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A recap of some of the stories making headlines across northern Ontario for Tuesday June 29, 2023

54 women in Ottawa, GTA and southwestern Ontario part of first training cohort

The amendments to the Food and Drug Act were included in this year's budget, and will come into effect in December, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said at a press conference in Toronto on Tuesday celebrating the change

Vehicle stopped in Thornbury was also missing a few lug nuts and the studs, driver faces multiple charges

Commissioner J. David Wake's request came in his annual report for 2022-23, which encapsulated the height of the stag-and-doe drama

A recap of some of the stories making headlines across northern Ontario for Tuesday June 28, 2023

The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre reported Monday afternoon that 76,129 square kilometres of forest and other land has burned since Jan. 1

The global mining industry has come a long way since the days when coal-blackened miners would carry a bird underground with them  in hopes its distress would alert them to the presence of toxic gases

'We heard a number of concerns about the use of floating accommodations on Ontario’s waterways, including their potential effects on the environment as well as concerns about safety'

A recap of some of the stories making headline across northern Ontario for Monday June 27, 2023