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Longtime PC MPP Lisa MacLeod announces she will not seek re-election

Longtime PC MPP Lisa MacLeod announces she will not seek re-election

A longtime Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament won't be looking to retain her title. A post to social media from Lisa MacLeod announced she will not be seeking re-election as the MPP for Nepean.
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Kingston mayor's call to close care hub after fatal assault 'misguided': legal clinic

Kingston mayor's call to close care hub after fatal assault 'misguided': legal clinic

A community legal clinic in Kingston, Ont., is denouncing the mayor's calls to clear an encampment and close a supervised consumption site in the city following a series of alleged assaults that left two people dead and one seriously injured.
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Ontario woman facing weapon charge says she was playing with a water gun

Ontario woman facing weapon charge says she was playing with a water gun

A Simcoe, Ont., woman is facing a charge of assault with a weapon over an incident involving a neighbour, but she says the weapon in question was a water gun.
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Man killed, another injured in Toronto west end stabbing

Man killed, another injured in Toronto west end stabbing

Toronto police say a stabbing in the city’s west end has killed one person and left another wounded. Police say they received reports of an altercation between a group of people at Lakeshore Boulevard West and Islington Avenue shortly after 6 a.m.
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Arrest made in death of man whose body was found four years ago: police

Arrest made in death of man whose body was found four years ago: police

Provincial police say they've made an arrest in the death of a man whose body was found after he was reported missing four years ago. Police say 29-year-old David Oliver was reported missing by his family in Kettle and Stony Point First Nation.
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Court rejects OPP finding of no 'serious' officer misconduct after pedestrian killed

Court rejects OPP finding of no 'serious' officer misconduct after pedestrian killed

TORONTO — An Ontario Provincial Police finding that there was no "serious" officer misconduct after a police car struck and killed a pedestrian has been rejected in court.
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Ontario autism services enrolments decline in some weeks despite large waitlist: docs

Ontario autism services enrolments decline in some weeks despite large waitlist: docs

TORONTO — Ontario's progress in giving children with autism access to government-funded core therapy has slowed so significantly that at times the number of kids enrolled is actually declining, despite a ballooning wait-list, according to documents o
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Man arrested in Toronto streetcar stabbing, victim and suspect didn't know each other

Man arrested in Toronto streetcar stabbing, victim and suspect didn't know each other

TORONTO — Toronto police say they've arrested and charged a man after a stabbing on a downtown streetcar that involved two people who did not know each other.
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Woman, 33, found with multiple gunshot wounds in Mississauga

Woman, 33, found with multiple gunshot wounds in Mississauga

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Peel Region police are investigating after a woman was left in life-threatening condition following a shooting in Mississauga, Ont.
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Flu shots to become available in Ontario in October

Flu shots to become available in Ontario in October

TORONTO — Ontario has announced that flu shots will be available in a few weeks for the most vulnerable people, including long-term care home residents, and at the end of October for the general public.
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