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

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

12 more cases in Newmarket, as cases at group home jump to 43, and 6 more variant cases; York Region confirms 137 more cases, 1 more death, 40 more variant cases, 5 more travel cases; Ontario reports 994 and 964 news cases, 26 more deaths, and 9 more variants over 2 days
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WATCH: Feds toughening stance on guns, to intro buy-back program in the coming months

WATCH: Feds toughening stance on guns, to intro buy-back program in the coming months

Municipalities will be allowed to pass bylaws effectively rendering handguns illegal
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LETTER: Vulnerable seniors living at home should be receiving vaccines now

LETTER: Vulnerable seniors living at home should be receiving vaccines now

Seniors should be included in phase one of vaccine rollout, letter writer says
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Up to 50 km/h winds, blowing snow expected this morning: Environment Canada

Up to 50 km/h winds, blowing snow expected this morning: Environment Canada

Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions, Environment Canada says
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Inclement weather closes schools, cancels all area school buses

Inclement weather closes schools, cancels all area school buses

All schools at the York Region District School Board and the York Catholic District School Board are closed
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Good morning, Newmarket!

Good morning, Newmarket!

Keep going. Be all in.
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CANADA: 'Sandwich' generation caring for children, aging parents at same time

CANADA: 'Sandwich' generation caring for children, aging parents at same time

Observers say COVID-19 lockdowns and the rise of working from home has in some cases amplified the pressure
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Newmarket celebrates Family Day with skating, sledding, scavenging (15 photos)

Newmarket celebrates Family Day with skating, sledding, scavenging (15 photos)

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OHF accepting applications for education scholarship

OHF accepting applications for education scholarship

The deadline to apply is May 14
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Shared love of words behind grandfather and grandson's book-writing partnership

Shared love of words behind grandfather and grandson's book-writing partnership

'It’s not just a children’s book, it is also something that we worked on together, a memory of when I was little and of our relationship and how it has grown over the years,' says grandson Adam Vanderkolff of The Belly Button Bandits
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