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BEYOND LOCAL: Here's why you should consider adding bugs to your diet

BEYOND LOCAL: Here's why you should consider adding bugs to your diet

It is vital to find alternative and sustainable sources of protein to meet the considerable challenge of ensuring food security for the future
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VIDEO: It's the people and places that make Canada great

VIDEO: It's the people and places that make Canada great

Why are you proud to be Canadian?
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From Salad Fest to Bradford's centennial, everyone loves a parade! (17 photos)

From Salad Fest to Bradford's centennial, everyone loves a parade! (17 photos)

Happy Canada Day! As we get dressed in red and white today, and get ready to celebrate Canada's 152nd birthday, let's go back in time and check out some other celebrations in Bradford West Gwillimbury's history
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BEYOND LOCAL: 'We're paying for climate change with our health,' prof says

BEYOND LOCAL: 'We're paying for climate change with our health,' prof says

Prof also says that carbon pricing is just what the doctor (and the economist) ordered for a healthier planet
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Canine 'goodwill ambassadors' deserve moment of celebration

Canine 'goodwill ambassadors' deserve moment of celebration

COPE facility dogs have 'greatly enhanced' the work of the Child & Youth Advocacy Centre of SImcoe/Muskoka; They are 'sunny distractions'
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Celebrate Canada's birthday with free fishing

Celebrate Canada's birthday with free fishing

The free fishing week is the fourth licence-free fishing opportunity this year
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Better than sliced bread: this man's grandpa cured rickets with baked goods

Better than sliced bread: this man's grandpa cured rickets with baked goods

A Collingwood man is revealing the ultimate secret family recipe that revolutionized bread in Canada and the US almost 100 years ago
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Ask the Nutritionist: Here's why vegans have 'one of the most unhealthy diets'

Ask the Nutritionist: Here's why vegans have 'one of the most unhealthy diets'

In her weekly column, Bradford West Gwillimbury licensed nutritionist Nonie De Long explains why eating meat is essential for good health
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BEYOND LOCAL: Hands-on activities to help keep your child's memory, literacy skills sharp this summer

BEYOND LOCAL: Hands-on activities to help keep your child's memory, literacy skills sharp this summer

Fine motor play builds strength and endurance in muscle memory needed for literacy tasks like putting pencil to paper.
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Butterfly watching is experiencing a 'quiet resurgence' in popularity

Butterfly watching is experiencing a 'quiet resurgence' in popularity

Our outdoors columnist provides some expert tips to photograph these flighty insects - or to raise your own
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