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  • Traffic was backed up on Highway 400 in Barrie following a multi-vehicle crash at Mapleview Friday afternoon. (Courtesy/Leann Bjaanes)

    Highway 400 reopens following multi-vehicle crash

    As the region continues to be blasted by heavy winter weather, there are several road closures to report.

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  • Convicted pedophile Shayne Lund, shown in this photo along side his wife who he married in December, appeared before the parole board Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (Source/Facebook)

    "Incurable pedophile", a recently married Shayne Lund appears before parole board

    Convicted pedophile Shayne Lund, now 31, revealed he is recently married and took part in a day and full parole review in a videoconference hearing Thursday from the Ottawa area.

  • Winterama file photo. (CTV NEWS/BARRIE)

    Sunnidale Winterama cancelled due to winter weather

    The winter-themed festival has celebrated winter activities in the village of New Lowell since 1975.

  • Homeless person in this file photo.

    Welcoming people in during the storm

    The Arctic blast that blew in Friday with a wind chill forecasted to dip down to -35 to 45 overnight has warming shelters all across the region making up beds for their frigid guests

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World

  • Afghan children sleep as they sit on the ground seeking to receive asylum from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) outside the Islamabad Press Club in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, May 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

    Escaping the Taliban: CTV News' Genevieve Beauchemin meets Afghan refugees left in limbo in Pakistan

    Lives were 'shattered' when Kabul fell into Taliban hands, and thousands remain in limbo, unable to return to Afghanistan. CTV News' Genevieve Beauchemin recalls her visit to makeshift refugee camps set up in Pakistani parks, and the stories she heard during that time.

  • Sierra Rogers, who called Tyre Nichols her best friend, adjusts items in a memorial, after a prayer gathering at the site where he was beaten by Memphis police officers, and later died from his injuries, in Memphis, Tenn., Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

    Licenses suspended for 2 fired EMTs in Tyre Nichols death

    Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk, center, is questioned by reporters upon his arrival at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. The court on Friday sentenced Cho to two years in prison, after he was found guilty of creating fake credentials to help his children get into prestigious schools, a scandal that rocked the country’s previous government and sparked huge protests. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

    South Korean court sentences ex-minister to 2 years in prison

  • In this courtroom sketch, Ruslan Asainov appears in court, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in New York. (Aggie Whelan Kenny via AP, File)

    Accused Islamic State fighter on trial in U.S., charged with serving as sniper, weapons trainer

    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a meeting with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, July 9, 2022. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP, File)

    U.S. Secretary Blinken postpones China trip following balloon discovery

Canada

  • The landing page for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit is seen in Toronto, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini 

    Federal department fires 49 employees for claiming CERB while employed

    A federal government department has fired 49 employees who received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit while they were employed.

  • A CF-18 Hornet takes off in Cold Lake, Alberta on Oct. 21, 2014. (Jason Franson / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Canada summons Chinese ambassador over high-altitude surveillance balloon

    A person walks through strong winds and snow squalls in Ottawa, in this Dec. 24, 2022 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

    Most of southern Ontario, parts of northern Ontario under extreme cold warning

  • A vial of a plant-derived COVID-19 vaccine candidate, developed by Medicago, is shown in Quebec City on Monday, July 13, 2020 as part of the company’s Phase 1 clinical trials in this handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Medicago

    Canadian COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Medicago Inc. shutting down

    Amira Elghawaby meets with Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

    Prominent Quebecers plead for federal anti-Islamophobia rep to be given a chance

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