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TORONTO – Auston Matthews gave everything he had for two periods. Before departing Saturday’s bitterly disappointing 3-1 home loss with an illness as the Boston Bruins pushed the Maple Leafs to the brink of playoff elimination, Toronto’s sniper and two of his star teammates also gave it to each other …
Read More »Brampton women’s shelter facing closure, in desperate need of provincial funding – Toronto
A women’s shelter in Brampton, Ont., is on the brink of closure, and may be forced to shut its doors as early as next month if it does not receive additional funding. This could leave dozens of single mothers and women fleeing intimate partner violence without a place to go. …
Read More »Homeless, charities are desperate for government help: Here is what they need
Esther Mah and Mickey Maguire aren’t suggesting the New Brunswick government spend its entire budget surplus on the province’s most vulnerable, but they both believe spending a small fraction of the projected $135.5 million could make a huge difference to those experiencing homelessness and to those trying to help them. While the province is awash …
Read More »Lebanon hit with 5 bank holdups as desperate customers demand their own money
Five Lebanese banks were held up by depositors seeking access to their own money frozen in the banking system on Friday in a spiralling spate of holdups this week spurred by frustration over a financial implosion with no end in sight. A total of seven banks have been held up …
Read More »Desperate mom brings daughter to CTrain station to buy drugs; here’s what she learned
First they found a phone number on a bus bench at Banff Trail station in Calgary. Then — following instructions from that phone call — Vanessa Redmond drove her daughter to Lion’s Park Station and let her out. Soon she was watching her adult daughter smoke drugs on the platform, meters …
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