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Ontario hospitals prepare and brace for summer ER staffing challenges
TORONTO — Hospitals in smaller and rural Ontario communities have been recruiting, training, and poring over schedules in the hopes of avoiding another summer wave of temporaryER closures – though the problem never really went away.
May 29, 2023 4:00 AM
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Boy, 3, dies after being pulled from backyard pool party in Oakville
OAKVILLE, Ont. — Police say a 3-year-old boy has died after being pulled from a backyard pool during a party in Oakville, Ont. Halton Regional Police say they were called to an address near Speers Road and Third Line after 7 p.m.
May 28, 2023 6:37 PM
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Landlord barricaded after alleged tenant homicides no longer threat to public: police
Hamilton police say there is no longer a threat to public safety after a landlord allegedly shot and killed two tenants, barricaded himself in their home for hours and fired shots at police.
May 28, 2023 1:37 AM
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Toronto police looking for suspect in Downsview Park subway station stabbing
TORONTO — One man is in hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed at a subway station in Toronto's North York neighbourhood. Toronto police were called to the Downsview Park TTC station early Saturday morning.
May 27, 2023 7:10 AM
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Two 16-year-old Mississauga boys identified as victims in Pembroke shooting
PEMBROKE, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police have identified two 16-year-old boys from Mississauga, Ont., as the victims of a fatal shooting northwest of Ottawa over the long weekend.
May 26, 2023 6:23 PM
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Missing child found dead in Ontario town, OPP investigating
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, ONTARIO — Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after a child was found dead in Hamilton Township at the same address they had been reported missing from.
May 26, 2023 2:56 PM
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University of Waterloo to waive tuition fees for students from two First Nations
TORONTO — The University of Waterloo is waiving tuition fees for students from two First Nations whose traditional territory the institution is located on.
May 26, 2023 2:45 PM
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Man arrested and charged in Elnaz Hajtamiri kidnapping, woman remains missing
Police say a fourth suspect has been arrested and charged in the kidnapping of a woman who was abducted from a home in Ontario more than a year ago. Police have said Elnaz Hajtamiri was taken on Jan.
May 26, 2023 2:44 PM
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99% of Ontario nursing homes now have air conditioning in residents' rooms: minister
Nearly 99 per cent of nursing homes in Ontario now have air conditioning in residents’ rooms, almost a year after the province set a deadline for the requirement.
May 26, 2023 4:00 AM
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Suspect in custody, victim recovering following afternoon stabbing in St. Catharines
SAINT CATHARINES, Ont. — One man has been arrested and another is recovering from stab wounds following an attack on the Merritt Trail in St. Catharines Thursday afternoon.
May 26, 2023 3:22 AM
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