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BEYOND LOCAL: How your smartphone can help enhance cognitive abilities

BEYOND LOCAL: How your smartphone can help enhance cognitive abilities

Digital devices and technologies can enhance the way we learn and work, experts say
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Christine's Chronicles: Enhanced digital vaccine receipt with QR code will be with you wherever you go

Christine's Chronicles: Enhanced digital vaccine receipt with QR code will be with you wherever you go

In her regular column, Christine Elliott reminds residents that proof of vaccine and restrictions come into effect Sept. 22
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Good morning, Newmarket!

Good morning, Newmarket!

Take a moment to notice the beauty around you
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OPINION: As people continue working from home, the monthly transit pass needs to change to remain worth it

OPINION: As people continue working from home, the monthly transit pass needs to change to remain worth it

Transit agencies are worried it may take years to regain lost use from the COVID-19 pandemic
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LETTER: Canada needs revolution to create affordable housing

LETTER: Canada needs revolution to create affordable housing

'The scarcity of land in this area is also part of the problem. Developers hold ownership of many land areas that are intended for development, but not in the near future,' says letter writer
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Newmarket-Aurora candidates debate economic recovery

Newmarket-Aurora candidates debate economic recovery

Political parties are offering different perspectives on the country's economic future in this year's election campaign
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Buy a Smile Cookie at Tim Hortons next week to support Southlake hospital

Buy a Smile Cookie at Tim Hortons next week to support Southlake hospital

Smile Cookie sales at Newmarket and Aurora Tim Hortons from Sept. 13 to 20 will support the purchase of much needed equipment at the Newmarket hospital
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Widow encourages acts of service, not images of terror, for remembering Sept. 11

Widow encourages acts of service, not images of terror, for remembering Sept. 11

'To be able to refer to it as Service Day from here on in will just be a tremendous legacy for my husband,' says Maureen Basnicki, whose husband was killed in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001
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Remember This, Newmarket: When soldiers came from across Canada for training

Remember This, Newmarket: When soldiers came from across Canada for training

In this week's column, History Hound Richard MacLeod continues his review of the pivotal years of 1939 and 1940
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Newmarket, Aurora firefighters observe moment of silence in remembrance of 9/11 attack

Newmarket, Aurora firefighters observe moment of silence in remembrance of 9/11 attack

Saturday marks 20 years since the terrorist attacks in New York
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