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Police identify four victims of fatal crash near Peterborough, Ont.

Police identify four victims of fatal crash near Peterborough, Ont.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police have identified the four people who died after a head-on collision east of Peterborough. Police say an SUV and pickup truck crashed Tuesday at around 5:15 p.m. on Highway 7 near Drummond Line.
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Residents, businesses of Ontario town allege negligence in proposed class action suit

Residents, businesses of Ontario town allege negligence in proposed class action suit

TORONTO — A group of residents and businesses have filed a proposed class action lawsuit over an explosion in a small Ontario town, alleging negligence by the municipality and a company hired to find the source of a gas leak that led to the blast.
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Burlington, Ont., establishing six-week indoor mask requirement for city employees

Burlington, Ont., establishing six-week indoor mask requirement for city employees

BURLINGTON, ONT. — The mayor of a city west of Toronto says municipal employees will have to wear masks for the next six weeks amid rising illnesses among staff and in the wider community. Marianne Meed Ward, mayor of Burlington, Ont.
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Police officer who fatally shot teen argues inquest should consider 'suicide by cop'

Police officer who fatally shot teen argues inquest should consider 'suicide by cop'

TORONTO — A Toronto police officer who shot a distraught teen on an empty streetcar argued Wednesday that an inquest should examine whether the youth may have died by "suicide by cop" – a suggestion the teen's family decried as painful and prejudicia
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Hamilton mayor calls for investigation after sewer leak went undetected for 26 years

Hamilton mayor calls for investigation after sewer leak went undetected for 26 years

Hamilton's mayor has called for an investigation after city staff discovered that a pipe had been dumping sewage into the local harbour undetected for 26 years.
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Ontario asks family clinics to work nights, weekends to help overwhelmed hospitals

Ontario asks family clinics to work nights, weekends to help overwhelmed hospitals

TORONTO — Ontario has asked thousands of family health-care workers to work evenings and weekends to help ease the burden on overwhelmed children's hospitals, a government memo obtained by The Canadian Press shows.
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OSSTF victim of ransomware attack, notifies members of personal data compromised

OSSTF victim of ransomware attack, notifies members of personal data compromised

TORONTO — The union representing public high school teachers in Ontario says it was the victim of a ransomware attack earlier this year that compromised members' personal information.
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Ontario education workers to begin voting on deal Thursday through to Dec. 5

Ontario education workers to begin voting on deal Thursday through to Dec. 5

TORONTO — Education workers across Ontario will be voting Thursday through to Dec. 5 to ratify a tentative deal with the province that averted a strike.
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Four dead, one injured in head-on crash east of Peterborough, Ont.: OPP

Four dead, one injured in head-on crash east of Peterborough, Ont.: OPP

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say four people have died in a head-on crash involving a pickup truck and an SUV on Highway 7 east of Peterborough. One person has been sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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Ontario NDP leadership race deadline nears; only one candidate declared

Ontario NDP leadership race deadline nears; only one candidate declared

TORONTO — There are less than two weeks to go in the Ontario NDP leadership race and Marit Stiles, the sole official candidate, is so far the presumptive winner.
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