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Ontario police watchdog investigates shooting death of man, 52, in Port Colborne

Ontario police watchdog investigates shooting death of man, 52, in Port Colborne

PORT COLBORNE, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the shooting death of a 52-year-old man on Sunday afternoon by officers in Port Colborne.
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Hamilton police investigating death of three-year-old girl at conservation area

Hamilton police investigating death of three-year-old girl at conservation area

Police are continuing an investigation into the death of a three-year-old girl who first went missing in a conservation area south of Hamilton on Saturday.
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Military aircraft, ferry used in search for man missing in Georgian Bay

Military aircraft, ferry used in search for man missing in Georgian Bay

Ontario Provincial Police say they've found the body of a man who went missing on Georgian Bay early this morning. The OPP's Southern Georgian Bay Detachment says a 67-year-old man was reported missing from a vessel at about 12:35 a.m.
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Excitement builds for in-person frosh weeks, student leaders say safety top of mind

Excitement builds for in-person frosh weeks, student leaders say safety top of mind

TORONTO — Student leaders say excitement is high as Ontario universities prepare to host the first frosh weeks, largely in-person and absent of public health restrictions, since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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Students head into in-person school year with masking questions, hopes of normalcy

Students head into in-person school year with masking questions, hopes of normalcy

TORONTO — Thousands of Canadian children return to the classroom this week for their fourth pandemic school year, eager for a semblance of normalcy after years of upheaval that many families fear is not over yet.
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Hundreds attend candlelight vigil for six young people killed in Barrie, Ont., crash

Hundreds attend candlelight vigil for six young people killed in Barrie, Ont., crash

BARRIE, Ont. — Candle flames and lantern lights illuminated the downtown waterfront in Barrie, Ont., Saturday evening as hundreds of grieving mourners gathered to honour six young city residents killed in a car crash nearly a week ago.
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Hamilton Police find missing three-year-old dead at conservation area

Hamilton Police find missing three-year-old dead at conservation area

HAMILTON — Police say a three-year-old girl has been found dead after she went missing in a conservation area south of Hamilton, Ont., Saturday. In a tweet just before 8 p.m., Hamilton Police said the child was missing at Binbrook Conservation Area.
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SIU investigating after car collides with OPP cruiser, injuring teen

SIU investigating after car collides with OPP cruiser, injuring teen

TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog says it's investigating a crash involving the provincial police force that sent a 17-year-old boy to hospital in Toronto.
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'There's a child in that vehicle': Audio adds new detail to Ontario police shooting

'There's a child in that vehicle': Audio adds new detail to Ontario police shooting

Officers involved in a police shooting that left a one-year-old dead in southern Ontario were told there was a child in the pickup truck they were pursuing and that the driver of the vehicle had a gun, audio posted online indicates.
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Ontario's science table members would have advised against scrapping COVID isolation

Ontario's science table members would have advised against scrapping COVID isolation

TORONTO — Members of Ontario's outgoing science table say they would have advised against the province's decision to scrap its mandatory isolation period for COVID-19 if they had been consulted on the move. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr.
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