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'It haunts my dreams': Heather Winterstein’s mother reflects on marathon inquest into Ontario ER death

‘It haunts my dreams’: Heather Winterstein’s mother reflects on marathon inquest into Ontario ER death

Francine Shimizu-Orgar has frequent nightmares when her mind replays moments from the recent inquest into her daughter’s death at the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital. But if the inquiry, which the family pushed for, wasn’t held, what happened to 24-year-old Heather Winterstein “would never have come out,” Shimizu-Orgar tells CBC from the family home in the Niagara region city.

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Ontario/Quebec

January 31, 2026

Kathryn Mannie

Cold alerts could soon break in southern Ontario, but predicted to return next week

TORONTO — Cold weather alerts that have gripped most of…

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Trump responds to Supreme Court loss with new 10% tariff, leaving Canada to wait for fine print
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January 31, 2026

Trump responds to Supreme Court loss with new 10% tariff, leaving Canada to wait for fine print

If you thought Trump was going to accept the Supreme…

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Health, Lifestyle, National, Ontario/Quebec, Weather

January 31, 2026

Nicole Ireland

Seniors struggle with cold and loneliness in freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall

TORONTO — Calls to Toronto Seniors Helpline are on the…

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Xi Jinping’s purge of China's top general spells uncertainty for world’s largest military
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January 31, 2026

Xi Jinping’s purge of China’s top general spells uncertainty for world’s largest military

China’s highest-ranked military general’s purge leaves President Xi Jinping almost…

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Xi Jinping’s purge of China's top general spells uncertainty for world’s largest military
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January 31, 2026

Xi Jinping’s purge of China’s top general spells uncertainty for world’s largest military

China’s highest-ranked military general’s purge leaves President Xi Jinping almost…

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Fearing ICE, some students in Minneapolis retreat to virtual learning
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January 31, 2026

Fearing ICE, some students in Minneapolis retreat to virtual learning

In some classrooms in the Twin Cities, more than half…

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Fearing ICE, some students in Minneapolis retreat to virtual learning
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January 31, 2026

Fearing ICE, some students in Minneapolis retreat to virtual learning

In some classrooms in the Twin Cities, more than half…

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A Mexican influencer is kidnapped on camera, a sign that social media is another battlefront in cartel wars
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January 31, 2026

A Mexican influencer is kidnapped on camera, a sign that social media is another battlefront in cartel wars

Nicole Pardo Molina’s kidnapping added to a grim tally that’s…

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A Mexican influencer is kidnapped on camera, a sign that social media is another battlefront in cartel wars
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January 31, 2026

A Mexican influencer is kidnapped on camera, a sign that social media is another battlefront in cartel wars

Nicole Pardo Molina’s kidnapping added to a grim tally that’s…

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