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Why did 2,400 chickens try to cross the road? Because a driver forgot to close their door, according to Ontario Provincial Police.
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Metro Morning's Mary Wiens spoke to first year nursing students about why they're entering the field
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by Bobby Hristova on (#631DV)
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by Cara Nickerson on (#62Z5S)
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by Michael To on (#62Z5R)
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by Bobby Hristova on (#62YCA)
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by Bobby Hristova on (#62X1Z)
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by The Associated Press on (#62WTP)
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by CBC News on (#62V8B)
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by Liam Casey on (#62TQ5)
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by Benjamin Shingler,Graeme Bruce on (#62TQ6)
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Mikal Skuterud, an economic professor at the University of Waterloo, thinks Ontario's low-wage temporary foreign workers program should come to an end. This comes after a group of Jamaican migrant workers in Ontario wrote an open letter to their government, calling the working conditions here akin to systematic slavery. Some have said offering workers a path to permanent residency would help.
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by CBC News on (#62S9C)
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by Josh Grant on (#62S62)
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by Jenna Benchetrit on (#62R4A)
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by Tristan D'Amours on (#62RVG)
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by Cara Nickerson on (#62PSN)
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by Aura Carreño Rosas on (#62PSP)
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by Aura Carreño Rosas on (#62PNG)
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by Cara Nickerson on (#62PGF)
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by Bobby Hristova on (#62P9F)
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by Saira Peesker on (#62NHY)
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by CBC News on (#62NFW)
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