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Acclaimed author Farzana Doctor tackles taboo issues in virtual Aurora Library talk

Acclaimed author Farzana Doctor tackles taboo issues in virtual Aurora Library talk

Since its publication last year, Seven has been found on several year-end lists of 2020’s top novels, is now nominated for a Trillium Book Award, and, perhaps most importantly, it has opened up a dialogue on the issue of female genital mutilation
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Here are 5 tips to protect yourself from tick bites

Here are 5 tips to protect yourself from tick bites

There have been more than 2,000 cases of Lyme disease in Ontario since 2019
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Here's how you can boost your immune system naturally

Here's how you can boost your immune system naturally

In this week's Ask the Nutritionist, Nonie De Long answers a reader's question about how nutrition is linked to our immunity
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How sweet it is: life and song of the rose-breasted grosbeak (5 photos)

How sweet it is: life and song of the rose-breasted grosbeak (5 photos)

Both males and females sing, and it is one of the few species that sings while on the nest. They sing to one another, says birding columnist Rosaleen Egan
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COVID-19 Today: A look at the numbers for Newmarket, York Region

COVID-19 Today: A look at the numbers for Newmarket, York Region

New cases plummet to 6 in Newmarket, while York Region reports 127 more cases, and the death of a 69-year-old Georgina man, while incidence rate drops below 100 for first time since March 26
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LETTER: Community deserves to know identity of residents violating isolation order

LETTER: Community deserves to know identity of residents violating isolation order

Letter writer is shocked by thoughtless behavior of York Region residents who broke rules for self-isolation
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Good morning, Newmarket!

Good morning, Newmarket!

Grow through what you go through.
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OPINION: The COVID-19 pandemic is the best and worst of times for animals

OPINION: The COVID-19 pandemic is the best and worst of times for animals

What is the state of animal welfare more than a year into the crisis?
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Collector seeks cards featuring Indigenous hockey players to forward to youth

Collector seeks cards featuring Indigenous hockey players to forward to youth

The oldest card, sent to him from a collector from Enoch Cree Nation, is a 1970-71 O-Pee-Chee card of former Toronto Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong
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'Once it’s paved over, it’s gone forever': Advocacy campaign focuses on protecting Ontario’s farmland

'Once it’s paved over, it’s gone forever': Advocacy campaign focuses on protecting Ontario’s farmland

Approximately 175 acres of farmland is being lost every day to urban development in our province, says OFA
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