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Newmarket to consider removing U.S. flags from arenas

Newmarket to consider removing U.S. flags from arenas

U.S. flags remain at town ice pads, despite some Ontario municipalities removing them as a result of trade war tensions — we have a poll, what's your opinion?
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Councillors to vote on giving themselves a 24 per cent pay increase

Councillors to vote on giving themselves a 24 per cent pay increase

Toronto politicians get lowest pay per constituent in the GTA, after Premier Doug Ford drastically cut the number of city councillors in 2018
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Council passes Mayor Chow’s tariff response plan despite concerns it could harm Toronto’s economy

Council passes Mayor Chow’s tariff response plan despite concerns it could harm Toronto’s economy

If the situation down south changes, so will the city’s plan, said budget chief Shelley Carroll
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'The math is tough': Newmarket braces for infrastructure deterioration

'The math is tough': Newmarket braces for infrastructure deterioration

Town carrying forward with 1.5 per cent minimum tax rate increase for future infrastructure needs
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Cambridge ineligible for additional funding to accelerate housing

Cambridge ineligible for additional funding to accelerate housing

Kitchener and Waterloo made the cut of 27 communities across Canada that delivered on their Housing Accelerator Fund Action Plan commitments
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Stars and Stripes still welcome in Stratford

Stars and Stripes still welcome in Stratford

Mayor said he understands emotion is tied to current swell of removing U.S. flag; reserves the right to re-visit issue if Trump's rhetoric doesn't de-escalate
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Sault pensioner must pay city $89K for a retaining wall — or potentially lose her home

Sault pensioner must pay city $89K for a retaining wall — or potentially lose her home

'God forbid anyone else gets in this situation': Bainbridge Street homeowner believes municipality didn't have to put costs of construction project on her tax roll, but city says it was a 'situation that she chose for herself'
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Government lawyer tells court supervised consumption sites can relocate, health minister says no

Government lawyer tells court supervised consumption sites can relocate, health minister says no

Sylvia Jones contradicted the province's lawyers, who tried convincing a judge on Tuesday that the law was not a ban
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Two Ring of Fire-area First Nations like what Poilievre has to say

Two Ring of Fire-area First Nations like what Poilievre has to say

Indigenous road proponents say federal road funding would benefit current and future generations
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Advocates argue people will die without consumption sites in Charter challenge of closures

Advocates argue people will die without consumption sites in Charter challenge of closures

Group seeking injunction against 10 closures set for end of March
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