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Students demand tuition refund during strike

Students demand tuition refund during strike

Online petition with over 100,000 signatures
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During recent hurricane-force winds, Lake Superior buoys recorded 28.8 foot wave height average

During recent hurricane-force winds, Lake Superior buoys recorded 28.8 foot wave height average

That's the highest waves the buoys have recorded since being installed three years ago
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Elliot Lake resident thanks dog-walker that came to her rescue after fall

Elliot Lake resident thanks dog-walker that came to her rescue after fall

If it wasn't for her rescuer, she wouldn't have been able to get up, she said
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Bonfield man charged with historical sexual assault

Bonfield man charged with historical sexual assault

It stems from a call on August 29 when the OPP got a report of a sexual assault that had occurred in the 1980's
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Wynne government lambasted over mercury contamination

Wynne government lambasted over mercury contamination

Province responds that it is committed to remediation
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Northwestern Ontario could be hit with up to 10 cm of snow starting Thursday

Northwestern Ontario could be hit with up to 10 cm of snow starting Thursday

Alberta clipper being blamed for possible early arrival of winter weather in Thunder Bay
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Liberal Minister Bill Mauro 'indifferent' to northern representation on OMB

Liberal Minister Bill Mauro 'indifferent' to northern representation on OMB

Minister Mauro said it was neither “good, bad, or indifferent” and suggested that OMB issues have only affected 'Toronto and larger municipalities in southern Ontario'
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Age limit on trick or treaters? North Bay mayor says no way

Age limit on trick or treaters? North Bay mayor says no way

The new rules ban trick-or-treating for anyone older than 16 and set an 8 p.m. curfew for all, relaxing the old bylaw forbidding teens over age 14 from collecting candy door-to-door with a 7 p.m. cut-off
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Ontario carves two new ridings out of North's massive voting districts

Ontario carves two new ridings out of North's massive voting districts

Two ridings in Far North will elect MPPs in June, 2018
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North Bay road rager whips out Samurai sword in confrontation

North Bay road rager whips out Samurai sword in confrontation

The man threatened to slice the other man
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