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Youth forced to spend months in hotels, Airbnbs amid provincewide foster home shortage

Youth forced to spend months in hotels, Airbnbs amid pr...

A youth in the Belleville, Ont., area has been shuttled between a series of hote...

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Are your closets overflowing with reusable bags? You're not alone

Are your closets overflowing with reusable bags? You're...

Closets and car trunks around Ottawa are overflowing with reusable shopping bags...

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Police on mental health calls can spend hours waiting in hospital. This pilot could help

Police on mental health calls can spend hours waiting i...

Special constables will soon take over for some sworn Ottawa police officers who...

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Cap on student visas could wreak financial havoc on Ontario universities, colleges: officials

Cap on student visas could wreak financial havoc on Ont...

Universities and colleges across Ontario are concerned about the federal governm...

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Kebaowek First Nation calls on federal government to intervene in nuclear waste project

Kebaowek First Nation calls on federal government to in...

Following a Jan. 8 decision by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to approve...

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Haudenosaunee astronomy presentation heading to New York planetarium

Haudenosaunee astronomy presentation heading to New Yor...

Samantha Doxtator, a member of the Oneida nation, will present Indigenous Astron...

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Ontario preparing 'back to basics' curriculum for kindergarten

Ontario preparing 'back to basics' curriculum for kinde...

The government plans to spend the next year consulting on new mandatory learning...

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1 person in Quebec now has an X gender marker on their driver's licence

1 person in Quebec now has an X gender marker on their ...

Arwyn Jordan Regimbal is the only person in Quebec with an X gender marker on th...

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Gabriela Dabrowski, Erin Routliffe advance to women's doubles semifinals in Melbourne

Gabriela Dabrowski, Erin Routliffe advance to women's d...

After a shaky start to their women's doubles quarterfinal match, Gabriela Dabrow...

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Quebec judge OK's class-action suit over COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care homes

Quebec judge OK's class-action suit over COVID-19 outbr...

A now authorized class-action lawsuit against the Quebec government alleges that...

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Ottawa police struggling to stop surging car thefts

Ottawa police struggling to stop surging car thefts

Ottawa police say more than 1,800 vehicles were stolen in Ottawa last year, or a...

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B.C., Ontario vow to crack down on diploma mill schools exploiting international students

B.C., Ontario vow to crack down on diploma mill schools...

After years of documented problems with some private post-secondary institutions...

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Frustration grows as federal family reunification program capped after 2 months

Frustration grows as federal family reunification progr...

A federal humanitarian program to bring migrants from the Caribbean and South Am...

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Ex-teacher Rick Watkins sentenced to 2 years in prison

Ex-teacher Rick Watkins sentenced to 2 years in prison

A former math teacher and basketball coach at St. Matthew High School in Ottawa ...

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Federal government announces 2-year cap on student permits

Federal government announces 2-year cap on student permits

With the stated goal of targeting institutional "bad actors" — and amid concern ...

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Worker's death after Cantley blast leads to criminal negligence charge

Worker's death after Cantley blast leads to criminal ne...

A man responsible for blasting at a western Quebec construction site is now faci...