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Ontario retirement home's abrupt closure shows need for seniors' advocates: groups

Ontario retirement home's abrupt closure shows need for seniors' advocates: groups

The abrupt closure of a Norwich, Ont., retirement home is highlighting the need for seniors' advocacy offices across the country, and more powers for regulators to act in such situations, advocates say.
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Ontario to ban name changes for sex offenders, solicitor general says

Ontario to ban name changes for sex offenders, solicitor general says

Ontario plans to ban registered sex offenders from changing their names.
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Toronto staff peg cost of provincially ordered bike lane removals at $48M

Toronto staff peg cost of provincially ordered bike lane removals at $48M

TORONTO — Ontario's plan to remove bike lanes on three major roads in Toronto will cost more than $48 million and likely lead to only minimally faster commutes for drivers, city staff say in a new report.
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3 potential consequences of Ontario’s reluctance to deem intimate partner violence an epidemic

3 potential consequences of Ontario’s reluctance to deem intimate partner violence an epidemic

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site.
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'Extremely hard': Community, family mourn man fatally shot by Hamilton police

'Extremely hard': Community, family mourn man fatally shot by Hamilton police

A close friend of a man who was fatally shot by Hamilton police over the weekend says he witnessed Erixon Kabera's last moments in hospital, and is now joining calls for a thorough investigation into his death.
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14 arrested, three still at large in organized crime investigation: Ottawa police

14 arrested, three still at large in organized crime investigation: Ottawa police

OTTAWA — Ottawa police say 14 people have been arrested and three more are sought in an investigation into alleged organized crime and narcotics trafficking.
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Teen wanted in April homicide among those charged in Toronto shootout: police

Teen wanted in April homicide among those charged in Toronto shootout: police

TORONTO — Toronto police say one of the suspects charged after a shootout near a recording studio this week is a teen wanted in the killing of a 30-year-old man.
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Toronto teen charged with murder months after fatal shooting of Kitchener, Ont. man

Toronto teen charged with murder months after fatal shooting of Kitchener, Ont. man

KITCHENER, Ont. — A Toronto teen has been charged with murder in the shooting of a 28-year-old man in Kitchener, Ont., earlier this year. Waterloo regional police say they responded to reports of gunshots on Gray Street the morning of Jan.
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Workers say goodbye to an almost-empty Ontario Science Centre as repairs get underway

Workers say goodbye to an almost-empty Ontario Science Centre as repairs get underway

TORONTO — As the sun shone on an unusually warm day at the end of October, Emma Meadley Dunphy took one final, emotional stroll through the Ontario Science Centre.
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Toronto residents brace for uncertainty of city's Taylor Swift Era

Toronto residents brace for uncertainty of city's Taylor Swift Era

TORONTO — Will Taylor Swift bring chaos or do we all need to calm down? It’s a question many Torontonians are asking this week as the city braces for the massive fan base of one of the world’s biggest pop stars.
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