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As some Ontario plants hit the brakes, are Canada's EV ambitions under threat?

As some Ontario plants hit the brakes, are Canada's EV ambitions under threat?

LOYALIST TOWNSHIP, ONTARIO, CANADA — The plant was expected to produce batteries for a million electric vehicles a year. Once up and running, it was supposed to create hundreds of permanent jobs in a small southeastern Ontario municipality.
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Officer first reported as 'slashed,' actually cut hand on glass door: Toronto police

Officer first reported as 'slashed,' actually cut hand on glass door: Toronto police

TORONTO — Toronto police say an injured officer who they initially said had been "slashed" while responding to a call about a person in crisis was actually hurt while closing a broken glass door.
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First teen sentenced in Kenneth Lee case gets 15 months probation

First teen sentenced in Kenneth Lee case gets 15 months probation

TORONTO — The first teenager to be sentenced in the death of a Toronto homeless man will not face further time in custody, and instead participate in a community-based program.
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Man dead after fall from balcony as police carry out Toronto search: SIU

Man dead after fall from balcony as police carry out Toronto search: SIU

TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog says a 21-year-old man fell to his death from the balcony of a Toronto condo where officers were set to carry out an early-morning search warrant.
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Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists' scope to include more minor ailments

Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists' scope to include more minor ailments

TORONTO — Ontario is proposing to further expand pharmacists' scope of practice by adding to the list of minor ailments they can assess, allowing them to administer more vaccines and order some lab tests.
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Toronto police investigating fatal stabbing in the city's west end as homicide

Toronto police investigating fatal stabbing in the city's west end as homicide

The Toronto Police Service has launched a homicide investigation into a Thursday morning stabbing in the city's west end that killed one person.
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Longtime PC MPP Lisa MacLeod announces she will not seek re-election

Longtime PC MPP Lisa MacLeod announces she will not seek re-election

A longtime Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament won't be looking to retain her title. A post to social media from Lisa MacLeod announced she will not be seeking re-election as the MPP for Nepean.
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Kingston mayor's call to close care hub after fatal assault 'misguided': legal clinic

Kingston mayor's call to close care hub after fatal assault 'misguided': legal clinic

A community legal clinic in Kingston, Ont., is denouncing the mayor's calls to clear an encampment and close a supervised consumption site in the city following a series of alleged assaults that left two people dead and one seriously injured.
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Ontario woman facing weapon charge says she was playing with a water gun

Ontario woman facing weapon charge says she was playing with a water gun

A Simcoe, Ont., woman is facing a charge of assault with a weapon over an incident involving a neighbour, but she says the weapon in question was a water gun.
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Man killed, another injured in Toronto west end stabbing

Man killed, another injured in Toronto west end stabbing

Toronto police say a stabbing in the city’s west end has killed one person and left another wounded. Police say they received reports of an altercation between a group of people at Lakeshore Boulevard West and Islington Avenue shortly after 6 a.m.
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