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Why Canada is reforming indigenous foster care
By Peter Goffin BBC World Service image copyrightCourtesy Christine Miskonoodinkwe-Smith image captionChristine Miskonoodinkwe-Smith has reconnected with her indigenous culture The revelations that there are hundreds of indigenous children buried in unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools have shaken Canadians. They have also increased calls for changes to the country's foster care system, where indigenous children are vastly overrepresented.
The eight people allegedly killed by a Woodstock nurse
The police named eight alleged victims
What Mayoral Candidates Want to Know About Art
2 Comments August 13, 2014 at 9:31 am politics In a twist on the traditional election debate, cultural leaders took questions from mayoral candidates about art's place in the city. By Peter Goffin Art on the Ballot panel, left to right: Dalton Higgins, Shannon Litzenberger, Yasmin Parodi, Sarah Garton Stanley, and Joe Lobko. The Toronto mayoral election is more than two months away, but voters have already had ample opportunity to hear their candidates debate.
Public Works: Preparing Sewage Treatment Plants for Climate Change
10 Comments April 7, 2015 at 10:00 am cityscape As Toronto anticipates worse storms and more flooding, Boston's Deer Island wastewater facility has planned for the worst. By Peter Goffin Public Works looks at public space, urban design, and city-building innovations from around the world, and considers what Toronto might learn from them. Photo courtesy of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.
Lyft being watched closely by transit officials in Toronto following ride-hailing app’s launch
TORONTO — The arrival of Lyft in Toronto has raised questions about the impact of such ride-hailing companies on the city’s public transit system, which governments are spending billions to expand. The San Francisco-based company that operates in about 300 American cities launched in Toronto this week — its first market outside the United States.
As Lyft takes off in Toronto, TTC officials watching closely - BNN Bloomberg
TORONTO — The arrival of Lyft in Toronto has raised questions about the impact of such ride-hailing companies on the city's public transit system, which governments are spending billions to expand. The San Francisco-based company that operates in about 300 American cities launched in Toronto this week — its first market outside the United States.
Recognizing the conflicted legacies of our historical heroes
You’ve probably never heard of George Hibbert. He was a collector, philanthropist and patron of scientific study in 18th and 19th century London. But he also owned slaves, made his fortune importing goods produced by slaves and, as a member of parliament, fought hard against Britain’s 1807 law banning the slave trade. A new exhibit in London aims to recognize Hibbert’s entire conflicted legacy.
Building trust at the local level
Community reporters have the opportunity to connect directly with their audiences. But are they earning reader confidence? Canadians aren’t so sure. This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign Covering local news, whether at a small town TV affiliate or on the city desk of a big urban paper, can sometimes lack the glamour of the parliamentary press gallery or the investigative team.
Researchers look at what types of garbage head into Lake Ontario
TORONTO—Waste management and the behaviour of everyday citizens need to change to keep harmful plastics out of Canada’s waterways, a researcher who recently examined hundreds of pieces of litter in one of Lake Ontario’s tributary rivers says.
Researchers look at what types of garbage head into Lake Ontario
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Researchers look at what types of garbage head into Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers look at what types of garbage head into Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers look at what types of garbage head into Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers look at what types of garbage head into Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers look at what types of garbage head into Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers look at what types of garbage head into Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
TORONTO – Waste management and the behaviour of everyday citizens need to change to keep harmful plastics out of Canada’s waterways, a researcher who recently examined hundreds of pieces of litter in one of Lake Ontario’s tributary rivers says.
What sort of garbage enters Lake Ontario? Researchers probe aquatic trash
TORONTO -- Waste management and the behaviour of everyday citizens need to change to keep harmful plastics out of Canada's waterways, a researcher who recently examined hundreds of pieces of litter in one of Lake Ontario's tributary rivers says.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
UofT researchers look at what types of garbage head into Lake Ontario
TORONTO -- Waste management and the behaviour of everyday citizens need to change to keep harmful plastics out of Canada's waterways, a researcher who recently examined hundreds of pieces of litter in one of Lake Ontario's tributary rivers says.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Researchers assess garbage heading for Lake Ontario
Water samples taken in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie by the Ministry of the Environment in 2014 found that the number of microplastic particles in the water has grown over the past several decades. Up to 6.7 million particles of plastic were present per square kilometre of lakewater, with Humber Bay in west Toronto having the highest concentration, the provincial government found.
Nursing Student Injured In Danforth Shooting May Walk Again, Boyfriend Says
TORONTO — A nursing student who took a bullet to the spine while rushing to help a wounded victim of the Toronto Greektown shooting is gradually coming out of a medically induced coma, but the full extent of her injuries is not yet known, her boyfriend said Tuesday. Danielle Kane, 31, was shot as she and her partner, nurse Jerry Pinksen, rushed out of a Danforth Avenue restaurant on July 22, hoping to put their life-saving training to use.
