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• Thunder Bay grain shipments up in October - Country Guide

  07-11-2022 22:53
  Thunder Bay grain shipments up in October  Country Guide
  
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• COVID-19 Outbreak Over at Southbridge Pinewood - Thunder Bay District Health Unit

  07-11-2022 19:14
  COVID-19 Outbreak Over at Southbridge Pinewood  Thunder Bay District Health Unit
  
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• What you need to know about how the education strike is affecting schools in northwestern Ontario

  07-11-2022 15:30 via cbc.ca
  Most schools in northwestern Ontario have remained unaffected by ongoing work action by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, but school boards are asking parents to begin thinking of alternative arrangements if it continues.
  
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• Most northwestern Ontario schools remain open, but boards ask parents to start making plans

  07-11-2022 15:30 via cbc.ca
  Most school in northwestern Ontario have remained unaffected by ongoing work action by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, but school boards are asking parents to begin thinking of alternative arrangements if it continues.
  
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• CUPE says it will end walkout by education workers. Here's what that means in northwestern Ontario

  07-11-2022 15:30 via cbc.ca
  Here are the latest developments on how and when your children will be able to go to school as the Canadian Union of Public Employees promises to end its walkout of education workers, as the Ontario government says it will drop its law against striking.
  
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• November 7, 2022 – Western and Northern Ontario Weather

  07-11-2022 12:01 via netnewsledger.com
  THUNDER BAY – WEATHER – There are no weather alerts or warnings in effect this morning.
  Thunder Bay
  Cloudy skies along with a 60 per cent chance of flurries this morning to start your Monday. Winds will be from the northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light this afternoon.High plus 5. UV index 1 or low.
  Tonight will start with a few clouds. Increasing cloudiness near midnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 3. Wind chill near minus 7.
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  Cloudy skies for Fort Frances
  
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• Young refs with Northern Ontario Hockey Association wear green armbands to reduce harassment

  07-11-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca
  The Northern Ontario Hockey Association is implementing the green armband initiative for its younger officials. All referees under age 18 are wearing a green band while officiating games with the aim of reducing harassment and abuse from coaches and spectators.
  
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• Young referees with Northern Ontario Hockey Association now sporting green armbands

  07-11-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca
  The Northern Ontario Hockey Association is implementing the green armband initiative for it younger officials. All referees under the age of 18 are now wearing a green band on their arm while officiating games, to help reduce harassment and abuse from coaches and spectators.
  
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• Union to respond after Ford offers to repeal strike bill if Ontario education workers end walkout

  07-11-2022 11:59 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that his government is willing to rescind controversial legislation that imposed a contract on education workers and took away their right to strike if the Canadian Union Public Employees (CUPE) ends its ongoing strike action.
  
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• Union responds after Ford offers to repeal strike bill if Ontario education workers end walkout

  07-11-2022 11:59 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that his government is willing to repeal legislation that imposed a contract on education workers and took away their right to strike, but only if the Canadian Union Public Employees (CUPE) ends its ongoing walkout.
  
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• 'The government blinked': Union to end Ontario education walkout after Ford promises to repeal strike law

  07-11-2022 11:59 via cbc.ca
  A union representing 55,000 Ontario education workers who walked off the job Friday says protest sites "will be collapsed starting" Tuesday in response to Premier Doug Ford saying he will repeal legislation that imposed a contract and banned them from striking.
  
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• Ford says he will rescind controversial bill if Ontario education workers end strike action

  07-11-2022 11:59 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that his government is willing to rescind controversial legislation that imposed a contract on education workers and took away their right to strike if the Canadian Union Public Employees (CUPE) ends its ongoing strike action.
  
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• Ford, Lecce to hold news conference as education workers' strike keeps students out of school for 2nd day

  07-11-2022 11:59 via cbc.ca
  Students across Ontario are out of class for a second day as members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) continue to protest legislation that imposed a contract on 55,000 education workers and took away their right to strike.
  
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• Baseball: Canada Edged 3-2 by Venezuela

  07-11-2022 11:47 via netnewsledger.com
  SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico – The Junior National Team loses a nailbiter, 3-2 against Venezuela in their second game of the U18 Baseball World Cup Qualifier. The Juniors played a clean game against their opponents, scoring a pair of runs in five hits while committing no errors on the field.
  Jack Pineau (Thunder Bay, ON) was the starter for the Canadians on this one working four solid innings of two runs in five hits and striking out one. The righthander was dominant early on keeping the Vene
  
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• Curling Canada Bounces Back to Gain Bronze

  07-11-2022 11:45 via netnewsledger.com
  It was precisely the kind of bounce-back game Canada’s Team Kerri Einarson needed at the 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships. The reward? A bronze-medal victory on the final day of action on Sunday at Calgary’s WinSport Event Centre.
  Canada’s Team Einarson of Gimli, Man., defeated Team Tabitha Peterson of the United States 7-5 in the bronze-medal game. The win comes at an ideal time as it follows a crushing semifinal loss one day earlier that kept the Canadians out of th
  
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• NFL Football – Seven from Sunday Week 9

  07-11-2022 11:42 via netnewsledger.com
  A look at seven statistical highlights from games played during the 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET windows on Sunday, November 6, the ninth week of the 2022 season.CLOSE GAMES: With two games yet to be completed in Week 9, there have been 61 games decided by a touchdown (six points) or less and 78 games decided by one score (eight points), both the most such games through the first nine weeks all-time.
  Nine of 11 games (81.8 percent) that have been completed in Week 9 have been within one score (eig
  
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• Shortage of 'first-line' antibiotic hits as surge in children's respiratory illnesses strains supply

  07-11-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Doctors and pharmacists in Canada are having trouble finding an important antibiotic for treating bacterial infections in children, and some are insisting a surge in respiratory illnesses is contributing to the shortage.
  
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• Northwestern Ontario had a slow wildfire season. Here's a look at what happened across Canada

  07-11-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Wildfire season is officially over in most parts of Canada so we are taking a look at the numbers for Alberta, Saskatchewan, B.C., Yukon and the Northwest Territories. We are comparing the number of fires to previous years and looking ahead to see what might be in store for 2023.
  
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• Verdict delivered in Thunder Bay inquest into deaths of Indigenous ... - The Globe and Mail

  07-11-2022 09:00
  Verdict delivered in Thunder Bay inquest into deaths of Indigenous ...  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Feast on Nepali dumplings from this new Thunder Bay business

  07-11-2022 06:00 via cbc.ca
  Up North host Jonathan Pinto learns about Bright Nepal, a new food business specializing in momos and pakoras.
  
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