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'Nobody wants us around': Ontario plans for tougher rules on encampments and drug use stir emotional debate

‘Nobody wants us around’: Ontario plans for tougher rules on encampments and drug use stir emotional debate

Premier Doug Ford’s announcement he’ll introduce legislation to address the housing and opioid crises is stirring emotional debate across Ontario. New rules would allow municipalities to dismantle homeless encampments, but Thunder Bay’s mayor says it’s not the direction his city would take. People with no permanent home and community advocates also share their views.

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He was hired to fight for Wales's future generations. Does Canada need a job like that?
Star

February 28, 2026

He was hired to fight for Wales’s future generations. Does Canada need a job like that?

For the last three years, Derek Walker has been advocating…

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She did Quebec’s 1st pediatric bone marrow transplant. At 87, she still has some imposter syndrome
Star

February 28, 2026

She did Quebec’s 1st pediatric bone marrow transplant. At 87, she still has some imposter syndrome

Dr. Yvette Bonny is featured by the Government of Canada…

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My spouse asked what kind of woman I was. A life and death moment gave me the answer
Star

February 28, 2026

My spouse asked what kind of woman I was. A life and death moment gave me the answer

After coming out as trans to her partner, Carrie Biner…

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Canadian passports are about to get more expensive
Star

February 28, 2026

Canadian passports are about to get more expensive

The cost of a Canadian passport is about to rise…

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Trump floats 'friendly takeover' of Cuba. What's his endgame?
Star

February 27, 2026

Trump floats ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba. What’s his endgame?

U.S. President Donald Trump is musing about a “friendly takeover…

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Artist uses frozen Alberta lake as his canvas
Star

February 27, 2026

Artist uses frozen Alberta lake as his canvas

Turns out Alberta’s blue lakes freeze into a canvas unlike…

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Mexican Navy say they’ve secured Puerto Vallarta
Star

February 27, 2026

Mexican Navy say they’ve secured Puerto Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta has started to reopen after days of violence…

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Ontario/Quebec

February 27, 2026

U of T dean of dentistry on leave over antisemitic images in course materials: school

TORONTO — The University of Toronto says its dean of…

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Business, Construction, Ontario/Quebec, Real Estate, Social

February 27, 2026

Sharif Hassan

Another rent strike brewing in Toronto as landlord seeks retroactive increase

TORONTO — Residents of a west-end Toronto apartment building say…

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