Nursing student shot in Toronto rampage was trying to help wounded woman: boyfriend
Pinksen said he left the restaurant through a side door, thinking it would be safe. "I looked across the street and I made eye contact with the shooter," he said. "I kept walking, he was so calm I didn't even think about it. Then I heard a clicking sound and I looked back again and that's when he raised his hands very quickly and opened fire." Pinksen said he ducked out of the way, but heard a scream behind him, followed by his friend saying Kane had been shot.
Nursing student shot in Toronto rampage was trying to help wounded woman: boyfriend
Pinksen said he left the restaurant through a side door, thinking it would be safe. "I looked across the street and I made eye contact with the shooter," he said. "I kept walking, he was so calm I didn't even think about it. Then I heard a clicking sound and I looked back again and that's when he raised his hands very quickly and opened fire." Pinksen said he ducked out of the way, but heard a scream behind him, followed by his friend saying Kane had been shot.
Nursing student shot in Toronto rampage was trying to help wounded woman: boyfriend
Pinksen said he left the restaurant through a side door, thinking it would be safe. "I looked across the street and I made eye contact with the shooter," he said. "I kept walking, he was so calm I didn't even think about it. Then I heard a clicking sound and I looked back again and that's when he raised his hands very quickly and opened fire." Pinksen said he ducked out of the way, but heard a scream behind him, followed by his friend saying Kane had been shot.
Nursing student shot in Toronto rampage was trying to help wounded woman: boyfriend
Pinksen said he left the restaurant through a side door, thinking it would be safe. "I looked across the street and I made eye contact with the shooter," he said. "I kept walking, he was so calm I didn't even think about it. Then I heard a clicking sound and I looked back again and that's when he raised his hands very quickly and opened fire." Pinksen said he ducked out of the way, but heard a scream behind him, followed by his friend saying Kane had been shot.
Nursing student shot in Toronto rampage was trying to help wounded woman: boyfriend
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Nursing student shot in Toronto rampage was trying to help wounded woman: boyfriend
Pinksen said he left the restaurant through a side door, thinking it would be safe. "I looked across the street and I made eye contact with the shooter," he said. "I kept walking, he was so calm I didn't even think about it. Then I heard a clicking sound and I looked back again and that's when he raised his hands very quickly and opened fire." Pinksen said he ducked out of the way, but heard a scream behind him, followed by his friend saying Kane had been shot.
Nursing student shot in Toronto rampage was trying to help wounded woman: boyfriend
Pinksen said he left the restaurant through a side door, thinking it would be safe. "I looked across the street and I made eye contact with the shooter," he said. "I kept walking, he was so calm I didn't even think about it. Then I heard a clicking sound and I looked back again and that's when he raised his hands very quickly and opened fire." Pinksen said he ducked out of the way, but heard a scream behind him, followed by his friend saying Kane had been shot.
Family of woman ruled brain dead appeals to keep her on life support
The family of a woman declared clinically brain dead last year is appealing a court's decision that would have seen her taken off life support, claiming the judge made several errors in her ruling. Doctors declared 27-year-old Taquisha McKitty "dead by neurological criteria" on Sept. 20, 2017, one week after she was found unconscious on a Brampton, Ont., sidewalk following a drug overdose.
Family of woman ruled brain dead appeals to keep her on life support
The family of a woman declared clinically brain dead last year is appealing a court's decision that would have seen her taken off life support, claiming the judge made several errors in her ruling. Doctors declared 27-year-old Taquisha McKitty "dead by neurological criteria" on Sept. 20, 2017, one week after she was found unconscious on a Brampton, Ont., sidewalk following a drug overdose.
Family of woman ruled brain dead appeals to keep her on life support
The family of a woman declared clinically brain dead last year is appealing a court's decision that would have seen her taken off life support, claiming the judge made several errors in her ruling. Doctors declared 27-year-old Taquisha McKitty "dead by neurological criteria" on Sept. 20, 2017, one week after she was found unconscious on a Brampton, Ont., sidewalk following a drug overdose.
Family of woman ruled brain dead appeals to keep her on life support
The family of a woman declared clinically brain dead last year is appealing a court's decision that would have seen her taken off life support, claiming the judge made several errors in her ruling. Doctors declared 27-year-old Taquisha McKitty "dead by neurological criteria" on Sept. 20, 2017, one week after she was found unconscious on a Brampton, Ont., sidewalk following a drug overdose.
Family of woman ruled brain dead appeals to keep her on life support
The family of a woman declared clinically brain dead last year is appealing a court's decision that would have seen her taken off life support, claiming the judge made several errors in her ruling. Doctors declared 27-year-old Taquisha McKitty "dead by neurological criteria" on Sept. 20, 2017, one week after she was found unconscious on a Brampton, Ont., sidewalk following a drug overdose.
Family of woman ruled brain dead appeals to keep her on life support
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Family of woman ruled brain dead appeals to keep her on life support
The family of a woman declared clinically brain dead last year is appealing a court's decision that would have seen her taken off life support, claiming the judge made several errors in her ruling. Doctors declared 27-year-old Taquisha McKitty "dead by neurological criteria" on Sept. 20, 2017, one week after she was found unconscious on a Brampton, Ont., sidewalk following a drug overdose.
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