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Reintegration from corrections a ‘critical juncture’ in northern Ontario’s drug crisis
A new report from the John Howard Society of Ontario highlights the growing severity of the toxic drug crisis and the effects on those involved in northern Ontario’s criminal justice system. The report, released Tuesday, explores the link between incarceration and drug-related deaths in the region, and says people from northern communities and First Nations…
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Neighbours band together to help rescue tiny bear cub in backyard
Residents heard the bawling from a bear cub early in the morning on Tuesday and called for help.
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Montreal’s largest school service centre loses more than 100 support staff due to new secularism law
Montreal’s largest school board has lost more than 100 support staff because they refused to remove religious symbols to comply with the province’s new secularism law.
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Wheatley, Ont., woman calls on province to help after daughter evicted from transitional housing site
A Wheatley, Ont. woman wants the Ontario government to help people with addictions after her daughter was evicted from the Pathways on Parks cabins — a transitional housing site in Chatham.
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City of Windsor files legal defense against planner who says he was fired for political reasons
The City of Windsor wants a court to throw out a $2.8 million wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed by a city planner who claims he was fired for political reasons.
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Trump issues multiple permits for pipelines transporting oil between Canada and U.S.
Permits include one for the construction of a new pipeline, and several related to the maintenance of existing pipelines, according to White House documents.
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Windsor senior dies after being hit by 2 vehicles while crossing the street on Tecumseh Road East
Police say a 65-year-old woman is dead after she was hit while crossing a street in the 1600 block of Tecumseh Road East.
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Assembly of First Nations head rejects RCMP ‘regret’ for secret Indigenous surveillance program
The head of the Assembly of First Nations is rejecting the RCMP’s recent statement of regret for a secret surveillance program that targeted hundreds of Indigenous people. Such statements are “not a sufficient response,” Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says in a letter to the prime minister.
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Hospitalization rates for illnesses like COVID, flu have doubled since pre-pandemic, report finds
Striking new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows hospitalization rates for vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases more than doubled in 2024, compared to pre-pandemic levels, all while vaccination rates are backsliding.