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Ontario education workers to go on strike Friday despite new law making it illegal

Ontario education workers to go on strike Friday despite new law making it illegal

TORONTO — More than 50,000 Ontario education workers will stage an indefinite strike starting Friday, despite the government enacting a law to make it illegal, with their union warning parents to make alternate arrangements into next week.
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'Dangerous' and 'draconian': Labour experts pan Ontario's notwithstanding clause use

'Dangerous' and 'draconian': Labour experts pan Ontario's notwithstanding clause use

TORONTO — Ontario's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause in legislation intended to prevent a strike by education workers is a dangerous and draconian move that could have implications for labour negotiations across the country, experts say.
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Ontario hospitals directed to treat some children who need ICU, surgeries may be axed

Ontario hospitals directed to treat some children who need ICU, surgeries may be axed

TORONTO — A surge in hospitalizations for children that's expected to last months has prompted the agency overseeing Ontario's health system to direct general hospitals to accept patients 14 and older who need intensive care.
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Lawyer for family argues Thunder Bay custody death was a homicide as inquest wraps

Lawyer for family argues Thunder Bay custody death was a homicide as inquest wraps

The likely preventable death of an Indigenous man in Thunder Bay police custody should be considered a homicide, a lawyer for his family argued as a coroner's inquest heard closing submissions Thursday.
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Fog advisory remains in place for Toronto, parts of the GTA

Fog advisory remains in place for Toronto, parts of the GTA

TORONTO — A fog advisory remains in effect for some parts of the Greater Toronto Area, with Environment Canada warning of near-zero visibility and hazardous driving conditions.
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One dead in fatal shooting near Meadowvale Community Centre in Mississauga

One dead in fatal shooting near Meadowvale Community Centre in Mississauga

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — One man is dead following a shooting near Meadowvale Community Centre in Mississauga, Ont. Peel Regional Police were called to the Glen Erin Drive and Meadowvale Town Centre Circle area around 9:45 p.m.
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Growth in health spending to slow down in 2022 after pandemic surge: CIHI report

Growth in health spending to slow down in 2022 after pandemic surge: CIHI report

The growth in health spending seen during the first two years of the pandemic will slow dramatically in 2022, predicts a report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information. The total health spending in Canada is still expected to rise by 0.
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TDSB to close schools for duration of Ontario education workers' strike

TDSB to close schools for duration of Ontario education workers' strike

Canada's largest school board says it will keep schools closed for the duration of an Ontario education workers' strike planned for Friday, which the union has said will continue indefinitely.
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Thunder Bay police chief tells custody deaths inquest that force lacked compassion

Thunder Bay police chief tells custody deaths inquest that force lacked compassion

Officers with Thunder Bay police had a "lack of human compassion" for people they were interacting with at the time when two men died of medical conditions while in custody, the force's acting police chief told an inquest on Wednesday.
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Toronto police identify suspect in shooting outside school that killed one person

Toronto police identify suspect in shooting outside school that killed one person

Toronto police have identified a 17-year-old suspect wanted in connection with a shooting outside a high school in the city's east end that left one dead Monday. Police say the shooting took place outside Woburn Collegiate Institute around 3:20 p.m.
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