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VIDEO: This baby was born on the side of a snowy highway

VIDEO: This baby was born on the side of a snowy highway

Tonight on 'Closer Look': The amazing story of two paramedics and a nurse who leapt into action to help deliver a baby boy on a Northern Ontario highway
‘He will always be my brother’: Loved ones mourn teen known for infectious laugh, innate kindness

‘He will always be my brother’: Loved ones mourn teen known for infectious laugh, innate kindness

Adam Malki made lasting impact on and off the gridiron
'We're going backwards;' Outreach workers react to Safer Municipalities Act

'We're going backwards;' Outreach workers react to Safer Municipalities Act

Sanguen calls province's proposed crack down on encampments and open drug use 'inhumane' and 'irresponsible' 
Northerners lead push for Indigenous student trustees on every school board

Northerners lead push for Indigenous student trustees on every school board

Representing the Ontario Student Trustees Association, two northern students brought the matter up with Ontario Education Minister Jill Dunlop this fall
'It’s unnerving': Residents concerned by close encounters with coyotes

'It’s unnerving': Residents concerned by close encounters with coyotes

'Never run or turn your back on a coyote,' says Town of Newmarket animal services supervisor, who is monitoring, conditioning coyote approaching people near Fairy Lake
Man who killed mom during 2021 'psychotic episode' could walk free in January

Man who killed mom during 2021 'psychotic episode' could walk free in January

'Various factors were considered in pivoting to manslaughter from murder,' says Crown; Wendy Lahay stabbed inside her Monck Road home near Orillia in 2021
These northern Ontario family docs have gone above and beyond

These northern Ontario family docs have gone above and beyond

Physicians organization is urging government and health care leaders to take more steps to solve the shortage of family doctors in Ontario
‘Best Christmas present ever’: Bike lady getting her money back

‘Best Christmas present ever’: Bike lady getting her money back

Mary Rife paid $1,900 to file a variance to continue her seasonal bike repairs for charity
Court approves sale of nearly 50 Sault properties owned by insolvent landlords

Court approves sale of nearly 50 Sault properties owned by insolvent landlords

Corporations linked to SID Developments expected to hemorrhage more than 300 properties across Ontario as real estate empire crumbles
Exhibit examines hundreds of years of history through sculpture, storytelling

Exhibit examines hundreds of years of history through sculpture, storytelling

The Confluence exhibit at the Art Gallery of Algoma not only considers the history of contact between local Indigenous people and Europeans, but also a way forward toward reconciliation