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Health unit hosting walk-in vaccine clinics this week

Health unit hosting walk-in vaccine clinics this week

Walk-in vaccinations are available to Simcoe Muskoka residents age 12 years and up and needing their first or second dose
Ontario reports 164 new COVID cases Tuesday, 168 cases Monday

Ontario reports 164 new COVID cases Tuesday, 168 cases Monday

The province published the Monday and Tuesday daily updates today, announcing 280 more recoveries and two deaths
OPINION: Can we cancel ‘cancel culture?’

OPINION: Can we cancel ‘cancel culture?’

Calling people out for problematic acts — like sexual harassment or racist comments — can lead to them being cancelled
The politics of growth: Upper York Sewage Solutions stuck in perpetual limbo

The politics of growth: Upper York Sewage Solutions stuck in perpetual limbo

What you need to know about the $715M project York Region has fought to make happen for a decade; '...one of the obvious reasons for a delay would be to wait till an election,' Newmarket mayor says
Good morning, Bradford!

Good morning, Bradford!

Do something kind today
BEYOND LOCAL: New cancer treatments can be tested in artificial cells on tiny chips the size of a postage stamp

BEYOND LOCAL: New cancer treatments can be tested in artificial cells on tiny chips the size of a postage stamp

The pipes imprinted on microfluidic chips are about the size of a human hair, and in many ways are like miniaturizing a chemical manufacturing plant
'It's like a free-for-all up there,' New Tecumseth resident says of road out of town

'It's like a free-for-all up there,' New Tecumseth resident says of road out of town

'It happens all day and weekends are even worse,' resident says of road which becomes County Road 15 and eventually arrives at CFB Borden
New E-bike shop rolls into Cookstown (7 photos)

New E-bike shop rolls into Cookstown (7 photos)

The new e-bike shop opened just two months ago in Cookstown
Lots of great underwater adventures to be found in Simcoe County, diver says (6 photos)

Lots of great underwater adventures to be found in Simcoe County, diver says (6 photos)

'I found an old shipwreck about two months ago that no one’s ever found before… or no one has at least never talked about before,' says Barrie scuba expert
COLUMN: Where do memories live when I am not thinking about them?

COLUMN: Where do memories live when I am not thinking about them?

In her weekly column, Cynthia Breadner reminisces on the past and speaks about gratitude