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It’s homecoming weekend for many students and alumni and preparations are underway to ensure it’s a safe celebratory weekend.
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Indigenous art to be featured on GRT bus for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Blue-green algae spotted at GRCA properties
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Maggie Smith, scene-stealing actor famed for Harry Potter and 'Downton Abbey,' dies at 89
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Guelph Police Service purchases armoured vehicle
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Police looking for distinctive stolen motorcycle
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Ontario mother scammed out of $1,800 in Taylor Swift ticket scam
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Ontario man who almost fell for text scam issues warning to others
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Ontario woman misses flight to funeral due to airline ticket typo
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Calls for more protections for Canadian bank clients amid rise in scams
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This Monday, Sept. 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (NDTR), a federal statutory holiday and day of remembrance for the Indigenous children who never came home from Canadian residential schools, as well as those who survived them.
At least 52 dead and millions without power after Helene's deadly march across southeastern U.S.
Hurricane Helene caused at least 52 deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as it raced through, and more than three million customers went into the weekend without any power and for some a continued threat of floods.
Police swarm home after man allegedly confronts snowmobile owner with crossbow
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Biden calls the Israeli strike killing Hezbollah's Nasrallah a 'measure of justice'
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Northern Ont. group fined $8,500 for moose hunt violations
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