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COVID-19 rules barring protests in 2021 were unconstitutional: Ontario's top court

COVID-19 rules barring protests in 2021 were unconstitutional: Ontario's top court

Provincial restrictions on gatherings that prohibited peaceful protests in Ontario for several weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic were unconstitutional, the province's top court ruled Monday
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Damage from ice storm 'devastating' for maple syrup producers

Damage from ice storm 'devastating' for maple syrup producers

'It's been a sad week here,' says owners of Hutchinson's Maple Syrup in Oro-Medonte; despite the carnage, several sugar bushes participated in Maple Weekend events
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Sudbury native Todd Bertuzzi named Cambridge RedHawks head coach

Sudbury native Todd Bertuzzi named Cambridge RedHawks head coach

Bertuzzi played 1,159 games in the National Hockey League over 18 seasons
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Judge asks lawyers in supervised consumption case to get their facts straight

Judge asks lawyers in supervised consumption case to get their facts straight

Nine sites remain closed despite his injunction, and the minister of health contradicted Ontario's lawyer while he was speaking
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Washington set to hike Canadian softwood lumber tariffs

Washington set to hike Canadian softwood lumber tariffs

U.S. industry lobby calls Canada unfair traders while Ontario politicians serve up disappointment
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Full height: 50 years since the CN Tower topped the world

Full height: 50 years since the CN Tower topped the world

Historian Jamie Bradburn looks back on the celebratory day the CN Tower finished its main construction, becoming the world's tallest freestanding structure
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Canadian economy lost 33,000 jobs in March, biggest loss since 2022

Canadian economy lost 33,000 jobs in March, biggest loss since 2022

Unemployment rate for March rose to 6.7 per cent compared
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Judge finds Ottawa man guilty on terror, hate charges related to neo-Nazi propaganda

Judge finds Ottawa man guilty on terror, hate charges related to neo-Nazi propaganda

Charges are related to the production of antisemitic propaganda for the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division
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'Can't imagine Alaska without Canada': Resolution would affirm Canadian sovereignty

'Can't imagine Alaska without Canada': Resolution would affirm Canadian sovereignty

America's 49th state is showing support for the country that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to make its 51st. Republican Rep. Chuck Kopp of Alaska, which shares a border with the Yukon and is separated from the contiguous U.S.
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HART hub services missing as government touts 'successful transition'

HART hub services missing as government touts 'successful transition'

Sites to receive budgets weeks after opening: health minister
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