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ONTARIO: Ontarians helping homeless stay warm as the province endures extreme cold

ONTARIO: Ontarians helping homeless stay warm as the province endures extreme cold

Experts say they are continuing to call on the Ontario government to create affordable housing and fund social services to address homelessness in the province
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ONTARIO: Police helicopter catches impaired arrest on video

ONTARIO: Police helicopter catches impaired arrest on video

A caller tipped police off
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ONTARIO: Canada decides against appealing landmark annuities case, chief says

ONTARIO: Canada decides against appealing landmark annuities case, chief says

The provincial deadline to decide is today
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ONTARIO: Videos capture just how cold it is in Timmins

ONTARIO: Videos capture just how cold it is in Timmins

The area continues to be under an extreme cold warning
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CANADA: McGill science group questions sale of "quack remedies"

CANADA: McGill science group questions sale of "quack remedies"

Homeopathy, which dates back to 1796, is based on the principle that "like cures like," or the idea that a disease can be cured by ingesting a low dose of something that produces similar symptoms in a healthy person
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BEYOND LOCAL: Should social media be regulated?

BEYOND LOCAL: Should social media be regulated?

Some scholars are also calling for dominant tech platforms to be regulated as public utilities given their power in operating private informational infrastructure
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CANADA: Garneau optimistic about implementing national standards for truck drivers

CANADA: Garneau optimistic about implementing national standards for truck drivers

Garneau says he favours minimum entry-level training standards for truck drivers and believes that every province should have that requirement
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BEYOND LOCAL: Hanlon southbound at 401 remains closed as jet fuel clean up continues into next week

BEYOND LOCAL: Hanlon southbound at 401 remains closed as jet fuel clean up continues into next week

The ministry said there is no timeframe for the completion of the clean up
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BEYOND LOCAL: Jet fuel spill reaching further into waterways than first reported: Ministry of Environment

BEYOND LOCAL: Jet fuel spill reaching further into waterways than first reported: Ministry of Environment

The discovery of jet fuel odours has resulted in Grand River Conservation Authority anouncing there will be no ice fishing this season at Shade's Mill Conservation Area.
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BEYOND LOCAL Are Catholic schools hot beds for homophobia?

BEYOND LOCAL Are Catholic schools hot beds for homophobia?

Where schools promote such contradictory messages associating respect and depravity with LGBTQ people, they have made Alberta and Ontario Catholic schools potential hotbeds for homophobia, says Associate Professor at Univeristy of Calgary, Tonya D. Callaghan
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