project

It's a wrap for Wasaga Beach digital artist's MBL project

Alex Kostecka-Silva sea can art project highlights Midland's connection to Georgian Bay and the Trans Canada Trail