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Work underway to identify Indigenous graves at forgotten Toronto cemetery
For decades, the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital’s nearby cemetery was an overgrown field of broken-down tree limbs. Forgotten limbs from family trees. READ MORE
How much training is needed to drive a tractor trailer? Your hairdresser may have more
The driver at the wheel of that tractor trailer beside you on the 400 may have had only a few weeks of training before getting hired, thanks to lax oversight of the province’s trucking schools, and carriers that take Ontario’s mandated bare minimum in training at face value. READ MORE
Belarus’s exiled leader on how Canada can help in her fight for freedom
Belarus’s exiled leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was an unlikely challenger to her country’s one-man rule. The mother and former teacher put herself forward as a candidate in the 2020 presidential election in Belarus after her husband, a well-known video blogger, was thrown in jail. READ MORE
Criminal evidence destroyed in fire at Durham police storage site
Two months after a fire damaged evidence stored at the Durham police property bureau building in Clarington, defence lawyers are still awaiting answers on how upcoming trials will be impacted. READ MORE
Why buying a new vehicle is still a rough ride
At the Maple Auto Mall in Vaughan, vehicles are sold before they hit the dealership floor and buyers are being told to be prepared to wait weeks, months or even the next model year for their new wheels to get on the road. READ MORE
‘My husband’s life is not disposable’: Families worry about consequences of cancelled surgeries
Thousands of patients will have to wait even longer for surgery as the province once again directs hospitals to pause what it calls “non-urgent” procedures to accommodate the massive influx of COVD-19 patients. READ MORE
First Nation community 2 hours from Toronto still doesn’t have clean, running water
For as long as she’s been alive, Chief Emily Whetung of Curve Lake First Nation says her community has been without clean, running water. READ MORE
PSW temp worker risks her life to help others but barely earns enough to get by
As a personal support worker, Samara risks her own health to care for others. As a temporary agency worker, she faces low wages, job insecurity, and no benefits or sick pay. READ MORE
How sexual assault survivors fight the courts to get justice
Jane has had plenty of nightmares about the worst night of her life. She gets sexually assaulted, and in those moments, she cannot scream, and she cannot move, paralyzed by fear. “I just want to die because I don’t want to feel that in any way,” she said. READ MORE
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