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BEYOND LOCAL: Pay-for-plasma centre draws criticism from Health Coalition

BEYOND LOCAL: Pay-for-plasma centre draws criticism from Health Coalition

The centre, which will pay residents to donate their blood plasma, is scheduled to open on Hespeler Road by early 2025
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BEYOND LOCAL: Safe consumption sites review to be done ‘soon'; mayor anxious for details

BEYOND LOCAL: Safe consumption sites review to be done ‘soon'; mayor anxious for details

Matthew Shoemaker pushes for more funding after Premier says process to apply for provincially funded consumption and treatment services sites will reopen soon
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BEYOND LOCAL: Northern Ontario curlers crowned national champs

BEYOND LOCAL: Northern Ontario curlers crowned national champs

With E.J. Harnden as second and Caleb Flaxey as coach, Team Gushue won the 2024 Brier on Sunday night thanks to a win over Mike McEwen's Saskatchewan rink
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BEYOND LOCAL: Video shows ferocity of fatal morning fire in Guelph

BEYOND LOCAL: Video shows ferocity of fatal morning fire in Guelph

Ontario Fire Marshal is now investigating to determine what caused fire that left two Guelph women dead
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BEYOND LOCAL: Jaguars win OFSAA gold, make history

BEYOND LOCAL: Jaguars win OFSAA gold, make history

'It was the perfect ending to an amazing season,' says coach; Will McCauley and Ryan Harris led Barrie team in scoring two games each
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BEYOND LOCAL: Northern Ontario arena a Kraft Hockeyville finalist

BEYOND LOCAL: Northern Ontario arena a Kraft Hockeyville finalist

Voting for the Kraft Hockeyville grand prize starts at 9 a.m. on Friday, March 29, and closes at 5 p.m. on March 30
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BEYOND LOCAL: Avian flu feared in Canadian polar bears after disease kills bear in Alaska

BEYOND LOCAL: Avian flu feared in Canadian polar bears after disease kills bear in Alaska

It's not clear yet how far the virus has spread among Arctic mammals. Alaska has found it in red foxes, a black bear and a Kodiak bear
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Dozens of vulnerable kids spend 'Holiday with a Hero'

Dozens of vulnerable kids spend 'Holiday with a Hero'

'Today was all about coming together to support some awesome kids and their families,' United Way official says of Saturday's event
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'Ecstatic': Local couple wins record-breaking RVH 50/50 draw

'Ecstatic': Local couple wins record-breaking RVH 50/50 draw

Bev and Bob Willson take home more than $239,000 in October jackpot
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‘She was a hero’: Mass shooting victim Angie Sweeney saved her daughter’s life

‘She was a hero’: Mass shooting victim Angie Sweeney saved her daughter’s life

Angie's loved ones share memories of a woman who was ‘afraid of nothing’ — and their newfound mission to protect others from intimate partner violence
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