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Supply shortage for Ontario home care, palliative patients 'unacceptable': minister

Supply shortage for Ontario home care, palliative patients 'unacceptable': minister

TORONTO — Ontario is wrestling with delays and shortages of supplies needed for home and palliative care, with dying people unable to get sedatives and patients going to hospital because their supplies have run out, the province's doctors say.
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Ontario tables bill that would give province power to veto, eliminate some bike lanes

Ontario tables bill that would give province power to veto, eliminate some bike lanes

TORONTO — Ontario tabled its first bill of the fall legislative sitting on Monday, in a bid to give the province veto power over some bike lanes, accelerate highway construction projects and ease environmental assessments for new highways.
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Ontario appoints former federal Liberal health minister as chair of primary care team

Ontario appoints former federal Liberal health minister as chair of primary care team

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is appointing former federal Liberal health minister Jane Philpott to a new role overseeing attempts to connect every Ontarian to primary care within the next five years.
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Man shot and killed in Markham, Ont., driveway; police say attack was targeted

Man shot and killed in Markham, Ont., driveway; police say attack was targeted

MARKHAM, Ont. — Police say they're seeking at least one suspect after a man was shot and killed in his driveway in Markham, Ont. Investigators say they were called just after 6:30 p.m.
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Woman sought in fatal Toronto shooting arrested and charged with murder

Woman sought in fatal Toronto shooting arrested and charged with murder

TORONTO — Toronto police say they've arrested a woman wanted in a fatal shooting last month. The shooting took place the morning of Sept. 1 in the midtown area. Police say they found a 37-year-old from Brampton, Ont., with gunshot wounds.
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The Ontario legislature is back Monday. Critics say Ford is keener on electioneering

The Ontario legislature is back Monday. Critics say Ford is keener on electioneering

TORONTO — Ontario's legislature will resume sitting Monday after an unusually long summer break, and returns in the midst of intense speculation that Premier Doug Ford will call an early election.
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One dead, three injured after shots fired at parked vehicle in Brampton, Ont.: police

One dead, three injured after shots fired at parked vehicle in Brampton, Ont.: police

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police say a woman has died and three other people are hurt after a shooting at a plaza in Brampton, Ont.
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Police arrest 20-year-old man, 17-year-old boy in weekend shooting at Jewish school

Police arrest 20-year-old man, 17-year-old boy in weekend shooting at Jewish school

TORONTO — Two suspects have been arrested in connection to a weekend shooting that targeted a Jewish school in the city's north end, Toronto police said Friday, as investigators look to establish the motive for the attack.
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'Error in judgment': Province probes school board's $45k Italy trip for $100k of art

'Error in judgment': Province probes school board's $45k Italy trip for $100k of art

TORONTO — Ontario's education minister has asked officials to conduct a governance review of a Brantford-area Catholic school board after trustees spent $45,000 on a trip to Italy to buy $100,000 worth of art.
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Advocates urge Ontario to change funding for breast prostheses, ostomy supplies

Advocates urge Ontario to change funding for breast prostheses, ostomy supplies

TORONTO — Advocates for breast cancer survivors and people who have had ostomy surgeries, such as colostomies, are calling for changes to the way an Ontario program covers certain medical devices, saying it leaves them paying a lot of money out of po
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