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Jays place Kiner-Falefa on 10-day IL

TORONTO – Leo Jimenez can’t believe he’s in a Major League Baseball clubhouse, preparing for a game with players he used to watch as a fan. Jimenez was recalled by the Blue Jays from their triple-A affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y., on Tuesday afternoon, hours before Toronto hosted the Houston Astros. …

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Court orders protesters to take down UofT encampment – Toronto

The University of Toronto has suffered irreparable harm from a pro-Palestinian protest encampment that has seized control of part of its downtown campus, an Ontario judge said Tuesday in ordering demonstrators to dismantle the site. The injunction issued late Tuesday afternoon orders the protesters to take down tents and structures …

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Funeral held for mother, 2 children found dead in rural home near Windsor

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A funeral home in Windsor, Ont., says a mother and her two children, who were found dead in a rural residence last month, have been buried. Families First Funeral Home says that 41-year-old Carly Walsh, her 13-year-old daughter Madison and eight-year-old son …

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Demonstrators take down some tents at UofT encampment, plan rally ahead of deadline – Toronto

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the University of Toronto, facing court orders to dismantle their weeks-old encampment, started to take down tents and tarps on Wednesday morning, though vowed to continue their campus activism. Despite moves to disassemble the camp, demonstrators said they still planned to hold a rally on Wednesday afternoon …

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Manitoba murder conviction deemed likely a miscarriage of justice by federal minister – Winnipeg

A Manitoba man convicted of murder 50 years ago is getting another court date and a chance to clear his name. Clarence Woodhouse was found guilty in 1974 of fatally beating and stabbing a restaurant worker in downtown Winnipeg. Woodhouse was granted parole in 1983 and filed last year for a ministerial …

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Nova Scotia municipalities urged to get creative to find new revenue streams: report – Halifax

The tax base for municipalities across Nova Scotia isn’t keeping up with the cost of services and programs, and local governments need to get creative in finding new revenue, including by asking Ottawa for a cut of personal income taxes. That idea for new money is included in a report …

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Ontario MPP says she is ‘disappointed’ in decision to remove her from PC caucus

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The MPP removed from Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative caucus after meeting with a far-right leader from the United Kingdom says she is “disappointed” by the move and has promised to continue sitting as an independent. Carleton MPP Goldie Ghmarie was removed …

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Man faces murder charge in case of woman found dead on Niagara road: police

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Hamilton, Ont., man is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of a woman found on the side of a road in Lincoln last month. Homicide investigators say Jessica Lynn St. Jules, 27, got into a granite-coloured Dodge Grand …

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