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• ‘Almost 50 per cent’ of New Brunswick forest fires start on days when burning was allowed

  Experts say up to 0.25 per cent of Maritime forest is lost each year to forest fire - expected to quadruple as the impacts of climate change worsen.

  Environment

  May 16
  
• ‘It’s a first step’: N.S. safe cycling advocates applaud new traffic signal for bikes

  "It's just kind of nice to see Nova Scotia and HRM specifically use these bicycle signals. Hopefully we're going to see a lot less collisions."

  Traffic

  May 9
  
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• Toronto mother pleads for help after UPS misplaces package with family heirlooms inside

  A Toronto woman is hoping the kindness of strangers will help find a misplaced package from UPS containing photo albums of her deceased parents and her childhood in South Africa.

  Canada

  May 5
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• York Regional Police grappling with shortage of drug recognition experts due to COVID-19

  Officers must take part in five days of field training conducted in Jacksonville, Fla., in order to be considered an expert in the field.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2021
• COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy a concern amid rising case numbers

  Health officials call this fourth wave the pandemic one of the unvaccinated and that around 80 per cent of infections are among that population

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2021
• Ontario places yearly influenza vaccine order, expects growing interest amid pandemic

  Due to the ongoing pandemic and spotlight on vaccines, it's expected that at least 60 to 70 per cent of Ontarians will want to be vaccinated for influenza in 2021.

  Health

  Mar 16, 2021
• ‘People are crying on the phone’: Indigenous communities grapple with PPE shortages

  Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 200 on-reserve First Nations people have died from the virus.

  Canada

  Feb 21, 2021
• GTA family searches for vintage car as a tribute to late husband, father

  Anthony Pedatella loved cars and a 1990 Honda CRX SI was one of his most treasured vehicles before he passed away from liver cancer at just 36.

  Features

  Jan 23, 2021
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• Coronavirus: Tenants call on landlords and province to step up, offer rent relief programs

  "It is a hard reality, it is an everyday struggle."

  Dec 5, 2020
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• Death shocks U of T student body, prompts calls for change to mental health programming

  On Nov. 2, 2020 first year student Keshav Mayya died by suicide at an off-campus location.

  Education

  Dec 1, 2020