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  • Jim Downer (pictured far right) stands among his fellow Midland town councillors and Mayor Bill Gordon (centre). (Supplied)

    Colleagues jumped into life-saving action when Midland councillor collapsed at town meeting

    The quick thinking and immediate actions of two people are credited with possibly saving the life of a Midland councillor after he collapsed at a meeting Wednesday evening.

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  • Jaspreet Singh, 24, of Delta, B.C. (L) and Sukhpreet Singh, 23, of Mississauga, Ont. (R) are wanted on Canada-wide warrants for their alleged involvement in the Elnaz Hajtamiri assault case. (YRP)

    Canada-wide warrants issued for 2 new suspects in Elnaz Hajtamiri investigation

    Investigators with York Regional Police issued Canada-wide warrants for two men who they say are involved in the Richmond Hill attack on Ontario woman Elnaz Hajtamiri weeks before she was allegedly abducted.

  • One man has died after a three-vehicle collision in the early morning hours of Sat. July 16, 2022 (Courtesy: South Simcoe Police Service)

    Impaired driver sentenced to 5 years in jail for fatal hit-and-run in Bradford

    A Bradford man has been sentenced to five years behind bars for his role in a deadly collision last summer.

  • Sarah Wilson arm wrestles with her father, Earl. (CTV News/Ian Duffy)

    Against All Odds: Barrie woman's rise to becoming champion arm wrestler

    More than 20 years ago, when her dad brought competitors over to practice arm wrestling, 9-year-old Sarah Wilson thought she would give the sport a shot. She's been hooked ever since.

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World

  • New York Police officers wait for instructions around the courthouse ahead of former U.S. president Donald Trump's anticipated indictment on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

    Manhattan DA rejects GOP demand for info on Trump case

    The Manhattan district attorney investigating Donald Trump rebuffed U.S. House Republicans' request Thursday for documents and testimony about the case, dismissing it as an "unprecedented inquiry" with no legitimate basis.

  • Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev speaks to the Russian media at the Gorki state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 23, 2023. (Ekaterina Shtukina/Sputnik Pool Photo via AP)

    Russia's security chief blasts West, dangles nuclear threats

    A tourist moments before his bungee cord snapped during a jump in Pattaya, Thailand. (SOURCE: Courtesy Kata Cheung via CNN)

    Tourist survives bungee jump fall in Thailand after cord snaps

  • Sun Weidong, centre, China's vice foreign minister, delivers his opening statement during the Philippines-China Foreign Ministry consultation meeting at a hotel in Manila on Thursday March 23, 2023. (Ted Aljibe/Pool via AP)

    Chinese diplomats oppose U.S. military presence in Philippines

    South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom holds up a book he wanted to present to his new Chief of Staff James Holly during his introduction at the Budget and Control Board meeting, Aug. 13, 2009, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)

    South Carolina's top accountant to resign after US$3.5-billion error

Canada

  • Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy (left) and Premier Doug Ford arrive to table the provincial budget at the legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto on Thursday, March 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn BREAKING

    Ontario aims to balance budget in 2025 despite largest spending plan in province's history

    The Ontario government says it is on track to balancing the budget by 2025 despite having the largest spending plan in the province’s history.

  • Nov. 30 2023 Alberta earthquakes

    Largest recorded Alberta earthquake not natural, from oilsands wastewater: study

    A screenshot from a video on social media in which a security guard at the Ottawa train station tells Ahmed, a Toronto man waiting to travel home, not to pray inside the station. (TikTok/@a.p416)

    Via Rail revisiting inclusion policies after Muslim man told not to pray at Ottawa station

  • Zellers opened 12 of its 25 new locations on March 23. The first locations to open are in Ontario and Alberta.

    Here are the locations of the first 12 new Zellers stores

    Stock photo of a classroom. Neurodivergent education expert Mary Klovance says there are several approaches educators can take to help students with such conditions as ADHD and autism to flourish in the classroom. (skynesher / IStock.com)

    Learning differently: How neurodivergent students can thrive in class

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