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VIDEO: Fighter pilot has a very special weekend in — and over — his hometown

VIDEO: Fighter pilot has a very special weekend in — and over — his hometown

SooToday's Alex Flood takes us 'Behind the Scenes' of his recent story about Major Dion Marson, a Sault-born CF-18 pilot who enjoyed an amazing homecoming
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BEYOND LOCAL: Climate change means we may have to learn to live with invasive species

BEYOND LOCAL: Climate change means we may have to learn to live with invasive species

Contemporary conservation practice is complex and biased against introduced species with a focus on maintaining ecosystems as they were. This policy and practice, while well-meaning, is leading us to underestimate the positive roles that introduced species can play in maintaining ecosystem resiliency
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BEYOND LOCAL: Food items that got more expensive in August, and which ones saw prices go down

BEYOND LOCAL: Food items that got more expensive in August, and which ones saw prices go down

Overall annual inflation was two per cent in August, the slowest pace since February 2021
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Trucker hauling 36,000 kilograms of toxic chemical charged with impaired

Trucker hauling 36,000 kilograms of toxic chemical charged with impaired

Aerial police images capture commercial motor vehicles driving 'dangerously close'
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Grieving grandma says drowning victim didn't know how to swim

Grieving grandma says drowning victim didn't know how to swim

'I wish I was with my grandson and my son right now,' Isaac Coombs Howran's maternal grandmother says. 'I wouldn't have to feel all this pain and misery'
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BEYOND LOCAL: Parents look to save costs as youth sports programs get more expensive

BEYOND LOCAL: Parents look to save costs as youth sports programs get more expensive

When Monisha Sharma looked into swim lessons for her daughter, she decided to take an unconventional route to save costs.
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'A surprise’: Northern Ontario composer wins hit show’s only Emmy

'A surprise’: Northern Ontario composer wins hit show’s only Emmy

Nominated for 11 Emmys awards, popular Apple TV+ series ‘Palm Royale’ claimed just a single win on Sunday thanks to Jeff Toyne’s colourful main title theme music
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Public school board faces $415,000 lawsuit over alleged bullying

Public school board faces $415,000 lawsuit over alleged bullying

UGDSB ‘negligence’ allowed assault of 12-year-old Waverly Drive Public School student, lawsuit claims
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'People over politics': Northern singer's protest song goes international

'People over politics': Northern singer's protest song goes international

Adrian Sutherland teamed up with a Brazilian-Mexican singer to release a new version of his 2019 hit
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BEYOND LOCAL: Bear cub driven by two men from northern Ontario to Windsor, fed Taco Bell

BEYOND LOCAL: Bear cub driven by two men from northern Ontario to Windsor, fed Taco Bell

TORONTO — Anyone who finds injured wildlife should seek local support for the animal rather than attempting to deal with the situation themselves, the director of an animal rescue charity says after two men picked up a black bear cub in northern Onta
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