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  Moose on a mission along Highway 11

  Provincial police were busy tracking a moose on a mission throughout the day on Tuesday as it meandered along Highway 11 in Orillia.

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  Train collides with pickup truck claiming two lives

  Two people are dead as a result of a collision between a pickup truck and a train in Machar.

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  Former Barrie swim coach found not guilty of multiple sex offences

  A former Barrie swimming coach who was charged with multiple sex offences will not spend any time behind bars.

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  More than 300 charges laid, 'kingpin' identified in multi-provincial human trafficking investigation

  Police have identified the "kingpin" in a multi-provincial human trafficking and organized crime investigation, which led to more than 300 charges being laid and 31 people taken into custody.

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  Marineland to sell 5 belugas to U.S. facility for research and breeding

  Marineland has applied for permits to sell five beluga whales to a U.S. facility that plans to use them for research and breeding, which is currently banned in Canada.

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  Turning a house into a home one donation at a time

  A new Furniture Bank helps turn a house into a home for families living in subsidized housing across the Barrie area.

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  Educational workers remain without a contract across the province

  Just one week after Ontario parents managed to breathe a sigh of relief over tense contract talks between CUPE and the province that would have forced the closure of many schools, the possibility of a strike looms once again.

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  Man, 23, charged with dangerous driving in crash that killed two people

  A 23-year-old King Township man is charged with two counts of dangerous driving after two people died in a collision on Sunday afternoon.

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  OPP investigating death of driver in Bracebridge

  Police are investigating the death of a 56-year-old driver in Bracebridge who collided with a tree this morning.

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  Whitchurch-Stouffville crash claims the life of one man, sends another to hospital

  Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision over the weekend that claimed the life of one man.

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  Barrie man charged in collision that sent two children to hospital

  A 40-year-old Barrie man is charged with careless driving following a collision that sent two children to hospital over the weekend.

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  'Save the kids!' Dorian survivor tells the harrowing story of his Ontario wife's death

  Cialin Dany knew he was in trouble when he saw a massive palm tree laying on the ground next to the Abaco Lodge.

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  Trail of destruction leads to impaired driving charges for Caledon man

  Twisted metal, smashed light poles and a damaged fence – a path of destruction in Bolton that started on Highway 50 near McEwan Drive and ended four kilometres away.

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  Midland pair win big with lottery

  Two Midland residents are $100,000 richer after winning the lottery.

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  13-year-old driver charged in crash that left 13-year-old passenger hurt

  Police say a 13-year-old boy is in custody after an early-morning joyride ended in a multi-vehicle crash that sent his teenage passenger to hospital.

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  Fire breaks out in roof of lakeside home in Oro-Medonte

  A lakeside home in Oro-Medonte sustained significant smoke and water damage when a fire broke out this morning.

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  Teenager critically injured after ATV Crash in Dufferin County

  A teenager has been critically injured and two others were sent to hospital after an ATV crash in Amaranth Township Monday afternoon.

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  Minor hockey team raises awareness against bullying

  The Innisfil Winterhawks minor hockey team took to the ice on Sunday, they did so wearing purple stickers on their helmets and a purple band on their arms, hoping to raise awareness against bullying.

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  Turnout at advance polls up: more than 2 million Canadians have voted already

  Over the first two days of advance polling, approximately two million Canadians cast their ballot, according to Elections Canada. That's a 25 per cent increase from the number of voters who voted during the first two days of advance polls in the 2015 federal election.

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  More witnesses sought in Toronto hit-and-run that badly injured toddler

  Toronto police are asking those who witnessed an alleged hit-and-run that badly injured a toddler, his mother and his grandmother on Sunday to come forward.