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ONTARIO: Law professors call Ford's cuts to legal aid for refugees racist, xenophobic

ONTARIO: Law professors call Ford's cuts to legal aid for refugees racist, xenophobic

In a political dispute with Ottawa, Doug Ford’s Ontario government has stopped funding legal aid for refugee claimants
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BEYOND LOCAL: Screen time could actually make us more active

BEYOND LOCAL: Screen time could actually make us more active

Smartphones make great citizen research tools. We take them everywhere and they have the functions to sense, share and mobilize data between consenting citizens
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BEYOND LOCAL: All the ways A.I can help with faster, more accurate diagnoses

BEYOND LOCAL: All the ways A.I can help with faster, more accurate diagnoses

As machine learning progresses, its applications include faster, more accurate medical diagnoses
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CANADA: Greater mental health funding could better combat opioid crisis, expert says

CANADA: Greater mental health funding could better combat opioid crisis, expert says

Policy-makers focus thus far has largely been on the over-prescription of opioids
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BEYOND LOCAL: How can we decrease rates of med school burnout?

BEYOND LOCAL: How can we decrease rates of med school burnout?

Canadian medical students graduate with up to $200,000 in debt, leading to stress, anxiety and depression
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BEYOND LOCAL: Would you ever try lab-grown meat?

BEYOND LOCAL: Would you ever try lab-grown meat?

Appleton Meats in Vancouver wants to create a beef burger without cows
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ONTARIO: Thunder Bay high school threats suspects make first court appearance

ONTARIO: Thunder Bay high school threats suspects make first court appearance

Two accused facing multiple counts of public mischief and mischief endangering life
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WORLD: 'A good day': Trump claims victory with Mueller report out

WORLD: 'A good day': Trump claims victory with Mueller report out

Mueller wrote that, despite numerous links between the Russian government and individuals associated with the Trump campaign, evidence was not sufficient to support criminal charges
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WORLD: After two years of waiting, Americans will see Mueller report

WORLD: After two years of waiting, Americans will see Mueller report

The report will be released later today
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ONTARIO: Curriculum reforms are embracing the past, rejecting the present, professor says

ONTARIO: Curriculum reforms are embracing the past, rejecting the present, professor says

Education professor believes that reformers wrap themselves in the cloak of progress
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