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What’s been described by caregivers and biological parents as a “political fight” between a private group home company and the provincial government, is taking a disastrous toll, they say, on some of the teens being uprooted by a child welfare agency as the Manitoba government “winds down” its relationship with …

The Ministry of Labour is investigating after an employee at the Amazon fulfillment center in Talbotville, Ont., south of London, collapsed and later died about an hour after a fire alarm sent staff out of the plant and into frigid conditions. The worker, identified by a close friend as Paulo …

There’s optimism and resilience in Shayesha Steele’s voice, but it hasn’t always been that way. At the age of 15, she entered the foster care system. She was referred to REST Centres during her first year of university. “There’s always a light at the end of the tunnel,” she said. “I’ve …

The health of Ontario’s healthcare system is not just dependent on doctors, nurses, and other frontline staff but the environment they work in — including the physical buildings. Something as simple as improving Wi-Fi access or adding more electrical outlets is a struggle at one southwestern Ontario hospital, where the …

A newly released document shows intelligence officials have been tracking China’s attempts to meddle in Canadian affairs for more than one-third of a century. The February 1986 intelligence report warned that Beijing was using open political tactics and secret operations to influence and exploit the Chinese diaspora in Canada. It …

Doctors across Calgary are sounding the alarm over the state of emergency care in the city. “Signs of a capacity crisis are everywhere,” an open letter to Albertans signed by more than 180 emergency physicians reads. “Our emergency departments are collapsing and frontline healthcare workers have truly had enough. We …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police in York Region are raising the alarm after a spike in fentanyl overdoses was recorded on Friday and Saturday. Police said three people died and one person was hospitalized as a result of overdoses reported over two days near Robinson Street …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A fire alarm was to blame for 10 minutes of beeping noises that could be heard during Sportsnet’s remote call of the Toronto Blue Jays-St. Louis Cardinals radio broadcast over the weekend. Blue Jays voice Ben Wagner, who describes the action by …

At five months pregnant, Claudia Wong knew it was normal to be uncomfortable some of the time. But she couldn’t shake the feeling something was wrong. The Pickering, Ont., woman had already gained about 14 pounds, significant on her small frame. She’d become so swollen her legs were “like sausages” …

During an unrelenting stretch of dry, hot weather last August, Rachel Mahannah and her husband spent two hours a day hauling water from their other farm a kilometre and a half away, to make sure their dairy cows didn’t get dehydrated. The well on the dairy farm, 70 metres deep, …