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Child care affordability leads to questions of space creation in Ontario election

Child care affordability leads to questions of space creation in Ontario election

TORONTO — When Camille Mauger went back to work in March of 2019, a little over a year after giving birth to her son, she was on about seven to 10 child-care wait lists and had not heard back from any of them.
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Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 22

Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 22

Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are today: ____ Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Bracebridge, Ont.: Makes campaign stop. 11 a.m. Riding of Vaughan-Woodbridge: doorknocking.
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Ontario parties pledge different approaches to clustering of cannabis shops

Ontario parties pledge different approaches to clustering of cannabis shops

LONDON, Ont. — Ontario's Liberals and New Democrats are pledging to revisit a model for licensing cannabis stores they say isn't working — a problem Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford said the market will resolve.
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Thunderstorm leaves 70,000 without power in Ontario, leads to at least one death

Thunderstorm leaves 70,000 without power in Ontario, leads to at least one death

TORONTO — A severe thunderstorm with high winds has created power outages across Southern Ontario and led to at least one death. Peel Regional Police say a woman in Brampton, Ont.
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Marineland bans lawyer, filmmaker and scientist among others from entering park

Marineland bans lawyer, filmmaker and scientist among others from entering park

Marineland has banned a number of people from its premises, some of whom have never visited the Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction, days before the facility was set to open for the season.
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Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 21

Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 21

Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are today: ____ Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford London: Makes an announcement. 11 a.m. ____ NDP Leader Andrea Horwath Virtual: Announces a plan to hire more health care workers.
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High gas prices front and centre in Ontario election as NDP propose cap, regulation

High gas prices front and centre in Ontario election as NDP propose cap, regulation

TORONTO — Sky high gas prices have Ontario's political parties debating what should be done about the cost to fill up – to cut? To cap? To regulate? To look well beyond the pumps themselves? The NDP is promising they would cap and regulate prices, a
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Presence of BA.2.20 in Ontario doesn't warrant significant concern, experts say

Presence of BA.2.20 in Ontario doesn't warrant significant concern, experts say

Nearly 1,000 confirmed cases of a new sublineage of the Omicron variant have been discovered in Ontario to date, newly released data from Public Health Ontario show, but experts say it doesn't warrant significant concern.
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Police investigating suspicious death in Pickering, Ont.

Police investigating suspicious death in Pickering, Ont.

Police are investigating a suspicious death in Pickering, Ont.
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Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 20

Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 20

Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are today: ____ Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Niagara Falls : Holds a photo opportunity, 11:30 a.m.
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