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WORLD: What Canada can learn from Sweden about creating middle-class retail jobs

WORLD: What Canada can learn from Sweden about creating middle-class retail jobs

Canadian grocery-store workers earn low wages compared to their counterparts in Sweden. Why?
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Canada, U.S. working together is no guarantee of border symmetry, ambassador says

Canada, U.S. working together is no guarantee of border symmetry, ambassador says

Ambassador says both countries are well within their rights to be making their own unilateral decisions about COVID-19 travel restrictions
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Police seek witnesses after fatal hit-and-run collision involving cyclist in Lincoln (update)

Police seek witnesses after fatal hit-and-run collision involving cyclist in Lincoln (update)

The cyclist, a man in his 50s, was taken to hospital, where he later died
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BEYOND LOCAL: With rising human drug use, a collateral rise of dogs ingesting cannabis and opioids

BEYOND LOCAL: With rising human drug use, a collateral rise of dogs ingesting cannabis and opioids

As recreational cannabis use increases, so has the number of calls regarding dogs who have accidentally consumed cannabis products
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Niagara Falls drvier facing impaired charges north of Huntsville

Niagara Falls drvier facing impaired charges north of Huntsville

The charges come after police received a traffic complaint about a potentially impaired driver
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Good morning, Thorold!

Good morning, Thorold!

Take a moment to notice the beauty around you
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BEYOND LOCAL: How to use therapeutic writing for empowerment without revisiting trauma

BEYOND LOCAL: How to use therapeutic writing for empowerment without revisiting trauma

We can put boundaries in place as we write, while attending to our emerging and vulnerable feelings to ensure emotional safety
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'Hammerhead' turnaround at Balls Beach rejected

'Hammerhead' turnaround at Balls Beach rejected

Councillors closed the area last year to address residents' concerns about pedestrian safety
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Remember This? Inside the strange world of local poet James Mcintyre

Remember This? Inside the strange world of local poet James Mcintyre

Historian Gail Benjafield takes a look at the 1800's Scottish writer who brought his unique prose to Thorold and St Catharines
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COVID-19: The experiences of parents with a newborn during lockdown

COVID-19: The experiences of parents with a newborn during lockdown

The stay-at-home order appears to have been mostly beneficial for parents, who reported improvement in their co-parenting experience despite the many challenges they faced
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