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Ontario couple in their 80s found dead outside home after late December storm

Ontario couple in their 80s found dead outside home after late December storm

THAMESVILLE, Ont. — Police say a couple in their 80s were found dead outside their southwestern Ontario home after a large storm hit the province just before Christmas.
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Thunder Bay's police chief resigns amid suspension, misconduct charges

Thunder Bay's police chief resigns amid suspension, misconduct charges

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Thunder Bay's embattled police chief has resigned. The Thunder Bay Police Board said it accepted a letter of resignation from Sylvie Hauth during a meeting on Tuesday with an effective date of Jan. 27.
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Police asking public for video amid investigation of St. Catharines industrial fire

Police asking public for video amid investigation of St. Catharines industrial fire

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Niagara police are calling on residents for help with their investigation into a fire at a hazardous waste facility that left one man dead last week. Police have said explosions and a fire broke out shortly after 6:30 a.m.
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Search uncovers 171 'plausible burials' near Ontario residential school

Search uncovers 171 'plausible burials' near Ontario residential school

KENORA, Ont. — Searches for unmarked graves at cemetery grounds linked to a former northern Ontario residential school have uncovered 171 “plausible burials”, the Wauzhushk Onigum Nation said Tuesday, with other sites still to be investigated.
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Lawyer for ex-OPSEU president says union's allegations untrue

Lawyer for ex-OPSEU president says union's allegations untrue

TORONTO — A lawyer for the former president of the Ontario Public Service Employees' Union says a lawsuit launched by the union is "riddled with errors, falsehoods, and untrue allegations.
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Expansion of private clinic procedures will affect hospital nurse bargaining: union

Expansion of private clinic procedures will affect hospital nurse bargaining: union

TORONTO — Ontario hospital nurses are set to soon start bargaining their new contract and the province's intention to expand procedures at private clinics means hospitals will have to come to the table prepared to entice professionals to stay, their
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Alleged Toronto mosque killer's case put over to mid-February

Alleged Toronto mosque killer's case put over to mid-February

TORONTO — The case of a man accused of killing a 58-year-old Muslim man outside a Toronto mosque more than two years ago has been put over until next month.
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Small plane crashes on road near Ontario airport; Transportation Safety Board probing

Small plane crashes on road near Ontario airport; Transportation Safety Board probing

MARKHAM, ONT. — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is investigating after a two-seat plane made a crash landing on a road near a municipal airport north of Toronto on Monday afternoon.
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Ontario's College of Physicians and Surgeons limits building access after threats

Ontario's College of Physicians and Surgeons limits building access after threats

TORONTO — The group that regulates the practice of medicine in Ontario says it is limiting public access to its buildings due to safety concerns.
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Ontario expanding private delivery of public health-care services in 3-step plan

Ontario expanding private delivery of public health-care services in 3-step plan

TORONTO — Ontario is expanding the private delivery of public health care by funding clinics to perform more cataract surgeries, MRI and CT scans, colonoscopies, hip and knee replacements and other procedures in an attempt to ease pressures on the ho
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