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  Innisfil BBQ competition team take on world's most prestigious & exclusive contest

  An Innisfil BBQ competition team is preparing for the Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational BBQ Contest in Tennessee.

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  BREAKING | GO Train, UP Express service suspended amid 'network-wide system failure'

  GO train service has been temporarily suspended amid a 'network-wide system failure' impacting all CN rail corridors.

• Driver airlifted to trauma centre after rolling vehicle in Kawartha Lakes

  One person was airlifted to a trauma centre with serious injuries following a collision in Kawartha Lakes.

• Fire causes $2 million in damage to Muskoka cottage

  Muskoka Lakes fire crews spent several hours battling a large cottage fire on Camp Jackson Road in Muskoka, on Sunday.

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  WATCH LIVE | Liberal Greg Fergus makes history, elected first Black House Speaker

  Liberal MP Greg Fergus has been elected as the new Speaker of the House of Commons following a secret ranked ballot election on Tuesday. It is a day for the Canadian political history books as Fergus becomes the first Black Canadian to hold the prestigious role, in the wake of Parliament facing international headline-grabbing acrimony.

• Bradford Library workers strike ends, case goes to arbitration

  After ten weeks of strike action, library workers in Bradford West Gwillimbury will be returning to work.

• Construction project aims to bring hundreds of new jobs to Barrie

  Ground has broken on a new project to bring hundreds of new jobs to Barrie.

• Greater Sudbury resident killed in fatal Highway 144 crash

  A 45-year-old Greater Sudbury resident was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 144 in the Dowling area on Saturday, police said.

• Ontario Pharmacists Association says ability to prescribe birth control should be next

  Pharmacists in Ontario can now diagnose and treat 19 common ailments but they still can't prescribe birth control or emergency contraception.

• Northern Ont. driver crashed after fleeing RCMP, throwing beer cans out window

  A 35-year-old northern Ontario driver is charged with impaired driving after allegedly evading Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba, throwing beer cans out the window and assaulting his passenger before crashing vehicle into a ditch.

• Wasaga Beach Fire help to prevent overdoses with naloxone distribution

  Fire halls in Wasaga Beach will now be distributing naloxone kits to prevent potential overdoes in the town.

• Food truck explosion prompts investigation in Gravenhurst

  Emergency crews are investigating after a food truck exploded in Gravenhurst Sunday morning.

• Toronto man arrested in connection with deadly shooting near Kensington Market in August; victim identified

  Police have arrested a man in connection with a deadly shooting near Toronto's Kensington Market in August.

• Man charged in Toronto human trafficking investigation allegedly held woman in Montreal hotel room for 3 months

  A Markham, Ont. man charged in a human trafficking investigation allegedly held a woman in a Montreal hotel room for three months, investigators say.