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• Before the Last Shift Ends

  23-08-2026 21:12 via netnewsledger.com
  
  By Justin FrapeWhat Ontario’s forestry collapse can teach us about protecting the auto industry before it is too lateFor nearly twenty-five years, I have lived in Northern Ontario. During much of that time, I watched one of the province’s foundational industries contract around us.The decline of forestry, and particularly of pulp and paper, was not an abstract economic trend. Mills that had shaped communities for generations curtailed production, shed shifts, stopped investing, clos
  
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• Missouri Thunder wins its fifth straight as PBR Teams action heats up in Austin

  23-08-2026 15:09 via netnewsledger.com
  
  Missouri Thunder Keeps Bucking: Fifth Straight Win Shakes Up PBR Teams Action in Austin
  AUSTIN, Texas — Hang onto your hats, folks — the Missouri Thunder is officially on a tear.
  Missouri rode four of its five bulls Saturday night at the Moody Center, piling up 353.45 points to knock off the league-leading Nashville Stampede 353.45-263.7 during the second night of PBR Teams’ Gambler Days presented by Tecovas.
  That makes five straight victories for the Thunder, who improved to 8
  
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• Northwestern Ontario Wildfire Update: 63 Active Fires, Rinker Lake Complex Remains Major Focus

  23-08-2026 15:02 via netnewsledger.com
  
  Northwest Ontario has 63 active wildfires, with Thunder Bay 36 now exceeding 301,000 hectares
  THUNDER BAY — Ontario fire officials reported no new wildland fires in the Northwest Fire Region by Saturday evening, but crews continue to manage 63 active fires across Northwestern Ontario, including several very large fires in the Rinker Lake and Atikokan areas.
  The largest remains Thunder Bay 36, now estimated at more than 301,000 hectares and still classified as not under control. While recen
  
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