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VideoGovernment eyes abandoned public land for housing development
The federal government is eyeing abandoned, derelict or rundown properties as a way to help address Canada's housing crisis. It's part of the 2024 budget's multibillion-dollar plan to build more homes across the country.
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VideoVote fails to lift keffiyeh ban at Ontario Legislature
Keffiyehs remain banned in the Ontario Legislature after a unanimous consent motion that would have allowed the Palestinian scarf to be worn failed to pass at Queen's Park on Thursday. Both NDP Leader Marit Stiles and Premier Doug Ford have called for the ban to be lifted.
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Video12 jurors picked as Trump is accused of violating gag order
After a few setbacks, 12 jurors and one alternate have been selected for Donald Trump's hush-money trial. The former U.S. president is lashing out, calling the trial 'unfair' even after he was accused of violating a gag order.
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VideoMammograms often inaccessible for people in wheelchairs
A Quebec disability advocacy group says people who use wheelchairs are getting turned away from mammograms clinics. The Regroupement des activistes pour l'inclusion au Québec says nearly half of 50 designated screening clinics it called in Montreal could not accommodate someone using a wheelchair.
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VideoGas prices spike in Ontario and Quebec
Drivers in Ontario and Quebec saw gas prices spike by more than 15 cents per litre. Many consumers were searching for someone to blame, such as the federal carbon tax increase on April 1, but industry experts say it has to do with the switch from winter to summer gasoline blend.
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Officer says B.C. hostage was lying on top of captor before police gunfire erupted
BURNABY, B.C. — The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage told a B.C. coroner's inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor, who was holding a knife to her throat with a gun in his other hand. Cpl. Chris Dibblee told the inquest jury Thursday that he almost immediately felt he would need to shoot Randy Crosson to save hostage Nona McEwan but initially didn't think he could do so without hitting her too. "This is what I was thinking … can I get
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Unhoused people want seat at the table: Toronto advocates
Toronto city councillors must speak directly with unhoused people before making policy decisions on homelessness, advocates at Toronto city hall said Thursday.That demand was one of many made by advocates at city hall.Al, an unhoused person who only gave her first name, said a new group formed in the past year to give unhoused people a voice. That group, the Toronto Underhoused and Homeless Union, represents people who either live outside now or have been homeless before. "We need councillors to
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