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• Man pulled from burning car by five others on Ontario highway in 'heroic effort'

  Five men are being hailed as heroes by the Ontario Provincial Police after saving a man from a burning vehicle on a Toronto-area highway earlier this week.

  

• Community organization wants to install cameras to enhance downtown safety

  A community organization is proposing a network of cameras in an effort to bolster safety throughout the area.

  

• Missing teen found dead: Kenora police

  Officers with the Kenora detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police say a missing 16-year-old boy was found dead.

  

• The next stage in the battle against COVID-19: bivalent vaccines

  Several vaccine manufacturers are racing to develop formulas that take into account the more infectious Omicron variant now driving cases, while policymakers are laying the groundwork for another large-scale vaccine blitz.

  

• Feds urged to crack down on fake Indigenous art, copyright breaches

  First Nations art, from hand-carved masks to totem poles, draws on generations of tradition and skill and can take months to craft. But a flood of fakes and commercial knock-offs produced in Asia and eastern Europe are exploiting Indigenous culture, the artists say, and robbing them of revenue.

• Dire shortages leave Melita residents with no ER services for the summer

  Residents in a southern Manitoba town are asking questions as to why they are facing a summer with no emergency room.

• Canada will keep ArriveCan for its data on COVID-19-positive travellers: sources

  The federal government has no intention of dropping the controversial ArriveCan app because it gives the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) key health information about travellers who test positive for COVID-19 through testing at airports and land borders, senior government sources tell CTV News.

• Winnipeg Transit launches new campaign defining priority and courtesy seats

• Canada most popular country to relocate to, Google search analysis shows

  Canada is the most searched nation in more than four dozen countries as a place to potentially move to, a recent analysis of Google data shows.

• Steinbach RCMP searching for missing 15-year-old boy

  Steinbach RCMP is looking for a 15-year-old boy from the RM of Reynolds.

• Ex-'Cheer' star Harris gets 12 years for seeking photos, sex from minors

  A federal judge Wednesday sentenced Jerry Harris, a former star of the Netflix documentary series 'Cheer,' to 12 years in prison for coercing teenage boys to send him obscene photos and videos of themselves and soliciting sex from minors at cheerleading competitions.

• Severe thunderstorm warnings end for southern Manitoba

  Severe thunderstorm warnings have come to an end for southern Manitoba according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.

• Air Canada temporarily bans pets from baggage hold over delays

  Air Canada said on Wednesday it will not allow animals in the baggage hold until Sept. 12 due to 'longer than usual' delays at airports, as carriers and airports wrestle with complaints over lost luggage and long lines.

• Intense video shows worker dangling from crane at Toronto construction site

  Video has emerged showing a worker dangling in the air above a Toronto construction site after accidently getting entangled in a tagline attached to a crane.

• Manitoba expands eligibility for high-dose flu vaccine

  When flu season rolls around, the Manitoba government is ensuring more people are being protected from severe illness.

• Road access restored in Whiteshell Provincial Park after spring flooding

  Road access has been restored in Whiteshell Provincial Park after spring flooding wreaked havoc, but the province says delays are still expected in the park.

• Winnipeg breaks ground on new pickleball courts

  With the sport of pickleball growing in popularity, the City of Winnipeg broke ground on new courts in St. James.

• How an increasingly popular supplement landed a man in the hospital

  A British man's overdose on vitamin D is a cautionary tale for people who are considering adding supplements to their lives, according to a paper published Tuesday in the journal BMJ Case Reports.