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Ontario's Greenbelt is safe for now, but will the scandal alter Doug Ford's course?

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s extraordinary reversal on his decision to open the Greater Toronto Area’s Greenbelt for housing development flows from two colossal political miscalculations.

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Brickbat: That's Not What I Meant

Following a public outcry, Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce has asked the Peel school district to stop removing books from school libraries. Earlier this year, Lecce sent all school boards in the province a memo directing them to "evaluate books, media and all other resources currently in use for teaching…

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Ontario's Greenbelt: A step in the right direction, but is it enough to protect biodiversity?

Doug Ford has announced that he’s reversing his controversial plan to remove lands from Ontario’s Greenbelt, following a massive public outcry and the resignation of two of his ministers.

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Doug Ford reverses Greenbelt plans: Construction would never have provided affordable housing

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced a reversal of his government’s decision to allow developers to construct residential properties on parts of Ontario’s Greenbelt. While this is a positive outcome for an ongoing saga, let’s be clear: paving Ontario’s Greenbelt was never actually about providing affordable housing.

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Ontario premier reverses plans to build on green belt after ministers quit

‘It was a mistake,’ says Doug Ford to allow development in protected areas of Greenbelt amid scandal that cost him ministers

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Ancient pictograph vandalism at Bon Echo Provincial Park reveals an ongoing disregard for Indigenous history and presence

Vandalism has once again marred the ancient Indigenous pictographs nestled within Bon Echo Provincial Park about two hours west of Ottawa and north of Kingston, Ont.

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What Canadians need to know about West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne infection that can be life-threatening

During the late summer of 1999, New York City recorded an unusual number of cases of encephalitis (inflammation of the brain). At the same time, the Bronx Zoo reported a massive death of birds and mammals.

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Ontario needs to remove barriers to child-care subsidies for low-income families

In September, a major turnover in child care occurs, as preschoolers graduate to kindergarten and a new wave of preschoolers enters into early learning and care systems.

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Why we must address the interconnected harms to people, animals and ecosystems in train derailments

On June 24, a train derailment in Montana caused a bridge to collapse, sending hot asphalt and molten sulfur spewing into the Yellowstone River. The derailment came nearly five months after the disastrous derailment near East Palestine, Ohio that raised awareness of rail transportation’s risks and prompted renewed efforts to…

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Canadian police open case into ‘suicide kits’ sent to Montreal residents

Suspected mailer is facing 14 charges in connection to deaths in Ontario, and is linked to another 88 deaths in Britain

The Guardian - US

Student housing crisis: Municipal bylaws have created roadblocks for decades

University and college students have become a flashpoint in Canada’s national housing crisis.

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Why is Doug Ford doubling down amid Ontario's Greenbelt scandal?

The past few weeks have witnessed an extraordinary series of events in Ontario politics. Reports tabled by the province’s auditor general and its integrity commissioner on the government’s November 2022 decision to remove 7,400 acres of land from the Greater Toronto Area’s Greenbelt have set off a political firestorm.

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Canadian man accused of running over and killing a Muslim family pleads not guilty

A Canadian man accused of deliberately running over and killing four members of a Muslim family in London, Ontario pleaded not guilty

The Independent UK

Ontario government in turmoil after minister quits over land swap scandal

Premier says officials will review deals to sell protected lands after Steve Clark resigns amid Greenbelt land controversy

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Trial of man charged with running down Muslim family in Canada begins

Authorities say Nathaniel Veltman deliberately targeted Muslims in deadly, hate-fuelled attack in Ontario in 2021.

The Week

Crash frees millions of bees

Police in Canada warned drivers near Toronto to keep their car windows closed after a truck spilled crates carrying five million bees onto a road. The crates containing beehives came loose from a truck and spilled onto Guelph Line, in Burlington, Ontario. Speaking to the BBC, beekeeper Michael Barber said…

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Global biodiversity: Why the proposed changes to Ontario's Greenbelt matter

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government continues to be tied up in a massive scandal over its plans to remove lands from Ontario’s Greenbelt — including the integrity commissioner’s finding that the housing minister broke ethics rules.

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For Ontario teachers, arbitration is no substitute for the right to strike

The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) recently made headlines after reaching an agreement with the Ontario government to avoid the possibility of a strike in its current round of negotiations.

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Canadian ‘poison seller’ faces new charges over alleged global sale of lethal substances

Kenneth Law is accused of counselling and aiding suicide in 40 countries, including the UK

The Independent UK

Canadian faces new charges over alleged global sale of lethal substances

Kenneth Law is accused of counselling and aiding suicide in 40 countries, including the UK.

The Independent UK

NCA launches probe as sale of poison linked to 88 deaths in UK

Kenneth Law was arrested in Ontario and is facing two counts of counselling and aiding suicide after allegedly selling a lethal substance online.

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Doug Ford's Greenbelt scandal: The beginning of the end of his years in power?

The findings of Ontario’s auditor general on the provincial government’s decision to remove 7,400 acres from the Greater Toronto Area Greenbelt came as no surprise to those who have been closely following Premier Doug Ford’s approach to planning and development.

The Guardian - UK

Canada calls gender violence an epidemic after triple femicide inquest

Exclusive: government’s response also indicates Canada intends to criminalise coercive control, a form of intimate partner violence

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Accidental YouTube Sensation Rabbi Mendel Kaplan Has Led A Toronto Chabad For 25 Years

Kaplan taught at the Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, then in 1998, he and his wife moved to Thornhill, Ontario.

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Friday favourite: The “old-school” Canadian track that commands respect

There’s a level of familiarity that Guy Smith experiences whenever he visits the former Mosport track, since 2012 known as Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. And that’s not just down to the many times he’s driven the FIA Grade 2 circuit’s 2.459-miles of challenging asphalt winding through the Ontario countryside. Scarborough…

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