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Ontario child-care operators warn of closures if province doesn't soon revise funding

Child-care centres are at risk of closing across Ontario if the province doesn't soon update how it compensates them under the national $10-a-day program, the largest operator is warning.The plea…

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Ontario child-care operators warn of closures if province doesn't soon revise funding

Hundreds of volunteers lend flood victims a helping hand in Baie-Saint-Paul, Que.

He rallied a neighbourhood to open its own grocery store