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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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FIFA makes more World Cup tickets available, but soccer fans criticize lack of transparency
Star

April 23, 2026

FIFA makes more World Cup tickets available, but soccer fans criticize lack of transparency

FIFA’s release of a new tranche of World Cup tickets…

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Sports

April 23, 2026

Gemma Karstens-Smith

‘We finished the foundation’: Northern Soccer League looks to build on first season

For those at the forefront of Canada’s first women’s professional…

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Business, Ontario/Quebec, Politics, Transport

April 23, 2026

Allison Jones

Ontario tables bill to allow provincial takeover of Toronto island airport

TORONTO — Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria introduced a bill…

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Ontario/Quebec

April 23, 2026

Allison Jones

Ford urged to apologize for personal insults hurled in the legislature

TORONTO — Ontario’s opposition parties called on Premier Doug Ford…

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Justice, Ontario/Quebec

April 23, 2026

Allison Jones

Ford government’s restrictive and retroactive information clampdown passes

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government passed legislation Thursday…

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Sports

April 23, 2026

Gemma Karstens-Smith

Vancouver Rise aiming higher after winning first-ever NSL championship

VANCOUVER — Even after being crowned champions, the Vancouver Rise…

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Sports

April 23, 2026

John Chidley-Hill

Barrett, Shead excited to return to Scotiabank Arena for playoff basketball

TORONTO — RJ Barrett has been waiting his whole life,…

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Disaster, Justice, Ontario/Quebec

April 23, 2026

Body found in submerged vehicle that entered Lake Ontario after police stop attempt

Ontario’s police watchdog says divers have pulled a body from…

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Justice, National, Ontario/Quebec

April 23, 2026

‘SMS blasters’ that mimic cell towers seized in Toronto cybercrime investigation

TORONTO — Toronto police say they have seized the first…

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