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BEYOND LOCAL: 'Reconciliation was possible:' Indigenous priest reconciles faith with identity

BEYOND LOCAL: 'Reconciliation was possible:' Indigenous priest reconciles faith with identity

Cristino Bouvette’s mind often goes to his grandmother when he thinks about reconciliation: her strength, her empathy and her ability to forgive.
COVID-19: Ontario prepared to handle increase in COVID cases, hospitalizations: Ford

COVID-19: Ontario prepared to handle increase in COVID cases, hospitalizations: Ford

When asked at a news conference Friday if he would reintroduce restrictions to respond to a surge, Premier Doug Ford wouldn't say
BEYOND LOCAL: Former union boss Jerry Dias accepted money from supplier, Unifor alleges

BEYOND LOCAL: Former union boss Jerry Dias accepted money from supplier, Unifor alleges

Unifor did not identify the companies who bought the COVID-19 rapid test kits or the supplier
CANADA: Behind the scenes of the removal of residential schools memorial from Parliament Hill

CANADA: Behind the scenes of the removal of residential schools memorial from Parliament Hill

Memorial was one of many that popped up across the country as Canadians were confronted with the horrors Indigenous children faced when removed from their families and forced to attend these institutions over more than a century
ONTARIO: SickKids to receive three more pediatric cancer patients, their families from Ukraine

ONTARIO: SickKids to receive three more pediatric cancer patients, their families from Ukraine

The patients and their families will be arriving within 36 hours
BEYOND LOCAL: Guelph artist creates Putin-inspired deli meat face to raise funds for Ukraine

BEYOND LOCAL: Guelph artist creates Putin-inspired deli meat face to raise funds for Ukraine

Commission from t-shirt sales with the image will be donated to the Red Cross for Ukrainian relief
BEYOND LOCAL: Tire residue chemical in rain runoff kills fish in urban streams, research finds

BEYOND LOCAL: Tire residue chemical in rain runoff kills fish in urban streams, research finds

Link between fish fatalities and such residue was first revealed in a 2021 paper that concluded the kills were due to a contaminant formed from the residue tires leave on roads as they wear
CANADA: Hate crimes up 37 per cent in 2020, other crime down: Stats Canada

CANADA: Hate crimes up 37 per cent in 2020, other crime down: Stats Canada

Police-reported hate crimes targeting race or ethnicity rose 80 per cent in 2020 compared with 2019 and accounted for the bulk of the national increase
COVID-19: Hospitalizations likely to rise, but not as much as January, say experts

COVID-19: Hospitalizations likely to rise, but not as much as January, say experts

New modelling released today by Ontario's science advisory table suggests that if there is a moderate increase in COVID-19 transmission, hospitalizations will likely rise, though they won't exceed 1,000
WORLD: 'Heartbreaking decisions' had to be made in Canada's response to Ukraine: Trudeau

WORLD: 'Heartbreaking decisions' had to be made in Canada's response to Ukraine: Trudeau

NATO allies, including Canada, have denied President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's request to close Ukraine airspace over concerns that it would potentially spark a world war-scale conflict