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BEYOND LOCAL: Canada's Aaliyah Edwards ready to achieve pro dream with WNBA draft around the corner

BEYOND LOCAL: Canada's Aaliyah Edwards ready to achieve pro dream with WNBA draft around the corner

Edwards declared for the draft on March 21, referring to the recent NCAA women's basketball tournament as her "last dance."
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BEYOND LOCAL: Drought, heat raise risk of repeat of last summer's record-breaking wildfires

BEYOND LOCAL: Drought, heat raise risk of repeat of last summer's record-breaking wildfires

The 2023 fire season was Canada's worst on record, with more than 6,600 fires burning more than 15 million hectares, an area almost twice the size of Lake Superior
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BEYOND LOCAL: A bunch of people dressed up as the sun in Niagara Falls and broke a Guinness record

BEYOND LOCAL: A bunch of people dressed up as the sun in Niagara Falls and broke a Guinness record

If you're wondering whether there is a Guinness World Record for "largest gathering of people dressed as the sun", the answer is, yes, and it now belongs to Niagara Falls, Ont.
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BEYOND LOCAL: Summer McIntosh posts fastest 200m free of year at Canadian Swimming Open

BEYOND LOCAL: Summer McIntosh posts fastest 200m free of year at Canadian Swimming Open

McIntosh is one of Canada's biggest medal hopes for this summer's Paris Olympics
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What Ontario roads are the worst? Voting open for annual CAA campaign

What Ontario roads are the worst? Voting open for annual CAA campaign

A Timmins road has been the worst in the north for two years running
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BEYOND LOCAL: OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in 'trial of the century,' dies at 76

BEYOND LOCAL: OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in 'trial of the century,' dies at 76

Simpson's attorney confirmed to TMZ he died Wednesday night in Las Vegas
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BEYOND LOCAL: Guardians ready to help salamanders during annual exodus

BEYOND LOCAL: Guardians ready to help salamanders during annual exodus

Jefferson salamanders are highly sensitive to environmental disruption, making protecting them a matter of life and death
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BEYOND LOCAL: Growing project makes big impact in fight against world hunger

BEYOND LOCAL: Growing project makes big impact in fight against world hunger

Canadian Foodgrains Bank supporters came together to talk about efforts to help end international hunger
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BEYOND LOCAL: Depressed since pandemic, parrot at Halifax museum being shipped to Ontario

BEYOND LOCAL: Depressed since pandemic, parrot at Halifax museum being shipped to Ontario

Merlin has been the mascot of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax since 2006, but his routine was disrupted when COVID-19 emerged in 2020 and the museum closed
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BEYOND LOCAL: How to make a pinhole camera with everyday items for safe solar eclipse viewing

BEYOND LOCAL: How to make a pinhole camera with everyday items for safe solar eclipse viewing

Millions of people across a swath of North America, including parts of Eastern and Atlantic Canada, will experience a few minutes of darkness in the middle of the day as the moon passes in front of the sun
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