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Union wants 11.7 per cent raise for Ontario education workers in bargaining proposal

Union wants 11.7 per cent raise for Ontario education workers in bargaining proposal

TORONTO — A union representing Ontario education workers has asked the province for annual wage increases of 11.7 per cent – or $3.25 per hour – as the two sides hash out a new collective agreement.
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Ontario health minister looks to accredit international nurses faster amid closures

Ontario health minister looks to accredit international nurses faster amid closures

TORONTO — Ontario is looking at how to get more internationally trained nurses working in the province in order to ease staffing shortages that have led to temporary emergency room closures, the health minister said Tuesday, but she didn't indicate t
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Hamilton police investigating hate incident on local transit bus

Hamilton police investigating hate incident on local transit bus

Hamilton police say they are investigating an alleged hate incident on a local transit bus. Police say they became aware of a social media post through an online reporting tool.
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Police seek witnesses after woman, 22, dies from gunshot wound in Newmarket, Ont.

Police seek witnesses after woman, 22, dies from gunshot wound in Newmarket, Ont.

NEWMARKET, Ont. — Police are seeking witnesses in a homicide in Newmarket, north of Toronto. York Regional Police say they were called to a home in the early hours of Friday morning on reports of an injured person.
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Thunder Bay woman, 84, charged with manslaughter after fight with other LTC resident

Thunder Bay woman, 84, charged with manslaughter after fight with other LTC resident

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Police say a senior has been charged with manslaughter months after an incident at a Thunder Bay, Ont., long-term care home that led to the death of a 91-year-old resident.
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One dead, two injured in residential fire in Collingwood, Ont.: OPP

One dead, two injured in residential fire in Collingwood, Ont.: OPP

COLLINGWOOD, Ont. — Ontario provincial police say one person has died and two others have been injured in a residential fire in Collingwood, Ont. OPP say officers and firefighters were called to a fire shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday morning.
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Swimmer pulled from Guelph Lake identified as Mississauga, Ont., teen

Swimmer pulled from Guelph Lake identified as Mississauga, Ont., teen

GUELPH, Ont. — Police have identified a person who died after swimming near the island at Guelph Lake over the weekend as a 14-year-old from Mississauga, Ont. Provincial police say they were called to the Guelph Lake Conservation Area around 6:15 p.
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Toronto man charged after woman alleges she was sexually assaulted during massage

Toronto man charged after woman alleges she was sexually assaulted during massage

Toronto police say a man has been charged after a woman was sexually assaulted during a massage. Investigators say a woman arranged to get treated by a massage therapist at a business in the city's midtown on Oct. 8 of last year.
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Toronto says person with monkeypox at homeless shelter moved to isolation centre

Toronto says person with monkeypox at homeless shelter moved to isolation centre

TORONTO — A Toronto public health unit is investigating whether there could be more monkeypox infections in a homeless shelter after confirming that a person with the virus recently visited the facility.
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Eight people injured in two shootings in Greater Toronto Area, one person critical

Eight people injured in two shootings in Greater Toronto Area, one person critical

AJAX, Ont. — Eight people were injured in two separate shootings in the Greater Toronto Area late Sunday and early Monday morning, including six people shot at a restaurant in Ajax, Ont.
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