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CANADA: You might be able to make a pretty penny off those old bank notes

CANADA: You might be able to make a pretty penny off those old bank notes

The Bank of Canada has announced it will be removing the legal tender status of some older bank notes as of January 1, 2021
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CANADA: Trudeau announces plan to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021

CANADA: Trudeau announces plan to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021

Details remain unknown
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ONTARIO: Meet the hero who stopped the Sudbury knife attack (video)

ONTARIO: Meet the hero who stopped the Sudbury knife attack (video)

'I saw a white light' and he dove into action, Brett Holder tells Sudbury.com's Heather Green-Oliver as he re-enacts what happened
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CANADA: Unemployment rate hit record low in May

CANADA: Unemployment rate hit record low in May

The increase in jobs was made up of full-time employment
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ONTARIO: Oldest person in North America, North Bay's Dolly Gibb dies at 114

ONTARIO: Oldest person in North America, North Bay's Dolly Gibb dies at 114

She was both Canada’s and North America’s oldest person and 9th oldest in the world
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ONTARIO: With people dying at an 'alarming rate', OPP targets opioid crisis

ONTARIO: With people dying at an 'alarming rate', OPP targets opioid crisis

Report calls for improved safety measures for officers, promotion of Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act, reviewing potential effects of decriminalization on public safety
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ONTARIO: Someone 'donated' a bunch of rusty paint cans to the Children's Wish Foundation

ONTARIO: Someone 'donated' a bunch of rusty paint cans to the Children's Wish Foundation

'It’s a charity organization – people should be giving valuable things'
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BEYOND LOCAL: Here's how our ancestors used to carve hockey sticks out of a single piece of wood (video)

BEYOND LOCAL: Here's how our ancestors used to carve hockey sticks out of a single piece of wood (video)

Woodworker Bruce McNab takes us along on his quest to complete possibly the most Canadian woodworking project ever in this four-part series
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ONTARIO: Mother stabbed in neck in Sudbury store parking lot in stable condition

ONTARIO: Mother stabbed in neck in Sudbury store parking lot in stable condition

Police have completed search of suspect's apartment on Riverside Drive
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CANADA: A tornado warning was never issued for Ottawa during Sunday's twister

CANADA: A tornado warning was never issued for Ottawa during Sunday's twister

Now, people are wondering why some received alerts on their phones while others did not
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