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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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Arrest made in death of man whose body was found four years ago: police

Arrest made in death of man whose body was found four years ago: police

Provincial police say they've made an arrest in the death of a man whose body was found after he was reported missing four years ago. Police say 29-year-old David Oliver was reported missing by his family in Kettle and Stony Point First Nation.
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Court rejects OPP finding of no 'serious' officer misconduct after pedestrian killed

Court rejects OPP finding of no 'serious' officer misconduct after pedestrian killed

TORONTO — An Ontario Provincial Police finding that there was no "serious" officer misconduct after a police car struck and killed a pedestrian has been rejected in court.
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Ontario autism services enrolments decline in some weeks despite large waitlist: docs

Ontario autism services enrolments decline in some weeks despite large waitlist: docs

TORONTO — Ontario's progress in giving children with autism access to government-funded core therapy has slowed so significantly that at times the number of kids enrolled is actually declining, despite a ballooning wait-list, according to documents o
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