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Indigenous artist needed hospital care, not jail, family tells inquest

Indigenous artist needed hospital care, not jail, family tells inquest

The sons of a renowned Indigenous artist wept on Thursday at an inquest into their father's death, criticizing the failure to treat his mental health struggles before he died by suicide in a Thunder Bay jail.
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Communities along Ottawa River declare emergency over flood risks

Communities along Ottawa River declare emergency over flood risks

Communities in eastern Ontario declared local states of emergency over flood risks as water levels on the Ottawa River were expected to peak Thursday.
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Girl, 8, dies after hit-and-run outside Burlington, Ont., school

Girl, 8, dies after hit-and-run outside Burlington, Ont., school

BURLINGTON, ONTARIO — A 21-year-old man has been charged in a hit-and-run outside a school in Burlington, Ont., that left an eight-year-old girl dead.
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Cambridge, Ont., pharma facility to help make Moderna mRNA vaccines

Cambridge, Ont., pharma facility to help make Moderna mRNA vaccines

CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced that Moderna Inc. is partnering with a facility in Cambridge, Ont., to complete the final steps of manufacturing for its mRNA vaccines.
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'We are being ignored:' older women struggle with rising cost of housing

'We are being ignored:' older women struggle with rising cost of housing

Katherine Goodes has always enjoyed her own company, but at the age of 67 she's going to be moving in with three strangers to help make ends meet.
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Man appears in court after charged in sale of lethal powder linked to Ont. deaths

Man appears in court after charged in sale of lethal powder linked to Ont. deaths

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police in Ontario say they are working with national and international law enforcement as they investigate a Mississauga man accused of selling a potentially lethal substance online to people at risk of killing themselves.
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Ontario putting $51M over three years to tackle auto theft

Ontario putting $51M over three years to tackle auto theft

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Ontario is spending $51 million over three years to try to fight auto theft, which the government says has increased 14 per cent in the last year alone.
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OPP warning of potentially lethal substance being mailed across Ontario

OPP warning of potentially lethal substance being mailed across Ontario

ORILLIA, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police have issued a public safety warning about packages containing a potentially lethal substance being mailed out across the province.
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Lack of Ontario long COVID strategy risks care: ministry documents

Lack of Ontario long COVID strategy risks care: ministry documents

TORONTO — Ontario's lack of a long COVID strategy has led the health sector to cobble together "fragmented" clinics that are at risk of closure and may lead to little to no support for patients, internal Ministry of Health documents warn.
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Mississauga, Ont., man charged in sale, distribution of sodium nitrite

Mississauga, Ont., man charged in sale, distribution of sodium nitrite

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — An Ontario man has been charged after an investigation into the sale and distribution of a potentially lethal substance. Peel Regional Police have charged 57-year-old Kenneth Law of Mississauga, Ont.
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