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Business · MontrealWitnesses raise questions about the safety of the heritage building in Old Montreal. Four bodies have been found and three people are missing. The owner blamed a tenant for creating a risk of fire in the building in 2012. The building was built in 1890 and originally housed the offices of a flour company.
Questions raised about safety of Old Montreal building destroyed by fatal fire
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Business · OntarioThe Ontario government will be ending a program that provides health-care services to uninsured people at the end of the month, something doctors say is extremely concerning for marginalized communities. In March 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic was first ramping up, the ministry of health established temporary funding for doctors to provide care to those without provincial health insurance. The program allowed anyone to access medically necessary physician and hospital services. In a memo sent to Ontario hospitals and health providers, the government said this funding would no longer be available as of March 31.
Ontario to end program providing health care to uninsured residents
63% Left coverage: 16 sources
ArchbishopAbout 1,200 people were expected to attend the mass of installation for Frank Leo, who now serves as Archbishop of Toronto. Leo succeeds Cardinal Thomas Collins, who offered his resignation on his 75th birthday in January 2022 in compliance with a rule stating all bishops must offer to step down when they reach that age.
Pope Francis appointee Frank Leo officially installed as new Archbishop of Toronto
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Social Media · PhilippinesMaria Ressa will discuss her new book, "How to Stand Up to a Dictator," in Toronto. She says more work needs to be done to hold social media companies accountable. Ressa was born in Manila and moved to the U.S. at age nine.
Q-and-A: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa on democracy and disinformation
88% Left coverage: 8 sources
Justin Trudeau · OttawaA newly released memo shows the prime minister's national security adviser warned him to expect some pushback from planned public consultations about a foreign agent registry, given that countries have used such registries as tools of control.
Security adviser warned PM of public concerns on foreign agent registry: memo
56% Left coverage: 18 sources
Politics · British ColumbiaThe delivery of child and family services grounded in Indigenous culture is being celebrated in British Columbia's north Okanagan with the signing of the province's first care co-ordination services agreement.
Federal government, B.C. and Indigenous nation sign care co-ordination deal
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TennisThe Pacific great blue herons were first documented in Stanley Park in 1921. The herons are returning to the park's rookery high above the tennis courts where they'llcourt, build nests, lay eggs and parent their chicks. Experts say Stanley Park's colony is way too loud and there's too much human activity. People need to be aware they're sharing the area with these beautiful birds.
Tennis play doesn't deter Stanley Park herons from courtship, nest building: expert
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Lotto Max · OttawaThe Lotto Max winning numbers for Friday, March 24 have been released. A $50 million jackpot is up for grabs along with two Maxmillions that are each worth $1 million. One of the prizes has been snagged by two winning tickets sold in Ontario and the Prairies which means both ticket holders will get $500,000.
No winning ticket sold for Friday's $50 million Lotto Max jackpot
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