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'Treated like a convict': Use of restraints at Newmarket hospital leaves patient with nightmares

'Treated like a convict': Use of restraints at Newmarket hospital leaves patient with nightmares

'I was born in that hospital, and I won’t go back there,' says Newmarket resident who questions the mental-health system that allows patients to be strapped to beds
The fight to build the AGO: Looking back after 125 years

The fight to build the AGO: Looking back after 125 years

As the Art Gallery of Ontario celebrates its 125th anniversary this year, historian Jamie Bradburn recalls Toronto elites’ decades-long fight to make it happen
Students, staff in Walkerton return to school after crash killed students and coach

Students, staff in Walkerton return to school after crash killed students and coach

Hundreds gathered at a vigil on Sunday evening outside the Walkerton school, where attendees lit candles and laid flowers
Dog 'beer' brewed in Guelph lets pups have their own happy hour

Dog 'beer' brewed in Guelph lets pups have their own happy hour

Brothers Brewing Company co-founder, Asa Proveau, has started something completely separate from his business with beer brewed just for dogs
Dead snakes found in Coniston spark outrage over animal cruelty

Dead snakes found in Coniston spark outrage over animal cruelty

At least three ball pythons were found dead outside in the Coniston area in recent weeks
Toronto magic mushroom shops targeted by gunfire 7 times in 3 days

Toronto magic mushroom shops targeted by gunfire 7 times in 3 days

Police also say a vehicle was driven through the front of one magic mushroom dispensary this week, though no one was inside the vehicle at the time of the collision
Sudbury family finds themselves at Vatican when new pope named

Sudbury family finds themselves at Vatican when new pope named

The Derro family just happened to be in Italy during the conclave where the Catholic Church chooses a new pope where they not only celebrated Pope Leo XIV’s selection but participated in the pre-conclave mass at St. Peter’s Basilica
NOSM University to be part of Ontario's new primary care plan

NOSM University to be part of Ontario's new primary care plan

Northern Ontario medical school will join other med-schools across Ontario in creating clinics where new family doctors can be trained for new initiative by the Ministry of Health
Ottawa looks to off-load costly, seldom-used mobile hospitals bought for the pandemic

Ottawa looks to off-load costly, seldom-used mobile hospitals bought for the pandemic

The four units take up 588 tractor trailers worth of space and need constant access to electricity to refrigerate medicine
Unemployment rate rises to 6.9% in April as trade war hits factory jobs

Unemployment rate rises to 6.9% in April as trade war hits factory jobs

At 6.9 per cent, the unemployment rate is back at its recent high seen in November