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Guillermo del Toro really is at home with monsters and wants you to come inside

Guillermo del Toro really is at home with monsters and wants you to come inside

TORONTO — For the next three months, the Art Gallery of Ontario offers a door into the complex, challenging mind of filmmaker, writer, visionary Guillermo del Toro. It's a world of freaks, Frankenstein heads, twisted bodies and bizarre creatures.
Invictus Games helps a former medic live her life instead of just surviving it

Invictus Games helps a former medic live her life instead of just surviving it

When Elizabeth Newman was training for the Invictus Games, she found that preparing for the competition helped her adapt to the changes that have taken place in her life after being medically released from the Canadian Forces in 2015.
Highlights of the updated 2017-18 Nova Scotia provincial budget

Highlights of the updated 2017-18 Nova Scotia provincial budget

Highlights of the Nova Scotia budget re-introduced Tuesday: - Surplus of $21.3 million is projected on a spending program of about $10.5 billion, $4.6 million lower than the surplus in the budget shelved on April 27, prior to the election campaign.

A timeline of the commercial dispute between Boeing and Bombardier

A timeline of the commercial dispute between Boeing and Bombardier: - April 27: Chicago-based Boeing Co. asks the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to take action against Bombardier's business practices.
Recording of child sexual abuse haunts already reeling victims: research

Recording of child sexual abuse haunts already reeling victims: research

OTTAWA — Victims of childhood sexual abuse often suffer great distress over the fact video or pictures of the crimes are circulating in cyberspace — adding to the pain they are already experiencing, says a new report.
Sailor's court martial on sex charge delayed after defence lawyer withdraws

Sailor's court martial on sex charge delayed after defence lawyer withdraws

HALIFAX — A court martial for a member of the Royal Canadian Navy accused of sexual assault and ill treatment of a subordinate has been delayed because his lawyer withdrew from the case due to "irreconcilable differences.
Ontario minor hockey makes transgender training mandatory for coaches

Ontario minor hockey makes transgender training mandatory for coaches

Education on transgender athletes is mandatory for all of Ontario's minor hockey coaches, trainers and managers this season, the latest step in a series of changes stemming from a human rights complaint filed by a transgender teen in 2013.

GTHA mayors want advice on pot rules from province ahead of legalization

TORONTO — Mayors across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area came to Premier Kathleen Wynne Tuesday looking for advice on how to handle the transition to legalized recreational marijuana with less than a year to go before the law changes.
Life with Alzheimer's is 'OK' 16 months after husband diagnosed: Raitt

Life with Alzheimer's is 'OK' 16 months after husband diagnosed: Raitt

OTTAWA — Sixteen months after finding out the love of her life had early-onset Alzheimer's disease, Conservative MP Lisa Raitt says she has learned that living with someone who has dementia is tough but 'OK.

Second children's hospital executive quits in N.S. as investigation unfolds

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's health minister says he still has confidence in Atlantic Canada's largest children's hospital after a second senior executive resigned in the wake of a scandal over spending by the former CEO.
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