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Viral video of lion sparks concern over roadside zoo in Clarington, Ont.

A TikTok video posted last Friday, showing a lion at an Ontario roadside zoo that looked like it had escaped its primary enclosure, is sending shockwaves throughout the animal advocacy community. The video, taken outside Jungle Cat World Wildlife Park in Orono, near Clarington, is circulating through various channels. It …

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St. Catharines to consult with migrant workers on transportation planning, after roadside death

When Blanca Islas Perez heard about the death of Fermin Soto Sanchez in St. Catharines, Ont., earlier this month, it brought her straight back to the 1990s.  That’s when her husband died and she became a migrant worker, like him, in order to take care of her family. She has been travelling to Canada to …

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This summer, Ontario’s most unusual roadside tourist attraction looks to prove it’s no sinking ship

From the outside, at nearly 90 metres long and eight metres wide, HMCS Ojibwa is huge. Inside, however, it becomes abundantly clear there is simply no such thing as social distancing on a submarine.  “Compartment sizes basically closed us during most of COVID,” said Ian Raven, director of the Elgin Military Museum and HMCS Ojibwa.  …

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