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  Rural Ontario mayors demand provincial action to address ER staffing crisis

  Frustration is mounting in three rural Ontario municipalities as chronic staffing shortages continue to force emergency room closures in Chesley, Walkerton, and Durham.

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  Prohibited driver goes through R.I.D.E. check, gets charged with possessing drugs, bear spray

  Provincial police conducting a R.I.D.E. check in Kawartha Lakes wound up laying drug-related charges against a prohibited driver.

• Ukrainian missile strikes headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, building smolders

  Ukraine carried out a missile strike Friday on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, a Russian official said, and images on social media showed large plumes of smoke said to be coming from Sevastopol harbour in the annexed Crimea.

• City of Barrie kicks off Culture Days with 3 weeks of events and activities

  Culture Days is back in Barrie to inspire public participation in arts and culture.

• OPP bust drug exchange in Orillia parking lot, 2 arrested

  Two people in Orillia face a slew of charges in connection with an OPP drug investigation.

• Police warn residents about bank scam circulating Simcoe County

  Police are warning the public about a bank investigator scam circulating local communities.

• McNaughton is third Ford cabinet minister to resign in past 3 weeks

  Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton announced on Friday he is stepping away from politics after accepting a job in the private sector. McNaughton is the third minister to resign from Premier Doug Ford's cabinet this month, though he said his departure is not connected to the unfolding Greenbelt development scandal.

• 2020 police interview with supervisor charged in dump truck driver's death plays in court

  A police interview from 2021 with Milton Urgiles, the man charged with criminal negligence causing the death of one of his workers in 2020, played in a Barrie courtroom on Thursday as the two-week trial continued.

• Still no answers for family of missing Barrie woman who disappeared in June

  Autumn Shaganash of Barrie has been missing since June 10th, however, police and family have not given up hope of finding her.

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  WATCH | 'I'm just gonna tell you': Accused in terrorism-motivated murder talk to London police

  The Superior Court in Windsor has released the video of two police interviews with Nathaniel Veltman in the hours after the Afzaal family was attacked.

• Busy Barrie intersection closed for almost a month

  Mar-King Construction will close the road to buses, but residents within the closure will have access to their homes.

• Ontario woman issues warning about scam involving fake Service Canada employee that cost her $50K

  An Ontario woman is warning others after a fraudster impersonating a Service Canada employee convinced her to empty out $50,000 from her bank account.

• A timeline of the key events in the Ontario Greenbelt scandal

  Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday that he is reversing his decision to open protected Greenbelt lands for housing development.

• Is a 'no-tipping' policy ready to be adopted by Canadian restaurants?

  As Canadians report their frustrations with 'out-of-control' tipping culture, some wonder whether it is time to remove the option to tip at restaurants and is it even possible amid rising food costs?