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City drops plan to create formal event space at Hanlan's Point in Toronto Island Park

City drops plan to create formal event space at Hanlan's Point in Toronto Island Park

TORONTO — The City of Toronto has dropped plans for a formal event space near Hanlan's Point Beach in response to concerns it could jeopardize the LGBTQ space on Toronto Island Park.
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Bargaining for Ontario hospital nurses enters mediation

Bargaining for Ontario hospital nurses enters mediation

TORONTO — The Ontario Nurses' Association is starting mediation today with the Ontario Hospital Association in what the nurses call a "last-ditch effort" to reach a negotiated settlement.
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Ontario public health units press province for more stable funding

Ontario public health units press province for more stable funding

TORONTO — Ontario's public health units are calling on the government to stop using one-time funding to bridge a gap it created four years ago, and to provide them with a predictable source of money as they address a backlog of services built up over
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TTC CEO asks for more emergency spending power amid transit violence concerns

TTC CEO asks for more emergency spending power amid transit violence concerns

TORONTO — The board for Toronto's transit agency backed a plan Tuesday to expand the chief executive’s spending authority, which could be used to extend contracts for 50 temporary security guards brought on after several cases of violence in the syst
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Health authority, university develop culturally-informed program for Indigenous youth

Health authority, university develop culturally-informed program for Indigenous youth

A northern Ontario health organization and a university say they are developing a culturally-informed program that will prepare Indigenous youth for careers in health-care.
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Police charge man with manslaughter in death of former CBC journalist

Police charge man with manslaughter in death of former CBC journalist

Toronto police say they have charged a man with manslaughter in the death of a former CBC producer who was pushed to the ground in what investigators have alleged was a random assault. They say the 43-year-old man surrendered to police on Tuesday.
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Rural Ontario parents say mobile autism support services difficult to access

Rural Ontario parents say mobile autism support services difficult to access

Lori Byvelds has been advocating for her 13-year-old son since he was diagnosed with autism almost a decade ago.
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Ontario First Nation says bodies of two adults, one child recovered after house fire

Two adults and a child have been confirmed dead in a house fire on a remote northwestern Ontario First Nation, its chief said Monday as she called for the government to improve firefighting services in her community.
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Man shot by Toronto police suffers serious injuries, SIU investigating

Man shot by Toronto police suffers serious injuries, SIU investigating

TORONTO — A police officer shot and seriously injured a man in Toronto on Monday after the 31-year-old allegedly threatened someone with a knife in a park, Ontario's police watchdog said as it investigated what happened.
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Ontario public schools need support for youth mental health after pandemic: survey

Ontario public schools need support for youth mental health after pandemic: survey

Hundreds of Ontario principals say they need more help to support students' mental health, a survey reported Monday as it exposed inequities in access to those supports across the province.
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