Llama drama: Animal on the loose spotted roaming roads south of Guelph
There was an unusual sight south of Guelph on Wednesday: a llama, spotted on the lam.
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The Region of Waterloo is reporting 20 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday as the number of active outbreaks in the area dropped.
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Ministry of Transportation adding six temporary sites to address driving test backlog
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COVID-19 cases in Ontario jump past 200 for first time in three weeks
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London, Ont. terror attack suspect appears in court Thursday
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Brantford police warn of new drug circulating in the community
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No charges from SIU following motorcycle crash in Brantford
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Cambridge man arrested, facing child pornography charges
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Llama drama: Animal on the loose spotted roaming roads south of Guelph
There was an unusual sight south of Guelph on Wednesday: a llama, spotted on the lam.
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Health officials in Guelph are hosting a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in the city's Downtown Dining District on Friday night.
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Indigenous students from the Upper Grand District School Board headed out into the Eramosa River in a canoe they built from scratch this week.
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Canada added yet another bronze to its collection at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Thursday after rowing pair Caileigh Filmer and Hillary Janssens landed on the podium.
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Australia's Jess Fox uses condom to fix kayak, wins bronze at Tokyo Olympics
Australian Olympian Jess Fox got a little creative in Tokyo, fixing her kayak with an Olympics-issued condom before going on to win a bronze medal in her event.
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Canadian rowers Caileigh Filmer of Victoria and Hillary Janssens of Surrey, B.C., have captured bronze in women's pair at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Canada short of Olympic relay podium in the pool
The fastest freestyle relay ever swum by Canadian women in the 4 x 200 fell just short of producing a seventh Olympic medal for Penny Oleksiak and a first for 14-year-old Summer McIntosh.
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There aren't supposed to be any fans in attendance at the Tokyo Olympics, but there was still something of a gallery following Canadian Corey Conners's group on Thursday.
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'The inevitable next step': Alberta health minister defends COVID-19 policy changes
Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro defended the sweeping changes his government announced the day before, saying they were "the inevitable next step" in the province's COVID-19 response.
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Ontario has hit the first benchmark to exit Step 3 and move toward a complete reopening, but there are already calls for a contingency plan to avoid a fourth lockdown in the fall.
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The B.C. government announced 204 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, marking the biggest single-day increase in infections the province has seen since early June.
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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shipped to Canada, Mexico before adequate plant inspections
Canada and Mexico imported millions of doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and offered them to the public without health officials properly inspecting the operations of the U.S. manufacturer, according to inspection records and the regulators involved.
New Brunswick to lift remaining COVID-19 restrictions, but experts warn of relapse
As New Brunswick prepares to drop virtually all of its COVID-19 restrictions Friday night, some infectious disease experts are warning the province should prepare for a surge in cases this fall because of the highly contagious Delta variant.
Sajjan calls feds' 72-hour application deadline for Afghan interpreters a 'mistake'
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the three-day timeline to apply for resettlement in Canada that the federal government extended to Afghan interpreters and others who assisted Canadian military during the war was a "mistake."
Despite burn bans, B.C. man tells Mounties he didn't want to mow his lawn, set it on fire instead
A B.C. man who didn't feel like cutting his grass has been fined more than $1,000 for the fire he started.
'It happened so fast': Ont. woman warns of blue-green algae danger after puppy suddenly dies
An Ontario woman is warning dog owners of the dangers of blue-green algae after her puppy ingested the toxic bacteria and died within hours.
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Alta. doctor shocked that province lifting restrictions
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Ont. man forced to fly home because he mixed vaccines
An Ontario man flew to Trinidad only to be turned around and forced to fly home because his vaccine mix is not approved in that country.
Wild parsnip lands Ont. man in hospital with severe burns
Jayson Delorme shares harrowing story of serious burns caused by a brush with wild parsnip.
Remains found relating to 1999 N.S. missing persons case
RCMP say they've discovered human remains relating to a 1999 missing persons case.
Texas firefighter vacationing in Mexico found dead at hotel
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60-year-old woman convicted in brazen London jewel heist
Security cameras captured a woman switching a bag full of diamonds with one full of pebbles at a London jewelry store.
