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Minister has 'ghosted' families and isn't providing reliable info: autism coalition

Minister has 'ghosted' families and isn't providing reliable info: autism coalition

TORONTO — Families of children with autism in Ontario are having a difficult time accessing consistent, reliable and transparent information about services and it doesn't help that the minister in charge has "ghosted" them, advocates said Monday.
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Ottawa man and woman charged in 2021 death of seven-week-old boy

Ottawa man and woman charged in 2021 death of seven-week-old boy

Ottawa police have charged a man and woman in the October 2021 death of a seven-week-old baby boy. Police have confirmed that the 35-year-old woman is the baby's mother. They have not said what relationship the 35-year-old man has to the infant.
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Ontario approves First Nations' plan to build road to Ring of Fire

Ontario approves First Nations' plan to build road to Ring of Fire

TORONTO — A plan designed by two First Nations to build a road to potential mining sites in Ontario's Ring of Fire has been approved by the provincial government, but the mining minister has refused to say when the project would be completed.
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Police say group of people attacked, fatally stabbed man during altercation

Police say group of people attacked, fatally stabbed man during altercation

TORONTO — One man is dead after reportedly being attacked in downtown Toronto. Police were called to the Sherbourne Street and Queen Street East area around 1 a.m. for reports of a group of people attacking a man.
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Ontario study finds 'circular hockey hub' vaccine clinic most efficient model

Ontario study finds 'circular hockey hub' vaccine clinic most efficient model

TORONTO — Mass immunization clinics in which vaccinators and volunteers move around a circular set-up of chairs - with clients staying seated - was by far the most efficient model in an Ontario government study comparing different sites.
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Police investigating suspicious deaths of two at home in Caledon, Ont.; no suspects

Police investigating suspicious deaths of two at home in Caledon, Ont.; no suspects

CALEDON, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say there are no suspects after two people were found dead in a residence in the Greater Toronto Area. Police say officers responded to a reported disturbance in a residential area in Caledon, Ont.
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SIU investigating police-involved shooting in Ottawa region that injures man

SIU investigating police-involved shooting in Ottawa region that injures man

NEPEAN, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog says it is investigating after a man was seriously injured in a police-involved shooting in the Ottawa region. The Special Investigations Unit says a person contacted Ottawa police at about 9:40 p.m.
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Ontario Liberals name former cabinet minister Kathryn McGarry as new party president

Ontario Liberals name former cabinet minister Kathryn McGarry as new party president

HAMILTON — A former Ontario Liberal cabinet minister and municipal leader is now the party's new president. Kathryn McGarry was named to the role today on the final day of the party's annual general meeting in Hamilton.
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Missing plane found in northern Ontario with two occupants dead: JRCC

Missing plane found in northern Ontario with two occupants dead: JRCC

Search and rescue crews say a plane with two people on board that went missing earlier this week in a remote area of northern Ontario has been found with both occupants dead. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Trenton, Ont.
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Ontario Liberals pick new voting process for leadership race

Ontario Liberals pick new voting process for leadership race

HAMILTON — Ontario Liberals voted Saturday to forge ahead with a new system for selecting their next leader, shedding the delegated conventions of old as the party seeks renewal and recovery from two consecutive electoral disasters.
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