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Funding aimed at reducing class size

National Post, Tue May 31, 2005, comments (0)
Toronto, Canada - Ontario's school boards will get another $126 million to hire almost 1,300 more elementary teachers to help reduce class sizes in junior kindergarten through Grade 3.

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Database for adverse drug reactions now online

CTV, Thu May 26, 2005, comments (0)
Ottawa, CA - Canadians now have a searchable online database where they can easily check on reports of adverse prescription drug reactions.

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New school playgrounds prove safer

Globe and Mail, Wed May 25, 2005, comments (0)
Toronto, Canada - The controversial decision to raze and rebuild more than one-third of playgrounds at Toronto elementary schools because they were deemed unsafe appears to be paying big dividends.

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Black bear captured in Newmarket

National Post, Sun May 22, 2005, comments (0)
Newmarket, Ontario - A bear that wandered into this town north of Toronto was captured Sunday evening after leading police on a daylong chase through urban parkland.

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Ottawa to track, monitor doctors

London Free Press, Sun April 24, 2005, comments (0)
Toronto - The federal government is about to unveil a new agency that will prevent doctors who have lost their licences in one province from setting up shop in another.

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Girl, 9, brings message of love to Bay Street

CBC, Sun April 24, 2005, comments (0)
Toronto - A nine-year-old Winnipeg girl brought a simple message of love to Bay Street's captains of business Thursday as she pursued her quest to help the homeless � a personal campaign that has already raised $500,000 in donations.

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Ontario wants more homes on green power

Globe and Mail, Wed April 20, 2005, comments (0)
Toronto, Ontario - The Ontario government plans to boost green power in the province by up to 1,000 megawatts -- enough electricity for 200,000 homes -- as part of its hunt for alternative-energy sources.

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Cannabis-Derived Drug Gets First Approval in Canada

All Headlines News, Wed April 20, 2005, comments (0)
Toronto, Canada - Canada has become the first country to endorse the cannabis-derived drug, Sativex. The drug is beneficial in treating the central nervous system and reducing multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms.

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Scientists find eggs in dinosaur mom

CNN, Fri April 15, 2005, comments (0)
Ottawa, CA - In the journal Science, Tamaki Sato describes the discovery of two shelled eggs found inside a dinosaur that died before laying them.

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Ontario makes new power deals

National Post, Wed April 13, 2005, comments (0)
Toronto, Canada - Ontario has given four private companies the green light for new electricity projects that would replace the province's dirty, coal-fired generating stations, Energy Minister Dwight Duncan announced Wednesday.

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