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Squalls will persist overnight and through Sunday morning: Environment Canada

Squalls will persist overnight and through Sunday morning: Environment Canada

Total snowfall accumulations of 10 to 15 cm with locally higher amounts possible
Two Sault women cut their hair for cancer patients at Shoot for the Cure event

Two Sault women cut their hair for cancer patients at Shoot for the Cure event

‘Anything we can do to help, we will,’ says Algoma University’s Megan Parlowe at Canadian Cancer Society fundraiser
Family business A Taste of Italy attracts cheese and meat lovers at Soo Market

Family business A Taste of Italy attracts cheese and meat lovers at Soo Market

Hard-to-find cheese, healthy meat for sale: local vendor attracts neighbourhood residents, tourists
UPDATE: Large portion of Highway 17 closed due to weather conditions

UPDATE: Large portion of Highway 17 closed due to weather conditions

The highway is closed from Batchawana Bay to Wawa
'No reason for this': Barrie police nab driver for filming crash scene

'No reason for this': Barrie police nab driver for filming crash scene

'People will do it for whatever reason, but it’s extremely dangerous,' says police official; Barrie man, 35, slapped with $615 ticket
POLL : Under a third of readers want an early Ontario election

POLL: Under a third of readers want an early Ontario election

Premier Doug Ford seems to be heading the province to an early election. But a minority of readers — including PCs — seem to want one
BACK ROADS BILL: shares significance of 'People of the Watershed'

BACK ROADS BILL: shares significance of 'People of the Watershed'

This week, Bill tells us about John Macfie, a settler who travelled the Hudsons Bay watershed in the 50s and 60s capturing images of life in isolated northern Indigenous communities - and about a travelling exhibit of his photos curated by Paul Seesequasis
MEET YOUR HOST: From the highest summits in North America to the trenches of SPACES

MEET YOUR HOST: From the highest summits in North America to the trenches of SPACES

Shaun Parent pioneered ice and rock climbing in Northern Ontario in the 1980s. Now, he's bringing his extraordinary insights about the terrain and his techniques to SPACES, the community's new social network
Freeland says she's abandoning capital gains tax change because of Trump

Freeland says she's abandoning capital gains tax change because of Trump

OTTAWA — Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland said Thursday that Donald Trump's return to the presidency is the reason she would repeal changes to the capital gains tax she introduced just last year.
VIDEO: $130 worth of cologne reported stolen from Shoppers

VIDEO: $130 worth of cologne reported stolen from Shoppers

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers