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BEYOND LOCAL: 'Keen connection': Franklin expedition divers say 2023 season highly productive

BEYOND LOCAL: 'Keen connection': Franklin expedition divers say 2023 season highly productive

The team is now working with the Geological Survey of Canada to find out where the fossils came from and perhaps learn more about where the ships travelled before sinking below the ice
Land tribunal says what gets built in Ontario, but insiders say it’s broken

Land tribunal says what gets built in Ontario, but insiders say it’s broken

A Ford friend in charge created a 'toxic' workplace at the tribunal, which the government is now reviewing again
Canada’s fertility rate hit all-time low in 2022, Statistics Canada says

Canada’s fertility rate hit all-time low in 2022, Statistics Canada says

Statistics Canada says the country’s fertility rate reached an all-time low of 1.33 children per woman in 2022. The federal agency says that's part of a downward trend that began in 2009
Guelph man spending winter sleeping outside in support of unhoused friends

Guelph man spending winter sleeping outside in support of unhoused friends

Greg Dorval has set up his tent outside the Guelph, Ont. courthouse to advocate and support his unhoused friends through the winter
Ontario commits $100M to extend long-term care training programs

Ontario commits $100M to extend long-term care training programs

Funding will extend and expand two programs that will benefit people living in long-term care homes
Ontario seeks municipal daycare audits, raising cost-cutting concerns

Ontario seeks municipal daycare audits, raising cost-cutting concerns

Ontario has ordered municipalities that directly operate child-care centres to do a value-for-money audit of their programs to determine if they could instead be operated by a "third party," raising concerns about privatization
Now’s not the time for a tuition increase, Ford says

Now’s not the time for a tuition increase, Ford says

But his staff quickly clarified that the government is actually still considering lifting the tuition freeze
Price increases coming to Metro stores as industry price freeze ends: CEO

Price increases coming to Metro stores as industry price freeze ends: CEO

Higher prices will start coming to Metro Inc. grocery stores as soon as next week after an industry-wide blackout period on supplier price increases comes to an end, CEO Eric La Flèche said Tuesday
Mental health group pitches province on supportive housing fund

Mental health group pitches province on supportive housing fund

The Canadian Mental Health Association is asking the province to establish a fund for providing supportive housing
As deadline looms, Liberals say Canada not ready to expand assisted dying eligibility

As deadline looms, Liberals say Canada not ready to expand assisted dying eligibility

The federal government is hitting pause on its plans to make medical assistance in dying available to people whose only medical condition is a mental illness — and Health Minister Mark Holland is offering no clues about a new timeline