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Doug Ford says it would be 'foolish' to repair science centre building

Doug Ford says it would be 'foolish' to repair science centre building

TORONTO — Trying to repair the Ontario Science Centre building would be "foolish," Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday in response to calls to reverse his abrupt closure of the attraction.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters say they'll take down UGuelph encampment by next Monday

Pro-Palestinian protesters say they'll take down UGuelph encampment by next Monday

GUELPH, Ont. — Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up camp at the University of Guelph more than a month ago say they will pack up and leave by next Monday.
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Cap on for-profit centres hampering growth of $10-a-day child-care system: Ontario

Cap on for-profit centres hampering growth of $10-a-day child-care system: Ontario

TORONTO — Ontario municipalities have been forced to turn down thousands of child-care spaces in the $10-a-day system because of a limit on the percentage of for-profit spaces in the province's deal with the federal government, the provincial governm
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Mayor of town where Munro lived would 'consider' amending monument honouring her

Mayor of town where Munro lived would 'consider' amending monument honouring her

CENTRAL HURON, ONT. — The mayor of the municipality where Alice Munro lived for much of her adult life says he would "consider" amending the monument to the celebrated writer outside the public library in Clinton, Ont.
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Protesters clear encampments at UWaterloo, Western; UGuelph issues trespass notice

Protesters clear encampments at UWaterloo, Western; UGuelph issues trespass notice

Pro-Palestinian protesters dismantled their encampments at two southern Ontario universities over the weekend, while demonstrators at another university campus were handed a trespass notice Monday and warned legal action could follow.
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University of Guelph issues trespass notice to pro-Palestinian protest encampment

University of Guelph issues trespass notice to pro-Palestinian protest encampment

GUELPH, Ont. — The University of Guelph says it has issued a trespass notice to pro-Palestinian protesters who set up camp on school grounds more than a month ago.
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Sex assault case of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach back in court in October

Sex assault case of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach back in court in October

BRAMPTON, Ont. — The case of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach, who is accused of sexually assaulting 10 complainants, is due to return to a Brampton, Ont., court on Oct. 7.
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Intimate partner violence suspected in deaths of Ontario mom and kids: police

Intimate partner violence suspected in deaths of Ontario mom and kids: police

HARROW, ONTARIO — Police say a mother and her two children found dead in their home near Windsor, Ont., last month were all shot in what they describe as a case of intimate partner violence.
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Man dead after shooting partner in Woodstock, Ont.; police investigating

Man dead after shooting partner in Woodstock, Ont.; police investigating

WOODSTOCK, ONT. — Police in Woodstock, Ont., say a man is dead after he shot his partner outside a home then suffered an apparent gunshot wound.
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Large amount of lobster dumped along highway east of North Bay, Ont.: police

Large amount of lobster dumped along highway east of North Bay, Ont.: police

BONFIELD, ONT. — Ontario Provincial Police say they found a large amount of lobster that had been dumped along a highway east of North Bay. Police say they received calls about lobster on the shoulder of Highway 17 in Bonfield on Tuesday.
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