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Ontario reports 1,057 new COVID cases Saturday

Ontario reports 1,057 new COVID cases Saturday

Saturday's report includes 2.057 recoveries and 15 deaths
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Grey Transit Route wants to know where you'd like to get off

Grey Transit Route wants to know where you'd like to get off

A public survey currently underway asks riders to indicate on a map where they would like to see additional stops
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BEYOND LOCAL: How high-tech contact lenses could one day replace smart phones

BEYOND LOCAL: How high-tech contact lenses could one day replace smart phones

Research bringing together chemistry, biology and microelectronics is resulting in contact lenses that are straight out of science fiction
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Gypsy moths are in Collingwood, but you might have to wait them out

Gypsy moths are in Collingwood, but you might have to wait them out

Simcoe County is seeing an outbreak of the destructive moths, but their days are numbered according to forestry experts watching the trees
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Good morning, Collingwood!

Good morning, Collingwood!

We know summer is the height of being alive
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BEYOND LOCAL: How better conversations can help reduce vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19 and other shots

BEYOND LOCAL: How better conversations can help reduce vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19 and other shots

Empathetically exploring the positive motivations of people who are vaccine hesitant may help improve acceptance for COVID-19 vaccines and others
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Barrie police scoop up orphaned raccoons

Barrie police scoop up orphaned raccoons

Named Trash and Panda by local police officers who found them, the raccoons are safe and sound at a local wildlife centre
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The pandemic will eventually end, but medical experts say our lives will be forever changed

The pandemic will eventually end, but medical experts say our lives will be forever changed

Ontario Medical Association panelists speak on what to expect when the coronavirus finally backs off
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Collingwood Unity Collective offering $1,000 grant for 'Wayfinders'

Collingwood Unity Collective offering $1,000 grant for 'Wayfinders'

The intent of the Wayfinder Grant is to identify those individuals who stand out as helping all of us to navigate toward a more inclusive future through their actions and inspiration
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Simcoe-Muskoka youth encouraged to book vaccine appointments

Simcoe-Muskoka youth encouraged to book vaccine appointments

The health unit says there will be thousands of new COVID vaccination appointments posted tomorrow morning at 8 a.m.
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