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'The pleasure factor has gone up': Newmarket seniors embracing electric bike trend

'The pleasure factor has gone up': Newmarket seniors embracing electric bike trend

'I see excitement, I see happiness, I see fitness, and I see a total change in lifestyle,' says BikeSports owner Tom Zielinski
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Legend of Newmarket's Trading Tree, true or not, recalls town's fur trade beginnings

Legend of Newmarket's Trading Tree, true or not, recalls town's fur trade beginnings

Newmarket’s Trading Tree is an excellent example of a “historical fact” that continues to have its doubters, says History Hound Richard MacLeod in this week's Remember This, Newmarket
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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

5 more cases in Newmarket, tallying 20 in last 7 days, and 2nd outbreak declared at Mackenzie Place LTC; York Region reports 43 new cases, one more death; Ontario reports 653 new cases, of which 284 are in Toronto, 104 in Peel and 97 in Ottawa
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COVID-19 Today: School, child care cases for Newmarket, York Region, and Ontario

COVID-19 Today: School, child care cases for Newmarket, York Region, and Ontario

1st school case in Newmarket, a student at Sir William Mulock Secondary; York Region adds 5 school cases, totalling 36, with 22 schools under surveillance; Ontario reports 36 more school cases, totalling 483, at 318 schools
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CANADA: New neutron source would spur innovation, medical treatments, expert says

CANADA: New neutron source would spur innovation, medical treatments, expert says

Neutrons have many applications in scientific and medical research
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Hit hard by pandemic, jewelry artisan takes leap of faith to open Newmarket store

Hit hard by pandemic, jewelry artisan takes leap of faith to open Newmarket store

'With everything shutting down, I had no work, and CERB was ending, I had no choice but to do something radical,' says Kimberley Harvey of her decision to open My Lil Gem at Upper Canada Mall 
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Good morning, Newmarket!

Good morning, Newmarket!

Stay positive
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BEYOND LOCAL: There's no evidence that blue-light blocking glasses help with sleep, expert says

BEYOND LOCAL: There's no evidence that blue-light blocking glasses help with sleep, expert says

There is a lack of good clinical research on the advantages of blue-light filtering lenses
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Patchy frost expected Saturday morning

Patchy frost expected Saturday morning

Overnight temperatures expected to drop near or below freezing tonight
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Recycling bins won't be emptied if masks, gloves are in them, York Region warns

Recycling bins won't be emptied if masks, gloves are in them, York Region warns

Not all residents are following the direction that used masks, gloves and wipes belong in the garbage
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