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Christine Van Geyn, Litigation Director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation Photo: Twitter
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How COVID impacted democracy: let us count the ways

In writing “Pandemic Panic,” co-author Christine Van Geyn notes,” We have observed a phenomenon of the surreal, sometimes inane, often unprecedented and unusual public health measures taken over the roughly three-year pandemic period being ‘memory holed’, where the mind completely

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NDP leader Marit Stiles visited the unopened Thunder Bay weigh scales with MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North) on January 16th to talk about highway safety in Northern Ontario. Photo: NDP
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NDP’s Stiles, Vaugeois visit Thunder Bay weigh station to highlight inaction on Northern highways

Sarkaria to visit “in the coming weeks” 10:13am Update: new photo added Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition and Ontario NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North) held a press conference at the new, yet-to-open Thunder Bay weigh station

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Central Taxi has not seen a single Adverse Patient Outcome during the two years it has delivered service for Niagara's Taxi/EMS program. Photo: Taxi News
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Zero Adverse Patient Outcomes in Niagara’s Taxi/EMS service

New program saves $400,000, “improves patient experience” Two years after the program started, Taxi support for Niagara Region’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has functioned without a single Adverse Patient Outcome, says its founding commander. “It is not a statistic we

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