Ontario-Update
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(Ont-Legis-Keffiyeh)
A motion from the N-D-P to allow keffiyehs to be worn in the Ontario legislature has failed as it did not receive unanimous consent after at least one member voted against it.
Premier Doug Ford and the opposition leaders have all called for Speaker Ted Arnott to reverse his decision to not allow the scarf in the legislature.
A keffiyeh is a checkered scarf typically worn in Arab cultures that has come to symbolize solidarity with Palestinians.
Arnott says the legislature has long tried to restrict wearing any clothing or item attempting to make an overtly political statement and he believes that at this moment in time the keffiyeh meets that definition. (The Canadian Press)
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(Ont-Zameer-Trial)
The judge presiding over the trial of a man accused of fatally running over a Toronto police officer is delivering her instructions to the jury.
Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy began explaining the relevant legal principles to jurors in the trial of Umar Zameer yesterday and is continuing today.
Zameer has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup, who died after he was hit by a vehicle in an underground parking garage at Toronto City Hall.
The defence has argued Zameer did not intend to kill anyone and behaved reasonably in the face of what he thought was an imminent threat to his family as police in plain clothes -- who he thought were robbers -- rushed to his car and began banging on it.
Prosecutors say Zameer made deliberate choices to drive dangerously while there were people nearby, killing the officer. (The Canadian Press)
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(Ont-Grandparents-Scam)
Ontario Provincial Police say an interprovincial investigation into a so-called 'grandparents scam' that targeted seniors across Canada has led to the arrest of 14 suspects.
Police say seniors with a landline phone were targeted, with suspects pretending to be an officer or a lawyer and claiming to have the victim's grandchild or family member in custody before requesting bail money.
Police say 56 charges have been laid and the suspects were all arrested in Montreal.
Police say that since January, investigators identified 126 victims who were defrauded out of a total of 739-thousand-dollars. (The Canadian Press)
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(Ont-Ottawa-Fatal-Crash)
One person is dead and two other people were treated for serious injuries after a fatal crash on Highway 4-17 in Ottawa's east end.
Ontario Provincial Police say officers responded shortly after 3:30 a.m.
Police say one of the vehicles involved in the crash was travelling eastbound in the westbound lanes of the highway. (CTV)
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(Ont-Severn-Death)
Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after a man's body washed up on the shores of Lake Couchiching in Severn Township.
Police say emergency crews responded to a call yesterday morning about a man in a canoe, partially submerged in the water.
Police have not released the man's identity but say the 40-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators are probing the circumstances surrounding how he died but have not indicated any foul play. (The Canadian Press)
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(Ont-Mississauga-Industrial-Accident)
A man has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries following an industrial accident in Mississauga.
Peel Regional Police say emergency crews were called to the area of Drew Road and Bramalea Road around 7 a-m.
They say a man was subsequently taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The Ministry of Labour has been called into investigate. (The Canadian Press)
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(Ontario Update by The Canadian Press)
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