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  • A heavy police presence seen appearing to take multiple people into custody in the area of Golfdale and Coulter on Thurs. March 23, 2023 (Steve Mansbridge/CTV News Barrie)

    Multiple people appear to be taken into custody in Barrie

    A heavy police presence was seen in Barrie Thursday evening outside a residence near Cundles Avenue.

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  • A truck travels through wintry weather. (CTV News/File Image)

    Spring takes a backseat to more wintry weather in the forecast

    While the calendar says it's spring, Mother Nature isn't quite done with winter just yet.

  • 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.

  • 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)

    Elnaz Hajtamiri assault investigation takes another turn with 2 new suspects wanted

    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.

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World

  • A protester kicks a tear gas canister in front of the Opera at the end of a rally in Paris, Thursday, march 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

    Protests continue in France; King Charles III visit postponed

    Protesters angry at French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms continued with scattered actions on Friday, as the unrest across the country led officials to postpone a planned state visit by King Charles III.

  • A chair sits in the execution chamber at the Utah State Prison on June 18, 2010, after Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad in Draper, Utah. Idaho lawmakers passed a bill on March 20, 2023, that would authorize the use of firing squads if the state is unable to obtain drugs required for its lethal injection program. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

    Why are firing squads for U.S. executions being debated?

    Protestors demonstrate during a visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to London, Friday, March 24, 2023.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

    U.K. demonstrators protest Israeli leader's visit to London

  • Syrian President Bashar Assad listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (Vladimir Gerdo, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

    Saudi Arabia, Syria may restore ties as Mideast reshuffles

    Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, speaks during a briefing with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

    U.S. launches airstrikes in Syria after drone kills American worker

Canada

  • Aiden Pleterski is seen in an undated photo posted on FilmFreeway.

    Ontario crypto king kidnapped, tortured in an attempt to get millions in ransom, documents say

    Ontario’s self-described crypto king was allegedly abducted, tortured, and beaten for days as his kidnappers looked to solicit millions in ransom, his father told a court in December.

  • President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with Canada's Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and her husband Whit Fraser at Ottawa International Airport, Thursday, March 23, 2023, in Ottawa, Canada. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

    U.S. President Joe Biden to meet Trudeau, address Parliament today

    Mayor Justin Towndale of Cornwall, Ont. (CTV National News)

    Eastern Ont. mayor wants more help from feds to manage influx of asylum seekers, supports STCA renegotiation

  • Kahentawaks and Wennekerakon Tiewishaw are from Kanesatake, Que. and are developing video games to revitalize their ancestors' language.

    Indigenous sisters developing video games to revitalize Mohawk language

    Brenda O'Reilly, the owner of multiple bars and restaurants in St. John's, poses for a picture in her pub, Yellowbelly Brewery, on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Paul Daly)

    Restaurants and bars brace for biggest alcohol tax jump in 40 years

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Garden flowers and a visitor
By bryce hawkins on June 30, 2014

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