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Ontario’s 13,000 part-time college support workers to take strike vote next week

Ontario’s 13,000 part-time college support workers to take strike vote next week

More than 10,000 full-time college support workers provincewide are on strike. Now, part-time support staff will consider joining them
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Ford denies mayors' request to tweak instead of scrap speed camera program

Ford denies mayors' request to tweak instead of scrap speed camera program

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is denying a request from more than 20 mayors across the province to tweak instead of scrap the speed camera program
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These autistic Canadians say U.S. rhetoric has been unhelpful, focus should be on early diagnoses

These autistic Canadians say U.S. rhetoric has been unhelpful, focus should be on early diagnoses

By the time Moira Robertson got an official autism diagnosis at 23 years old, she had missed out on a lot of the government-funded support she desperately needed
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Clients of lobby firms connected to premier, his nephew given tens of millions in training funds

Clients of lobby firms connected to premier, his nephew given tens of millions in training funds

Groups represented by a lobbying firm owned by the premier’s campaign manager got more than $100 million in grant money, a Trillium analysis has found
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Ontario school boards urge Ford to halt plan to scrap speed cameras

Ontario school boards urge Ford to halt plan to scrap speed cameras

Ontario's school boards are jointly urging the provincial government not to proceed with Premier Doug Ford's plan to get rid of speed cameras
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Marineland asks Ottawa for emergency cash to feed whales — or euthanasia imminent

Marineland asks Ottawa for emergency cash to feed whales — or euthanasia imminent

Marineland has asked Ottawa for emergency funding to feed and care for the last captive whales in the country, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent
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‘It’s very barbaric’: Families, advocates decry truancy charges against Ontario teens

‘It’s very barbaric’: Families, advocates decry truancy charges against Ontario teens

The Trillium reached out to school boards across Ontario to find out which ones pursue charges against teens who refuse to attend or who are ‘habitually absent’ from school. This is what we found.
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Canada Post union says latest contract offer is a 'major step backwards'

Canada Post union says latest contract offer is a 'major step backwards'

The union representing Canada Post workers says the Crown corporation is "making a mockery of the collective bargaining process" with its latest contract offers.
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Mayors call on Ford to cover municipalities' speed camera cancellation costs

Mayors call on Ford to cover municipalities' speed camera cancellation costs

TORONTO — Several Ontario municipalities are pushing back on Premier Doug Ford's planned speed camera ban, urging him to tweak the program instead of outright cancelling it — but if he forges ahead, they say the province should foot the bill.
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Security task force says it saw 'small scale' foreign meddling during federal vote

Security task force says it saw 'small scale' foreign meddling during federal vote

Federal security task force says interference activities were difficult to attribute to an actor from abroad
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