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Batchawana Bay rest area gets $6M worth of upgrades

Batchawana Bay rest area gets $6M worth of upgrades

New amenities will include parking, year-round access to heated washrooms
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Visits to local encampments on the rise: Social Services

Visits to local encampments on the rise: Social Services

Mike Nadeau, CEO of Social Services, says there is currently room in both the men's and women's shelters but some people choose to live in encampments or sleep rough
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City Hall wants your opinion on new speed cameras

City Hall wants your opinion on new speed cameras

City council voted in April to set up four automated speed cameras in town
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Skye Smith's 'L' promises to move audiences at Fringe Festival

Skye Smith's 'L' promises to move audiences at Fringe Festival

Newest dance performance continues to tell women’s stories, show's creator says
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Hounds ink import defenceman who 'competes like a pit bull'

Hounds ink import defenceman who 'competes like a pit bull'

Defenceman is coming off a silver medal win at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Edmonton
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Ontario’s ‘unofficial estimate’ of homeless population is 234,000: internal documents

Ontario’s ‘unofficial estimate’ of homeless population is 234,000: internal documents

The province’s shelter system is 97 per cent full and tens of thousands of new supportive housing units are needed, according to a Housing Ministry document
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PODCAST: This huge waste of city tax dollars is almost funny

PODCAST: This huge waste of city tax dollars is almost funny

Hosted by Village Media's Scott Sexsmith, SooToday's new podcast is a Monday to Friday rundown of all the need-to-know stories happening in our community
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Airport passenger numbers struggle to gain altitude in July

Airport passenger numbers struggle to gain altitude in July

Stats for the month down 7.6% compared to last year, in part due to 'insufficient capacity'
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Adorable hitchhiking lobster toy reaches northern Ontario

Adorable hitchhiking lobster toy reaches northern Ontario

The journey of 'Lucky' — who is trying to get from PEI to Alberta inside an authentic lobster trap — has gained plenty of traction on social media
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Six First Nations look to take down Ontario's Mining Act

Six First Nations look to take down Ontario's Mining Act

Mining regulatory regime called 'appalling, insulting, discriminatory' by lawyer for communities
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