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Message threatening shooting at Oshawa school leads to arrest of Whitby woman: police

An 18-year-old college student is facing a criminal charge after she allegedly made a social media post threatening to carry out a school shooting in Oshawa, Ont.
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Woman wanted for murder in fatal Toronto shooting: police

Woman wanted for murder in fatal Toronto shooting: police

The Toronto Police Service is asking for the public's help with a homicide investigation related to a shooting that left one dead last Sunday in the city's west end. Officers responded to a shooting call on September 1 at around 6 a.m.
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Person hospitalized for Ontario's first human case of rabies since 1967

Person hospitalized for Ontario's first human case of rabies since 1967

BRANT, Ont. — Ontario is reporting the first human case of rabies contracted in the province in more than half a century. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr.
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SIU investigates after 57-year-old man fatally shot by Windsor police

SIU investigates after 57-year-old man fatally shot by Windsor police

WINDSOR, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a 57-year-old man was fatally shot by a Windsor police officer on Friday. Windsor police say officers responded to a report of a person with a weapon in the downtown area around 11 a.m.
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Ontario cutting funding from daycare centres not in $10-a-day program

Ontario cutting funding from daycare centres not in $10-a-day program

TORONTO — Ontario child-care centres that aren't participating in the national $10-a-day program will soon lose provincial funding to offer new fee subsidies to lower-income families and their staff could see a pay cut of $2 an hour.
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Oversight, communication failures beset police vulnerable persons registry: ombudsman

Oversight, communication failures beset police vulnerable persons registry: ombudsman

TORONTO — Toronto's ombudsman says a police registry intended to help officers support people with different needs and conditions has been beset by communication failures and poor management.
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Ontario ombudsman investigating child welfare placements in motels

Ontario ombudsman investigating child welfare placements in motels

TORONTO — Ontario's ombudsman is launching an investigation into the practice of child welfare agencies placing children and teens in hotels, motels, offices and trailers.
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Man sought in two sexual assaults in Mississauga: police

Man sought in two sexual assaults in Mississauga: police

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The Peel Regional Police Special Victims Unit is asking for the public's help in finding a suspect who is believed to have sexually assaulted two senior women Tuesday morning in Mississauga.
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Bear cub driven by two men from northern Ontario to Windsor, fed Taco Bell

Bear cub driven by two men from northern Ontario to Windsor, fed Taco Bell

TORONTO — Anyone who finds injured wildlife should seek local support for the animal rather than attempting to deal with the situation themselves, the director of an animal rescue charity says after two men picked up a black bear cub in northern Onta
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Man arrested after officers buck Bronco truck's attempt to drive over police cruisers

Man arrested after officers buck Bronco truck's attempt to drive over police cruisers

TORONTO — It looked like the chase was over, but then the Bronco tried to break away. Peel Region police say a stolen vehicle surrounded by cruisers outside a Tim Hortons in Mississauga, Ont.
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