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Greenbelt housing needed due to rising immigration: Premier Ford

Greenbelt housing needed due to rising immigration: Premier Ford

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is justifying his proposal to remove land from the environmentally protected Greenbelt in order to build homes, saying the housing crisis has worsened and will become more dire because of increased immigration.
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2,200 GO Transit workers on strike after failed contract talks, no bus service

2,200 GO Transit workers on strike after failed contract talks, no bus service

TORONTO — A strike by GO Transit workers that began Monday shut down regional bus service across the Greater Golden Horseshoe, leaving commuters scrambling to make last-minute changes to their travel plans.
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Ford willing to repeal education-worker law if CUPE agrees to end walkout

Ford willing to repeal education-worker law if CUPE agrees to end walkout

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford backed down Monday on controversial education-worker legislation that includes the notwithstanding clause, saying he's willing to repeal the law – but only if the workers end a walkout that's shut hundreds of schoo
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Toronto police investigate stabbing death

Toronto police investigate stabbing death

Toronto police's homicide squad is investigating after a man found with a stab wound died of his injuries. Police say officers found the injured man on Sunday evening. He was taken to hospital for treatment.
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Ontario sees 92% of licensed child-care providers opt in to $10/day program

Ontario sees 92% of licensed child-care providers opt in to $10/day program

TORONTO — Ninety-two per cent of licensed child-care operators in Ontario have signed on to the national $10-a-day child-care program, The Canadian Press has learned. Nov.
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Union says about 2,200 GO Transit workers to strike as of Monday morning

Union says about 2,200 GO Transit workers to strike as of Monday morning

TORONTO — Commuters across much of southern Ontario may find themselves scrambling for alternative means of transport after the union representing 2,200 GO Transit employees announced members would be walking off the job as of Monday morning.
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Labour board to rule on legality of Ontario education strike as hearing ends

Labour board to rule on legality of Ontario education strike as hearing ends

TORONTO — A "frenzied and sleep-deprived" Ontario Labour Relations Board hearing to determine the legality of a strike by education workers stretched into a third and final day on Sunday, with a government lawyer arguing it doesn't matter whether the
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Ontario considering letting pharmacists prescribe Paxlovid for COVID-19: Moore

Ontario considering letting pharmacists prescribe Paxlovid for COVID-19: Moore

TORONTO — Ontario is considering allowing pharmacists to prescribe the COVID-19 treatment drug Paxlovid in order to expand access, the province's top doctor says. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr.
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Calling Ontario education strike illegal would undermine bargaining rights: Union

Calling Ontario education strike illegal would undermine bargaining rights: Union

TORONTO — Ontario's labour relations board would send a message that labour laws and collective bargaining rights no longer exist if it complies with a government request to declare a strike by provincial education workers illegal, a union lawyer arg
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Ontario seeks to have education workers' walkout declared illegal

Ontario seeks to have education workers' walkout declared illegal

TORONTO — Ontario's labour relations board began hearing arguments Friday on the government's application to have a walkout by education workers deemed illegal and actions by union leaders declared unlawful, with the case set to continue into the wee
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