Anna Mehler Paperny and Patrick Cain – Global News
Syria’s protracted conflict reached a dubious milestone Tuesday: The number of Syrians who’ve fled the country thanks to 30 months of violence has passed the 2-million mark.
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Would Blackberry’s demise spell Waterloo’s doom? Unlikely
Anna Mehler Paperny and Jamie Sturgeon – Global News
To get a sense of just how central a role the company formerly known as RIM plays in Waterloo’s civic psyche, you could start at the city’s homepage: The first image that greets you is a coterie of glossy Blackberrys (Z10s, in case you’re wondering).
Python deaths prompt feds to look at exotic pet store rules
Anna Mehler Paperny and Nick Logan – Global News
TORONTO – Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Ottawa may need to play a role in regulating exotic pet stores in the wake of the deaths of two boys asphyxiated by a python while they slept.
Python that killed two N.B. boys was in enclosure near where they slept, friend says
By Mairin Prentiss, Anna Mehler Paperny, Julia Wong and Nick Logan – Global News
HALIFAX AND TORONTO – The four-metre python that killed Connor and Noah Barthe was sleeping right beside them, says a friend of the snake’s owner.
Andrea Horwath on byelections: ‘We’ve seen the people of Ontario send a pretty clear message’
Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News
Andrea Horwath is having a good night.
The NDP leader is seen as the biggest winner coming out of Thursday’s byelection quintet after her party won two Liberal ridings handily – Percy Hatfield is the new MPP for Windsor-Tecumseh, former finance minister Dwight Duncan’s riding; and Peggy Sattler beat former teachers union head Ken Coran to win London West, former redoubt of Liberal Chris Bentley.
Horwath notes she’s doubled the size of her caucus in her time as leader – not that size matters, or anything.
Canada’s next supervised injection site: Ottawa?
Anna Mehler Paperny and Laura Stone – Global News
n Ottawa group aims to open Canada’s first supervised injection site since a landmark Supreme Court ruling gave Vancouver’s Insite the right to offer addicts a safe place to shoot up.
Police seized SD card, four cell phones belonging to suspect in Anthony Smith murder case
Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News
RCMP officers searching the Fort McMurray apartment where Hanad Mohamed was staying before his arrest seized four cell phones and a micro SD card, newlyunsealed court documents show.
Toronto’s Board of Health wants a supervised injection site. The province doesn’t. Now what?
Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News
Toronto’s board of health became Ontario’s first governing body to endorse supervised injection sites this week, but the momentum may stop there: The province isn’t interested.
Long-form census gone, ‘data wonks’ plan to fill gaps on their own
Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News
Amid consternation over a defunct census and leeriness towards its less reliable replacement, a group of cities has banded together to build a database of their own.
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Toronto ditches National Household Survey for historical comparisons
Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News
Statistics Canada’s National Household Survey is too unreliable to compare with previous long-form censuses, Toronto has decided.
Canada’s biggest city won’t use the new survey to inform historic trendlines unless Statistics Canada provides better technical information that puts planners more at ease.
Toronto, like other cities and a multitude of government and private organizations, relies on data from the long-form census to get a sense of where the community’s going.
At least, it used to.
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