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• Ontario reports 170 new COVID-19 cases, over 8.4 million fully vaccinated

  Ontario is reporting a slight decrease in new COVID-19 cases today from the previous day.

  

• Barrie, Ont., tornado damage estimated to cost more than 2014 Angus twister

  The EF-2 tornado that ripped apart dozens of homes in a Barrie, Ont., neighbourhood last week is estimated to have caused more damage than a devastating twister that touched down in Angus seven years ago.

  

• 'I can't believe this is the second time,' Barrie woman buries husband, step-daughter two years apart

  Carla Seaward is no stranger to tragedy as she mourns the death of her husband, Bruce Sturge.

• Muskoka tourism industry thriving in Step 3

  When the clock stuck at 12:01 a.m. last Friday, entering Step 3 of the province's reopening plan, it gave the tourism industry in Gravenhurst a much-needed boost.

• Eight new COVID-19 cases reported in Simcoe Muskoka

  Public health logged eight new COVID-19 cases across Simcoe Muskoka Friday, all in residents under the age of 45.

• Man found passed out behind the wheel of parked car charged with impaired

  A Penetanguishene man who police say was found passed out behind the wheel of a parking car faces impaired driving charges.

• Parry Sound man's body recovered from Seguin River

  Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was recovered from the Seguin River in Parry Sound.

• Fatal crash north of Chatsworth, Ont. under investigation

  OPP are investigating after a driver died in a crash near Chatsworth, Ont. Friday morning.

• Three drivers charged with looking at their cellphones as they passed Parry Sound collision

  Ontario Provincial Police dealing with a serious, single-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon near Parry Sound say they caught three drivers looking at their cellphones as they passed the accident scene.

• Open for business: Four Barrie rec centres welcome back residents

  Four recreational centres in Barrie officially reopened Friday as part of Ontario's Step 3 reopening plan that includes more lenient measures.

• SUV crashes through window exterior of Orangeville drug store

  Provincial police are investigating a collision after an SUV rammed through a Shoppers Drug Mart in Orangeville late Friday morning.

• How one door can change the life of a young person in Orillia

  The annual Orange Door Campaign is underway at the Home Depot location in Orillia until August 1.

• Smoke alarms save elderly Oro-Medonte homeowner

  A home on Lakeshore Road East in Oro-Medonte was destroyed by fire early Friday.

• Unique birdwatching before breakfast event in Midland

  A new birdwatching experience is happening bright and early Tuesday morning at the Wye Marsh in Midland.

• Number of active wildfires in B.C. drops, one evacuation order lifted

  

• Hundreds of evacuees make Toronto hotel temporary home after fleeing northwestern Ontario wildfires

  

• Toronto Pearson Airport begins separating arrivals based on vaccination status

• Ontario reports 170 new COVID-19 cases, over 8.4 million fully vaccinated

• RCMP blames 'rival outlaw motorcycle gangs' for fight that sent 5 to hospital in Cranbrook, B.C.

• Rejected by nearby towns, tiny home built by at-risk youth in Brockville, Ont. sits empty

• Monsoon rains flood Philippine villages, thousands evacuate

  

• Vatican reveals property holdings for first time in transparency drive

  

• Unlikely partners Pelosi and Cheney team up for Jan. 6 probe into Capitol riot

• Thousands march and dance for LGBTQ2S+ rights at Berlin parade

• Search for bodies concludes at Florida condo collapse site

• Thousands march in Hungary Pride parade to oppose LGBTQ2S+ law